– Director: Robert De Niro- Stacker score: 86.3- Metascore: 80- IMDb user rating: 7.8- Runtime: 121 minutesRobert De Niro serves as both the star and director of this 1960s mafia crime story about a father who tries to protect his teenage son when a local gangster (Chazz Palminteri) befriends the young man. Palminteri himself wrote the play the film was based on, and also adapted it for the screen.