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The 15 pages that link to Goodfellas, each with the reason it gives.

• Long takeBroader topic: The Copacabana entrance uses a long take to draw viewers through the club with Henry and Karen.

• Voice-overBroader topic: Henry Hill’s voice-over gives the story an intimate, self-justifying point of view.

• Martin ScorseseBroader topic: Its rapid narration and editing became a touchstone for Scorsese’s crime cinema.

• The SopranosRelated: Its fast, demystifying portrayal of mob life is a key cinematic predecessor.

• The GodfatherCompared with: Its faster, more intimate account of criminal life offers a pointed contrast in style and perspective.

• Robert De NiroRelated: De Niro played veteran gangster Jimmy Conway in a later landmark collaboration with Scorsese.

• Gangster filmBroader topic: Its fast narration and everyday view of mob life offered a distinct later model.

• Crime filmBroader topic: Its energetic narration and shifting loyalties expose criminal life from within.

• Breaking BadCompared with: Its compressed account of criminal ascent contrasts with Breaking Bad’s extended, gradual transformation.

• Thelma SchoonmakerRelated: Its rapid cutting and shifting narration showcase Schoonmaker’s editing with Scorsese.

• Gimme ShelterRelated: Scorsese uses the song in a montage tracing the characters’ violent decline.

• The IrishmanCompared with: The Irishman revisits Scorsese’s gangster milieu but trades Goodfellas’ kinetic rise-and-fall energy for elegiac reflection.

• Joe PesciRelated: Pesci won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Tommy DeVito.

• Raging BullRelated: Its kinetic storytelling offers a later, sharply different mode of Scorsese’s filmmaking.

• Henry HillBroader topic: The film’s central character, Henry, is based on Hill, though events are adapted for drama.