Articles related to "Gangster Films"

The Gangster film is a sub-genre of the crime film that explores organized crime and the people involved. Here are five examples of excellent gangster films.

An anthology of articles following the evolution of the gangster movie by review and commentary of many gangster characters and classic and innovative movies.

The American Film Institute has chosen The Godfather as the number one gangster film of all time. AFI has ranked the top ten, with movies about crime from 1931 to 1994.

Bonnie and Clyde were real life Depression Era bank robbers who were portrayed by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in this romanticized drama about the criminal couple.

Advertising posters of the new genre blending aspects of horror and gangster movies are drawing criticism for exposing young children to images of graphic violence.

Get Carter is a nihilistic gangster flick brought to life by a career defining performance from Michael Caine.

Bugsy, 1991, is a gangster film starring Warren Beatty and Annette Benning as mobster Ben Siegel and molll Virginia Hill and the beginning of Las Vegas as a casino town.

Director Johnny To follows up The Mission with a stylised gangster shootout film with strong Western influences. Cast from The Mission, also stars Nick Cheung & Josie Ho.

Get Carter was the British gangster movie that re-defined the genre. Its use of ugly, urban locations and architecture served to heighten the realism.

British gangsters Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson) hole up in a Bruges hotel at Christmas, awaiting orders from their psychopathic boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes)

In Bruges: great music, beautiful architecture, pitch-perfect performances, operatic violence, and some of the funniest verbal fireworks this side of Quentin Tarantino.

Crime drama Mesrine: Killer Instinct is a showcase for the talented and versatile Vincent Cassel. Jean-Francois Richet's gangster film is up there with the best.

On June 4, 2009 Denzel Washington attended the premiere of his latest movie, Pelham 123. The movie is the latest in a string of blockbuster films made by Washington.

Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis combine to make gangster thriller Public Enemies a real winner.

These top ten classic gangster films are great inexpensive movie rentals. Plan a double feature weekend with DVD rentals and a potluck dinner.

Hopper's spare, smoothly detailed works portray a sense of both beauty and isolation in the American landscape.

These foreign crime and suspense movies, featuring the letters "D," "M," and "Z," may have short titles, but they are long in quality.

The garbage disposal is one of the handiest kitchen appliances. Mounted in the countertop sink drain, this plumbing fixture must be clear, sanitary, and working properly.

In the forth addition to the GTA series, Rockstar deliver a truly unique gaming experience which has the edge on all of its predecessors

Anil Kapoor is considered to be one of the most versatile actors of Hindi cinema. After 30 years in Bollywood he is now broadening his horizons by moving to Hollywood.

Criminals and gangsters of Prohibition and Depression era helped to shape FBI. John Dillinger, Public Enemy Number One, is subject of upcoming Johnny Depp movie.

Ram Gopal Varma is one of the leading directors in the Indian film industry. His landmark films such as Satya, Shiva, and Company have set standards for other filmmakers.

Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) of the HBO series The Sopranos, was named a lovable loser TV dad by TiVo. The mafia don was pretty lovable for a cold hearted sociopath.

Is 1939 Hollywood's greatest every year for film? There's a strong case for it. Classic after classic was produced for the masses, and many of those films are immortal.

While Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" is the most recognized gangster novel, others are much better written like William Kennedy's "Legs" and Hammett's "Red Harvest.

Starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Lorraine Bracco, the Goodfellas film is surely one of Martin Scorsese's greatest ever cinematic achievements.

Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) was born with a great talent: He knew how to run a movie studio and produce classic films.

The Academy Awards chose two musicals in the 1930s as best picture. One has not aged well, but is still interesting. The other has survived mainly because of its acting.

In the years leading up to his death, Charles Bronson disappeared from movie headlines and was something of a forgotten name.