8.4/1015 votesLoading...#1 - Downfall
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/3/2014
Good friends and business partners Robert Kubecka and Donald Barstow were able to bring down nine of the biggest gangsters of New York City.
Director: Richard Sanders
Writer: N/A
8.0/1025 votesLoading...#2 - Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2014
Charles "Lucky" Luciano was the number one gangster of all time. He put the "Organised" into organised crime and invented the modern Mafia.
Director: Gerry Pomeroy
Writer: N/A
8.0/1018 votesLoading...#3 - Vito Genovese
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/9/2014
Raised in the slums with terrifying gangs. He grew to inherit a Mafia entity; only to be faced with murder, the electric chair and fierce rivalry.
Director: Gerry Pomeroy
Writer: N/A
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#4 - Donnie Brasco
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/3/2014
Former FBI agent Joe Pistone, who infiltrated the Mafia for six years as Donnie Brasco, reveals how his undercover work led to more than 100 convictions - and resulted in the death of underworld figure Dominick `Sonny Black' Napolitano.
Director: Ned Parker
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1012 votesLoading...
#5 - John Gotti
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2014
The story of ambitious American mobster John Gotti, who became the boss of the Gambino family by ordering the death of the group's former head. He earned the nickname `Teflon Don' after three acquittals.
Director: Ned Parker
Writer: N/A
7.9/1013 votesLoading...#6 - Joseph Valachi
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/3/2014
How Joseph Valachi knew there was a 'hit order' out on him, and lived in so much fear that he revealed Both the existence of, and the whole structure of the Mafia for the first time.
Director: Gerry Pomeroy
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1010 votesLoading...
#7 - Roy DeMeo: The Mobster Murderer
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/3/2014
New York City mafia hit man, Roy Demeo, escaped the authorities for a long time and killed around 200 people.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/108 votesLoading...#8 - Meyer Lansky: The Mystery Man
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/3/2014
The story of Meyer Lansky, an associate of Lucky Luciano who was linked to criminal financial operations, but the FBI struggled to pin anything on him - or find his riches.
Director: Richard Sanders
Writer: N/A
7.7/1018 votesLoading...#9 - Sam Giancana
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/18/2012
Revealing the secrets of the Mafia's most notorious members, beginning with Sam Giancana, who was associated with the Kennedys, Frank Sinatra and the CIA.
Director: Elliot McCaffrey
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1013 votesLoading...
#10 - Tony Spilotro: The Las Vegas Enforcer
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/2014
The story of Tony Spilotro, who protected the Chicago Mafia's interests in the casinos of Las Vegas and became a target for the FBI.
Director: Elliot McCaffrey
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/108 votesLoading...
#11 - Carmine Galante: The Man of Steel and Heroin
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/2014
Even while being behind the bars for a great part of his career, Carmine Galante was still able to have a lot of power in organized crime.
Director: Martin JO Hugues
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1012 votesLoading...
#12 - Joe Colombo: The Maverick Mobster
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2014
The story of, Joe Colombo, the youngest Godfather of the Mafia that had problems caused by his flamboyant way of living.
Director: Martin JO Hugues
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1014 votesLoading...
#13 - Allen Dorfman: The Mafia's Banker
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/3/2014
A close associate of longtime Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with the Chicago Outfit, Alan Dorfman embezzled millions for the mob and himself until he was violently murdered in 1983.
Director: Elliot McCaffrey
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Mafia's Greatest Hits
Every episode of Mafia's Greatest Hits ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Mafia's Greatest Hits!
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Best Episodes Summary
"Downfall" is the best rated episode of "Mafia's Greatest Hits". It scored 8.4/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Richard Sanders and written by N/A, it aired on 10/3/2014. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Charles 'Lucky' Luciano".