Attention Mafia/Gangster/Underworld movie fans: raise your hand please :)

[Turkish]

After seeing that a lot of people enjoyed The Godfather trilogy, I guess a thread on topic would be good What are your favorite mafia/gangster/underworld movies? Al Pacino dominates my list: The Godfather Trilogy, Scarface, Donnie Brasco, Carlito's Way, Serpico... damn he is a great actor. My other favorites would be: The Untouchables, Goodfellas, Resorvoir Dogs, etc... other movies up there: The Usual Suspects, L.A. Confidential.. and more...

So what are your favorites and why? Why do these appeal to men so much? Let's discuss.

 

[gururu]

Pacino is one of favorites for sure. I think there is something to be said about the fearlessness, the willingness to die for either 1) honor or 2) nothing at all.

 

[minendo]

Casino

 

[jpeyton]

Pacino was brutal in S1m0ne

 

[anxi80]

op's list + heat

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Xiety
After seeing that a lot of people enjoyed The Godfather trilogy, I guess a thread on topic would be good What are your favorite mafia/gangster/underworld movies? Al Pacino dominates my list: The Godfather Trilogy, Scarface, Donnie Brasco, Carlito's Way, Serpico... damn he is a great actor. My other favorites would be: The Untouchables, Goodfellas, Resorvoir Dogs, etc... other movies up there: The Usual Suspects, L.A. Confidential.. and more...

So what are your favorites and why? Why do these appeal to men so much? Let's discuss.

Lots of good choices up there. :thumbsup:

Casino, Goodfellas, The Untouchables, Scarface, Usual Suspects, LA Confidential, Reservoir Dogs, etc.....

They appeal to me (and my wife) because they're just good movies in general. Great acting, well-written storylines and so on. Not to mention, I've been interested in the mob from a historical standpoint for quite some time and the darker side of society and people usually makes for an interesting story in general.

Edit: I'd add Blow, Traffic, Heat, Boondock Saints and Road To Perdition to this list as well. :thumbsup:

 

[PanzerIV]

Gentlemen, you would be remiss not to mention Miller's Crossing! I agree with just about ALL of the other movies mentioned as well.

 

[Kaiser__Sose]

all the movies mentioned...
what about King of New York... it's a classic.. not as good as the ones mentioned by as a straight gangster shoot em up i love that movie

 

[z0mb13]

does the sopranos count?

 

[PanzerIV]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
does the sopranos count?

I say it should even though it's not a movie.

 

[BatmanNate]

Heat
Sexy Beast
Boondock Saints
Miller's Crossing

 

[moviefan111]

I just saw a great movie about the New York Mafia that I rented at Redbox. It's called "At the Sinatra Club", and it tells the true story of John Gotti's early years. I would definitely recommend it to fans of mafia movies.

 

[pepperbegs]

There are many good foreign gangster type movies:

The Long Good Friday
A Taxing Woman (sorta about yakusa)
A Dirty Carnival

 

[Alienwho]

snatch, lockstock, rocknrolla

 

[The Boston Dangler]

my favorite movie, by a mile, is goodfellas. 10/10.

great story! the whirlwind of highs and lows is never so superlative as to be ridiculous, and when characters are ridiculous they're still very believable. there's tons of contrast in the story as well as the movie making. the period-correct music really immerses the viewer in the show, as does the narrative and camera work. this movie has a lot of texture.

copacabana
copacabana with commentary

go get your shine box!

 

[Stuxnet]

Heat is probably my all time favorite movie.

Also loved:

Goodfellas
Casino
Donnie Brasco (a bit slower than the others, but good)

 

[Tristicus]

Necro.

 

[NuclearNed]

Once Upon a Time in America

 

[gevorg]

La Piovra

/thread

 

[slayer202]

I just saw a great movie about the New York Mafia that I rented at Redbox. It's called "At the Sinatra Club", and it tells the true story of John Gotti's early years. I would definitely recommend it to fans of mafia movies.

:hmm:

 

[zinfamous]

Goodfellas/Casino and Donnie Brasco are generally regarded as the most accurate portrayals of the real cosa nostra. The Sopranos is also excellent, and very much worth the time investment.

The Godfather 1/II (particularly II) are excellent, excellent films, but mostly fantasy.

I also like:
The Departed
Heat
A Bronx Tale (more of a growing-up, father-son, love type story); but it was directed by DeNiro from a play and script by Chaz Palmienteri, both of whom are excellent in the film.

Reservoir Dogs is more of a caper "crew" movie (like Heat), and it's good. I'm so fucking sick of it, though, and can't bring myself to watch it ever again.

Once Upon a Time in New York
that recent Ridley Scott film about John Lucas was pretty good.

 

[Ichinisan]

Oscar
Road to Perdition

I absolutely HATED that stupid Guy Ritchie flick: The Real Rock'n'Rolla

 

[QueBert]

Heat & New Jack City, Wesley Snipes is evil as shit as Nino Brown in it.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

The Departed

I'm partial to the original trilogy: Infernal Affairs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4R3nHkqyfM

Graveyard of Honor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCqPAOOHCmo

As well as most of Takashi Miike's Yakuza films.

 

[HAL9000]

The Long Good Friday, my personal favourite.