15 Movies Starring Danny Aiello

The Purple Rose of Cairo

The Purple Rose of Cairo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-05-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

82 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (32929 Reviews)

Director:

Woody Allen

Fullplot:

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey during the Depression and is searching for an escape from her dreary life. Tom Baxter is a dashing young archaeologist in the film "The Purple Rose of Cairo." After losing her job Cecilia goes to see the film in hopes of raising her spirits. Much to her surprise Tom Baxter walks off the screen and into her life. There's only one problem..Tom isn't real. Meanwhile Hollywood is up in arms when they dicover that other Tom Baxters are trying to leave the screen in other theatres. Will Tom ever return and finish the film or will he decide to stay in the real world?

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-07-21

Languages:

English, Italian, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (54561 Reviews)

Director:

Spike Lee

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

This film looks at life in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn on a hot summer Sunday. As he does everyday, Sal Fragione opens the pizza parlor he's owned for 25 years. The neighborhood has changed considerably in the time he's been there and is now composed primarily of African-Americans and Hispanics. His son Pino hates it there and would like nothing better than to relocate the eatery to their own neighborhood. For Sal however, the restaurant represents something that is part of his life and sees it as a part of the community. What begins as a simple complaint by one of his customers, Buggin Out - who wonders why he has only pictures of famous Italian-Americans on the wall when most of his customers are black - eventually disintegrates into violence as frustration seemingly brings out the worst in everyone.

Harlem Nights

Harlem Nights

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-11-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (13350 Reviews)

Director:

Eddie Murphy

Fullplot:

"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair!

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-11-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (70142 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Fullplot:

New York postal worker Jacob Singer is trying to keep his frayed life from unraveling. His days are increasingly being invaded by flashbacks to his first marriage, his now-dead son, and his tour of duty in Vietnam. Athough his new wife tries to help Jacob keep his grip on sanity, the line between reality and delusion is steadily growing more and more uncertain.

Hudson Hawk

Hudson Hawk

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-05-24

Languages:

English, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (40955 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Cast:

Writer:

Bruce Willis (story)

Robert Kraft (story)

Steven E. de Souza (screenplay)

Daniel Waters (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Eddie Hawkins, called Hudson Hawk has just been released from ten years of prison and is planning to spend the rest of his life honestly. But then the crazy Mayflower couple blackmail him to steal some of the works of Leonardo da Vinci. If he refuses, they threaten to kill his friend Tommy.

Once Around

Once Around

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-02-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (3355 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharpe, while a top-notch, successful salesman, is much older than Renata. She is swept away by his excessively flamboyant style and irrepressible nature. The very traits she finds romantic, however, lead to repeated conflict with her family, especially her beloved father Joe, leaving Renata trapped in the middle.

The Cemetery Club

The Cemetery Club

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-02-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (616 Reviews)

Director:

Bill Duke

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Ivan Menchell (play)

Ivan Menchell (screenplay)

Fullplot:

This comedy with much Jewish humor is about the widows Doris, Ester and Lucille, who's husbands died one after another in just a few years. The 3 friends in their 50s react quite differently on the deaths. But they make it a habit to meet every year at the graves of their husbands and talk about perspectives in their lives.

Lèon: The Professional

Lèon: The Professional

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-11-18

Languages:

English, Italian, French

Countries:

France

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.6 (642895 Reviews)

Director:

Luc Besson

Fullplot:

After her father and little brother are killed by her father's employers, the 12-year-old daughter of an abject drug dealer is forced to take refuge in the house of a professional murderer who by her request, teaches her the methods of his job so she can take her revenge from the corrupted DEA agent who ruined her life by killing her brother out of no actual reason.

2 Days in the Valley

2 Days in the Valley

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-09-27

Languages:

English, Vietnamese

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (15019 Reviews)

Director:

John Herzfeld

Fullplot:

John Herzfeld deftly welds together a multitude of subplots-- a loser hitman and a cool assassin involved in an insurance scam; a washed-up director, turned suicidal, if only he had someone to care for his beloved dog; a snooty art dealer, wracked by kidney stones, cared for by his devoted assistant; a grungy deranged vice cop, now partnered with a fresh-faced rookie; and two beautiful and jealous women entangled in their deadly scheme--into a spoof of the crime thriller genre.

City Hall

City Hall

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-02-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (16036 Reviews)

Director:

Harold Becker

Cast:

Writer:

Ken Lipper

Paul Schrader

Nicholas Pileggi

Bo Goldman

Fullplot:

A young boy dies from a stray bullet during a shootout between a cop and mob family member who had previously been supiciously given probabtion, only to break its terms. New York's Deputy Mayor, Kevin Calhoun starts digging for information.

Two Much

Two Much

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-03-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

Spain, USA

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (4224 Reviews)

Director:

Fernando Trueba

Cast:

Writer:

Donald E. Westlake (novel)

Fernando Trueba (screenplay)

David Trueba (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young gallerist is in love with two sisters at the same time. In order to solve the problem he decides to invent his own twin-brother.

Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook

Unforgotten: Twenty-Five Years After Willowbrook

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-02-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

57 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (56 Reviews)

Director:

Jack Fisher

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Stuart Warmflash

Fullplot:

It was a nightmare that shocked not only New York, but all of America. The public outcry about the Willowbrook State School for people with developmental disabilities resulted from Geraldo Rivera's expose on WABC after he had entered Willowbrook with a film crew in 1972, using a stolen key.

A Brooklyn State of Mind

A Brooklyn State of Mind

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-02-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (287 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Rainone

Cast:

Writer:

Frank Rainone

Frederick Stroppel

Fullplot:

Al Stanco has lived all of his life in Brooklyn and does some work for the local crime lord, Danny Parente. New to the neighbourhood is Gabriela, a filmmaker shooting a documentary on the real Brooklyn. Al and Gabriela become friendly but the relationship is strained when he discovers her true goal is to expose Parente's criminal activities. When Al sees the evidence Gabriela has uncovered, which implicates Parente in the death of many locals (including Al's own father), he seeks revenge in a dangerous confrontation with his boss.

Dinner Rush

Dinner Rush

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-29

Languages:

English, Italian, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (4238 Reviews)

Director:

Bob Giraldi

Cast:

Writer:

Rick Shaughnessy

Brian S. Kalata

Fullplot:

Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprietor and bookmaker Louis Cropa in New York? Anything but as tonight's guests include; a local police detective and his wife specially invited by the owner; on the balcony rival bookmaker gangsters from Queens who want to become partners in the restaurant; in the corner renowned food critic 'the food nymph' is her usual demanding self; and at the bar, seemingly unnoticed, is Ken. As the evening continues enter Duncan, inveterate gambler and sous-chef on-the-line in the frenetic kitchen downstairs, who acts as the catalyst that causes the evening to draw to its inevitable, explosive, deadly conclusion.

Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-11-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (70300 Reviews)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Fullplot:

New York postal worker Jacob Singer is trying to keep his frayed life from unraveling. His days are increasingly being invaded by flashbacks to his first marriage, his now-dead son, and his tour of duty in Vietnam. Athough his new wife tries to help Jacob keep his grip on sanity, the line between reality and delusion is steadily growing more and more uncertain.

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