Eight classic gangster movies, each with its own characteristics, each one is very shocking, and many excellent gangster movies have attracted the attention of many audiences. Next share 8 Best Gangster Movies!
NO.8 "American Gangsters"
Starring: Denzel Washington / Russell Crowe / Chevat Egafone /
Genre: Drama / Crime
Runtime: 157 min /
Also known as: Criminal Empire (Harbor) / American Bandits
In the 1970s, in the black quarter of Harlem, Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) was the driver of the gang boss Johnson. After Johnson's violent death, Frank took full advantage of this hard-won opportunity to reorganize all the rights distribution in the underworld, successfully ascended to the throne, took over the big man's business, and took control of the drug trade. During this period, he went to the Golden Triangle of Southeast Asia to smuggle high-purity heroin, Zhang Luo's own family brothers, gathered a group of his men to fight for his life, and a dark force is rising.
On the other side, police officer Rich Roberts (Lusel Crowe) has a broken family and is out of step with mainstream society, wandering the streets all day in a scruffy guise. He slowly sensed the turmoil in the drug circle and launched a secret investigation.
As the investigation deepens, the distance between Roberts and Lucas becomes shorter and shorter, and two men with similar temperaments and sympathy for each other inevitably have a head-on duel...
Decent epic blockbuster style, the ending of the stroke of the pen, quite innovative.
"American Gangster" is a rigorous American gangster film. This sense of rigor, or formality, is reflected in all aspects of the film. In 2007, the box office budget was $100 million, but it grossed more than $266 million.
NO.7 "The Killer"
Starring: Sterling Hayden / Colleen Grey / Vince Edwards /
Genre: Thriller / Crime / Film Noir
Runtime: 85 minutes
Also known as: Killing / Deadly
During her 5 years in prison, Jonny Corey (Sterling Hayden) comes up with a brilliant plan to rob. After his release from prison, he assembled a group of illegal criminals to plan the two million dollars of robbery of the racecourse and achieved "no casualties". But the wise man has a thousand worries, and he will have a mistake. Jonny's seamless plan goes smoothly, but is disrupted by marie Windsor, the wife of his accomplice George (Elisha Co ok Jr.). When she learns of her husband's plan, her joint lover Wall (Vince Edwards) lends a greedy hand to the huge sum...
The film is based on Lionel White's novel Clean Break, with Kubrick as the screenwriter and the famous novelist Jim Thompson to revise the dialogue.
The film existed in the transitional period between Hollywood gangster movies and film noir.
NO.6 "Infernal Affairs"
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio / Matt Damon /
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Crime
Runtime: 151 minutes
Also known as: Infinity Walker / Undead /
Synopsis: The Massachusetts underworld in southern Boston is rampant, with the largest gang being the Irish gang run by Frank (Jack Nicholson). In order to eliminate them, the police decide to send police academy graduate Billy (Leonardo DiCaprio) to lurk undercover. The sneering irony of the police officer made Billy, who had a life at the bottom, very unhappy, he had hoped to be a dignified policeman, but under strong pressure, he had to obey orders, and after the baptism of burning and looting, he won Frank's trust. Meanwhile, Colin (Matt Damon), a fellow graduate, has been awarded by his superiors for his private exploits and is preparing for a marriage with his beloved girlfriend. In fact, he was a pawn that Frank had planted in the police force, and the two colluded for personal gain. The police and bandits have discovered the existence of internal ghosts, and a cat-and-mouse game has begun...
The film won Best Picture at the 79th Academy Awards and Martin Scorsese won Best Director.
NO.5 "The Robber Lady"
Starring: Charlton Heston / Janet Leigh / Orson Wells /
Runtime: 95 min (Theatrical Version) /
Also known as: Wild Dead Love / Famous Flowers /
Summary: Narcotics officers and his wife Susie came to the U.S.-Mexico border. A car explosion occurred on the road, and Vargas believed that the case was related to drug dealers, so he and the local police launched an investigation. Hank Quinlan is a police captain with a strong reputation in the area. Local police focused the suspicion on a man named Sanchez, but Vargas found evidence that he was not a prisoner at Sanchez's home. However, Quinlan insisted that Sanchez was the prisoner. Vargas studied the cases that Quinlan had handled before and had a lot of questions about the famous police captain. While Vargas's wife, Susie, is kidnapped and framed by a gang of people in the hotel, Vargas suspects that Quinlan is behind all this. How will Vargas end up in their confrontation with Quinlan?
