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Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Included are critical entries of more than 1,500 films dealing with gangsters, complete with plot synopses, credits, and 650 black-and-white photographs to capture the very essence of this exciting genre. Arranged chronologically, The Gangster Film offers deliciously opinionated and detailed descriptions, statistical information, credits and trivia from early classics such as The Public Enemy, Key Largo, Dragnet and On the Waterfront as well as contemporary...
2) Mean streets
Pub. Date
[1998]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
A film about a cheap, small-time hood working his way up the bottom rungs of the Mafia ladder.
4) Prime cut
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A member of the Chicago mafia is sent to a Kansas City ranch to settle a debt with a cattle rancher who uses a meat processing factory as a front for his drug and prostitution business
7) The Mexican
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Jerry has to do one last errand for the mob before they let him find employment elsewhere--he has to go to Mexico and recover a rare and very valuable pistol "The Mexican", which is said to be cursed. While his girlfriend, Samantha, objects to Jerry taking the assignment, he isn't in much of a position to argue. Once in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol easily enough, but making his way back to the States proves to be an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile,...
8) Party girl
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A mob lawyer has a professional crisis of conscience after he begins a romantic relationship with a naive showgirl.
9) Blood out
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
When big-city detectives refuse to further investigate his kid brother's gang-related murder, small-town Sheriff Michael Spencer drops the badge and goes undercover to find his brother's killer and avenge his death.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Juggling a relationship, parental responsibilities, friendships, and a sick brother while earning a living would be difficult for anyone, but it's particularly difficult when you're a criminal for hire. Ray Shoesmith takes care of people collecting debts, relieving them of drugs and guns, and often taking care of them on a more permanent basis. Ray demands respect and does not tolerate it when someone disregards his very clear code of ethics.
11) Bottle rocket
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
[Director-approved special edition].
Language
English
Description
Three suburban wannabe criminals get mixed up with the real deal when the local godfather involves them in a big heist.
12) Goodfellas
Language
English
Formats
Description
Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises through the...
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing the daughter of a ruthless mob patriarch as a determined police commissioner closes in on all of them. Includes both the U.S. (English, 118 min) and International cut (French, 125 min).
14) The Wild Angels
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When a bike is stolen from a member of the Venice, California chapter of the Hell's Angels, an epic chase to retrieve the bike commences.
15) Get Carter
Series
Language
English
Description
A small-time gangster journeys to Newcastle to investigate and avenge his brother's killing. Once there he finds himself drawn into the local underworld where he encounters the full spectrum of violence and corruption.
17) Donnie Brasco
Pub. Date
[2000]
Edition
Special edition.
Language
English
Description
This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York.
18) Bonnie and Clyde
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the Depression, a young outlaw couple and their gang tear through the midwestern plains on a murder and robbing spree gaining unprecedented fame.
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
Referenced in Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2, Uomini Si Nasce Poliziotti Si Muore (Live like a cop, die like a man, 1976) opens with an insane motorcycle chase that was filmed in rush hour in downtown Rome with no permission from the local authorities. To top it off, this is one of the most violent and unconventional Italian style action films of its time. The credit goes to the director, Ruggero Deodato, best known for his infamous and censored film...
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