Editing Goodfellas (section)

== Legacy ==
''Goodfellas'' is No. 94 on the [[American Film Institute]]'s "[[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies|100 Years, 100 Movies]]" list and moved up to No. 92 on its [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] from 2007. In June 2008, the AFI put ''Goodfellas'' at No. 2 on their [[AFI's 10 Top 10]]—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the movie-related community.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/Movies_ballot_06.pdf |title=AFI's 100 Years Movies: Ballot |website=[[American Film Institute]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181014130225/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100Years/Movies_ballot_06.pdf|archive-date=October 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Goodfellas'' was regarded as the second-best in the gangster film genre (after ''[[The Godfather]]'').<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[American Film Institute]] |title=AFI's 10 Top 10 |date=June 17, 2008 |url=http://www.afi.com/10top10/gangster.html |access-date=June 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116145351/http://www.afi.com/10top10/gangster.html |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2000, the United States [[Library of Congress]] deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]].

Roger Ebert named ''Goodfellas'' the "best mob movie ever" and placed it among the ten best films of the 1990s.<ref name="Scorsese">{{cite episode |title=Best Films of the '90s |series=[[At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper]] |airdate=February 27, 2000 |url=http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/specials/bestof90s.html |access-date=March 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808062528/http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/specials/bestof90s.html |archive-date=August 8, 2007}}</ref> In December 2002, a UK film critics poll in ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' ranked the film No. 4 on their list of the 10 Best Films of the Last 25 Years.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Sight and Sound]] |title=Modern Times |date=December 2002 |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/63/ |access-date=August 27, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312084249/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/63/ |archive-date=March 12, 2012 }}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' included ''Goodfellas'' in their list of [[Time's All-Time 100 Movies]].<ref name="Schickel">{{cite magazine |last=Schickel |first=Richard |title=All-Time 100 Movies |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |url=http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,goodfellas,00.html |access-date=January 29, 2009 |date=February 12, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122115212/http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,goodfellas,00.html|archive-date=January 22, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Channel 4]]'' placed ''Goodfellas'' at No. 10 in their 2002 poll ''The 100 Greatest Films'', ''[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]]'' listed ''Goodfellas'' at No. 6 on their "500 Greatest Movies Of All Time,"<ref>{{cite news |title=The 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |url=https://www.empireonline.com/500/94.asp |access-date=December 2, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101010231/http://www.empireonline.com/500/94.asp|archive-date=November 1, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Total Film]]'' voted ''Goodfellas'' No. 1 as the [[List of films considered the best|greatest film of all time]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4370918.stm |work=BBC News |title=Goodfellas named "greatest movie" |date=October 25, 2005|access-date=June 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120617052719/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4370918.stm|archive-date=June 17, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]]'' listed Joe Pesci's Tommy DeVito as No. 96 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time," calling him "perhaps the single most irredeemable character ever put on film".<ref>{{cite news |title=The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time |work=[[Premiere (magazine)|Premiere]] |url=http://www.premiere.com/features/1539/the-100-greatest-movie-characters-of-all-time-page2.html |access-date=March 26, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317001135/http://www.premiere.com/features/1539/the-100-greatest-movie-characters-of-all-time-page2.html |archive-date=March 17, 2008}}</ref> ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' ranked Tommy DeVito No. 59 in their "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters" poll.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 100 Greatest Movie Characters |work=[[Empire (magazine)|Empire]] |url=https://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=59 |access-date=December 2, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107044642/http://www.empireonline.com/100-greatest-movie-characters/default.asp?c=59 |archive-date=November 7, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''Goodfellas'' inspired director [[David Chase]] to make the [[HBO]] television series ''[[The Sopranos]]''. He told [[Peter Bogdanovich]], "''Goodfellas'' is a very important movie to me and ''Goodfellas'' really plowed that ... I found that movie very funny and brutal and it felt very real. And yet that was the first mob movie that Scorsese ever dealt with a mob crew. ... as opposed to say ''The Godfather'' ... which there's something operatic about it, classical, even the clothing and the cars. You know I mean I always think about ''Goodfellas'' when they go to their mother's house that night when they're eating, you know when she brings out her painting, that stuff is great. I mean ''The Sopranos'' learned a lot from that."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hbo.com/html/error/browser_message_b.html?return=http://www.hbo.com/the-sopranos/cast-and-crew/dr-elliot-kupferberg/interview/peter-bogdanovich.html |publisher=[[HBO]] |title=HBO: The Sopranos: Interview with Peter Bogdanovich |year=1999|access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012090557/http://www.hbo.com/html/error/browser_message_b.html?return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hbo.com%2Fthe-sopranos%2Fcast-and-crew%2Fdr-elliot-kupferberg%2Finterview%2Fpeter-bogdanovich.html|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Indeed, the film [[Goodfellas–The Sopranos cast overlap|shares a total of 27 actors]] with ''The Sopranos'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/50-useless-but-genius-facts-about-goodfellas |title=50 genius facts about GoodFellas |work=[[ShortList]] |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205114330/http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/50-useless-but-genius-facts-about-goodfellas |archive-date=December 5, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> including Bracco, Sirico, Imperioli, Pellegrino, Lip and Vincent, who all had roles in Chase's HBO series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nugent |first=Annabel |date=September 15, 2020 |title=All 27 Goodfellas actors who later featured in The Sopranos |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/goodfellas-the-sopranos-actors-anniversary-lorraine-bracco-michael-imperioli-b435765.html |access-date=November 21, 2023 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=November 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121062046/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/goodfellas-the-sopranos-actors-anniversary-lorraine-bracco-michael-imperioli-b435765.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

