Top Gangster Movies of all time

**max power** · 22/07/2004, 1:39 PM

blast from the past, bugsie malone !!!! ha ha good old/well young jodie foster

**eoinh** · 22/07/2004, 1:48 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Speaking of films, Eoin, was it you who mentioned Mike Leigh on a recent 'best directors' thread?

No, it wasnt me. Havent watched any of his films recently. Hes good though.

**noby** · 22/07/2004, 2:31 PM

Originally Posted by max power

blast from the past, bugsie malone !!!! ha ha good old/well young jodie foster

Amazing to think, that was the same year as taxi driver. Talk about different roles!

**max power** · 22/07/2004, 2:34 PM

ya just slightly, 2 months since i watched taxi driver, must watch it over the weekend

**slow2anger** · 22/07/2004, 3:50 PM

Don't forget about the Yakuza........Brother/Boiling Point/Sontaine to name but a few - Beat Takeshi is a legend.

**tiktok** · 22/07/2004, 3:52 PM

Originally Posted by slow2anger

Beat Takeshi is a legend.

Boiling Point....definitely a good call

**joeSoap** · 23/07/2004, 8:53 AM

Originally Posted by tiktok

Boiling Point....definitely a good call

Whats it about?...Who's in it?.never heard of it!!

**Ruairi** · 23/07/2004, 10:02 AM

Not a movie, but isn't Clamps out of Futurama the funniest gangster ever?

**joeSoap** · 23/07/2004, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Ruairi

Not a movie, but isn't Clamps out of Futurama the funniest gangster ever?

Yeah...quite funny, and Sammy "The Mechanical Bull" Gravano.
Fat Tony in the Simpsons is quite good too.

**ccfcman** · 23/07/2004, 4:29 PM

goodfells Q.E.D.

**Raheny Red** · 04/06/2008, 10:26 AM

Originally Posted by joeSoap

Errrm....road to perdition is more recent than any of those.....
There are other classics to be considered if you take into consideration the English underworld: The Krays, The Long Good Friday, and theres an excellent 4 part series on BBC2 called the Long Firm, starring some guy I never heard of acting as a gay london tough guy in soho...., the original Get Carter with Michael Caine, all classics

Couldn't find the worst film tread, so did a search on The Krays and found this thread. It was on TG4 last night. Did anyone watch it? My God it was awful, I was expecting something half decent but this was complete and utter ****e.

**joeSoap** · 04/06/2008, 10:34 AM

Ah it wasn't that bad. Granted, the Kemp brothers were very poor in it, but the storyline was ok.

**TonyD** · 04/06/2008, 12:25 PM

I agree with Pete - Once Upon a Time in America. By a distance I have to say. (Re-opens debate)

**Kingdom** · 04/06/2008, 6:14 PM

Originally Posted by TonyD

I agree with Pete - Once Upon a Time in America. By a distance I have to say. (Re-opens debate)

Me too.

**pete** · 04/06/2008, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by TonyD

I agree with Pete - Once Upon a Time in America. By a distance I have to say. (Re-opens debate)

James Woods is probably best role of his career. Once Upon is to de Niro as Godfather is to Al Pacino.

Does Point Blank count as a gangster movie? Maybe more of a crime thriller?

Either way one of my favourites too. Lee Marvin never better. Mel Gibson attempted remake was a disgrace.

**First** · 09/06/2008, 1:41 PM

"Rise of the Footsoldier, follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties."

Well worth a look

Post more suited to Recommended films thread , but I think the target audience are here.