Public Enemies...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 2009) This is the story of the last few years of the depression era bank robber John Dillinger ...
American Gangster...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 2007) Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number ...
Eastern Promises...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 2007) The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin (Viggo Mortensen) is a driver for one of London's most ...
The Departed...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 2006) In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop ...
Gangs of New York...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 2002) Having witnessed the death of his father in a major gang fight, young Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) ...
Road to Perdition...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 2002) This is the beautifully shot and crafted story of a gangster named Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks) who ...
Knockaround Guys...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 2001) The son (Barry Pepper) of a mobster (Dennis Hopper) and his best friend (Seth Green) lose half ...
The Sopranos...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1999) North Jersey mobster, Tony Soprano, a self-described waste management consultant, seeks a psychiatrist's help after blacking out. ...
Hoodlum...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1997) Snap-brim fedoras, vintage autos, blazing Tommy guns, corrupt public officials and greedy mobsters battling it out over ...
Donnie Brasco...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1997) This true story follows undercover FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York. ...
The Funeral...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1996) New York City, the 1930s. A powerful crime family is caught in a lethal crossfire between union ...
Casino...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1995) This Martin Scorsese film, based on a true story, depicts the Janus-like quality of the Las Vegas ...Early Mob Movies
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The Big Heat
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1953) Detective Dave Bannion is an upright but unscrupulous cop on the trail of a vicious gang he suspects holds power over the police force. Bannion is tipped off after a colleague’s suicide and his fellow officers’ suspicious silence lead him to believe that they are on the gangsters’ payroll. When a [...]
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White Heat
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1949) Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of cut throat criminals. Afflicted by terrible migraine headaches and obsessively devoted to his ‘Ma’, Cody is a volatile, violent, and eccentric character. Cody’s top henchman wants to lead the gang and attempts to arrange an accident for Cody, while he [...]