July 24, 2010, marked the 20th anniversary of the film's release. The milestone was celebrated with Henry Hill hosting a private screening for a select group of invitees at the [[Museum of the American Gangster]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news |title=Goodfellas' Henry Hill Back in NYC for 20th Anniversary |work=[[WPIX]] |url=http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/20627713-2235-476f-b903-9675e153acfb/News/Goodfellas-Henry-Hill-Back-in-NYC-for-20th-Anniversary |date=July 24, 2010 |access-date=October 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724024659/http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/20627713-2235-476f-b903-9675e153acfb/News/Goodfellas-Henry-Hill-Back-in-NYC-for-20th-Anniversary |archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref>

In January 2012, it was announced that the [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC Network]] put a [[Television program|television series]] version of the movie in development. Pileggi was on board to co-write the adaptation with television writer and producer [[Jorge Zamacona]]. The two were set to executive produce with the film's producer [[Irwin Winkler]] and his son David.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/goodfellas-series-in-the-works-at-amc-with-films-nicholas-pileggi-irwin-winkler-212428/ |title='Goodfellas' Series in the Works at AMC With Film's Nicholas Pileggi & Irwin Winkler |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=January 10, 2012 |last=Andreeva|first=Nellie |access-date=January 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113005924/http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/goodfellas-series-in-the-works-at-amc-with-films-nicholas-pileggi-irwin-winkler/|archive-date=January 13, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Luc Besson]]'s 2013 film ''[[The Family (2013 film)|The Family]]'' features a sequence in which Giovanni Manzoni (De Niro), a gangster who is in witness protection for testifying against a member of his family, watches ''Goodfellas''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/film/interviews/568945-exclusive-interview-luc-besson-on-the-family |title=Exclusive Interview: Luc Besson on The Family |last=Bibbiani |first=William |work=[[CraveOnline]] |date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=May 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506015417/http://www.craveonline.com/entertainment/film/interviews/568945-exclusive-interview-luc-besson-on-the-family |archive-date=May 6, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2014, the [[ESPN]]-produced ''[[30 for 30]]'' documentary series debuted ''Playing for the Mob'', depicting the [[1978–79 Boston College basketball point-shaving scandal|point shaving scandal]] orchestrated by Hill, his Pittsburgh associates, and several [[Boston College Eagles men's basketball|Boston College men's basketball]] players during the 1978–79 season. The episode was narrated by Liotta and contains references to ''Goodfellas''.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.espn.com/watch/film/a51b7134-c362-4bb3-bd3e-c35a210fd624/playing-for-the-mob |title=30 for 30: Playing for the Mob |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=March 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328185117/http://espn.go.com/30for30/film?page=playingforthemob |archive-date=March 28, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, ''Goodfellas'' closed the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] with a screening of its 25th-anniversary remaster.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cox |first1=Gordon |title='GoodFellas' Anniversary Screening, Event to Close 2015 Tribeca Film Festival |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/goodfellas-tribeca-film-festival-2015-closing-night-1201455382/ |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=March 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074023/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/goodfellas-tribeca-film-festival-2015-closing-night-1201455382/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] began including a content warning when airing ''Goodfellas:'' "This film includes language and/or cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today's standards of inclusion and tolerance and may offend some viewers." By comparison, ''[[The Godfather]]'' gets a standard "viewer discretion" warning.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Perry |first=Kevin E. G. |date=2024-05-21 |title=Goodfellas labeled with 'cultural stereotypes' warning on streaming service |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/goodfellas-streaming-cultural-stereotypes-warning-amc-b2548305.html |access-date=2024-05-23 |work=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

'''[[American Film Institute]] Lists'''
* [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies]] - #94
* [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)]] - #92
* [[AFI's 10 Top 10]] - #2 Gangster film
* [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains]] - Tommy DeVito - Nominated Villain
* [[AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes]] - "Funny how?" - Nominated Quote