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TOP 5 GANGSTER MOVIES OF ALL TIME

tonyphronetonyphrone 1,500 Posts
edited July 2006 in Strut Central
1. GOODFELLAS2.GODFATHER 23. GODFATHER4.King of New York5. Mean Streets Honarable mention: Casino, True Romance, The Long Good Friday, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai ,"The Untouchables, Broadway Danny Rose, State of Grace , Prizzi's Honor, Gloria, The Funeral, THE KRAYS
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  • DjArcadianDjArcadian 3,633 Posts
    1. Public Enemy
    2. Goodfellas
    3. Godfather 2
    4. Angels with Dirty Faces (great film, see it if you haven't)
    5. Scarface

    Godfather 1 really should be up there but I'm not going to sit here and try and figure out where it places.

    Honorable Mentions in the strictly-gangster genre

    Scarface (OG), Untouchables (very entertaining but not to be taken seriously), Casino for sure, , Once Upon A Time in America, White Heat, Miller's Crossing, Carlito???s Way (maybe), Usual Suspects, Sin City

    Honorable Mentions in the not-quite-classic-and-sort-of-gangster genre
    Menance 2 Society, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, City of God

    Most overrated gangster
    Donnie Brasco, crap film from beginning to end
  • SIRUSSIRUS 2,554 Posts
    1.Goodfellas-this movie is punk rock. it cut away all the grandiose imagry that the Godfather had popularised for gangster movies a decade earlier. godfather=the beatles,goodfellas=the clash.

    2.Godfather 1- everyone loves pt.2 better, but i love 1 more because of the cop killing scene. that is one of the best, suspenseful hitchcockian buildups ever.

    3.Godfather 2- greatest sequal ever that isn't named "empire', or "muppets take manhattan". would love to see the original cut that got booed at the sneak previews.

    4.Scarface-the best remake ever. juelz and joe can call themselves coke all they want, THIS MOVIE IS CRACK.

    5.Carlito's Way-yes, pacino speaks in a accent i've never heard a puerto rican, or anyone else on the planet earth use, but it dosen't matter. this movie should have got best picture that year. or at least a best actor for penn. the chase at the end is classic as hell, and de palma gets extra points for bringing jellybean in as a music advisor.

    Honorable mention: King of New York, Heat.
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    I'm 'Bout It, 'Bout It
    State Property
    Deep Cover
    Thief
    Belly

  • tonyphronetonyphrone 1,500 Posts

    Deep Cover


    I ACCTUALLY DIG DEEP COVER...
  • magneticmagnetic 2,678 Posts
    Scarface
    Menace 2 Society
    Carlito's Way
    The Killer
    Goodfellas
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
  • thesolelifethesolelife 369 Posts
    Killing Zoe
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts

    omg, I agree with you!
  • verb606verb606 2,518 Posts
    Killing Zoe

    oooohh Yes! big cosign. and not just because Julie Delpy's in it.





    but isn't Killing Zoe more of a heist movie? That should get it's own category, no?
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    1. White Heat
    2. Godfather 1/2 remix
    3. Scarface (howard hawks version)
    4. Big Combo
    5. Dillinger (warren oates version)
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    1. Get Carter- the original
    2. Blood In, Blood Out
    3. The Warriors
    4. The Godfather
    5. City of God
  • grandpa_shiggrandpa_shig 5,799 Posts
    1. White Heat
    2. Godfather 1/2 remix
    3. Scarface (howard hawks version)
    4. Big Combo
    5. Dillinger (warren oates version)

    that's it, holmes? i thought youd be pulling all kinds of precode joints out right here!

  • IronfeetIronfeet 516 Posts
    Killer
    Better Tomorrow
    Kung Fu Hustle
    Bronx Tale
    Meance II Society
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    The Warriors

    Gang shit > Gangster
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    1. White Heat
    2. Godfather 1/2 remix
    3. Scarface (howard hawks version)
    4. Big Combo
    5. Dillinger (warren oates version)

    that's it, holmes? i thought youd be pulling all kinds of precode joints out right here!


