Subgenre Sampler
Suspense/Crime > Gangsters: 151 Films to Buy & Rent
- Black Donnellys, The (TV Series) (2007)
- Feat. Michael Stahl-David, Jonathan Tucker, Tom Guiry…
- Haphazard but engrossing antidote to the status quo of gangster TV series (i.e. THE SOPRANOS) centres on four Hell's Kitchen brothers whose…
- Brooklyn Rules (2007)
- Dir. Michael Corrente
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Scott Caan, Freddie Prinze Jnr.…
- Three impressionable Italian Americans must choose to resist or surrender to Mob life in this familiar, but soundly acted coming–of–age,…
- Concrete Romance (Cemento armato) (2007)
- Dir. Marco Martani
Feat. Nicolas Vaporidis, Giorgio Faletti, Carolina Crescentini
- Brutal Italian thriller focused on a young petty crim unwittingly caught up in a deadly revenge plot by a Mafia kingpin after damaging his…
- 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,…
- Rise of the Foot Soldier (2007)
- Dir. Julian Gilbey
Feat. Roland Manookian, Frank Harper, Lara Belmont
- Brutal gangster drama chronicles three decades in the life of Carlton Leach – a football hooligan who went on to become one of the UK's most…
- We Own the Night (2007)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes…
- Accomplished crime saga concerns a nightclub manager (Phoenix) on the fringe of New York's Russian Mafia, whose lifestyle is jeopardized when family…
- You Move You Die (2007)
- Dir. Ketzal Sterling
Feat. Ketzal Sterling, Bruce Hopkins
- Ad hoc gangster thriller out of Auckland concerns a stolen engagement ring, and its ensuing recovery by a desperate fiancĂ©e and his posse of…
- Brotherhood (TV Series) (2006)
- Feat. Jason Isaacs, Jason Clarke
- Tough, multistoried drama from HBO competitor Showtime builds a crime legacy on par with THE SOPRANOS in focusing on the Irish neighborhood of…
- Departed, The (2006)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson…
- A rip–roaring remake of Hong Kong actioner INFERNAL AFFAIRS, Martin Scorsese returns to the mean streets in this high–performance game of…
- Election 2 (Triad Election) (2006)
- Dir. Johnny To
Feat. Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Louis Koo
- Genre exponent Johnny To logically extends the gangland politics of his original film in this punchy, no–nonsense sequel concerning a fresh…