Subgenre Sampler
Gangsters: 360 Films to Buy & Rent
- If… Dog… Rabbit… (1999)
- Dir. Matthew Modine
Feat. Matthew Modine, Bruce Dern, John Hurt…
- Directorial debut for actor Matthew Modine (who also stars), coming up with a by now rather familiar gangster caper, set among an eccentric bunch of…
- Kikujiro (Kikujiro no Natsu) (1999)
- Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano
- An uncharacteristically easy–going, episodic road movie from one–man movie machine, Beat Takeshi, whose impassive screen persona snugly…
- Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
- Dir. Kelly Makin
Feat. Hugh Grant, Jeanne Tripplehorn, James Caan
- Amusing satire that culture–clashes a vicious Mafia–clan with English 'twit' Hugh Grant, here at his embarrassed, self–deprecating…
- Running Out of Time (1999)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan
- A crackingly–paced, plot–bending Yin–Yang heist drama, with terminally–ill master jewel thief Andy Lau playing against the…
- Sopranos, The (TV Series) - Season 1 (1999)
- Dir. Nick Gomez, John Patterson, David Chase
Feat. James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco…
- Groundbreaking TV–series that ironically portrays the life of a New Jersey Mafia clan as a parade of suburban neurosis, pop–culture…
- Suicide Kings (1999)
- Dir. Peter O'Fallon
Feat. Christopher Walken, Denis Leary
- Post–PULP FICTION black–comedy, that does better than most in juggling a crime setting, a mystery and various comical dialogues, with a…
- Two Hands (1999)
- Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Steve LaMarquand
- Mobster Bryan Brown finds work for Heath Ledger's idle hands, who fumbles the ball and finds himself deep in the crapper…
Overcoming the…
- Analyze This (1998)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal
- Robert De Niro's serial tendency of playing violent mobmen stands him in good stead for this inspired self–parody, as a mafioso who seeks…
- Hitman (1998)
- Dir. Tung Wai
Feat. Jet Li
- Would–be assassin Jet Li joins in the race to avenge the murder of an evil Japanese businessman for the tune of $100 million, but is encumbered…
- Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Nick Moran…
- The independent hit of 1998 is a massively assured directing debut and an entertainment sensation.
Cocked with sharp dialogue, intricate plotting,…