GoodFellas currently dominates Saving Private Ryan 70–30
The film that makes you complicit edges the one that makes you flinch.
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The Verdict
A narrow edge to Goodfellas sets Scorsese's seduction against Spielberg's assault. Goodfellas moves like the life it's about — fast, funny, exhilarating, the freeze-frames and needle-drops making crime look like the best party in town, until it curdles. Saving Private Ryan is the more punishing experience, its opening a benchmark for battle nobody has topped. A slim lead for Goodfellas says a viewer preferred the film that makes you complicit over the one that makes you flinch. Ryan shows you the cost of violence; Goodfellas shows you the appeal, and the appeal is the more uncomfortable thing to carry out of the theatre.
The Numbers
| GoodFellas | Saving Private Ryan | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 70% | 30% |
| Overall Win Rate | 62% | 54% |
| Championships | 59 | 47 |
| Avg Decision | 4.8s | 3.0s |
| Budget | $25M | $70M |
| Box Office | $47M | $482M |
Where This Matchup Sits
BingeBracket tracks 45 films from the 1990s — GoodFellas at #6, Saving Private Ryan is in the upper half.
The championship record tells the same story: GoodFellas has 59 tournament wins to Saving Private Ryan's 47. The pedigree gap matches the head-to-head gap.
Saving Private Ryan earned $482M at the box office while GoodFellas made $47M. Even so, GoodFellas takes the bracket — commercial performance and voter preference diverge.
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