Casino
Casino summary: Casino is a crime drama that chronicles the rise and fall of a gambling tycoon, his friend and mafia underboss, and an ex-prostitute with hustling skills, in the corrupt world of Las Vegas.
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Raging Bull
Raging Bull summary: Raging Bull is a biographical drama about the life and career of the self-destructive boxing champion Jake LaMotta, exploring his violent temper that led him to the top in the ring and destroyed his life outside of it.
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Goodfellas
Goodfellas summary: Goodfellas is a crime film by Martin Scorsese that chronicles the rise and fall of mob associate Henry Hill, his friends, and his family over a period from 1955 to 1980.
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Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver summary: Taxi Driver is a psychological drama about a mentally unstable Vietnam war veteran who works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City, where the perceived decadence and sleaze fuels his urge for violent action.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street summary: The Wolf of Wall Street is a film about the rise and fall of a wealthy stockbroker, Jordan Belfort, who engages in crime and corruption on Wall Street in the 1980s and 1990s.
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The Departed
The Departed summary: The Departed is a crime thriller about an undercover cop and a mole in the police force who try to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in Boston.
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Shutter Island
Shutter Island summary: In Shutter Island, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane, only to question his own sanity.
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