Live by Night (2016) (original) (raw)

During Prohibition, small-time crook Joe Coughlin relocates from Boston to Florida, where he expands the mob's bootlegging empire and is caught between warring Italian and Irish crime families.

During Prohibition, small-time crook Joe Coughlin relocates from Boston to Florida, where he expands the mob's bootlegging empire and is caught between warring Italian and Irish crime families. (less)

Director: Ben Affleck
Writers: Ben Affleck, Dennis Lehane
Starring: Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Remo Girone, Brendan Gleeson, Robert Glenister, Matthew Maher
Producer: Leonardo DiCaprio

» See full cast & crew

Blu-ray reviews

17
fans

2940
Blu-ray
collections

138
DVD
collections

276
Digital
collections

177
iTunes
collections

30
Prime
collections

132
MA
collections

Review

Review by Brian Orndorf, January 13, 2017

4 / 10

As a writer/director, Ben Affleck enjoyed an impressive streak of exceptional pictures, creating truly fantastic efforts in �Gone Baby Gone,� �The Town,� and �Argo.� He showcased a filmmaking talent unseen in his thespian pursuits up to this point, regenerating his enthusiasm for the art form with movies that were easily among the best of their respective years. With �Live by Night,� Affleck�s instincts fail him for the first time, abandoning the relative intimacy of his previous endeavors to mastermind a gangster saga adapted from a 2012 Dennis Lehane novel, giving him narrative responsibilit ...read more...

| | My rating | 6.2859% like it | | ----------- | --------------- |

Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014) 8.4 1,517Boardwalk Empire2010-2014 Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 8.3 2,287Once Upon a Time in America1984 Carlito's Way (1993) 8.1 3,512Carlito's Way1993 American Hustle (2013) 7.4 3,118American Hustle2013 The Irishman (2019) 8.1 1,646The Irishman2019 Black Mass (2015) 6.9 1,202Black Mass2015 Banshee (2013-2016) 8.2 411Banshee2013-2016 The Drop (2014) 7.3 751The Drop2014
GoodFellas (1990) 9 10,393GoodFellas1990 Mobsters (1991) 5.8 135Mobsters1991 The Godfather: Part II (1974) 9.1 7,351The Godfather: Part II1974 Gangster No. 1 (2000) 6.6 161Gangster No. 12000 King of New York (1990) 7.3 1,712King of New York1990 Lawless (2012) 7.2 2,017Lawless2012 Casino (1995) 8.4 7,658Casino1995 Road to Perdition (2002) 8 3,206Road to Perdition2002

Show more titles »« Show less titles

Similar titles suggested by members

| The Godfather (1972)The Godfather1972 +1 | The Town (2010)The Town2010 +1 | Argo (2012)Argo2012 +1 | Public Enemies (2009)Public Enemies2009 +1 | Gone Baby Gone (2007)Gone Baby Gone2007 +1 | The Accountant (2016)The Accountant2016 +1 | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |