[krastian]

^I love that movie.

[Sonic Youth 37]

Originally Posted by mangajunky

I totally forgot to add Leon: The Professional. That would be up towards the top.

I was going to put that but I didn't think it qualified as "gangstah"

[davenotdead]

thats clearly an assassin movie

[Silent Dan Speaks]

Originally Posted by davenotdead

i did not like boondock saints. so many people i know love it. so many film students... are you irish/catholic kegmama?

I feel exactly the same way. I can't for the life of me figure out why so many people are obsessed with it.

As for my own favoret ganster movies, they've all been mentioned already. But I would still like to bring up Analyze This. Good stuff.

[batreleaser]

bros. we totally forgot CITY OF GOD


boondock saints is just an entertaining movie about a couple of irish lads keeling italian lads for no fucking reason, it is no acheivement in cinema whatsoever. and it does NO justice to my home city of boston, ma. the departed however did. i love the beginning of the departed when the screen says, "boston, some time ago" and its a full oin brawl in the streets. boston was completley run by violence for a long time, south end was whitey and the irish, north was all italian. its cleaned up but it still aint great.

[batreleaser]

orson welles's "heart of darkness" was my favorite film-noir. first movie to graphically depict heroin abuse and rape and all sorts of dark shit. welles's performance as a hero cop turned sociopathic madman is amazing. such an underrated film.

[davenotdead]

oh yeah, City of God is one of my top 5 movies ever... i forgot its a 'gangstah' movie... it just transcends the genre

[Kloriel]

5.heat
4.return of the jedi
3.casino
2.godfather ii



























1.

 

real sorry for winning, can't help it, it is in my blood

yours truely and forever,

THE RED BULLL


BLLAAARRGGHG

[batreleaser]

heats some goodshit too, definitley not a gang flick though, more of a heist film. brilliant though.

[m1rr0r dash]

Originally Posted by davenotdead

oh yeah, City of God is one of my top 5 movies ever... i forgot its a 'gangstah' movie... it just transcends the genre

has he done anything else good? i saw City of Men... it was good, but not nearly as awesome.



sorry for the repost but i need to make some changes to my list

1. the sopranos
2. goodfellas
3. who's that knocking at my door (the pizza man?)
4. mean streets
5. casino
6. the rodfather: part II
7. the rodfather
8. the departed
9. lock, stock and two smoking barrels
10.snatch

[m1rr0r dash]

11. resevoir bitches
12. pulp friction
13. the professional (starring natalie portman)
14. city of goddesses
15. city of men

[Cantankerous]

scarface is my favourite gangsta movie ever
and pulp fiction

[batreleaser]

fuck i forgot pulp, probably the best movie to watch while doing coke lines (or best movie ever, or def best movie of 90's).

[Sonic Youth 37]

Originally Posted by mangajunky

1) The Public Enemy - the definitive Cagney gangster flick, so intense that a disclaimer was added to it and it was edited for re-release because it was "pre-code"

It's worth watching that movie just to see Cagney kill a horse. That's the one where he kills the horse, right?

(I just passed my post count for the old board. RIP old board)

[This Is Not Here]

Bit of an obscurity here, but has anyone ever seen a movie called Small Time?

[davenotdead]

Originally Posted by m1rr0r dash

has he done anything else good? i saw City of Men... it was good, but not nearly as awesome.

i liked city of men... it was good, though yer right, not on the same level...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0861689/
this is Fernando's next one... looks interesting... only other thing he did was Constant Gardner, which was ok.

[mangajunky]

Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

It's worth watching that movie just to see Cagney kill a horse. That's the one where he kills the horse, right?

Yup yup - I was just double-checking the trivia and came up with this tidbit too:

Originally Posted by IMDB Trivia

• The scene where Tom shoots the horse that threw and killed Sam "Nails" Nathan in a riding accident was based on an actual incident. In 1924, Sam "Nails" Morton, a member of Dion O'Banion's gang, was thrown from his horse and killed while riding in Chicago's Lincoln Park. Other members of the gang, led by Louis "Two Gun" Alteri, kidnapped the horse, took it to the spot where the accident occurred, and shot it dead. Source: Carl Sifakis, "Encyclopedia Of American Crime."

• The machine gun attack on Cagney and his best friend Matt Doyle actually used real machine gun bullets. An expert with the gun stood 15 to 20 feet away from the target, and when Cagney's face disappeared behind the corner of the wall, he opened fire and created that tight circle of machine gun bullets.

DAMN, they used real bullets in movies back then? Those guys were hardcore!! I'm totally re-watching this tonight.

[Sonic Youth 37]

Originally Posted by mangajunky

DAMN, they used real bullets in movies back then? Those guys were hardcore!! I'm totally re-watching this tonight.

The era before squibs was a dangerous time.