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2 - Godfather II
3 - Godfather I
4 - Scarface (the Pacino one)
5 - The Untouchables (the Brian De Palma one)
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1. The Big Sleep
2. The Public Enemy
3. Little Caesar
4. Pulp Fiction
5. White Heat
6. Key Largo
I cheated and listed six. 
I hope these all fit the category.
No doubt the Godfather series would be high on anyone's list. I guess I just like older ganster movies better.
Any chance Taxi Driver could be considered a gangster movie? If sim it would proably bump something from my list.
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Godfather I and II
Casino
Untouchables with Costner and Connery
Any with James Cagney
Any with Humphrey Bogart
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Ganster's? We dont need no stinking gangster's! Only one, The Untouchables the one with Connery.
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Last Man Standing - Willis
Untouchables - Connery
Hoffa - Nicolson/Devito
Bonnie&Clyde - Dunaway
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Well, with the complete understanding that no gangster movie will ever come close to The Godfather 1 and 2...I like:
Casino
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
Last man Standing.
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Last Man Standing
Key Largo
Untouchables (Costner/Connery)
St Valentine's Day Massacre (Jason Robards)
Goodfellas
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Donnie Brasco (based on FBI's Joe Pistone's undercover work and very, very close to his book)
Goodfellas (actually Wiseguy and based on Nick Pileggi's book about Henry Hill)
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (based on novel of same title by George V. Higgins, who was a Mass. prosecutor and knows his mob stuff--some of the book deals with "lunch pail" thefts from the S&W factory to supply the thugs)
Casino (also a Pileggi effort and based on The Outfit, its Kansas connections, and particularly
on Chicago enforcer Spilotro, who ended up in an
Indiana cornfield)
To Live and Die in L.A. (based on a Treasury agent's actualy experiences)
Little Caesar (which inspired professor Blakeley to come up with the RICO act to put "big boy" in jail and not just show Rico, an underling played by Edward G. Robinson, ending up in the gutter)
The Grifters (with Angelica Huston superbly playing a Mob/Outfit money courier, much like Virginia Hill actually was while at the same time being Bugsy's girlfriend)
OK, that's more than 5. Sorry.
The trouble with Godfathers, Untouchables is they
are pure Hollywood. The Godfathers glamorize the
mob as men of honor. As for the Untouchables, Elliot Ness' role in bringing down Capone was next to nothing to nil and is solely based on Ness' own self promotion. That said, they certainly are entertaining.
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The Untouchables, I use Connery movie lines all the time now.
Once Upon a Time in America
Road to Perdition
Johnny Dangerously
And anything that has Cagney in it.
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The Untouchables-Costner/Connery
Miller's Crossing
Road To Perdition
Haven't seen or got Once Upon A Time In America. Everyone says it is great, but I can't find it.
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Goodfella's,
The Godfather(s) I&II
Casino
A Bronx Tale.
Untouchables (with Costner and Connery)
Greatest line ever in a mobster movie: "Leave the gun, take the canoli's" Spoken by Clemenza in GF-I
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Last Man Standing-Willis
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Miller's Crossing
Road To Perdition
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Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
True Romance
I don't know if they're really gangster movies, but there's gangsters in 'em.
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"A Bronx Tale" !!!
That's the movie I was thinking of when I listed "Once Upon a Time in America". I will edit my original post immediately. I really liked that movie.
The Usual Suspects" was great as well, but more of a crook movie than a gangster flick.
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That's the movie I was thinking of when I listed "Once Upon a Time in America". I will edit my original post immediately. I really liked that movie.
It is a good movie, especially when the Bikies decide to mess with the Mobs bar.
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As far as TV gangster stories go, "Crime Story" was great- Dennis Farina's first really big role. Lots of great early 60's cars in it, too.
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I think Thief could be considered a gangster movie and is the best movie James Caan was ever in (IMHO).
Supporting actors include Willie Nelson and Jim Belushi! Music is great too. Directed by Michael Mann.
Highly recommended.
Death Wish III certainly is about gang-bangers. I won't comment about realism. But any movie that co-stars a Wildey can't be all bad. You have to love the scene where Kersey is locked in a holding cell with the scum of the earth.
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Thief is great but I don't quite put it in the gangster genre with other "gangster" films. But Robert Prosky's role as the head of the Outfit's "street tax" crew was based on an actual Chicago Outfit guy.
Jef,
The Black Forest? I can't recall it. Was it foreign made or is that forest nearby The Petrified Forest?
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While GF1 & 2 are my favorites I can highly recommend Dinner Rush, with Danny Aiello. I bought a brand new copy on Amazon for $5.00 plus shipping. A combo of mob tactics and the everyday running of a NYC Italian restaurant.
Check the reviews.  Dinner Rush
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New one coming out with Johnny Depp as John Dillinger. Supposed to premier on July 1st. Looks good. Public Enemies.
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2. Menace to Society
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...huh, oh my bad...you said gangter, not gangsta. Nevermind.
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Wow, I'm not the only guy here that liked Jimmy Cagney movies (like "White Heat", et al). I gotta admit, "The Sting" was a pretty good movie, too.
"Last Man Standing" was another good movie, too (especially if you like seeing 1911s in action).
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The following movies in the following order reflect my thoughtful considered review of what I consider (in my very humble opinion) to be the top gangster movies of all time...
1. The Maltese Falcon
2. Key Largo
3. The Big Sleep
4. Devil in a Blue Dress
5. Pulp Fiction
6. Reservoir Dogs
7. French Connection
8. Friday, Next Friday, Friday After Next
9. It's All About The Benjamins
10. Casino
11. Untouchables
12. Desparado
13. Last Man Standing
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Little Caesar, White Heat, The Big House, Scarface (Muni and Pacino).
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Godfather 2
Goodfellas
Miller's Crossing
Terms of Endearment
Check out Marty's picks...lots of classic noir!
Best Gangster Movies Chosen by Martin Scorsese - The Daily Beast
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2. Pelosi Does D.C.
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Don’t know if this qualifies as a gangster movie or not but I really liked the Soprano’s. It attempted to show the true greedy and sick side of that life and the people who are attracted to it.
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