10 Greatest Ray Liotta Movies - Ranked

10. The Many Saints Of Newark

David Chase’s feature length Sopranos prequel was a strange proposition. Coming along some 14 years after the series ended, one could be forgiven for wondering: why now? When the movie finally dropped, though, it was actually quite a lot better than it had any right to be.

Yes, you needed to be a Sopranos fan to really appreciate it (though if you’ve yet to consume that show, that’s really a you problem), but the story of Tony’s teenage years, and his idolisation of Dickie Moltisanti (whose shadow looms large over many episodes of the HBO show) was engrossing stuff, captured with real period style.

Best of all, it had Ray Liotta in not one but two roles. Alongside the fantastic Alessandro Nivola as Dickie, Liotta walks away with the picture as Dickie’s father “Hollywood Dick” and his incarcerated uncle Salvatore. Liotta is frightening in a way he hasn’t been in years, with full licence to go broad.

For a character actor of his particular style, it couldn’t have been a better fit. He chews scenery, steals scenes, and is by a way the most entertaining part of the movie.