favorite gangstah movies....
 

i love gangstah movies, from the most artsy fartsy, to the pointless violennt shoot em up in the hood flicks...

on the waterfront
godfather 1
godfather 2
mean streets
menace to society
clockers
goodfellas
dead or alive 1
ichi the killer
dont me a menace to south central while ya drinking ya juice in the hood
departed (say what u will, im from boston and nicholson forever)

cant forget dead presidents, the vietnam and gangster double violent spectacular!

mean streets is by far my favorite gangster movie.

Godfathers (I even like 3)
Goodfellas
Friday (?)

1. the sopranos
2. goodfellas
3. who's that knocking at my door
4. mean streets
5. casino
6. the godfather: part II
7. the godfather
8. the departed
9. lock, stock and two smoking barrels
10.snatch

the sopranos aint a movie, but if it were to count, it wud be my favorite BY FAR! i was sickly obsessed witht that show since i tuned in season 2, i own all 7 dvd sets, watched every episode religiously, watched all the special features, ive read all the critques of the show, and truly believe that tony soprano is the most captivating fictional charachter of modern times. people bitched about the last episode, but smart people knew that i show as brilliant as the sopranos could not go out with an infuriating and brilliant ending (the people who paid attention knew what happened anyways, *cough bang cough*).

exactly.

I could only watch a part of the Sopranos through Netflix but what I saw really dug. Sucked that I couldn't keep it coming.

i looove the sopranos

never watched the sopranos.... Mean Streets is so boss... Godfather is possibly the greatest flick of all time

i did not like boondock saints. so many people i know love it. so many film students... are you irish/catholic kegmama?

Departed, Godfather

<---- belgian/colombian/catholic

why else would anyone be that into gangster movies...?


this reminds me of two things:

1. i like that scene in scarface with the colombians
2. i still haven't bought a chainsaw yet

I've said it before I'll say it again "Brotherhood" > "The Sopranos", just my opinion.

Honorable mentions: "The Untoucables"
Kubrick's "The Killing"
oh, and a Hong Kong movie that came out last year or two called "Exiled", really good.

Willem was the lone bright spot

so i guess if i say 'yuck' thats an automatic non-entry for the slumber party right?

infernal affairs.
various miike yakuza films.
goodfellas.

Mean Streets
Casino
Scarface
Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrells
The Business
Sonatine
Brother

Never liked Goodfellas or The Godfather(s).

1) The Public Enemy - the definitive Cagney gangster flick, so intense that a disclaimer was added to it and it was edited for re-release because it was "pre-code"

2) Bullet in the Head - John Woo's masterpiece about friendship and betrayal set against a backdrop of 60's Vietnam

3) Goodfellas - so entertaining, funny, shocking and amazing that it's based on real people

4) The Killer - Woo and Chow Yun Fat in a film that shows that sometimes the cops and the gangsters aren't too different from each other

5) Angels With Dirty Faces - a couple of punks grow up together and one takes the fall for the other which sends him down the path of a life of crime while his buddy becomes a priest. Lots of feelings of honor, responsibility, and the intro of the Bowery Boys

6) Hard Boiled - The Pinnacle of John Woo's style. Things blowing up, doves flying, paper cranes, and a hospital full of babies in the midst of a crazy firefight.

7) White Heat - "Top of the world, ma!" Cagney is the ultimate mama's boy and a complete fucking psycho. You never know when he's going to snap.

8) The Godfather - I feel obligated to mention this. Leave the gun, take the cannolis.

9) The Maltese Falcon - I feel like I didn't give Bogart enough love on this list. This movie is all-out fun. A colorful cast and an asshole protaganist that just oozes cool.

10) Little Caesar - here's the reason why everyone thinks of Edward G. Robinson as the image of a gangster. He's totally badass.


honorable mention: most everything directed by Ringo Lam, or Johnny To. Dozens of films starring Simon Yam. Most everything by Seijun Suzuki.
Be sure to check out A Better Tomorrow 1-3, Full Contact,
Branded to Kill, Snatch, Lock Stock, Casino, Mean Streets, Pistol Opera.

And don't forget that most Samurai films have heavy gangster elements especially Lone Wolf and Cub, and Zatoichi.

I totally forgot to add Leon: The Professional. That would be up towards the top.