Best Organised Crime and Gangster Films (54 titles)
100% from 3 members
State Of Grace
Fantastic performances by Sean Penn, Gary Oldman and Ed Harris. Based on the Westies Irish mob of Hell's Kitchen, New York
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State Of Grace
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman
Director: Phil Joanou
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Terry Noonan returns to New York's Hell Kitchen after twelve years to find that his old neighbourhood of seedy bars and Irish-American mobsters has been taken over by Yuppies hell-bent on gentrification. Terry's childhood buddies, ruthless gang leader Frankie Flannery and his psychotic brother ..read more »
65%
from 1,794 member
Goodfellas
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Goodfellas
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Based on Nicholas Pileggi's book "Wiseguy", Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS is a wry, violent, and exhilarating film about the life of Henry Hill, an aspiring criminal who ends up in the FBI's witness protection program after testifying against his former partners. As a poor Irish-Italian growing up ..read more »
80%
from 62,990 members
Carlito's Way
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Carlito's Way
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller
Director: Brian De Palma
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Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance ..read more »
74%
from 20,212 members
The Departed
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The Departed
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's masterful 2002 Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going undercover as a mob ..read more »
77%
from 86,149 members
The Godfather
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The Godfather
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Richard Conte, James Caan
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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Chilling portrait of a Sicilian family's rise and near fall from power in America and the passage of rites from father to son. Based on a novel by Mario Puzo.
81%
from 61,813 members
Q And A
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Q And A
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Taking its title from the stenographer's record in a criminal investigation, Sidney Lumet's brutal look at police corruption peers at the rotten center of crime-fighting institutions and spotlights one man's naive attempt to intervene. Timothy Hutton is young District Attorney Al Reilly, called in ..read more »
60%
from 352 members
Gangs Of New York
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Gangs Of New York
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Director: Martin Scorsese
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In 1860's lower Manhattan, the Five Points section is a dark, teeming corner of the city known for vice and chaos. Into this frontier of lawlessness arrives the young Irish American, Amsterdam Vallon. Amsterdam is the orphaned son of the slain Priest Vallon--once chief warrior of the Dead Rabbits ..read more »
61%
from 39,494 members
Donnie Brasco
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Donnie Brasco
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen
Director: Mike Newell
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Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp) is an FBI who ingratiates himself into the Mafia pecking order by posing as "jewel man" Donnie Brasco. He finds his loyalties divided when Lefty Ruggiero, a jaded hit man, takes him on as a protege and places real trust in him. The two men form a friendship--and a ..read more »
72%
from 21,831 members
Romanzo Criminale
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Romanzo Criminale
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Anna Mouglalis, Kim Rossi-Stuart, Pierfrancesco Favino
Director: Michele Placido
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A master criminal has his sights on conquering Rome's underworld in this exciting gangland saga, spanning more than 25 years of criminal activity in Italy. ROMANZO CRIMINALE follows Libano from hoodlum to kingpin, tracking his rise to power, and the struggles that arise within his gang of ruthless ..read more »
66%
from 5,613 members
Infernal Affairs
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Infernal Affairs
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Anthony Wong
Director: Siu Fai Mak, Wai-keung Lau
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Directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, INFERNAL AFFAIRS is a tense thriller featuring Hong Kong superstars Andy Lau and Tony Leung. The film follows the parallel lives of Ming (Lau), a cop who secretly reports to ruthless Triad crime boss Sam (Eric Tsang); and Yan (Leung), an undercover police ..read more »
71%
from 14,705 members
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