Once Upon a Time in America (1984) movie poster

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

"Crime, passion and lust for power."
ThumbScore
👍 88%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 80%
DramaCrime

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Runtime
3h 49m
Rated
R
Country
United States of America, Italy
Language
English
TMDB Rating
8.4/10 (5,936 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
75

Cast

Robert De Niro as David 'Noodles' Aaronson · 73% avg
James Woods as Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz · 73% avg
Elizabeth McGovern as Deborah Gelly · 73% avg
Treat Williams as James Conway O'Donnell · 73% avg
Tuesday Weld as Carol · 77% avg
Joe Pesci as Frankie Monaldi · 81% avg
Burt Young as Joe · 74% avg
James Hayden as Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg

Is Once Upon a Time in America good?

Yes. 88% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 80%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#326 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#7 / 46 · 1984
Rank among its director's films
#2 / 6 · Sergio Leone

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 American epic crime drama directed by Sergio Leone, his final film and widely considered his masterpiece alongside the Dollars Trilogy. Sergio Leone's operatic, nearly four-hour director's cut — drastically different from the studio's butchered theatrical release which rearranged the story chronologically — was a meditation on memory, regret, and the American Dream as experienced by immigrant outsiders who built their version of America through crime. Ennio Morricone's achingly beautiful score, featuring the haunting pan flute theme, was among his finest compositions.

Once Upon a Time in America earned only $5 million in its mangled U.S. release but has since been recognized as one of the greatest crime films and one of the greatest American films ever made.

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