Greatest Gangster Flicks

[MartyMcFly]

I'm watching Little Cesar right now and it got me thinking what the film room thinks is the greatest Gangster flick of all time or the greatest. I'll put a poll of some that immediately jump to mind but if anyone has any others, definitely list them. It doesn't have to be gangster meaning just mob movies, it can be stuff like New Jack City too or movies about the cops and the gangsters, like Heat. Here's my list:

1. Godfather
2. Goodfellas
3. Road to Perdition
4. The Untouchables
5. Godfather 2
6. Miller's Crossing
7. The Departed
8. Get Shorty
9. Snatch
10. White Heat

 

[StraxStrax]

The Dark Knight

 

[MartyMcFly]

The Dark Knight

That's a good one. I'd consider Batman Begins and the Dark Knight to be gangster flicks in the same way I consider Heat to be one. Good choice breh. I may revise my list now

 

[Bickin Back Being Bool]

 

[MenacingMonk]

Godfather. A beautiful masterpiece.

On a side note, WB needs to get off their asses and release the 2nd volume of classic gangster flicks.

 

[HHR]

fukk you. I don't want to choose between The Godfather II and Goodfellas.


BUT, here some of my suggestions...

Road To Perdition
A Prophet
Mesrine 1 & 2
Le Haine

 

[MartyMcFly]

fukk you. I don't want to choose between The Godfather II and Goodfellas.


BUT, here some of my suggestions...

Road To Perdition
A Prophet
Mesrine 1 & 2
Le Haine

Road to Perdition was on my mind when I said "Other" and I was going to put it on my list. Snatch, RocknRolla and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are contenders too. Also The Limey and Out of Sight

 

[HHR]

Road to Perdition was on my mind when I said "Other" and I was going to put it on my list. Snatch, RocknRolla and Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are contenders too. Also The Limey and Out of Sight

I legitimately LOVE Road To Perdition. I've never hammered out an actual personal Top 100....but it's definitely on there. Tom Hanks is perfect, Jude Law has NEVER been better, the cinematography is brilliant....and we get an all-time Paul Newman scene. I want to watch this right now.


fukking CHILLING

 

[MartyMcFly]

I legitimately LOVE Road To Perdition. I've never hammered out an actual personal Top 100....but it's definitely on there. Tom Hanks is perfect, Jude Law has NEVER been better, the cinematography is brilliant....and we get an all-time Paul Newman scene. I want to watch this right now.


fukking CHILLING

I keep meaning to pick this up on blu ray

 

[TKOK]

You should have put The Departed on that list.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

yall irk me so bad calling dark knight a gangster flick

 

[MartyMcFly]

You should have put The Departed on that list.

I wasn't going to put everything on the poll breh, that's why there's an "other" category. you vote other and then decide what you want it to be. Consider it a write in

 

[HHR]

For anyone who has a Cinemark Theater around them, they'll be showing both The Godfather I and II on June 22nd and 25th. I saw the first when they played it about 6 months ago, but I'm definitely going to II this time

 

[MartyMcFly]

yall irk me so bad calling dark knight a gangster flick

It's a crime flick at best in the same way Heat is a crime flick

 

[GzUp]

City of god?