    I was tempted...my memory for film titles is awful, a bunch of
    30's stuff I've seen I can barely remember - I was more tempted to
    throw in a 50's French film ala Touchez pas au Grisbi or
    Bob le Flambeur. That Warren Oates Dillinger is awesome,
    if you haven't seen it...
  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    Battle without Honor series - Fukasaku Kinji
    Goodfellas
    Godfather 2
    A Better Tomorrow
    Blood in, Blood out

    Honorable mention: Kitano Takeshi gangster movies
  • theory9theory9 1,128 Posts

    Deep Cover


    I ACCTUALLY DIG DEEP COVER...
  • cpeetzcpeetz 2,112 Posts


    Honorable Mentions in the not-quite-classic-and-sort-of-gangster genre
    Menance 2 Society, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, City of God

    What if it ain't got Italians in it it ain't gangster?
    Jules said it best

    "...a

    bunch of gangsters doin' a bunch of

    gangsta' shit..."

    Pulp Fiction rates much higher than honorable mention IMO.
  • king45funkking45funk 2 Posts
    1. Godfather
    2. Performance
    3. Get Carter (orig)
    4. Goodfellas
    5. Scarface (Pacino)
  • JazzsuckaJazzsucka 720 Posts
    I have to throw "Once Upon A Time In America" here because I only saw one reference to it here. To me it is the best gangster movie of all time (tops even Scarface and Godfathers). Maybe it is because of Sergio Leone or Morricone's music, or the weird time structure, where it begins from the middle and ends in the middle with DeNiro puffing opium. It has an odd dreamlike quality all the way through and I love how it is not so much about family, power and moving up, as it is in the end about friendship. The scene where DeNiro's character ages 40 years in a few seconds is straight up classic filmmaking.
  • RisingsonRisingson 696 Posts

    Godfather
    Godfather 2
    Millers Crossing
    Pulp Ficiton
    Hard Boiled
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    1. Godfather
    2. Performance
    3. Get Carter (orig)
    4. Goodfellas
    5. Scarface (Pacino)

  • don_gigantedon_gigante 259 Posts
    1) The Killer
    2) City of God
    3) Godfather I
    4) Scarface
    5) Blood in, Blood out

  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Blood in, Blood out



    Right there up there, if not better than AMERICAN ME!!!
  • don_gigantedon_gigante 259 Posts
    blood in blood out was the wackest shit & soso fake, for the real story they bit watch American Me, which was such a real depiction of the mexican mafia several advisors for the movie were executed...
    Blood in Blood Out, changed the gang names, had wack actors & was just bad, especially as a cat who grew up in & around this lifestyle, do yourself a favor & watch american me...





    agreed...for purely entertainment value i have to go with Blood in...the characters: Mitlo--the guero whose down for his; Benjamin whats his face "El Gallo Negro" and his junkie bro; Popeye and his famous one liner; Big Al..shit they even name drop El Tepeyac and the Hollenbeck
  • TheMackTheMack 3,414 Posts
    hard boiled
    the killer
    boiling point(beat takeshi)
    goodfellas
    king of new york
  • ZachDZachD 318 Posts
    1.Goodfellas-this movie is punk rock. it cut away all the grandiose imagry that the Godfather had popularised for gangster movies a decade earlier. godfather=the beatles,goodfellas=the clash.

    Honorable mention: King of New York, Heat.

    Agree, Goodfellas is the best... I would be tempted to put Goodfellas, Mean Streets, and Casino all in the top 5. Marty knows gangsters.. err, except gangs of new york that kinda sucked.

    In fact I will put those three in my top 5

    1. Goodfellas
    2. Mean Streets
    3. Casino
    4. Reservoir Dogs
    5. Scarface

    Sorry Godfather, maybe #6.

    Dark Horse Pick I know a lot of yall have seen: The Long Good Friday (anyone have this LP?)
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    If you're into the old school flick check out "Little Caesar" w/Edward G. Robinson.
  • BeatChemistBeatChemist 1,465 Posts
    This is dope! thread.

    Plaese to be naming more!
  • djsheepdjsheep 3,620 Posts
    predictable, but my faves still;

    Scarface
    Goodfellas
    Godfather
    Godfather 2
    Carlito's Way
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