The Top 100 Gangster Films of All Time

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The Top 100 Gangster Films of All Time
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Ranking		 Movie Title Release
Year		 Director MPAA
Rating		 Your
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3 The Godfather 1972 Francis Ford Coppola R -
6 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino R -
10 The Godfather Part II 1974 Francis Ford Coppola R -
14 GoodFellas 1990 Martin Scorsese R -
22 Reservoir Dogs 1992 Quentin Tarantino R -
67 Le samouraï 1967 Jean-Pierre Melville PG -
89 The Departed 2006 Martin Scorsese R -
155 Rififi 1955 Jules Dassin NR -
177 The Sting 1973 George Roy Hill PG -
187 City of God 2002 Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund R -
202 Scarface 1983 Brian De Palma R -
220 Miller's Crossing 1990 Joel & Ethan Coen R -
239 White Heat 1949 Raoul Walsh NR -
252 The Untouchables 1987 Brian De Palma R -
301 Mean Streets 1973 Martin Scorsese R -
322 Key Largo 1948 John Huston NR -
345 Casino 1995 Martin Scorsese R -
450 Sin City 2005 Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino R -
460 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston NR -
536 Once Upon a Time in America 1984 Sergio Leone R -
561 Gangs of New York 2002 Martin Scorsese R -
571 The Killer 1989 John Woo R -
652 Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 Michael Curtiz NR -
685 John Wick 2014 Chad Stahelski R -
698 The Long Good Friday 1980 John Mackenzie R -
751 Infernal Affairs 2002 Wai-keung Lau, Alan Mak R -
760 The Public Enemy 1931 William A. Wellman NR -
777 The Raid 2 2014 Gareth Evans R -
785 Point Blank 1967 John Boorman NR -
787 Training Day 2001 Antoine Fuqua R -
795 Get Carter 1971 Mike Hodges R -
939 Scarface 1932 Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson PG -
964 A History of Violence 2005 David Cronenberg R -
1007 Bob le Flambeur 1956 Jean-Pierre Melville PG -
1008 Eastern Promises 2007 David Cronenberg R -
1034 Donnie Brasco 1997 Mike Newell R -
1047 High Sierra 1941 Raoul Walsh NR -
1078 Road to Perdition 2002 Sam Mendes R -
1080 A Bronx Tale 1993 Robert De Niro R -
1088 The Irishman 2019 Martin Scorsese R -
1113 Fallen Angels 1995 Wong Kar-Wai R -
1193 Carlito's Way 1993 Brian De Palma R -
1263 The Roaring Twenties 1939 Raoul Walsh NR -
1274 Sexy Beast 2000 Jonathan Glazer R -
1315 Desperado 1995 Robert Rodriguez R -
1336 Bullets Over Broadway 1994 Woody Allen R -
1393 Doulos: The Finger Man 1962 Jean-Pierre Melville NR -
1537 Guys and Dolls 1955 Joseph L. Mankiewicz NR -
1596 Animal Kingdom 2010 David Michôd R -
1661 A Better Tomorrow 1986 John Woo R -
1690 Tokyo Drifter 1966 Seijun Suzuki NR -
1719 Little Caesar 1931 Mervyn LeRoy NR -
1727 American Gangster 2007 Ridley Scott R -
1728 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999 Jim Jarmusch R -
1784 Layer Cake 2004 Matthew Vaughn R -
1831 King of New York 1990 Abel Ferrara R -
1965 Pépé le Moko 1937 Julien Duvivier NR -
1967 Branded To Kill 1967 Seijun Suzuki NR -
1984 Sonatine 1993 Takeshi Kitano R -
2094 Menace II Society 1993 Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes R -
2139 El Mariachi 1993 Robert Rodriguez R -
2282 The Godfather Part III 1990 Francis Ford Coppola R -
2289 Mikey and Nicky 1976 Elaine May R -
2480 Lucky Number Slevin 2006 Paul McGuigan R -
2540 Prizzi's Honor 1985 John Huston R -
2574 Performance 1970 Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg R -
2600 State of Grace 1990 Phil Joanou R -
2620 The Gentlemen 2019 Guy Ritchie R -
2778 Shaft 1971 Gordon Parks R -
2797 The Glass Key 1942 Stuart Heisler NR -
2864 The Big Combo 1955 Joseph H. Lewis NR -
2934 Bullet in the Head 1990 John Woo R -
2942 New Jack City 1991 Mario Van Peebles R -
3029 Bugsy 1991 Barry Levinson R -
3096 Second Breath 1966 Jean-Pierre Melville NR -
3142 Johnny Dangerously 1984 Amy Heckerling PG13 -
3151 Rocknrolla 2008 Guy Ritchie R -
3153 Bugsy Malone 1976 Alan Parker G -
3219 Underworld 1927 Josef von Sternberg NR -
3252 Public Enemies 2009 Michael Mann R -
3312 The Street Fighter 1974 Shigehiro Ozawa R -
3352 Payback 1999 Brian Helgeland R -
3405 The Pope of Greenwich Village 1984 Stuart Rosenberg R -
3446 Gloria 1980 John Cassavetes PG -
3488 Last Man Standing 1996 Walter Hill R -
3731 Killing Them Softly 2012 Andrew Dominik R -
3780 The Cotton Club 1984 Francis Ford Coppola R -
3801 Grisbi 1954 Jacques Becker NR -
3819 Dillinger 1973 John Milius R -
3869 The Freshman 1990 Andrew Bergman PG -
3908 Dick Tracy 1990 Warren Beatty PG -
3959 The Yakuza 1974 Sydney Pollack R -
3981 Blood In Blood Out 1993 Taylor Hackford R -
4035 Dead End 1937 William Wyler NR -
4202 Married to the Mob 1988 Jonathan Demme R -
4296 Pale Flower 1964 Masahiro Shinoda NR -
4470 Innocent Blood 1992 John Landis R -
4478 Running Scared 2006 Wayne Kramer R -
4620 As Tears Go By 1988 Wong Kar-Wai NR -
4701 Black Caesar 1973 Larry Cohen R -

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