The Gipper Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Somehow I think I should get The Usual Suspects in there. Wouldn't that be considered a Gangster Movie? Question on the genre: If the main character is a cop or a PI, is that considered a Gangster Movie. Say, French Connection, or a Maltese Falcon, or some other Bogie movie? Or would that be considered a "Mystery" or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 1. Goodfellas 2. Godfather 3. Scarface is usually thought of as a gangster flick so ill put that as my 3. 4. Casino 5. Donnie Brasco Turns out I don't like that many gangster movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted March 6, 2014 Report Share Posted March 6, 2014 Usual suspects and Fargo are both kinda sorta. Boondock saints too. I'd put all three of those in my top ten. Kill the Irishmen and American gangster maybe too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 American Gangster is a very good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Layer Cake is another great british gangster movie along the lines of snatch and lock stock. Plus it has James Bond and Bane as leads. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375912/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Also, Leon: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110413/?ref_=tt_rec_tti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Donnie Brasco Al and Johnny Depp nailed it The Departed love the irish mob The Road to Perdition Forest.Gump learns how to be an irish badass Eastern Pormises The Ruskkies should not be messed with Pulp Fiction QT's forray in the genre Gomorrah released in 08.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadNewsBrowns Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Godfather 1 & 2GoodfellasScarfaceThe DepartedAmerican History XCasinoA Bronx TaleAmerican Me Inside Job (2010) If that's not a movie about a certain ethnic Mafia,organized crime and crooks I don't know what is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Usual suspects and Fargo are both kinda sorta. Boondock saints too. I'd put all three of those in my top ten. Kill the Irishmen and American gangster maybe too I have never seen Boondock Saints. But I hear good things about it. It is obviously possible that I haven't seen all gangster movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 American Gangster is a very good movie. Oh, yea, the Denzel Washington movie. I liked it. Would not make it Top Ten though. It was kind of a upgraded New Jack City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Look for a Whitey Bulger gansta flick in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Look for a Whitey Bulger gansta flick in the near future. The Departed was loosely a fictional version of the Whitey Bulger story, essentially. Jack Nicholson playing the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 Yep, forgot all about that. Of course, the demise of "Whitey" in The Departed is vastly different than the fate of the real Bulger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted March 12, 2014 Report Share Posted March 12, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dste Ace Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 In no particular order: Godfather I and II Goodfellas Donnie Brasco Casino Eastern Promises The Town Usual Suspects Pulp Fiction Reservoir Dogs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Angels with filthy souls. Anyone? Anyone? Keep the change ya filthy animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7fqaNNXQMk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted March 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted March 13, 2014 Report Share Posted March 13, 2014 Never heard of The Town the town is good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted March 14, 2014 Report Share Posted March 14, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miktoxic Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 The Godfather Trilogy Goodfellas Casino Bronx Tales. The French Connection. thats My top 5 anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted April 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westside Steve Posted April 29, 2014 Report Share Posted April 29, 2014 yeah I wouldn't consider the French Connection a mob movie either. WSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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