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While some gangster movies are well-known across the board, other great crime films lack the same kind of ever-present cultural relevance.
As the American film industry matured in the early 20th century, so too did organized crime. While violent gangs and criminal outlaws are hardly an American invention, Prohibition in the 1920s did ...
Gangsters have always made for popular film characters. As equally terrifying as they are compelling, audiences have been consuming their tales of crime and violence for decades. The genre is so ...
“City of God” is unflinching in depicting murder and gang violence. However, this grittiness gives the film a sense of authenticity in this masterfully edited and directed gangster saga.
Gangster movies provide a unique take on many factual events throughout history, but many of the films made are filled with historical inaccuracies.
Few film types are as iconic in French cinema as the gangster. Throughout the genre's heyday from the early '50s through the late '70s, Belmondo, Montand and Delon seemed to live with a gun in one ...
Martin Scorsese's The Irishman is an underrated gangster film that feels like a look back at his and his cast's careers.
Director Darren Aronofsky has always been known for pushing his characters into dark, punishing corners, but with Caught Stealing he takes a sharp left turn into something wildly different. This is a ...
Darren Aronofsky's latest film marks a change of pace for the director and features winning performances from Butler, Matt ...
Paul Bettany's British gangster movie Gangster No. 1 has been released on Netflix. The 2000 film was one of the Marvel star's first big roles, and was described as "brutally violent" and ...