Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Police (1985)
- Dir. Maurice Pialat
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Sophie Marceau, Richard Anconina - Brilliantly idiosyncratic crime thriller co–written by French auteurs Maurice Pialat (who also directs) and Catherine Breillat (A MA SOEUR!),…
Prizzi's Honor (1985)- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston - Jack Nicholson plays a Mafia hitman, embroiled in some ripely comic and sexy intrigues.
Year of the Dragon (1985)- Dir. Michael Cimino
Feat. Mickey Rourke, John Lone - Mickey Rourke leads a clean–up of corruption in New York's Chinatown. An arresting melodrama with gut–wrenching violence in the league of…
Alphabet City (1984)- Dir. Amos Poe
Feat. Vincent Spano - Crime drama set entirely over one evening and following a NYC drug dealer who decides to get out of the business and escape the the wrath of the mob.
Comfort and Joy (1984)- Dir. Bill Forsyth
Feat. Bill Paterson, Eleanor David - Another likeable and quirky comedy from Bill Forsyth, about a disc–jockey who becomes involved in a mob feud over a mobile ice–cream…
Cotton Club, The (1984)- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Gregory Hines… - Richard Gere heads the ensemble for Coppola's glossy musical melodrama set in the thick of New York's glitzy gangster culture of the 1930s.
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- Dir. Sergio Leone
Feat. Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern… - An all–star cast feature in Sergio Leone's violent but sobering gangland saga, following the rise and fall of four Jewish childhood pals…
Pope of Greenwich Village, The (1984)- Dir. Stuart Rosenberg
Feat. Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke - Perennial no–hoper Eric Roberts cons pal Mickey Rourke into a final heist, but stealing from the Mob proves to be a bad idea.…
Escape From the Bronx (1990: Bronx Warriors II) (1983)- Dir. Enzo G. Castellari
Feat. Henry Silva, Giancarlo Prete - Dystopian sequel to the cult 80s dud BRONX WARRIORS, with New York City a wasteland ruled over by vicious motorcycle gangs and corporate villains.…
Scarface (1983)- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Al Pacino - Sweat–breakingly violent portrait of a contemporary mobster with Pacino in top gear as the ruthless megalomaniac. Stunning, if you can hack…
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