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But what might be the greatest gangster movies ever made?
As the American film industry matured in the early 20th century, so too did organized crime.
In mob movies, there’s no such thing as just good and evil or right and wrong.
There’s only life and death, by any means necessary.
(Go Sox!)
Mean Streets (1973)
Martin Scorsese’s name is synonymous with mobster films.
Bullet in the Head (1990)
Many of John Woo’s films involve renegade cops and gun-toting gangsters.
After a robbery goes belly-up, the group’s loyalties to each other are put to the test.
Enter: Eastern Promises.
Eventually, the truth of Mortensen’s character comes to light.
Gangs of New York (2002)
Martin Scorsese does it again.
(Pistone worked on the film as a consultant.)
Underscored by themes of longing and loneliness what else from Wong Kar-wai?
Fallen Angels stands out as a ’90s Hong Kong classic.
Infernal Affairs (2002)
Before Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning movie The Departed, there was Infernal Affairs.
A double feature with Scorsese’s movie is a no-brainer.
That’s the compelling paradox of Johnnie To’s Election, a sprawling political crime epic from 2005.
Caine stars as Jack Carter, a ruthless London gangster notorious among the city’s organized crime bosses.
Scarface (1983)
“Say hello to my little friend!”
(And boring.)
Spanning different time periods, Once Upon a Time in America lives up to its title quite literally.
