Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Gangsters: 151 Films to Buy & Rent
- Face (1997)
- Dir. Antonia Bird
Feat. Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Phillip Davis
- The wily Robert Carlyle plays lead 'face' of an armed–robbery gang, in a tense, grabby thriller that more than holds its own in…
- Full Alert (1997)
- Dir. Ringo Lam
Feat. Lau Ching-wan, Francis Ng
- Quality police thriller with realistic drama, bracing action and strong sense of locale – regarded as one of the last 'classics' from the…
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey…
- Slam–bang adaptation preserves the lacerating edge of James Ellroy's crime novel while polishing up the sheen of 50s Hollywood. Antipodean boys…
- Playing God (1997)
- Dir. Andy Wilson
Feat. David Duchovny
- Diverting psycho–thriller for David Duchovny, playing a doctor struck–off for malpractice. After flirting with skid–row he lands in…
- Resurrection Man (1997)
- Dir. Marc Evans
Feat. Stuart Townsend
- Cut–above Irish thriller based around the notorious 1970s razor–gang Shankill Butchers, who dealt in drugs and intimidation with Stanley…
- Sunset Heights (1997)
- Dir. Colm Villa
Feat. Toby Stephens, James Cosmo
- Bloodthirsty thriller tinted with black comedy in which two rival 'punishment squads' (ie. gangs) in Belfast try to track down a…
- Albino Alligator (1996)
- Dir. Kevin Spacey
Feat. Matt Dillon, Viggo Mortensen, Faye Dunaway…
- Directing debut for Kevin Spacey, reupholsters a classic crime plot, with all the mordant, cold–blooded wit of his acting. Matt Dillon and his…
- Funeral, The (1996)
- Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Christopher Penn, Annabella Sciorra…
- Indie iconoclast Abel Ferrara delves deeper into the troubled psyches of men–on–the–edge with a brooding chamber–piece.…
- Gotti (1996)
- Dir. Robert Harmon
Feat. Armand Assante, William Forsythe, Anthony Quinn
- Armand Assante picked up an Emmy Award for his convincing impression of the legendary mobster John Gotti, who ruled the New York Mafia during the…
- Kansas City (1996)
- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte
- An all–star cast jam out on the multiple storylines of Robert Altman's homage to the 30s jazz–mecca of Kansas City. The old master stirs…