Casino...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1995) This Martin Scorsese film, based on a true story, depicts the Janus-like quality of the Las Vegas ...
True Romance...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1993) True Romance wallows in every possible seedy contrivance of American crime cinema. It is absolutely shameless in ...
Pulp Fiction...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1994) Quentin Tarantino directed, co-wrote, and co-stars in this cinematic masterpiece. Pulp Fiction is best known for its ...
Carlitos Way...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1993) Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail after serving five years of a much longer stretch. ...
King of New York...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1990) Drug lord Frank White (Christopher Walken) is released from Sing-Sing prison after serving a number of years ...
A Bronx Tale...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1993) Calogero Anello is a 9-year old child living in the Bronx in the early 60's, a hotbed ...
Bugsy...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1991) New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer ...
Billy Bathgate...
Gangster Movies: (ca 1991) Based loosely on the organized crime syndicates of the 20's and 30's, Billy Bathgate is the story ...
Mobsters...
Gangster Movies: (ca 1991) This movie is based on the rise of four leading organized crime figures, from the end of ...
State of Grace...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1990) Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks ...
Millers Crossing...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1990) It's Prohibition era 1930s as Mob wars tear apart the city of crime boss Leo and his ...
Goodfellas...
"As far back as I can remember, I've always wanted to be a gangster." -- Henry Hill, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1955. Gangster Movies: ...
The Godfather Part III...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1990) "The Godfather III" is a beautiful film, visually stunning and of great importance, completing the tragic saga ...
The Sicilian...
Gangster Movies: (ca.1987) Egocentric bandit Salvatore Guiliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement ...
The Untouchables...
Gangster Movies: (ca. 1987) In 1919 the Volstead Act was passed which made provisions for the enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment, ...Early Mob Movies
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The Roaring Twenties
Gangster Movies: Three dough-boys, played by James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and Jeffrey Lynn, meet in the trenches just as World War I is ending. Eddie Bartlett (James Cagney) tries in vain to get his old job back. His friend Danny (Frank McHugh) comes to his rescue by allowing him to drive his cab at [...]
