Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Gangsters: 151 Films to Buy & Rent
- Luck (TV Series) (2012)
- Dir. Michael Mann, Phillip Noyce, Mimi Leder
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz…
- Heavy–hitting HBO crime drama centred on the deal–makers who frequent a popular Los Angeles racetrack – principally, an aging…
- Underbelly - Season 6 (TV Mini-series) (Badness) (2012)
- Feat. Jonathan LaPaglia, Matt Nable
- Further tales from Australia's underworld, this time centred on the decade–long case built against one Anthony "Rooster" Perish, an elusive…
- A Gang Story (2011)
- Dir. Olivier Marchal
Feat. Gerard Lanvin, Tcheky Karyo, Daniel Duval
- French cop–turned–filmmaker Olivier Marchal (36 QUAI DES ORFEVRES, MR73) steps over to the other side of the law with this…
- Kill the Irishman (2011)
- Dir. Jonathan Hensleigh
Feat. Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer…
- Based on the violent exploits of Shamrock career criminal Danny Greene – a union crook, loan shark heavy, and finally, organised crime boss in…
- Killing Time (TV Mini-Series) (2011)
- Feat. David Wenham, Diana Glenn, Colin Friels
- Another hard–hitting crime story ripped from Australian headlines, starring David Wenham as a favourite defense lawyer of Melbourne's gangland…
- Underbelly - Season 5 (TV Mini-series) (Razor) (2011)
- Feat. Danielle Cormack, Chelsie Preston-Crayford, Felix Williamson
- The latest in the Underbelly franchise again features a strong Kiwi (and female) flavour, with Danielle Cormack and Chelsie Preston–Crayford…
- Angels of Evil (2010)
- Dir. Michele Placido
Feat. Kim Rossi Stuart, Filippo Timi, Valeria Solarino…
- Taking a leaf from MESRINE's rap sheet, Italy simultaneously glorifies and moralises the story of its own criminal rock star, Renato…
- Brighton Rock (2010)
- Dir. Rowan Joffe
Feat. Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren…
- Graham Greene's 1939 novel is the source material for this prickly British underworld drama about a gangster (Riley) whose rise through the ranks is…
- London Boulevard (2010)
- Dir. William Monahan
Feat. Colin Farrell, Keira Knightley, David Thewlis…
- An ex–con turned celebrity bodyguard finds himself unwittingly drawn back into London's criminal underworld in this confident directorial debut…
- Love / Hate (TV Series) (2010-2014)
- Feat. Aidan Gillen, Robert Sheehan, Peter Coonan…
- TV series set in Ireland's criminal underworld, where a kingpin (Aidan Gillen) and four members of his small–time drug gang navigate rivalries…