15+ True Stories That Inspired Hollywood Films That Charity Had No Part Of

Goodfellas

Yup, the book Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family inspired the epic film, although the film is more fictitious. Henry Hill is a New York city mobster and it’s his friendship with the Lucchese crime family that the film focuses on. From 1955 to 1980, Hill worked for the Lucchese family, that is until he became an FBI informant. Moreover Hill’s testimony allowed the FBI to seize around 50 convictions.

Goodfellas