Best 10 Gangster Movies
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Yep, forgot all about that. Of course, the demise of "Whitey" in The Departed is vastly different than the fate of the real Bulger.
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Yep, forgot all about that. Of course, the demise of "Whitey" in The Departed is vastly different than the fate of the real Bulger.
Yep, forgot all about that. Of course, the demise of "Whitey" in The Departed is vastly different than the fate of the real Bulger.
Yea, he went and lived in Santa Monica right near the beach for like 10-15 years until he was caught recently.
Many think the FBI knew just where he was and let him be.
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Actually I read where the FBI had a huge hard on for him after he had been protected by a rouge FBI agent during his run in Beantown. He was a cold blooded killer but had no vices (drugs, gambling) to trip him up. Clean living enabled him to be on the lam for 15 years.
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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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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?
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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
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
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In no particular order:
Godfather I and II
Goodfellas
Donnie Brasco
Casino
Eastern Promises
The Town
Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
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Angels with filthy souls. Anyone? Anyone?
Keep the change ya filthy animal.
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In no particular order:
Godfather I and II
Goodfellas
Donnie Brasco
Casino
Eastern Promises
The Town
Usual Suspects
Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
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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the town is goodNever heard of The Town
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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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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
Anybody remember the Pope of Greenwich Village?
"dey took my thumbs micky...they took my fucking thumbs!!"
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.
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The Godfather Trilogy
Goodfellas
Casino
Bronx Tales.
The French Connection.
thats My top 5 anyway.
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.
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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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yeah I wouldn't consider the French Connection a mob movie either.
WSS
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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
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.
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