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Danny Aiello has 17 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Léon: The Professional.
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Striptease
1996
Comedy · Crime

Plunkett & Macleane
1999
Action · Comedy

Citizen Ruth
1996
Drama · Comedy

Bulworth
1998
Comedy · Drama

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
1988
Comedy · Drama

Casino Jack
2010
Comedy · Crime

New York Stories
1989
Comedy · Drama

Dark Habits
1983
Comedy · Drama

Do the Right Thing
1989 · Movie · Actor
Top 5%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Radio Days
1987 · Movie · Actor
Top 19%Prime Video · Included

Moonstruck
1987 · Movie · Actor
Top 25%Peacock · Included

Little Italy
2018 · Movie · Actor
Top 39%Prime Video · Included

The Stuff
1985 · Movie · Actor
Top 48%Prime Video · Included

2 Days in the Valley
1996 · Movie · Actor
Top 59%Paramount+ · Included

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
Dir. Luc Besson · With Jean Reno, Natalie Portman, Gary Oldman

Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
Dir. Spike Lee · With Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee

Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.
Dir. Adrian Lyne · With Tim Robbins, Elizabeth Peña, Danny Aiello

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, Mia Farrow

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for the loss of his hand, has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls for Ronny, she learns that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.
Dir. Norman Jewison · With Cher, Nicolas Cage, Vincent Gardenia

Former childhood pals Leo and Nikki are attracted to each other as adults—but will their feuding parents' rival pizzerias put a chill on their sizzling romance?
Dir. Donald Petrie · With Emma Roberts, Hayden Christensen, Alyssa Milano

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!
Dir. Larry Cohen · With Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Garrett Morris

In a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course. This clever tale tells the story of two hit men, a mistress, a nurse, a vindictive ex-wife, a wealthy art dealer and his lovelorn assistant, a suicidal writer and his dog, and a bitter cop and his partner.
Dir. John Herzfeld · With Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, Teri Hatcher

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. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tough cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.
Dir. Daniel Petrie · With Paul Newman, Ed Asner, Ken Wahl
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Dir. James Glickenhaus · With Jackie Chan, Danny Aiello, Roy Chiao

'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.
Dir. Eddie Murphy · With Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx
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.
Dir. Michael Lehmann · With Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell
A struggling Miami art gallerist incurs the wrath of a mobster when he becomes accidentally engaged to his flighty ex-wife, but he falls in love with the woman's sister, so he invents a twin brother and plays both parts to satisfy the women.
Dir. Fernando Trueba · With Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah

The accidental shooting of a boy in New York City leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Dir. Harold Becker · With Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
Dir. James Toback · With Molly Ringwald, Robert Downey Jr., Dennis Hopper
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.
Dir. Pat O'Connor · With Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
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