Danny Aiello

Set on one lively night at a trendy restaurant in the TriBeCa area of New York City, this is a rapid-fire tale of gangsters, gourmet food, high-flying chefs, bookies and obnoxious patrons made real with snappy dialogue and an experienced ensemble cast. (Access Motion Picture Group)

It's the hottest day of the year in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, and tensions are growing there, with the only local businesses being a Korean grocery and Sal's Pizzeria. Mookie, Sal's delivery boy, manages to always be at the center of the action.

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. (imdb)

When Toni discovers several of his men have been scammed by a Russian mail-order bride who?s escaped back to Russia, he decides to send his troublesome nephew, Anthony Santini to bring back the girl and the money. Only, Anthony Santini can?t seem to get the mob thing right.

A widowed Brooklyn book-keeper is torn between her fiancé and his brother. (imdb)

An emotional tale of a boy who has never learned to love or trust anyone. A modern day Huck Finn, JJ (Nasso) decides to tackle the world on his own, leaving his abusive foster mother behind as he attempts to find his real mother. (Lions Gate Films)

A go-for-broke thriller about a professional assassin whose work becomes dangerously personal. Calling himself a "cleaner", the mysterious Leon is New York's top hitman. When his next-door neighbors are murdered, Leon becomes the unwilling guardian of the family's sole survivor - 12-year-old Mathilda.

Frank Giorgio's once orderly life has been thrown into chaos since the bank that loaned him money for a restaurant addition to his lobster business has folded. With the threat of a public auction looming, the very proud and stubborn Frank, played by Danny Aiello, his family and eccentric crew attempt to save the Brooklyn lobster shop that is the cornerstone of their identity. (Meadowbrook Pictures)

A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him. (imdb)

48 hours of intersecting lives and crimes in Los Angeles (imdb)

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to Brooklyn over 30 years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life (imdb)

In 1930s New Jersey, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.

"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster... (imdb)

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences. (imdb)

Lucky Number Slevin is a thriller that twists and turns its way through an underworld of crime and revenge. Set in New York City, a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Hartnett) into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses. (The Weinstein Company)

Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good... (imdb)

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand. (imdb)

Keitel plays the lead in this schizophrenic movie in which he is continually pulled by the two conflicting sides of his personality... (imdb)

The story of the friendship between a star pitcher, wise to the world, and a half-wit catcher, as they cope with the catcher's terminal illness through a baseball season. (imdb)

A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) who's old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has their own mistress that they want put into the film. (imdb)

From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. (imdb)

An exploration of certain conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination from Jack Ruby's perspective... (imdb)

A lonely and emotionally neglected rich kid forms an attachment to one of the men who kidnap him during a botched robbery of his father's safe. (imdb)

Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie) who is looking for a ride from the city out into the Mojave Desert, where her mother lives. Little does he know that while Ellie is falling in love with him, he is falling for her mother (Julie), despite the nearby presence of Julie's boyfriend who seems likely to go berzerk at any moment. (imdb)

Harry Stone (Danny Aiello), a formerly top notch director, has had three disastrous movies in a row. Facing dismissal from the top perch of Hollywood and finacial ruin from back taxes, he is forced to take on a very commercial and, he believes, ridiculous movie... (imdb)

Nick and Frank Starkey were both policemen. A scandal forced Nick to leave the force, now a serial killer has driven the police to take him back. A web that includes Frank's wife, bribery, and corruption all are in the background as Nick tries to uncover the secret of where the killer will strike next, and finally must lay a trap without the police. (imdb)

Frank Pesce is the luckiest man alive in spite of his bad luck. Based on a true story, a man growing up in a tough New York neighborhood has a gift for finding himself in the worst possible jams...and always getting out. He is the first New York Lottery winner. (imdb)

A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a mobster. (imdb)

An attorney is hired to defend a notorious mobster which he has been trying to send away for years while working as a prosecutor. (imdb)

Chan plays Billy Wong, a New York cop whose partner is murdered by Hong Kong gangsters. His new partner is Danny Gorani (Danny Aiello). They are sent to rescue an American woman who was kidnapped and taken to Hong Kong. There, they must also stop a shipment of narcotics before it reaches the U.S. (All Movie Guide)

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

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. (imdb)

Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though he tries to avoid the gang and his neighbors, it does not work. Soon he is battling the Souls and not only changing their attitudes, but the attitudes of his previously intimidated neighbors as well. (imdb)

After learning that he's dying, Pop (Danny Aiello) has one last request for either of his two sons: Get married! After Tom dies trying, it's up to his brother, Jeff (T.R. Knight), an aspiring priest, to satisfy Pop's wishes before it's too late. Suddenly adrift in a sea of nutty women, our kindly hero has to learn all the things they didn't teach him at the seminary in this charming directorial debut from veteran comedy writer John DeBellis.

