<![CDATA[Best 10 Gangster Movies]]>OK, Slowburn brought it up elsewhere: What are your Top 10 Gangster Movies?

Godfather I

Godfather II

GoodFellas

The Sting

Pulp Fiction

Snatch

Once Upon a Time in America

The Departed

Reservoir Dogs

Either The Untouchables or Donnie Brasco, I can't decide this last one.

(I did not go for Scarface...and Road to Perdition would be outside my top ten, nor Bonnie and Clyde.)

I should also say that I didn't include anything pre 1960s. Old Gangster movies almost are a separate genre.

I also know there may be some very good foreign gangster movies.

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@slowburn said:

The Iceman featuring Michael Shannon just cracked my top five. Badass flick

you should read the book 'the iceman cometh'. that dude was caraaaazy! (the undercover FBI agent was more crazy though. how do those guys do it?) wasn't scared of shit. there are also documentary films out there where he was interviewed on camera in jail.

doesn't quite get into the depravity and gruesomeness as the book does.

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@browns149 said:

Is the "Usual Suspects" a gangster movie?

It is about a gang of criminals. And a GREAT movie

I think it can be considered a gangster movie, yes. The gangster characters were the primary focus of that movie. The cops were just there for dressing.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/408859https://brownsboard.com/post/408859Sat, 17 May 2014 15:54:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Sat, 17 May 2014 01:03:30 GMT]]>Is the "Usual Suspects" a gangster movie?

It is about a gang of criminals. And a GREAT movie

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@westside-steve said:

I would classify die hard as an action movie.

WSS

Thanks.

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@the-cysko-kid said:

If you mention seven which is not about the mafia, you'd have to mention silence of the lambs which is better in every way

I would hardly call silence of the lambs a 'gangsta' movie.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/407917https://brownsboard.com/post/407917Wed, 14 May 2014 20:37:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Wed, 14 May 2014 19:08:41 GMT]]>The Iceman featuring Michael Shannon just cracked my top five. Badass flick

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/407909https://brownsboard.com/post/407909Wed, 14 May 2014 19:08:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Thu, 08 May 2014 21:43:07 GMT]]>In no particular order.

Casino

The Godfather

The Departed

Menace 2 Society

Boyz n the Hood

Pulp Fiction

Training Day

Scarface

Heat

Goodfellas

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/404593https://brownsboard.com/post/404593Thu, 08 May 2014 21:43:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Wed, 30 Apr 2014 02:20:01 GMT]]>"have you ever picked you feet in Poughkeepsie?" said Popeye Doyle

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/402326https://brownsboard.com/post/402326Wed, 30 Apr 2014 02:20:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:21:59 GMT]]>I would classify die hard as an action movie.

WSS

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@the-cysko-kid said:

If you mention seven which is not about the mafia, you'd have to mention silence of the lambs which is better in every way

OK, I was just giving examples...not trying to do a comprehensive list.

Though...another issue has come up: Is something like Die Hard a "Cop movie" or an Action/Adventure movie.

This just shows how sometimes you cannot pigeonhole movies into any one particular genre.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/402133https://brownsboard.com/post/402133Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:29:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:09:19 GMT]]>yeah I wouldn't consider the French Connection a mob movie either.

WSS

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/402130https://brownsboard.com/post/402130Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:09:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:52:51 GMT]]>If you mention seven which is not about the mafia, you'd have to mention silence of the lambs which is better in every way

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@nickers said:

The Godfather Trilogy

Goodfellas

Casino

Bronx Tales.

The French Connection.

thats My top 5 anyway.

The French Connection choice brings up a question: Is that a "Mob" movie? Or a "Cop" movie/mystery. I think there is a difference.

If one were to say name the best Detective/Cop movies you would likely come up with a completely different list from the "Mob movie" category.

You would likely get the likes of:

Dirty Harry and sequels

Maltese Falcon

LA Confidential

Die Hard

Heat

Seven

Serpico etc. stuff like that where the cops are the primary characters, not the criminals.

In Mob movies, the criminals are the lead. Godfather/Goodfellas etc.

I think the French Connection is a cop movie, not a mob movie.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/402098https://brownsboard.com/post/402098Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:07:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:58:41 GMT]]>The Godfather Trilogy

Goodfellas

Casino

Bronx Tales.

The French Connection.

thats My top 5 anyway.

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@westside-steve said:

Anybody remember the Pope of Greenwich Village?

"dey took my thumbs micky...they took my fucking thumbs!!"

@slowburn said:

TOne of my favorites along with the bank job shootout in Heat

Travis rescuing the child prostitute in Taxi Driver

runner up include shootouts from LA Confidential and Unforgiven

some of the best movie endings ever.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/396441https://brownsboard.com/post/396441Tue, 01 Apr 2014 05:16:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:34:21 GMT]]>The Town:

The shootout at Fenway was badass. One of my favorites along with the bank job shootout in Heat

while im at it:

The shoot out at the motor court in Bonnie and Clyde

Travis rescuing the child prostitute in Taxi Driver

Inglorious Basterd's tavern shootout is aces.

runner up include shootouts from LA Confidential and Unforgiven

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@the-gipper said:

Never heard of The Town

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@dste-ace said:

In no particular order:

Godfather I and II

Goodfellas

Donnie Brasco

Casino

Eastern Promises

The Town

Usual Suspects

Pulp Fiction

Reservoir Dogs

Never heard of The Town

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]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/393083https://brownsboard.com/post/393083Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:50:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Thu, 13 Mar 2014 15:56:26 GMT]]>Angels with filthy souls. Anyone? Anyone?

Keep the change ya filthy animal.

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Godfather I and II

Goodfellas

Donnie Brasco

Casino

Eastern Promises

The Town

Usual Suspects

Pulp Fiction

Reservoir Dogs

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@westside-steve said:

I love just about every gangster movie. I don't know that I would call Copland or American History X a gangster movie but I recently watched Copland again on PPV. Very good. And good call on the Warriors, the original, that was an outstanding film.

Anybody remember the Pope of Greenwich Village?

Mean Streets? Angels with dirty faces? Little Caesar?

WSS

Yea, as I said, I kept my list to just post 1960s. Prior to that you have a ton of them with Cagney, E.G. Robinson, Bogart, George Raft etc. And the whole Film Noir genre

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/393011https://brownsboard.com/post/393011Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:36:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:17:21 GMT]]>I love just about every gangster movie. I don't know that I would call Copland or American History X a gangster movie but I recently watched Copland again on PPV. Very good. And good call on the Warriors, the original, that was an outstanding film.

Anybody remember the Pope of Greenwich Village?

Mean Streets? Angels with dirty faces? Little Caesar?

WSS

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/392998https://brownsboard.com/post/392998Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:17:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Best 10 Gangster Movies on Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:15:25 GMT]]>i would ask what do you consider gangster films? do the main actors have to be affiliated with an gang (no matter what kind) in order to justify them on this list? what about a gang of dirty cops?

1. godfather

2. goodfellas

3. the departed

4. bronx tale

5. cop land

6. eastern promises

7. road to perdition

8. a prophet

9. the warriors

10. training day

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