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Films about the Mafia, criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the Italian Mafia.The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of disputes between criminals as well as the organization and enforcement of illicit agreements between criminals through the use of or threat of violence.
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.
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 a certain illegal act. The genre is differentiated from Westerns and the gangs of that genre.
Gangster films by decade (5 C) B. Biographical films about gangsters (2 C, 47 P) M. Mafia films (10 C, 56 P) T. Triad films (3 C, 230 P) Pages in category "Gangster ...
Mafia!, also known as Jane Austen's Mafia!, is a 1998 American crime comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one of his final films), Olympia Dukakis and Christina Applegate. It was Abrahams’ final directorial effort before his death in 2024.
Lansky (1999 film) Lansky (2021 film) Last Man Standing (1996 film) Last Rites (1988 film) The Last Shot; Léon: The Professional; Little Caesar (film) The Long Good Friday; Lookin' Italian; The Lost City (2005 film) Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob; Lucky Luciano (film)
In 2015, the film was ranked at number nine on Time Out ' s list of the 50 best gangster films of all time, [83] while in 2021, The Guardian cited it as the fourth greatest mobster film ever made. [84] In 2023, The A.V. Club ranked it seventh in its list of the greatest gangster movies of all time. [85]
Live by Night is a 2016 American gangster film written, directed, produced by and starring Ben Affleck.Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane, the film follows an ambitious Ybor City bootlegger (Affleck) who becomes a notorious gangster. [5]