True story of a divorced father in search of his children when his ex-wife enters the witness relocation program. (TCM.com)

Sprawling Mario Puzo novel about an Italian family of gangsters draws the inevitable comparison to "The Godfather", but does find its own direction. Headed by Don Domenico Clericuzio, the family executes a rival gang on the night of the Don's daughter's wedding, including her new husband, the son of his rival. Unfortunately the daughter gets pregnant and the repercussions of the night drift into the future. (imdb)

A critically acclaimed, award-winning documentary that examines the impact of the horrors of Willowbrook on the survivors and their families, Unforgotten features eloquent testimonials of family members and focuses on the lives of survivors, 25 years after Geraldo Rivera's historic television expose. (Amazon.com)

Hooch is a hicksploitation about a small county in the Appalachians and its many moonshine-brewing inhabitants, who are all struggling to make a living. The older "brewers" are pissed off at the success of young upstart Eddie Joe, who is charmingly stealing their regular customers. Meanwhile, the owner of the country store (also a moonshiner) conspires with a trio of Mafioso who want to take over the moonshine business in that county as an extension of their Northern business ventures. (imdb)

As the elder don dies, his young heir moves into the position. He quickly proves to be as ruthless as he tries to discover who has launched a plot to overthrow his rule and may be infiltrating other families. In a left over plot line, his aunt discovers that the young don had her son murdered first setting her off in a plot to kill him. Then when she is stopped she is driven into the arms of a conflicted priest. (imdb)

Born in the Bronx and raised in upstate New York, Abel Ferrara started his professional film career on Mulberry Street in 1975. For the past year he's been living on the block, and the feast of San Gennaro is the subject of his new film. While he has used this location for a few of his features, this time it's the star of the film. (imdb)

The 12 years old well-bred Lonnie meets the impudent Karen on the street. They spend some time together and Karen teaches Lonnie some of her favorite occupancies, like make-up, shoplifting, skipping school and lying to the parent about it, but confessing to the priest later. But Karen also learns some honesty from Lonnie. A film about social differences and growing up. Written by Tom Zoerner (imdb)

A female Chicago detective plays by her own rules to go after drug dealers. (imdb)

A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own. (imdb)

A by the book female police officer is assigned to the most corrupt precinct in Pittsburgh and told to get it cleaned up. (imdb)

Made for TV movie about Bobby Kennedy's campaign to bring Jimmy Hoffa to justice. (imdb)

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. (imdb)

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. (imdb)

Flash used to be a talented baseball player but he took to drinking and now he sells stolen watches in the streets. One day he meets Chu Chu who, before falling into alcoholism like him, was a successful entertainer. Now she still dances but in the streets for no more than a cent or two. Luck seems to smile at them the day they find stolen government documents forgotten some place. (imdb)

A young woman wants to get her boyfriend to commit to her, but the most she can get him to do is exchange apartment keys. (imdb)

Two high schoolers are unprepared for the reality of parenthood when the girl becomes pregnant.

The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Jerry Stiller, hosted by Jason Alexander.

The film tells the story of a scheming manager who plots to kill his faded pop star, and in doing so increase her album sales. (imdb)

The Behind-the-Scenes documentary of the dramatic comedy Do the Right Thing. (imdb)

A horror anthology series where the viewer is taken through ghost stories, science fiction adventures and creepy, unexplained events. (imdb)

Katy Mahoney patrols the grittier streets of Chicago, dispatching the seamier elements before reporting to her boss Terry McNichol. Katy's intensity about her job interfered with her social life.

Music video for the Madonna single from the album 'True Blue'. (imdb)

A teen gives her graduation address and reveals her involvement in the disappearance of one her classmates, a boy who had taunted her. The film then moves into flashback to tell the story. Danny Aiello appears as her unorthodox, but compassionate, father. (imdb)

A brash group of hoodlums have been doing minor crime jobs in their neighborhood since they were kids until they step on the wrong toes and get caught up in a war with an old-school mafia king pin and their lives soon become hell on earth. (imdb)

A young couple must navigate a blossoming romance, amidst a war between their families' competing pizza restaurants.

A trio of opera singers are reunited by a wedding ten years after their stormy breakup. (imdb)

A professional hockey player who is only happy when he is miserable signs a long-term contract that covers his entire career only to ruin it in his first year due to substance abuse and alcoholism. He rides his good luck in the final month of the final year of his contract when he gets a last chance at redemption in the seventh game of the finals.

Joe Lieberman is attracted to Shaleen. They begin a professional relationship, which continues even after Joe develops a romantic interest in a woman named Kate, who is married.