Ray Liotta in the fantasy/drama film "Field of Dreams"—Liotta portrayed Shoeless Joe Jackson, the ghost of the famed baseball player. In 1990, Liotta portrayed real-life mobster Henry Hill in Martin Scorsese's film "Goodfellas". In 1992, he costarred as a psychopathic cop alongside Kurt Russell and Madeleine Stowe in the thriller "Unlawful Entry". He appeared in a leading role in the science-fiction/action film "No Escape". In 1996, he starred with Linda Fiorentino and Peter Coyote in the sci-fi/thriller "Unforgettable". Liotta earned critical praise for his turn in James Mangold's 1997 film "Cop Land", starring alongside Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, and Harvey Keitel.
Gangster film the film won the Academy Award for Best Picture. A 2018 biographical mafia film, "Gotti", directed by Kevin Connolly, stars John Travolta as John Gotti, released in June. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 0% based on 38 reviews, and an average rating of 2.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "." Martin Scorsese is also set to release a biographical mafia film in 2019 through Netflix, The Irishman, starring all three heavyweights in the genre, Robert De Niro as Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran, Al Pacino as Jimmy Hoffa and Joe Pesci as Russell Bufalino.