Mobster Movies

[Matt Crunk]

My top Three

1. Miller's Crossing (one of the most beautifully filmed movies ever - in any genre)

2. Road to Perdition (just saw it for the first time this past weekend: cinematography ranks close to Miller's crossing)

3. Last Man Standing (a re-telling of one of my favorite tales)

 

[Ethan Bentley]

"Once Upon a Time in America."

One of the longest films I've seen but also one of the best.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

My top Three

1. Miller's Crossing (one of the most beautifully filmed movies ever - in any genre)

2. Road to Perdition (just saw it for the first time this past weekend: cinematography ranks close to Miller's crossing)

3. Last Man Standing (a re-telling of one of my favorite tales)

I will have to 'agree to a T' with Matt on these choices....and, you've gotta love those 30-shot-per-mag Colt 45's that Willis uses in Standing....:eusa_doh:
Rob

 

[djhatman]

and, you've gotta love those 30-shot-per-mag Colt 45's that Willis uses in Standing....:eusa_doh:
Rob

I do want to know where I can get one of them guns that never run out of rounds.

 

[Retro Russ]

Here's a long list of old gangster movies from 1930 to 1949. I've watched some of these, but a lot of them I haven't gotten around to yet. I got three box sets of Warner Bros. gangster flicks, volumes one through three, and I'm still making my way through them. That's where all of these titles come from, spare Scarface (1932), and I included the movies in the fourth box set, which I don't personally own. I simply haven't had the money to get it yet.

Little Caesar (1930)
Smart Money (1931)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Scarface (1932)
Lady Killer (1933)
Picture Snatcher (1933)
The Little Giant (1933)
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
G Men (1935)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Black Legion (1937)
Kid Galahad (1937)
San Quentin (1937)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Invisible Stripes (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Brother Orchid (1940)
City for Conquest (1940)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
White Heat (1949)

Warner Gangsters Collection, Vol. 1
Warner Gangsters Collection, Vol. 2
Warner Gangsters Collection, Vol. 3
Warner Gangsters Collection, Vol. 4

If you have Netflix, some of these movies can be viewed on Instant.

 

[Dapper Dave]

White Heat is a good classic gangster movie along with Angels with dirty faces. I'm a Cagney fan. I also like Paul Muni in the Original Scarface. Kansas City confidential was a good gangster film noir of the early 50s with John Payne as the lead actor.

 

[Salty O'Rourke]

If you like Miller's Crossing you should check out The Glass Key (1942) - you'll notice a few parallels. MC isn't a remake but you can tell the Coens were heavily influenced by Dashiell Hammet's novel The Glass Key (and also Red Harvest).

Also check out High Sierra with Humprey Bogart - more a gangster-on-the-lam film than a mob picture but a good one.

 

[Lincsong]

White Heat is a good classic gangster movie along with Angels with dirty faces. I'm a Cagney fan. I also like Paul Muni in the Original Scarface. Kansas City confidential was a good gangster film noir of the early 50s with John Payne as the lead actor.

Angel's With Dirty Faces, great flick. I haven't seen it in years.

 

[Lincsong]

Great scene, in one camera shot....

[video=youtube;yCYwcObxl78]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCYwcObxl78[/video]

 

[I Adore Film Noir]

How's about Bonnie & Clyde with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, 1967.

 

[ukali1066]

Of the modern[ish] era Goodfellas reigns supreme.....superb in every way, right down to the trashy style in their homes !

Of the 1920's/30's/40's period...

Untouchables while terribly incorrect factually is very enjoyable

Road to Perdition... lovely sad mood to the film....and Tom Hanks as a quiet tough guy !

Not a film but a series...Boardwalk empire is very good

 

[hasselhoff]

Once upon a time in America is one of the best mobster\gangster\mafia movie I have ever seen!

Road to perdition is real good. Le Samurai is a pretty good flick, even tough it isn't a real mafia\mobster film!