Subgenre Sampler
Gangsters: 360 Films to Buy & Rent
- Roaring Twenties, The (1939)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane…
- Seminal gangster drama, paired screen–tough Cagney with a then lesser–known Bogart. Becoming buddies during WWI, they later enter and…
- Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Pat O'Brien, James Cagney
- Childhood pals Pat O'Brien and James Cagney end up as adult enemies, in the priesthood and underworld respectively. Pleasing mix of comedy and…
- Dead End (1937)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea…
- Highly watchable account of life in the slum tenements of NYC – if you can accept the sentimental touches. With Humphrey Bogart as a gangster…
- Whole Town's Talking, The (1935)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl…
- Edward G. Robinson stars in a duel role as a meek office clerk who bares a resemblance to Public Enemy Number One. Entertaining mix of farce and…
- Scarface (1932)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley
- The most potent ganster flick of the '30s caused great controversy over its violent content when first released, still makes an impact today.…
- Public Enemy, The (1931)
- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. James Cagney, Jean Harlow
- The most influential of early crime films exhibits an unglorified depiction of the American underworld, but James Cagney makes a hoodlum sure worth…
- Little Caesar (1930)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Jr. Fairbanks, Glenda Farrell
- Star–making debut for Edward G Robinson as a bullying, Al Capone–style hood, whose unscrupulous methods land him the top job. Like most…
- Regeneration (w/ Young Romance) (1915)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Anna Q. Nilsson, Carl Harbaugh, Rockliffe Fellowes…
- The debut feature of director Raoul Walsh is an early gangster film following the trajectory of a poor orphan who grows up to assume a powerful…
- Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century
- This absorbing crime series analyses the grim details of century's most heinous yet fascinating crimes. Five volumes to quench that voyeuristic…
- World's Best Dicks
- Dir. Various
- Compilation tape of gumshoes, gangsters, broads and bombshells including Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Moto, Dick Tracy, Mr. Wong and many more.