Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > Gangsters: 84 Films to Buy & Rent
- Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)
- Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen
- Dim–bulb mobster Frankie (Dennis Hopper) tires of his sadistic boss Sal (Michael Madsen) and decides to branch out into the LA porn–movie…
- Mulholland Falls (1996)
- Dir. Lee Tamahori
Feat. Nick Nolte, Michael Madsen, Chazz Palminteri…
- ONCE WERE WARRIORS director Lee Tamahori goes Hollywood with this tough gangster noir, fitted with an all–star cast and open chequebook. At…
- Assassins (1995)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Banderas, Julianne Moore
- A dark, protracted tale of two hitmen, old hand Sylvester Stallone who wants out of the racket, and new kid on the block Antonio Banderas out for…
- Heat (1995)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Al Pacino, Robert De Niro
- Epic bank–heist drama matches heavyweight detective Al Pacino against master–thief Robert De Niro. While this dream pairing generates the…
- God of Gamblers Return (1994)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat returns as a charming poker player who enjoys the quiet life until a challenger kills his wife and begins to target his friends. …
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Dir. Quentin Tarantino
Feat. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman…
- With just his second film, Quentin Tarantino not only became a household name but a massive cultural phenomenon.
He miraculously surpasses…
- Carlito's Way (1993)
- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Viggo Mortensen
- De Palma contains his usual showy excess and proves he can be a consummate storyteller with this captivating, multi–layered crime yarn.
Al…
- Full Contact (1992)
- Dir. Ringo Lam
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat rescues his friend from a loan shark, but the friend leaves him for dead in a botched robbery and takes off with his girlfriend. A…
- Men of Respect (1991)
- Dir. William Reilly
Feat. John Turturro
- MacBeth is courageously transposed here into the American gangster milieu, with the dependably good Turturro as the power–hungry tyrant whose…
- Mobsters (1991)
- Dir. Michael Karbelnikoff
Feat. Christian Slater, Richard Greico, Patrick Dempsey
- Christian Slater, Richard Grieco and Patrick Dempsey play the infamous trio that changed the face of organised crime. Very violent film attempts to…