Screenplay: Nicholas Pileggi
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Goodfellas
1990 · Movie · 148 min. · United States
Direction Martin Scorsese
Cast Ray Liotta · Robert De Niro · Joe Pesci · Lorraine Bracco
Plot As a poor Irish-Italian growing up in 1950s New York City, Henry Hill rises through the ranks of his Brooklyn neighborhood's crime branch, and with money from the mob he...
8.4
110K votes
8.4
110K votes
Casino
1995 · Movie · 173 min. · United States
Direction Martin Scorsese
Cast Robert De Niro · Sharon Stone · Joe Pesci · James Woods
Plot "Ace" Rothstein (Robert De Niro), plays by the Vegas rules, while Nicky (Joe Pesci) and Ginger (Sharon Stone) lie, cheat, and steal to get what they want. This drama chronicles...
8.1
76K votes
8.1
76K votes
City Hall
1995 · Movie · 117 min. · United States
Direction Harold Becker
Cast John Cusack · Al Pacino · Bridget Fonda · Danny Aiello
Plot The accidental shooting of an six-year-old kid in a black neighbour during an altercation between cops and a drug dealer shakes the New York City Mayor Office to its core,...
5.7
3K votes
5.7
3K votes
Vegas (TV Series)
2012 · Series · min. · United States
Direction Nicholas Pileggi · Greg Walker · James Mangold · Greg Beeman
Cast Dennis Quaid · Michael Chiklis · Carrie-Anne Moss · Jason O'Mara
Plot TV Series (2012-2013). 21 Episodes. Set in the 1960s. Drama inspired by the story of Ralph Lamb (Dennis Quaid), a Las Vegas sheriff, who is ordered to investigate the murder...
5.3
168 votes
5.3
168 votes
Kings of South Beach (TV)
2008 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Tim Hunter
Cast Donnie Wahlberg · Jason Gedrick · Steven Bauer · Marina Valentina Bove
Plot Based on the true story of a Miami Beach nightclub owner who takes a young employee under his wing, while trying to avoid bankruptcy and the mafia.
4.2
130 votes
4.2
130 votes
Wise Guys
2025 · Movie · min. · United States
Direction Barry Levinson
Cast Robert De Niro · Kathrine Narducci · Debra Messing · Chuck Thompson
Plot Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans who run two separate crime families in the mid-20th century. Genovese attempted to assassinate Costello in 1957, although Costello retired...
—
Not rated
—
Not rated
Michael Hayes (TV Series)
1997 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Fred Gerber · Alex Graves · Michael Pressman · Thomas Carter
Cast David Caruso · Jimmy Galeota · Ruben Santiago-Hudson · Mary Ward
Plot Michael Hayes is a tough but sensitive ex-cop who goes to work in the U.S. Attorney's office in New York City. When his boss is seriously injured in a bombing,...
—
Not rated
—
Not rated