Best Gangster movies?

nicfit · 11.02.2007, 08:46 AM

Miller's Crossing!

Out of that list my fav is probably Goodfellas, not sure that's the best one of the lot, though...

jon boy · 11.02.2007, 08:51 AM

goodfellas and sexy beast get my vote and casino would also if it where there.

alyasa · 11.02.2007, 08:52 AM

I'm gonna rent and watch the movie that wins this poll..

floatingslowly · 11.02.2007, 08:56 AM

I can't choose. there are too many I like on the list.

if I was threatened with concrete-tennis-shoes, I'd pick goodfellas though.

PS: I haven't seen Ghost Dog, but have been meaning to put it on my netflix queue. is it decent?

sonicl · 11.02.2007, 08:57 AM

Time for a bit of vagueness now: About 10 years ago there were two films released at the same time, by the same director and both starring Christopher Walken, one of which was a gangster movie and the other one a vampire movie. I liked them both (although the vampire one is my preferred one), and the gangster one would get my vote for my favourite gangster movie if only a) I could remember its name, and b) it was one of the options in the poll.

floatingslowly · 11.02.2007, 08:58 AM

Suicide Kings?

val-holla-ing · 11.02.2007, 08:58 AM

ghost dog is hilarious.

my vote would have to go to "american gangster." even though it's not out yet, i got ahold of a dvd quality bootleg last week and it is a-fucking-mazing. since it's not up there, though, i say "scarface."

sonicl · 11.02.2007, 09:04 AM

Gangster one: The Funeral
Vampire one: The Addiction

atari 2600 · 11.02.2007, 09:10 AM

voted The Godfather

haven't seen American Gangster

no time for listing at the moment

just a reprint / La Cosa Nostra

some mob comedies (some have some dramedy) worth seeing

Midnight Run
Broadway Danny Rose
Mad Dog and Glory (Murray/De Niro/Thurman)
The Freshman (Brando parodying his role as Don Vito=priceless cinema)
Some Like It Hot (the AFI ranks this as the #1 comedy of all-time...now that's a laugh)
Johnny Dangerously
Bullets Over Broadway
Prizzi's Honor
Family Business
Crimewave
Analyze This (skip Analyze That)
Suicide Kings
Be Cool
Get Shorty

val-holla-ing · 11.02.2007, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by atari 2600

voted The Godfather

haven't seen American Gangster

no time for listing at the moment

just a reprint / La Cosa Nostra

some mob comedies (some have some dramedy) worth seeing

Midnight Run
Broadway Danny Rose
Mad Dog and Glory (Murray/De Niro/Thurman)
The Freshman (Brando parodying his role as Don Vito=priceless cinema)
Some Like It Hot (the AFI ranks this as the #1 comedy of all-time...now that's a laugh)
Johnny Dangerously
Bullets Over Broadway
Prizzi's Honor
Family Business
Crimewave
Analyze This (skip Analyze That)
Suicide Kings
Be Cool
Get Shorty

american gangster isn't out until today, but somehow the dude who cuts my hair got a copy and started making copies for folks.

king_buzzo · 11.02.2007, 09:22 AM

hmm, I picked Goodfellas and Scarface.

Although I think they're both overrated, but I like Goodfellas more, shame that I didn't get to watch the ending (disc fucked up)

ThePits · 11.02.2007, 09:27 AM

Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels should have been on that list
Layercake is good too
Snatch wasnt bad

atari 2600 · 11.02.2007, 09:36 AM

never saw layercake

alyasa · 11.02.2007, 09:45 AM

Actually, to be honest, I think Eastern Promises is the best gangster movie I've seen so far... But if i put it on the list, it'll outshine everything else... :P

Rob Instigator · 11.02.2007, 10:02 AM

I voted Goodfellas. best gangster movie ever

I personally LOVED ghost dog, but I know many who did not enjoy it.
It makes sense to watch it as if ghost dog was mentally ill. There is some seruiously funny shit in that, especially the mafia guy who loves rap

I found Lock Stock to be a bit dull, I don't like seeing movies about wanna-be mobsters.

Rob Instigator · 11.02.2007, 10:02 AM

I liked layercake better thn lock stock. good movie

atari 2600 · 11.02.2007, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nicfit

Miller's Crossing!

Out of that list my fav is probably Goodfellas, not sure that's the best one of the lot, though...

coen powers activate

no country for old men

Rob Instigator · 11.02.2007, 10:05 AM

to me the Usual Suspects is not a gangster movie. it is a hesit movie, a movie about criminals/thieves. criminals are not automatically GANGSTERS.

