Among the many films, there is one genre film that has been widely acclaimed, that is, suspenseful gangster movies. Today, I will list ten of the world's top gangster films, how many of these classic masterpieces have you seen?
NO.10 "The Most Evil and the Wrong Way"
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Starring: Takeshi Kitano / Kohei Shiina / Ryo Kagaki / Tomokazu Miura
Douban score: 7.9
The leader of the Ikemoto group (Kunimura Hayabusa), who belongs to the Number one gang in Kanto, the Sannokai, once became a brother to the leader of the small organization Murase (Ninji Ishibashi) in prison. Sanno-kei is ambitious and covets Murase's turf and drug business.
At the behest of Yamano Kaiwa wakato Kato (Tomokazu Miura), Ikemoto orders his Otomo group to challenge the Murase group. The fierce attacks of Otomo (Takeshi Kitano) and the vicious schemes of the boss of the Sannokai (Soichiro Kitamura) have caused Murase to retreat, forced to retire, and the business in the group is easy to master.
The Otomo group was full of talents, and Wakamizuno and the cadre Ishihara personally presided over the opening of a casino at the embassy of an African country, and the financial resources rolled in for a while. However, in the gangster society that has long abandoned the traditional morality of benevolence and righteousness, various conspiracies have emerged, and the Otomo group has been in turmoil.
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The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, but the overall evaluation of the film was mixed, as a genre film "Extremely Evil" does not seem to have much difference in story presentation, but the excellence lies in the details.
NO.9 Raid 2: Thugs
Director: Gareth Evans
Cast: Iko Uas / Julie Estelle / Yayan Ruian / Arifen Putra
In Jakarta, where the police and villains are complicit, black and white.
In order to destroy this stinking chain of interests, Buenahua instructs Rama, who has just experienced a bloody battle, to infiltrate the lair of the gangster Ban Kun.
At this time, Ban Kun's son Yuko is serving a prison sentence, and Rama, who assumes the pseudonym Yuda, is "convicted" and imprisoned, and wins Yuko's trust in a series of fights.
Two years later, Rama is released from prison to join Ban Kun's organization, at which point Ban Kun colludes with the Japanese underworld Goto, and on the other side of the city there is the newly emerging Becho faction of ambitions.
In order to gain hegemony, the mobs have lit up wars in the city, and the arrogant Yuko has also tried to establish a hegemony beyond his father, and the door of the Shura Field is opening little by little.
In today's industrialized action movies, "Raid 2" still retains the original creative purpose of action movies, and does not hesitate to show the details of gangster fighting and the shock of blood splashing, directly hitting your nerve center, making people addicted.
Compared with other gangster movies, the film is slightly inferior in plot reversal and story arrangement, but it is more realistic in terms of character action confrontation.
A large number of long shots are also used in the film, and the handheld long shots keep the actors fighting in the picture and the intuitive feelings of the audience in sync, bringing the audience a strong sense of participation and making people adrenaline soar.
In addition, the end of the film also expresses a tribute to Bruce Lee's movie "Big Brother Tangshan", which is reminiscent.
NO.8 Scarface
Director: Brian de Palma
Starring: Al Pacino / Steven Bauer / Michel Pfeiffer
Douban score: 8.3
Cuban refugee youth Tony (Al Pacino) fled to Miami in the United States and became a typical American street gangster who was not afraid of heaven and earth. Tony works under a local drug lord, and is quickly appreciated for his fierceness and courage, and his excellent ability to help the boss complete several tasks, becoming the drug lord's first right-hand man.
However, Tony was not satisfied with this, he first took a big order from the Venezuelan drug lords, and then removed the nails in his eyes one by one, and his power continued to expand. It was too late for his boss to feel threatened, and Tony killed him and unified the world of the Miami drug market.
After Tony gained power, his personality began to become suspicious, full of doubts about the people around him and even his closest family and good brothers. Suspicion gradually led him to the road of no return.
It has to be said that Al Pacino's performance in gangster movies is always so deep. With his outstanding acting skills, the film has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Music, and the degree of excitement is self-evident.
The indescribable passion is the main reason for the success of the film, he not only shows Tony's desire for success, power, and women to the fullest, but also portrays the anger and greed of this character into three points, which is breathtaking.
NO.7 "Good Guys"
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Robert De Niro / Ray Lyotard / Joe Pesci
Douban score: 8.4
Henry Hill (Ray Riota) grew up unlearned, followed the boss Poly, by collecting protection fees, smuggling, robbery, he married a beautiful wife Karen, with a lovely daughter, charming mistress, luxury car, a good life.
Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) and Tommy (Joe Percy) are good friends with Henry, and together they experience and many things: killing the Italian mafia leader Billy Baez, who humiliated Tommy; plotting the GERMAN Airlines robbery and killing his accomplices, stealing stolen money; and even selling drugs behind the back of the boss Pauli.
Of course, their lives, in addition to enjoying the power that money brings, are more of a precarious upheaval: Tommy is shot and killed for Billy Baez's death; Henry himself is arrested by the police for drug trafficking, and others are implicated.
