Your favourite gangster movie?

[Pickman's model]

 

[Danny Dyer]

Is that really you, Danny? If so, what do you put on your potato first: cheese or beans?

Tuna.

 

[MellySingsDoom]

Tuna.

Tuna? Tuna??? This is Urban, not a bleeding Hampstead cafe!

You're having cheese and beans, and that's yer lot, young man!

 

[discokermit]

gomorrah.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Angels with Dirty Faces (James Cagney, 1934).

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Top of the World, Mah!

 

[D'wards]

If you want Gangsta, then Colors should be your first port of call.

God, this song sounds dated now - loved it at the time

 

[Fez909]

You could be right. He loved Ghost Dog because it wasn't a 'head fuck', so I'm looking for less violent gangsta stuff.

A History of Violence

 

[D'wards]

Danny Dyer got banned already? Was that for that Pimp film he was in?

 

[albionism]

Get Carter.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Goodfellas. End of thread.

 

[Wolveryeti]

I have a soft spot for Things To Do in Denver When You're Dead...

 

[white rabbit]

The Godfather (I and II, III not so much) Goodfellas, Casino, Gangster #1, Long Good Friday. I'd like to include Scarface (Brian de Palma) and it's got some classic moments, but there are too many stupid scenes in like Manny wanting his name on chicks' asses. Much better from BdP and with Al Pacino, Carlito's Way.

 

[Stanley Edwards]

fresh, well underrated film. it's even got a young gus fring as a violent heroin dealing pimp.

This went down extremely well. Good call.

 

[stupid dogbot]

Much better from BdP and with Al Pacino, Carlito's Way.

I've long thought I was alone in this. Quite right.

 

[sim667]

Goodfellas

 

[Virtual Blue]

A Better Tomorrow.
Hanna-Bi.

The Departed - it shouldn't be compared to the original, great film in it's own right.

Goodfellas.
Pulp Fiction.
Godfather II.

King of New York - 'where's my fried chicken muthafucka?'

 

[rubbershoes]

Donnie Brasco is well worth a look

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Get Carter.

God, I hope you're not referring to the Stallone version.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Snow on Tha Bluff

 

[ruffneck23]

goodfellas
the king of new york

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

Rififi.

Le Cercle Rouge.

I suppose both are considered sub genres of 'Gangster' by being 'heist' movies.

 

[albionism]

God, I hope you're not referring to the Stallone version.

Nooooooooooo

 

[trabuquera]

There are 3 main strands going on here - classic crime movies of the 1930s, movies about the Mafia and organised crime, and movies about black/youth gangs from the late 20th century on. They're not the same thing. All of the recommendations on this thread are great ... here are some more from category 3:

Dead Presidents (very underrated IMHO)
Juice (not exactly gang-related, more of a drama about friends tbh but a great movie and worth it for Tupac Shakur's performance alone)
Better Luck Tomorrow (Asian Californian gangs, an interesting flip of the script)
Mi Vida Loca (Chicano gangs in LA)

Or of course you could just watch all 60 hours of The Wire again, because apart from being the best thing ever made (TM) it's also by far the best about the real internal and external dynamics of gangs, what makes them survive or not and the personal rivalries inside them.

 

[blossie33]

The Untouchables - is that a gangster?

Or maybe even Some Like it Hot which has sort of connections?!

 

[krtek a houby]

Eastern Promises - Cronenberg Russian gangster film set in contemporary London with Viggo Mortensen and Vincent Cassell. Well worth a look.

Exiled - Hong Kong triad rival gangs shoot em up. Johnny To directs.

 

[Virtual Blue]

Forgot about Eastern Promises. It's friggin awesome.

OMG, the Koreans have made a remake to A Better Tomorrow.
Trailer gave me the goosebumps !

 

[Virtual Blue]

There are 3 main strands going on here - classic crime movies of the 1930s, movies about the Mafia and organised crime, and movies about black/youth gangs from the late 20th century on. They're not the same thing. All of the recommendations on this thread are great ... here are some more from category 3:

Dead Presidents (very underrated IMHO)
Juice (not exactly gang-related, more of a drama about friends tbh but a great movie and worth it for Tupac Shakur's performance alone)
Better Luck Tomorrow (Asian Californian gangs, an interesting flip of the script)
Mi Vida Loca (Chicano gangs in LA)

Or of course you could just watch all 60 hours of The Wire again, because apart from being the best thing ever made (TM) it's also by far the best about the real internal and external dynamics of gangs, what makes them survive or not and the personal rivalries inside them.

Dead Presidents is a forgotten classic.
Loved it.

 

[Bluesree]

The Long Good Friday, if only to see the guy from Casualty, the guy from Brush Strokes, the guy from Fawlty Towers and five minutes of Bob Hoskins gurning.

 

[DotCommunist]

Dead Presidents is a forgotten classic.
Loved it.

theres only one good scene in dead prez, when the bloke pops out of the bin wearing the whiteface and starts shooting