Stills from Scarface, Goodfellas and The Godfather
Hollywood has often been interested in gangsters, as there is something alluring about the mafia culture that differentiates it from other works within the crime genre. The “Golden Age of Hollywood” saw the rise of many classic gangster films, but these were often limited by the constraints put on content as laid out by the Hays Code.
Scarface RCrimeDrama An ambitious Cuban refugee embraces the criminal underworld to achieve wealth and status in Miami. As his power grows, his enemies multiply, setting the stage for betrayal and a struggle for survival. His life becomes a cautionary tale of greed and its ultimate consequences, painting a vivid picture of the high cost of the criminal American dream.
Road to Perdition RCrimeDramaThriller A mob enforcer's son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge. The Untouchables RCrimeDramaHistorical During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
Eastern Promises RDramaCrimeAction Release Date September 21, 2007 Director David Cronenberg Cast Viggo Mortensen , Vincent Cassel , Sinéad Cusack , Armin Mueller-Stahl , Naomi Watts Runtime 100 minutes Main Genre Crime Writers Steven Knight Cinematographer Peter Suschitzky Producer Paul Webster, Robert Lantos Production Company Kudos Film and Television, Corus Entertainment, Astral Media, BBC Films, Serendipity Point Films, Shine Pictures, Focus Features, Telefilm Canada, Scion Films...
Release Date February 13, 2004 Director Fernando Meirelles , Kátia Lund Cast Alexandre Rodrigues , Leandro Firmino , Matheus Nachtergaele , Phellipe Haagensen , Douglas Silva , Jonathan Haagensen , Seu Jorge , Jefechander Suplino Runtime 130 Minutes Main Genre Crime Writers Paulo Lins , Bráulio Mantovani Expand Rent on Amazon
4 ‘The Departed’ Directed by Martin Scorsese The Departed is hands down one of the most entertaining films that Martin Scorsese has ever made, and to date the only one that has won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Although it was loosely inspired by the Asian cop movie Infernal Affairs and its two sequels, The Departed truly examined the difference between both sides of the law with its story of an undercover cop and a mob mole who attempt to discover each other’s identities.
3 ‘Goodfellas’ Directed by Martin Scorsese Goodfellas is one of the first mob movies to truly understand why the criminal lifestyle is so seductive, as it tracks how a young Henry Hill becomes enamored by the gangsters in his community in New York.
2 ‘The Godfather’ Directed by Francis Ford Coppola The Godfather is cited by many film professors and pundits as the greatest film of all-time, and for good reason. While the gangster genre was originally considered to only be used for B-movies, Francis Ford Coppola crafted a towering epic that showed a very dark side to the American dream.
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