Recommend some good mafia/crime movies

[fujiyama]

OK, I love both Godfathers (the third can barely be considered one), Goodfellas...I also liked Scarface (ok that's a guilty addmission - it's not as classy but entertaining).

What are some more?

[Wetzelbill]

1. Casino by Martin Scorsese

Try "Miller's Crossing" by the Coen Brothers, it's fantastic.

Road To Perdition (that's slightly different than you convention crime film)


"Carlito's Way" Directed by Brian Depalma
"The Untouchables" also a Depalma joint

[WCGreen]

12. Little Ceaser

Or Angels with Dirty Faces....

Two great crime flicks from the thirties

[mcctatas]

2. Great British crime flick

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch is good too but you can't understand much of what Brad Pitt says. American crime movies that I reccommend...The Usual Suspects and Reservoir Dogs.

[MnFats]

3. The Long Good Friday...

I think that's the title. It's a Brit gangster film. Bob Hoskins plays a mob boss and he's damn good, trying to figure our why his guys are getting killed.

[MnFats]

4. Oh, and True Romance.

it's not a standard mob film, esp. since Tarantino wrote it. But it does have Christopher Walken as a sicilian mob boss and Dennis Hopper as an ex-cop.
And, fairly briefly, Gary Oldman as a wonderful lunatic villain.
Tarantino was supposed to have been very angry over this film because it did not include the ending he wrote.

[Wetzelbill]

7. "Is this white boy day?"

Oldman is brilliant. You got good taste, my friend, good taste.

[Initech]

5. MAFIA!

It's a Godfather spoof starring the late, great Lloyd Bridges and it's fucking hilarious.

I'd also recommend The Sopranos S1 if you're in the mood for a 13 hour crime movie.

[borlis]

6. Goodfellas is my all time favorite.

I could watch it again and again.

[Wetzelbill]

8. Scorsese is a master, one of the finest directors ever

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

9. Donnie Brasco. TRUE story. Johnny Depp & Al Pacino.

:toast:

[6000eliot]

10. "Miller's Crossing"

Fantastic movie.

[JimmyJazz]

20. That was going to be my vote.

[jobycom]

11. The Way of the Gun is pretty good

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Snatch

[Tallison]

14. The Professional w/Gary Oldman & The Limey w/Terrence Stamp

[flvegan]

15. "The Untouchables" is pretty good, in addition to the prev. posts.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

16. Reservoir Dogs. More of a "heist gone bad" movie.

[zigster]

17. some overlooked mafia movies

Al Capone (1950) starring Rod Steiger
Murder, Inc. (1960) starring Peter Falk. The true story of gangster Abe "Kid Twist" Reles who breaks the code of omerta and sends some of his Murder, Inc conspirators to jail, one to the electric chair.
The St. Valentines Day Massacre (1967) starring Jason Robards

[Lannes]

18. some

"Little Caesar" Edward G. Robinson Edit: someone mentioned it so Ill replace it with "King of New York" with Christopher Walken.

A funny mob comedy is "Things Change" with Joe Mantegna and Don Ameche written and directed by David Mamet.

Its a Cop/Mob flick but "The Seven Ups" with Roy scheider is good made by the same guy who did "The French Connection"

[Shell Beau]

19. Um, there are so many. Casino, Donnie Brasco,

A Bronx Tail, The Last Don, Knock Around Kings. Let me think some more.