Posted on 03/17/2018 1:59:30 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
In the fifth century Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland and drove the snakes out of the Emerald Isle. Fifteen centuries later we celebrate his memory with green milkshakes, green beer, and, if you mix the two, green vomit. Oh yeah, and parades. They’ve been celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in America since the 1700s and as the saying goes; everyone’s a little Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Well, except for Italians and the Scottish, that is.
Before becoming presidents and late night talk show hosts, the Irish faced prejudice as one of America’s first immigrant groups. And like others denied the benefits of “The American Dream,” crime offered opportunities for advancement. Fortunately, Americans love a good gangster.
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Being a born and raised Bostonian I can highly recommend “Black Mass”,the true story of one of the filthiest psychopaths this country’s ever produced...”Whitey” Bulger.And to add extra fun he’s the brother of Billy Bulger,once the most powerful politician in Massachusetts and who,curiously enough,is also a psychopath.
Not good enough to post though.
I would recommend reading the book before the movie but the movie was pretty good.
1. Gangs of New York
2. Miller’s Crossing
3. The Irish Mob
4. The Departed
5. Brotherhood
6. Kill the Irishman
7. Black Mass
8. Road to Perdition
9. Goodfellas (because Henry Hill was half-Irish)
10. State of Grace
The Road to Perdition is the best.
2. Miller’s Crossing
WAY under rated, great dialogue.
List is BS without ‘ Boondock Saints ‘!
And will scare the living pants off one— he was one vile POS and apparently.....ding, ding.... an FBI informant on top of all that.
The other movie with Nicholson as a “bulger” character- matt damon and leo decaprio (just.. whyyyyy this little wimp)— that one is twisty turny as well and also fairly scary and fast moving. Medieval.
i checked the list to make sure Miller’s Crossing was on it ... it was ... so I’m fine with the rest of the list ...
Of those, I’ve seen numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 9 and 10.
Gangs of New York, Departed (the best film I’ve seen in the past 2 decades), Road to Perdition were all great movies.
State of Grace was definitely worth the watch.
Miller’s Crossing was booooring.
Goodfellas doesn’t count because it’s too much of a stretch to consider it an Irish movie. If you did, you would then have to consider Godfathers 1 and 2, because Tom Hagen was part Irish.
The Departed... #4 on the list.... Nicholson.
It’s a question of ethics, Leo.
Completely agree and my last name ends in a vowel.
Tom Hagen was part Irish, but he was a lawyer and not a wise guy like Henry Hill (as well as I remember). Tom wasn’t an actual mobster.
Another quasi-Irish mob movie was “Absence of Malice” in which Paul Newman played Frank Gallagher, who was thought by the FBI to be involved in mob activities.
And because Jimmy Burke,it's said,was entirely Irish.
LOL
No Cagney? BS list.
So which one was born first?
Boondock Saints!
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