Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > Gangsters: 84 Films to Buy & Rent
- 22 Bullets (L' Immortel) (2010)
- Dir. Richard Berry
Feat. Jean Reno, Marina Fois, Richard Berry…
- Violent gangland thriller has Jean Reno out for revenge after his former friend shoots 22 bullets into him.
- El Narco (2010)
- Dir. Luis Estrada
Feat. Damian Alcazar, Joaquin Cosio, Ernesto Gomez Cruz…
- Intense crime drama that offers a hellish version of Mexico and the drug war seen through the eyes of a man returning to his home country after…
- Give 'Em Hell Malone (2009)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames, French Stewart…
- A tough as nails private investigator squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect…
- Horde, The (La Horde) (2009)
- Dir. Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher
Feat. Aurelien Recoing, Eric Ebouaney, Doudou Masta
- Fist–pumping zombie flick pits cops and criminals in a fight for their life against the walking dead amidst the slums of Paris. Bloody and…
- Perrier's Bounty (2009)
- Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne…
- Jovial Irish caper in the vein of Sexy Beast, with Murphy as a petty crim in hock to a local gangster. A talented cast clearly enjoying themselves…
- Public Enemies (2009)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Christian Bale…
- Michael Mann transposes the cops–and–robbers psychology of HEAT to depression–era America in this ambitious, if at times inadequate…
- RocknRolla (2008)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandiwe Newton…
- Stylephile Guy Ritchie revisits well–trodden territory with this typically tangled crime caper involving a menagerie of seedy opportunists…
- Sky Kids (The Flyboys) (2008)
- Dir. Rocco de Villiers
Feat. Stephen Baldwin, Tom Sizemore, Jesse James…
- Big hearted adventure follows the exploits of a bullied loner and protective best friend who inadvertently cross paths with a scheming mobster (a…
- American Gangster (2007)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor…
- Hefty gangster flick in the tradition of SCARFACE, SERPICO, et. al., but based on an amazing true story: Washington plays Frank Lucas, the driver to…
- Eastern Promises (2007)
- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel…
- A muscular, satisfying thriller set in the underworld of the Russian mafia in London, this reteams the director and star of A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE,…