What are your top 10 favourite gangster/Crime films? Mine are:
1. Scarface 2. Godfather 2 3. Godfather 1 4. Goodfellas 5. Heat 6. Resevoir Dogs 7. Dog Day Afternoon 8. Donnie Brasco 9. Pulp Fiction 10. Cop Land
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Rififi The Killer Reservoir dogs Get Carter The Godfather 1&2 One False Move The Usual Suspects The French Connection Asphalt Jungle Goodfellas Angels With Dirty Faces Dirty Harry LA Confidential
Damn!! How could I forget The Usual Suspects!! That film is a masterpiece.
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Originally posted by Kieser Souza: can we start making these Top 20 please?
Sure make it top 20 or however many you want.
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I know most people say Godfather part 2 is better than the first but I disagree, part 1 is posssibly the greatest gangster film ever. Close behind would be Goodfellas (obviously) and LA Confidential which i would go so far to say is the one of the greatest film noirs of all time.
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Once Upon a Time in America A Simple Plan Point Blank The Killers The Getaway (Peckinpah) The Untouchables The League of Gentlemen White heat In the Heat of the Night
The first time I saw the Godfather was as a five part TV series which was edited by Coppolla himself and chronologically rearranged so that the DeNiro scenes from Part 2 are the first scenes of the film and preceed the Brando scenes of Part 1 if that makes sense. So I still like to think of The Godfather as this one long seven hour film and I try not to think of three at all
Originally posted by Kieser Souza: The first time I saw the Godfather was as a five part TV series which was edited by Coppolla himself and chronologically rearranged so that the DeNiro scenes from Part 2 are the first scenes of the film and preceed the Brando scenes of Part 1 if that makes sense. So I still like to think of The Godfather as this one long seven hour film and I try not to think of three at all
Yeah, I think that's the best way to think of them. Also Part 3 is not as bad as everyone says, its only Sofia Capolla's acting.
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As well as looking a bit thrown together in the clips i saw, Three is irrelevent is all. It ended in Two with Michael sitting alone by lake (where he clearly dies!) after destroying his whole family and even murdering his own brother to protect the Corleone empire. That is the end of the story arch. Vito becomes a killer to protect his family and then his son Michael kills his family to protect his criminality.
Originally posted by gabriel lobb: I know most people say Godfather part 2 is better than the first but I disagree, part 1 is posssibly the greatest gangster film ever.
I also think it's better in that respect but for me, I prefer 2 because of it's back story and seeing Vito's rise to power as a good man. I only watched the movies after reading the books so I was disappointed with the third one because I didn't recognise all the characters or the story in it so well.
I'm always into mafia movies/shows more to see the Italians mores than the crimes.
1.Angels With Dirty Faces 2.White Heat 3.Bonnie and Clyde 4.Badlands 5.The Untouchables 6.Scarface 7.Carlito's Way 8.Godfather 1 and 2 9.Reservoir Dogs 10.The Public Enemy
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1. Goodfellas 2. Scarface 3. The Godfather Part I 4. Casino 5. A Bronx Tale 6. Dog Day Afternoon 7. Mean Streets 8. Romper Stomper 9. True Romance 10. In the Heat of the Night
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Good topic, here's my list... crime is a very broad genre so I'll try and keep it as gangster as possible : )
1. The Godfather > Part 2 2. The Godfather > Part 1 3. Miller's Crossing 4. Reservoir Dogs 5. Goodfellas 6. Pulp Fiction 7. Once Upon a Time in America 8. Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels 9. Casino 10. Road to Perdition
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It is broad subject. I wanted to pick Manhunter and Grosse Point Blank but I'm guessing they're not what he meant... plus I've already picked about 40 already
grosse pointe blank is a great film not least since it features the ever-entertaining john and joan double act.
my 10 would be: goodfellas the godfather(1 and 2) the untouchables the taking of pelham 123 the usual suspects casino leon reservoir dogs a simple plan ghost dog - way of the samurai
If you're a fan of this genre and you haven't seen it already, you really must watch Rififi. I may have mentioned this before but it really is an amazing film. A Masterpiece in my opinion.
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