Karen tried her best to bail Henry out, but they were now left alone, isolated, and in danger. They want to do their best to survive, no matter how they do it, no matter what the price they pay.
The film features robert de Niro, Ray Lyotard and Joe Percy, three powerful movie stars working together, and the acting skills are naturally unquestionable. Among them, Joe Percy also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and director Martin Scorsese won the Best Director at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.
As one of the three major gangster films with the same name as "The Godfather" and "Once Upon a Time in America", the film is a highlight in the presentation of the camera.
While filming a scene of a gang leader entering a nightclub, the character enters through the back door, talks to many people on the way, behaves very well, and the rights and charm of a gangster character can't help but be revealed. The beautiful picture when unfolding this plot has become one of the classic long shots.
NO.6 "City of God"
Director: Fernando Merrills / Cadia Rand
Starring: Alessandre Rodriguez / Leandrew Firmino / Felipe Hagensen
Douban score: 8.9
The slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are the "City of God" and where the devil will sigh and turn around.
Cannon bears witness to a chaotic life of more than two decades of brutality, greed, revenge, ambition, betrayal, and plunder, and ultimately a catastrophic gang fight. Although he has had to survive among bandits since he was a child, his timid and fearful personality and self-protection instinct have always enabled him to live in peace.
In the early 60s, Ah Mao, Ah Jia and Ah Duan were the "three young heroes" here, and after robbing the hotel, the three of them parted ways, and Ah Jia returned to the arms of God, and Ah Mao and Ah Mao paid the price of their lives.
Later, Ah Cannon, by chance, became a trainee photographer of the magazine, and his camera showed the viciousness of children with guns and bullets, and the endless vendetta between gangs.
In the film, Buscape once mentions to Marina that they never took a hot shower. This phrase does not appear in the script, but is told to them by a child who grew up in the slums of Rio de Janeiro during a break in filming. For authenticity, the actor quotes it when performing.
The film's director, Fernando Merrills, once said in an interview about the dangers of shooting the film that if he knew that shooting a film in the slums of Rio de Janeiro would be so dangerous, he would not have decided to take the film, which shows the difficulty of shooting the film. Fortunately, "City of God" lived up to expectations, was nominated for four Oscars, and the film's popularity was widely circulated.
NO.5 The Irishman
Starring: Robert De Niro / Al Pacino / Joe Pesci
Douban score: 9.0
The Irishman is a legendary production directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. Through the perspective of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, the story of organized crime in post-war America is told.
Frank Sheeran is a liar and killer who once worked with some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century. Spanning decades, the film chronicles one of the largest unsolved cases in U.S. history, the disappearance of legendary union leader Jimmy Hoffa, and takes a grand story journey that shows the hidden passages of organized crime: its inner workings, its enemies, and its involvement with mainstream politics.
On December 5, 2019, the film won Best Picture at the 85th New York Film Critics Association Awards (NYFCC). On December 17, 2019, the 92nd Academy Awards announced a shortlist of some of the awards, and "The Irishman" was shortlisted for the Best Visual Effects Award. In December 2019, it was named "Top Ten Films of 2019" by The Guardian.
If you have to vote for an epic movie, then the Irish must not let it go. The film spans a huge time span and adopts a memoir-style narrative, which is mixed with a lot of montage art methods, which greatly increases the difficulty of shooting.
Although the shooting is more difficult, it is fortunate that it is based on real events, but there are traces to follow. In addition, there are three film emperor-level actors who play together to escort the quality of the film, which makes people addicted.
NO.4 Infernal Affairs
Director: Liu Weiqiang / Mak Siu Fai
Starring: Andy Lau / Liang Chaowei / Huang Qiusheng / Tsang Chi Wai / Zheng Xiuwen
Douban score: 9.2
In 1991, Hong Kong triad member Liu Jianming (Andy Lau) obeyed the orders of the boss Han Chen (Tsang Chi Wai) to join the police force and become a gangster undercover, and Han Chen promised Liu Jianming to help him promote him to probationary inspector seven years later.
In 1992, Chen Yongren (Liang Chaowei), an outstanding student of the Police Training School, was asked by his superiors to go undercover in the triad, with the ultimate goal of becoming a celebrity around Han Chen. In 2002, both of them lived up to their expectations and were under pressure, Liu Jianming gradually wanted to become a really good person, and Chen Yongren looked forward to returning to the police as soon as possible.
The serious case team learned a batch of drug trade information from Chen Yongren's hands, locked up the target person Han Chen, but the intelligence was leaked by Liu Jianming, and both sides failed in their actions.
However, this incident exposed the fact that both sides were undercover, triggering the determination of the high-level officials of both sides to eliminate the internal ghosts. Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren, whose fates are very different and similar, begin to be severely tested in the journey of infernal affairs.
That year's "Infernal Affairs" can be described as a star-studded gathering, Liang Chaowei won the Academy Award for Best Actor with this film, of which the shot of the rooftop confrontation left a very deep impression on people, in fact, there is a classic shot in the film.