Written and directed by Orson Wells, who directed Citizen Kane, the film has three versions: the 1958 version, the 1976 extended version, and the 1998 version that may be more in line with Wells's ideas.
NO.4 "City of God"
Starring: Alessandre Rodriguez / Andrew Firmino /
Runtime: 130 minutes
Also known as: Borderless City (Hong Kong) / Lawless (Taiwan) /
Description: The slums of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this is the "City of God" and the place where the devil will sigh and turn around.
Alexandre Rodrigues takes us here, where he witnesses more than two decades of chaotic life surrounded by brutality, greed, revenge, ambition, betrayal, plunder, and ultimately a disastrous 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.
In 70 years, the little brother of the "Three Young Heroes" at that time, Xiao Douzi (Douglas Silva), relied on his own heart and kept annexing other people's territory, becoming the "little bully" of the slums, and the business escalated from robbery to a more lucrative drug trade, and he flew with Benny (Phellipe Haagensen).
Benny meets the beautiful Andilica (Alice Braga) and prepares to go into hiding, at the farewell party, he is accidentally killed by the opponent, and in grief, the "Little Bully" gathers his men to avenge Benny, and the fight between the gangs begins.
"City of God" is one of Brazil's famous gangster films, the story involves the entire Brazilian crime field, the whole film has a documentary-like feel.
NO.3 "Once Upon a Time in America"
Starring: Robert De Niro / James Woods / Elizabeth McGovern /
Runtime: 229 mins (Director's Cut) /
Also known as: Brothers of the Four Seas (Taiwan) / Yi Bo Yun Tian (Hong Kong) /
Synopsis: In 1933, New York gangster Goodles (Robert de Niro) is hunted down and killed by informing Inspector General Harollen (Bruce Ballenburg) that he has killed three of his accomplices. Before fleeing, he opened the suitcase where the gang fund was stored, but it contained only newspapers. In 1968, The Goodles, who had changed his name and surname, received a letter from the synagogue informing them of the relocation of relatives and friends. Noodles contacted the rabbi and learned that the letter had been sent eight months earlier and that three of his accomplices had been relocated to a lavish cemetery. Noodles returns to New York to find out what's going on with his old friend Mo, but finds nothing. During the small talk, Noodles asks about Mo's sister Deborah and learns that she has become famous. It turns out that the two have a good feeling for each other when they are young, but Deborah is ambitious and down-to-earth, and rationally shuts out the street thugs. Noodles found a key in the cemetery and used it to open the locker where the suitcase was stored. This time, the box was full of hundreds of dollar bills, and a note that said "Advance payment for the next job"...
Once Upon a Time in America, the last film in the director's legendary career and the only work completed in the last thirteen years of his life, it was one of the top five best gangster films of all time in the United States.
NO.2 "Good Guys"
Starring: Robert De Niro / Ray Lyotard / Joe Pesci /
Genre: Drama / Biography / Crime
Runtime: 146 minutes
Also known as: Thief Also Has Road (Hong Kong) / Good Guys from All Over the World (Taiwan)
Introduction: Based on a true story, this film tells the bloody feud of the New York Mafia, reducing the so-called "jianghu morality" to the ugliness and greed of human nature.
Henry Hill grew up unlearned, followed the boss Poly, by collecting protection fees, smuggling, robbery, he married his beautiful wife Karen, with a lovely daughter, a charming mistress, a luxury house, and a good life.
Jimmy Conway and Tommy are good friends with Henry, and together they have experienced many things: killing the Italian mafia leader Billy Baez, who humiliated Tommy; planning the DB heist and killing his accomplices, stealing stolen money; and even selling drugs behind the back of the boss Porsche.
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, at what cost...
"Good Guys" is a movie that can be watched repeatedly, and the film won 5 nominations at the Academy Awards, including Best Director. Best Picture. Best Movie Clip. Best Adapted Screenplay. Best Actress. And won the award for Best Supporting Actor.
NO.1 "Infernal Affairs"
Starring: Andy Lau / Leung Chao Wai / Huang Qiusheng / Tsang Chi Wai / Zheng Xiuwen /
Runtime: 101 min /
Also known as: Infernal Affairs / Mou gaan dou
Description: 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 an undercover gangster, and Han Chen promised that Liu Jianming would help him be promoted 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.
"Infernal Affairs" is a Hong Kong film that I still take out and watch late at night! Almost all of the characters in the film end up in tragedy and can't turn back.