Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Gangsters: 151 Films to Buy & Rent
- Gloria (1980)
- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Buck Henry, Julie Carmen
- Rowlands is devastating as a gangster moll who runs from the Mob after taking protective custody of a neighbour's son, whose parents have fallen…
- Long Good Friday, The (1980)
- Dir. John Mackenzie
Feat. Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren
- Electrifying, influential account of hoodlum rivalry in contemporary London with Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren matching an intelligent, gritty script.
- McVicar (1980)
- Dir. Tom Clegg
Feat. Roger Daltrey, Adam Faith, Cheryl Campbell…
- Based on the true story of infamous UK criminal John McVicar, this gritty thriller stars Daltrey as the bad boy sent to a maximum security prison…
- Best French Crime Flicks (1975-1981)
- Dir. Georges Lautner, Jose Giovanni, Alain Corneau
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Yves Montand
- Three seminal French crime dramas in one collection: THE PROFESSIONAL (1981), THE GYPSY (1975), and CHOICE OF ARMS (1981).
- Godfather Part 2, The (1974)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton…
- The Corleone saga continues with the same passion and exacting standards, it both broadens the scope and bolsters the stature of the original. Hailed…
- Cauldron Of Death (Ricco) (1973)
- Dir. Tulio DeMicheli
Feat. Christopher Mitchum, Barbara Bouchet, Malisa Longo
- Masquerading as a B–grade horror, this is actually a melodramatic Italian revenge thriller concerning the son of a murdered mobster who is…
- Dillinger (1973)
- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman…
- A tough portait of the Depression–era bank robber that like BONNIE AND CLYDE, invests the criminal with the mythic qualities of the outlaw.…
- Don is Dead, The (1973)
- Dir. Richard Fleischer
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster
- A botched drug deal is at the centre of this competent mafioso film, one of many spawned in the wake of THE GODFATHER's success.
- Seven-Ups, The (1973)
- Dir. Philip D' Antoni
Feat. Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Victor Arnold…
- Underrated action flick with Roy Scheider on as a tough NYC cop on the trail of his partner's killers. Salty thriller has atmosphere to spare and…
- Godfather, The (1972)
- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro…
- Adaptation of Mario Puzo's novel is a vivid and immaculately staged chronicle of a Sicilian family's ascension to NY gangland dominance. Seamlessly…