To be a gangster movie you have to deal with organized crime families in some way, whether they be italian, japanese, irish, etc.

for that i also do not see Scarface (a movie I love) as a gangster movie

!@#$%! · 11.02.2007, 10:31 AM

shit, of those, godfather wins.

though goodfellas is pretty fucking great too

now that scarface is it the original scarface or the brian de palma scarface?

you forgot a ton of great shit, for example

branded to kill

much better than "the departed", tssssssssssssssssssssssss.....

View Poll Results: Best?
Scarface	7	25.93%
Goodfellas	12	44.44%
Donnie Brasco	0	0%
Blood In, Blood Out	0	0%
The Godfather	11	40.74%
The Public Enemy	1	3.70%
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai	1	3.70%
The Departed	2	7.41%
Sexy Beast	1	3.70%
The Usual Suspects	1	3.70%
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	Miller's Crossing! Out of that list my fav is probably Goodfellas, not sure that's the best one of the lot, though... __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	I can't choose. there are too many I like on the list. if I was threatened with concrete-tennis-shoes, I'd pick goodfellas though. PS: I haven't seen Ghost Dog, but have been meaning to put it on my netflix queue. is it decent?
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Time for a bit of vagueness now: About 10 years ago there were two films released at the same time, by the same director and both starring Christopher Walken, one of which was a gangster movie and the other one a vampire movie. I liked them both (although the vampire one is my preferred one), and the gangster one would get my vote for my favourite gangster movie if only a) I could remember its name, and b) it was one of the options in the poll.
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floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	Suicide Kings?
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val-holla-ing invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: baton rouge. the 225, big raggedy. Posts: 2,731	ghost dog is hilarious. my vote would have to go to "american gangster." even though it's not out yet, i got ahold of a dvd quality bootleg last week and it is a-fucking-mazing. since it's not up there, though, i say "scarface." __________________ please do not misconstrue the previous statement as an invitation for same sex relations or as negative towards anyone of another sexuality. -cam'ron (formerly "no homo")
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Gangster one: The Funeral Vampire one: The Addiction
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11.02.2007, 09:10 AM	#10
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	voted The Godfather haven't seen American Gangster no time for listing at the moment just a reprint / La Cosa Nostra some mob comedies (some have some dramedy) worth seeing Midnight Run Broadway Danny Rose Mad Dog and Glory (Murray/De Niro/Thurman) The Freshman (Brando parodying his role as Don Vito=priceless cinema) Some Like It Hot (the AFI ranks this as the #1 comedy of all-time...now that's a laugh) Johnny Dangerously Bullets Over Broadway Prizzi's Honor Family Business Crimewave Analyze This (skip Analyze That) Suicide Kings Be Cool Get Shorty
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11.02.2007, 09:22 AM	#12
king_buzzo invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 11,110	hmm, I picked Goodfellas and Scarface. Although I think they're both overrated, but I like Goodfellas more, shame that I didn't get to watch the ending (disc fucked up)
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11.02.2007, 09:27 AM	#13
ThePits stalker Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London Posts: 505	Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels should have been on that list Layercake is good too Snatch wasnt bad
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11.02.2007, 09:36 AM	#14
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	never saw layercake
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alyasa invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,791	Actually, to be honest, I think Eastern Promises is the best gangster movie I've seen so far... But if i put it on the list, it'll outshine everything else... :P __________________ Sab Kuch Tick Tock Hai
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11.02.2007, 10:02 AM	#16
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,943	I voted Goodfellas. best gangster movie ever I personally LOVED ghost dog, but I know many who did not enjoy it. It makes sense to watch it as if ghost dog was mentally ill. There is some seruiously funny shit in that, especially the mafia guy who loves rap I found Lock Stock to be a bit dull, I don't like seeing movies about wanna-be mobsters. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,943	to me the Usual Suspects is not a gangster movie. it is a hesit movie, a movie about criminals/thieves. criminals are not automatically GANGSTERS. To be a gangster movie you have to deal with organized crime families in some way, whether they be italian, japanese, irish, etc. for that i also do not see Scarface (a movie I love) as a gangster movie __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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11.02.2007, 10:31 AM	#20
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,528	shit, of those, godfather wins. though goodfellas is pretty fucking great too now that scarface is it the original scarface or the brian de palma scarface? you forgot a ton of great shit, for example branded to kill much better than "the departed", tssssssssssssssssssssssss.....
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