Best Gangster Film

[Anny Road]

The Krays.

The long good friday.

 

The krays. Fuck off

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

The answer is The Godfather. Given how old it is, its a truly remarkable film. It set the bar, it created the genre.

 

Goodfellas is not only one of the best gangster films ever, its probably one of the greatest films ever.

 

Tough call but its the Godfather by a nose for me.

 

Gotta agree with this completely.

 

Godfather 2 was a much superior film to Godfather, like the way in which Empire Strikes Back was in relation to Star Wars.

 

Goodfellas is just cinematic perfection in every sense from Scorcese.

 

Godfather indeed by the very thinnest nose hair because like RB says, it set the bar and the legacy for all others to follow. First films in sequential/trilogy films have to start the story.

 

For anyone that doesn't have the Godfather trilogy on Blu Ray, just buy it.

 

Only others that come even close are Casino and Scarface.

[Guest The Big Green Bastard]

If your BEST film is The Long Good Friday fair enough, good film, though I think most on the list are better. But The Krays? really?

 

The krays. Fuck off

 

I like the Krays as it was based on a true story, most of the other films are not. Also for being a british film.

[VladimirIlyich]

Yes Godfather 1 and 2 are essentially the same film but I've chosen 2 in the poll quite simply because I enjoyed it a bit more because it appeared to have more going on and more different locations,but only by a short head over Godfather.

 

Long Good Friday is a great shout for best British gangster flick but I wont comment on the Krays!

 

Am I the only one who dislikes Goodfellas because its style over substance and played too much like a comedy?

[Anny Road]

I like the Krays as it was based on a true story, most of the other films are not. Also for being a british film.

 

Pocahontas was based on a true story.

[Guest TesticleOReilly]

No Dick Tracy? Hang your heads in shame.

 

[Sut]

The Godfather didn't see the creation of the genre. DW Griffiths made one of the first gangster films in 1913 with The Musketeers of Pig Alley. They were being made throughout the silent period but really took off as a genre in the thirties. If you haven't, check out The Public Enemy, the original Scarface and The Roaring Twenties.

[Red Banjo]

Fucking fuck.

 

After talking about Goodfellas on here, i decided to go to the DVD collection and watch it again.

 

Only its not fucking there. Some cunt has obviously borrowed it and decided not to return it. Motherfuckingcuntarsetitwank.

 

This seriously pisses me off.

[Red Banjo]

The Godfather didn't see the creation of the genre. DW Griffiths made one of the first gangster films in 1913 with The Musketeers of Pig Alley. They were being made throughout the silent period but really took off as a genre in the thirties. If you haven't, check out The Public Enemy, the original Scarface and The Roaring Twenties.

 

I didn't mean it literally created the genre mate. Im not naive enough to think a film made in 1971 was the first film of its type. I meant that it spawned million attempts to re-create its sheer brilliance, all which - bar the very odd exception - have failed to even get near. Coppola did Puzo's amazing book the justice it deserved by delivering what's widely regarded as the finest film ever made, and as such the benchmark film in this category. 40 years on, it still has not been surpassed for me. A truly, truly incredible film.

[Guest simon]

Im really supprised theres no mention of Charlie. The true storys are always the best.

[1892-LFCWasBorn]

Fucking fuck.

 

After talking about Goodfellas on here, i decided to go to the DVD collection and watch it again.

 

Only its not fucking there. Some cunt has obviously borrowed it and decided not to return it. Motherfuckingcuntarsetitwank.

 

This seriously pisses me off.

 

Download it.

[Vincent Vega]

Goodfellas, Carlito's Way and Pulp Fiction are the three I have watched the most, but the Godfather films are classics even if they do seem dated these days (and rightly so as this was set in a different era). My preference would be:

 

1. Goodfellas

2. Godfather II

3. Carlito's Way

4. Godfather

5. Pulp Fiction (would be higher but I don't really classify as a true gangster movie)

6. City Of God (again not really a classic gangster movie in my eyes)

7. Once Upon A Time In America

8. Mean Streets

9. The Departed

10. Lock Stock/Snatch

The rest

 

 

Edit - I know it's not a film but I think The Sopranos would be the number one ganster related show of all time, even better than all the films.

[chorlton]

Long Good Friday has one of the most original ending in cinema in terms of execution.

 

The plot is exceptional, don't get me wrong there are some fantastic films on that list, carlito is a personal fave but I don't see anything for me that beats the long good friday.

 

Remember it was a small movie that i think was for a tv production, godfather was massively budgeted. And i do think that makes it more of an achievment that it's on a level in terms of quality.

[Vincent Vega]

One of the biggest travesties in Oscars history was Dancing With Wolves winning best picture ahead of Goodfellas. The academy realised their mistake when they awarded Scorsese the best picture award for the much inferior The Departed. They did the same thing with Peter Jackson when he got all the awards for The Return Of The King instead of the far superior The Fellowship Of The Ring.

[chorlton]

lord of the rings films are pedestrian, over indulgent and repetative.

 

KRULL SHITS ON THEM ALL!!!

[Sut]

A film that upholds the the mythic West is always going to win out against one that depicts the flipside of the American dream, though.

[Sut]

The Dark Knight is another great gangster film.

[Clark Westerfeld]

Donnie Brasco

[Scott_M]

Goodfellas, my favourite film of all time.

[Section_31]

The Godfather didn't see the creation of the genre. DW Griffiths made one of the first gangster films in 1913 with The Musketeers of Pig Alley. They were being made throughout the silent period but really took off as a genre in the thirties. If you haven't, check out The Public Enemy, the original Scarface and The Roaring Twenties.

 

On The Waterfront too, epic.

[Scooby Dudek]

The Phantom Menace

 

To quote IMDB;

 

Jabba the Hutt was a notorious gangster and crime mobster.

 

Close the thread.

 

Godfather 2 is a very distant second.

[Mendoza]

 

Most underrated gangster film. Suppose being released in the same year as Goodfellas didnt help.

[Closer To God]

 

Most underrated gangster film. Suppose being released in the same year as Goodfellas didnt help.

 

Great shout mate. This is a superb film and very underrated, as you say.

 

I've probably watched 5-6 times upon the years.

[Closer To God]

Fucking fuck.

 

After talking about Goodfellas on here, i decided to go to the DVD collection and watch it again.

 

Only its not fucking there. Some cunt has obviously borrowed it and decided not to return it. Motherfuckingcuntarsetitwank.

 

This seriously pisses me off.

 

 

Hunt the fucker down!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or buy it again!

[Mendoza]

Find the scumbag who nicked it and make things right

 

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