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Here are 22 of the best gangster stories of all time—12 crime movies and 10 crime series that deliver action, suspense, comedy, romance, and heartbreak, all nested within violent narratives of ...
Nayakan (/ n ɑː j ə ɡ ən / transl. Hero) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language epic crime drama film written and directed by Mani Ratnam.Produced by Muktha Srinivasan, the film stars Kamal Haasan, Saranya (in her feature debut) and Karthika in lead roles, with Janagaraj, Vijayan, M. V. Vasudeva Rao, Delhi Ganesh, Nizhalgal Ravi, Nassar and Tara in supporting roles.
Gangs of New York (2002), also directed by Scorsese, was the first modern gangster film to focus on the 19th-century Irish gangs. Although the gay nineties had been a popular setting for prewar crime films, from the 1950s until the early 21st century most gangster movies were set in either the prohibition era, postwar America, or the present day.
In 2010, Empire named the film the 448th-greatest film of all time. [27] The French film magazine Cahiers du Cinéma ranked the film as fifth place in its list of best films of the decade, 2000–2009. [28] In his list of best films of the decade, Peter Travers named this number four, praising director David Cronenberg:
But still, 1988's adaptation of the long-running manga series still stands as an all-timer, not only amongst gangster films, but in anime, sci-fi, cyberpunk, and hopefully—if Taika Waititi ...
Simple English; Slovenščina; Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски ... Pages in category "Gangster films" The following 24 pages are in this category, out ...
A gangster film or gangster movie is a film belonging to a genre that focuses on gangs and organized crime. It is a subgenre of crime film, that may involve large criminal organizations, or small gangs formed to perform certain illegal acts. The genre is differentiated from Westerns and the gangs of that genre.
Variety estimated the film earned rentals in North America of $2.5 million. [16] By June 31 this figure was over $3 million. [3] The film's box-office performance was described as "phenomenal" and Allied Artists went on to produce several other biopic gangster films, including The Big Bankroll and The George Raft Story. [17]