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03-16-2009, 11:36 PM
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Favorite Gangster Films
In honor of this weeks theme, I thought we could talk about some of our favorite gangster films.
The Godfather series is pretty much the standard (maybe not including part 3). I prefer #2 over the first one, but my favorite gangster movie of all time is Goodfellas. Scorsese has made some great ones besides Goodfellas...Mean Streets, Casino, The Departed. Then there are Tarantino's gangsters...Reservoir Dogs & Pulp Fiction. Leone's Once Upon a Time in America is superb, as is De Palma's Scarface. And let's not forget the classics, such as the original Scarface with Paul Muni, Edward G. Robinson in Little Caesar, and of course James Cagney....Angels with Dirty Faces, The Public Enemy, White Heat, and my favorite The Roaring Twenties.
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03-17-2009, 01:28 AM
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God there's so many.....
Godfather all of them Casino Goodfellas Departed Pulp Fiction Reservoir Dogs Untouchables Scarface So many more i know i forgot some
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03-17-2009, 01:51 AM
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Oh yeah, I forgot about Bonnie and Clyde...maybe not strictly a gangster movie, but definitely belongs somewhere in this category.
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03-17-2009, 04:13 AM
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Not surprisingly several of my fav 'gangster' flicks are British:
The Long Good Friday is probably the best British gangster film ever made... The Krays Gangster No. 1 Sexy Beast Get Carter (the Caine original not that Stallone mess) Lock Stock & Two Smoking BArrells Snatch RockNRolla Villain Goodfellas is my favourite American gangster flick. Scarface (both the Pacino remake and the Paul Muni original), Reservoir Dogs. Some old classics as well..most of the Cagney films (as mentioned above) are well worth a viewing.
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03-17-2009, 06:22 AM
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Miller's Crossing
Goodfellas The Road To Perdition Once Upon a Time In America The Departed Little Caesar The Public Enemy Angels With Dirty Faces In Bruges Sexy Beast Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Jeez I'll be back, I love the older gangster movies.
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03-17-2009, 06:59 AM
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Oh yeah, Oz..'In Bruges' as well...I guess hitmen can be classed as gangsters..
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03-17-2009, 07:07 AM
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Yeah because so many hit men are working for a mob, unless they are "independent contractors" like Irene Walker, but then she did most of her work for the mob too.
I forgot, well remembered, Prizzi's Honor one of the best gangster movies ever made.
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03-17-2009, 09:12 AM
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The Roaring Twenties (1939)
The Usual Suspects Carlito's Way Donny Brasco Eastern Promises A History of Violence Fireworks The Funeral Election Force of Evil
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03-17-2009, 09:24 AM
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A LOT of great ones being mentioned....how about
L.A. Confidential City of God Key Largo
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