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Live Poll: Italia, Yes! Mafia, No!
If The Godfather (1972) has emphasized in our consciousness many positive aspects about Italian-American culture... it also generated a few negative ones as far as pop culture and gangster movies are concerned... and this comes from a fan of the film.We tend to forget that many great movies set in Italian-American neighborhoods or featuring Italian-American protagonists have no connection whatsoever with the Mafia or any crime-related entity and deserve a tribute of their own.So, which of these Italian-American non-Mafia movies is your favorite?List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls024850607/Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/xTHKp5qgpuo/
MykolaYeriomin
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Great idea! We need more polls like that, which demonstrate how stereotypes are not always the only existing thing.
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seventhar7
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If Mafia defines Itália, The stereotypes of USA is that they are racists. This is what I see from the movies. But from your list I choose Rocky, although that in the beginning when he was working for Mr. Gazzo he was collecting debts which seems a like a gangster.
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stephennrussell
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7 years ago
Do the Right Thing, Fatso.
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NoPantsBatman
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7 years ago
The movie Brooklyn (2015), perhaps.I know it revolves around the Irish-American, but it also has some parts about the Italian-American. Not quite sure if it fits in your poll parameters.
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Peter_pbn
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7 years ago
FYC: The Karate Kid (Daniel LaRusso) Don Jon
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jeorj_euler
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7 years ago
For your consideration:
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Tsarstepan
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FYC:Memphis Belle (1990) City of Hope (1991) I Love You to Death (1990) Big Night (1996) Choke (2008) SUPREMELY DISHONORABLE MENTION:Super Mario Bros. (1993)
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themoviesmith
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My Cousin Vinny
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urbanemovies
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It would seem to be something easily done to compile a list of Italian-American movies sans the Mafia. But, in reality it is a much harder task than at first glance. I would double check these before adding: Return to Me (2000), Green Book (2018), Serpico (1973). In To Die For (1995) in the finale New Hampshire restaurant owners, the Marettos hire a hitman to avenge their son's death, I don't think Mafia is ever explicitly mentioned, but the audience assumes the connection (perhaps correctly) because they are Italian-American and how slick the whole transaction is executed. Otherwise, there is no mention of the mafia throughout the movie.
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jeorj_euler
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6 years ago
For your consideration: Albeit, this one is a bit or two obscure.
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dan_dassow
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ElM,My vote: Marty (1955)
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rubyfruit76
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'Great poll! 'Big Night' is listed twice, though. I love that you have John Sayles' 'City of Hope' on the list!
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FYC:Ladri di biciclette (1948)Le notti di Cabiria (1957)La strada (1954)Don Camillo (1952)81⁄2 (1963)There were many good italian movies without mafia.
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Peter_pbn
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I think Green Book would fit. From reviews: "Tony is a caricature of Italian-American family-man exuberance. He’s voluble and emotional and constantly smoking, eating, or both at the same time. At one point, reclining in a hotel-room bed, he folds a pizza in half and shoves it in his mouth. Not a slice of pizza. The whole pie." "working-class Tony needs to find another gig fast, so long as it’s honest (if he’s not careful, the Sopranos-like local crime families will have him doing shady side jobs)"
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rubyfruit76
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Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/xTHKp5qgpuo/?ref_=po_ho Cheers & applause, ElMo!
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