Huang Qiusheng inexplicably shouted at Liang Chaowei, "Hey! And Liang Chaowei also turned back to answer with a blank face, "Huh? Then Huang Qiusheng said it was okay, and the two turned to leave. In fact, this paragraph is not arranged in advance, but the improvisation of the two, after the dialogue, the police superintendent played by Huang Qiusheng fell off the building and died in front of Liang Chaowei, and this "mistake" dialogue is also full of charm.
NO.3 "Once Upon a Time in America"
Director: Sergio Leone
Starring: Robert De Niro / James Woods / Elizabeth McGovern
In the United States in the twenties, New York teenager "Noodles" (Robert De Niro) and a few friends of the same age met the clever and cunning "Big Mack" (James Woods), and several people began to engage in smuggling activities. Soon after, Noodles was killed in a gunfight and imprisoned.
A few years later, "Noodles" was released from prison, and his childhood friends had grown up, and under the leadership of "Mai Da", they began a series of robbery, theft, and extortion activities.
As the criminal activities continued to deepen, "Maida" seemed to be carried away by the victory and even included the US Federal Reserve Bank in the target of the operation. "Noodles" can't bear to see his friend going to ruin, and secretly calls the police to force "Mai Da" to give up.
The police engaged in a fierce gun battle with Noodle's friends, and "Mai Da" and others were all killed. With deep remorse and pain, "Noodles" leaves New York and returns to the place where he grew up as a teenager.
Thirty-five years have passed, and the nearly dying "Noodles" has returned to the sad place of New York, he has met his childhood friends and old lovers, and the death of "Mai Da" at that time contains an unexpected conspiracy behind them.
Among the global gangster movies, "Once Upon a Time in America" is definitely one of the most heartfelt works. It is said that the entire script of the film took 15 years to write, with a total investment of 40 million US dollars, and took 13 years to produce, so it is so classic.
The soundtrack of "Once Upon a Time in America" fits the story perfectly, and with a low minor key entering the picture, the audience seems to be in the United States a hundred years ago. The story of nearly three hours is interlocked without a hint of boredom. At the end of the film, it seems that he has spent his ups and downs like the protagonist in the film, from a naked teenager to a twilight bell, isn't this life also a hundred-year journey of American society?
The protagonist is played by Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro, who is said to have been offered to play roles in the film, but both refused to star. The heroine of the film, Debra, was played by Jennifer Connery as a teenager, and dancing in the warehouse has always been regarded as a rare and beautiful classic in the film world.
NO.2 The Godfather 2
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino / Robert Duval / Diane Keaton / Robert De Niro
Michael (Al Pacino) is the head of the Corleone family of the American Mafia. Michael's father, Vito Andorini (Orest Baldini), was born in corleone, Italy.
In 1901, Vito's father Antonio, brother Paul, and mother (Maria Kata) all died at the hands of the Mafia Ciccio family. The 9-year-old Vito had to cross the ocean to flee to the United States to earn a living.
Upon entry, the customs officer (Richard Watson) registered his first name as Vito Corleone. In 1958, Michael hosted a party for his son Anthony (James Gunaris) to receive the Eucharist, not wanting to be assassinated that night.
Michael narrowly escaped, but the two killers were killed. How does Vito survive in a foreign country? Can the bloody vengeance he bears be repaid? Who wants Michael's life? Who killed the killer?
The first part of "The Godfather" won a huge success of $100 million at the box office and three Oscars, and with such confidence, director Coppola naturally gained more autonomy when shooting "The Godfather 2": sufficient funds and voice. You know, Hollywood's film industry is a producer-centric system, the rights of directors are very limited, and at the time of filming "The Godfather 2", Coppola has been promoted to one of the producers.
Compared to The Godfather, The Godfather 2 seems to perform better. The narrative mode of the film changes from a single-line narrative to a two-line parallel narrative, and the contrast between the old godfather and the young generation of godfathers contains a lot of metaphors and irony, in fact, they are all social microcosm of different eras, and each character's highlight moment has its own mission of the times.
NO.1 "The Godfather"
Starring: Marlon Brando / Al Pacino / James Keane / Richard Castelno
Douban score: 9.3
In the United States in the 1940s, the "godfather" Vito Corleone was the leader of the corleone family of the mafia, leading the family to engage in illegal activities, but at the same time he was also the protector of many weak civilians, deeply loved by people.
By rejecting drug lord Soloso's demands for a drug deal, the conflict between the Corleone family and several other mafia families in New York intensified.
On Christmas Eve, the eldest son of the "Godfather", Sunny, is killed by the enemy; the younger son, Mike, is also involved, losing his beloved wife, and the contradictions between the mafia families are getting more and more intense.
How does the elderly "godfather" rule the whole situation in the face of the pain of losing his son? Who can become the "godfather" of the new generation? The answer is hidden in this bloody duel.
In 1973, the film won the 45th Academy Awards for Best Film, Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay, and in 2007 it was selected by the Motion Picture Association of America as the "Second Best Film in a Hundred Years".
What is even more interesting is that during the filming of the film, a cat suddenly sneaked into the arms of Marlon Brando, and the old godfather did not care too much, and raised his hand to stroke it, thus achieving this majestic classic image.
In addition to the above ten, what other gangster movies have a place in your heart?