Favorite Mafia/gangster movie?

[sami dg]

My favorites would be in this order:

1) Goodfellas
2)Godfather II
3)Godfather I
4) Casino
5)Godfather III
6)Donnie Brasco
7)Resevoir Dogs
8)The Untouchables
9)Sleepers
10)The John Gotti Story

[Kitt]

Donnie Brasco. The Sapranos, which doesn't count for this question, is one of the more realistic, it seems to me, gangster type shows ever.

[Janice]

Goodfellas, Godfathers 1 & 2, Once Upon a Time in America, Casino, Donnie Brasco, A Bronx Tale, Casino, Bugsy, Scarface, Carlito's Way, Bonnie and Clyde.

[buddy love]

My favorite gangster movie is "Key Largo" directed by John Huston and with Bogie, Bacall, and Edward G. Robinson (this is the one where he whispers vulgarities into Bacall's ears and she spits at him).

I also like Murder,inc. from 1960 which was Peter Falk's first film.

Bonnie and Clyde, The Godfather, and On the Waterfront round out my top five.

[Brian Damage]

1. Godfather I
2. Godfather II
3. Goodfellas
4. Scarface
5. Miller's Crossing
6. Casino
7. Resevoir Dogs
8. Pulp Fiction

[Moonlight Lady]

Goodfellas
A Bronx Tale

[Crimson and Clover]

King Of New York

[Brian]

The Godfather movies (especially the first two), Johnny Dangerously (a very underrated film) and Road to Perdition are my favorite gangster movies.

[The Modfather]

Goodfellas

Godfather 1

Godfather 2

Road to Perdition

Blow (Some gangsters in it)

Scarface

Casino

[TJL]

Originally posted by Brian Damage
5. Miller's Crossing


Good call.

For me it's Godfather 1 and 2, and Goodfellas.

[dandelion wine]

Goodfellas
The Godfather
Casino
Scarface
Bonnie and Clyde
Blow
Donnie Brasco

[BrandonS]

The Godfather
Pulp Fiction
The Untouchables
Casino
Donnie Brasco
Bonnie and Clyde

[Liza]

Pulp Fiction

[dandelion wine]

Originally posted by Liza
Pulp Fiction

That's the one I forgot to put on my list.

[Crimson and Clover]

Originally posted by Liza
Pulp Fiction

I like that one too.

[Jenya]

Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956). It's about a race track robbery. Very Intense! It's available for sale, and you can also rent it at you local video store. It's in Black & White....If you don't mind watching movies in that format! ;)

[BrandonS]

Originally posted by Jenya
Stanley Kubrick's The Killing (1956). It's about a race track robbery. Very Intense! It's available for sale, and you can also rent it at you local video store. It's in Black & White....If you don't mind watching movies in that format! ;)
I've only seen a few minutes of this, but now that I know it's good, I'm sure I'll see it some time. I like Kubrick and I like Sterling Hayden, a rather interesting actor who Kubrick used again in a really weird role in "Doctor Strangelove," and who was also very interesting in "The Long Goodbye."

[Jenya]

Originally posted by BrandonS
I like Kubrick and I like Sterling Hayden, a rather interesting actor who Kubrick used again in a really weird role in "Doctor Strangelove".

I love Dr. Styrangelove, Brandon, I want my friends in Russia to watch that movie.....Most of them never seen old Cold War Classics like Dr Strangelove and Fail Safe. They are sure missing a lot of good films!

[BrandonS]

Originally posted by Jenya
I love Dr. Styrangelove, Brandon, I want my friends in Russia to watch that movie.....Most of them never seen old Cold War Classics like Dr Strangelove and Fail Safe. They are sure missing a lot of good films!
I had always assumed that "Dr. Strangelove" was a take-off on "Fail Safe," but actually it wasn't. The two movies were produced simultaneously, each without knowledge of the other until they were into production. Kubrick could often be brilliant. "2001" is one of my favorite movies, although it helped me to read the book before I saw it. Incidentally, there was an interesting remake of "Fail Safe" on TV about a year ago, that I believe was presented live.

[Jenya]

Originally posted by BrandonS
"2001" is one of my favorite movies, although it helped me to read the book before I saw it.

Ahh Brandon. 2001 is a great Sci-Fi Movie. Therefore, my friend, I must recommend to you (if you don't mind English subtitles) Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris. This the original 1971 version I'm recommending (not the recent one with George Clooney). Both Kubrick and Tarkovsky have similarities and differences in their films. They both have somewhat the same idea. That's what makes both of these films so great. An Eastern and a Western opinion of space exploration. Solaris, Brandon, is available on DVD through The Criterion Collection. :)

[BrandonS]

Originally posted by Jenya
Ahh Brandon. 2001 is a great Sci-Fi Movie. Therefore, my friend, I must recommend to you (if you don't mind English subtitles) Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris. This the original 1971 version I'm recommending (not the recent one with George Clooney).
I saw the recent George Clooney version and thought it was somewhat flawed, but not a complete waste. I've only seen clips from the original, but will try to get a copy. I don't much like subtitles, but if I know a movie is good, I can put up with them.

One thing I like about "2001" is that it deals with deep questions about Man's past, future, and place in the universe. It really threw down a gauntlet that has not, to my knowledge, been picked up by any other film, except possibly "Contact." But now we're off the subject of gangsters.

[bandito]

Any of the Godfather ones.

[Brad Russ]

Casino, and A Bronx Tale.

[DianeChambers87]

Godfather part 1
Godfather part 2
Godfather part 3
Pulp fiction

[Cactus Jack]

Originally posted by Brian
Johnny Dangerously I saw that for the first time last night, its awesome

Well I guess my fav gangster movie is Johnny Dangerously!!!!


Ive only seen it so far, once................ONCE!


;)

I will watch it more than once though :lol:

[webuster]

Goodfellas

[Georgia's on my Mind]

On the Waterfront

[-*Forever*-]

Pulp Fiction was great. I saw it last week and I really liked it...

Bruce Willis' girlfriend was cute :D

[I am Him]

Godfather. The only mafia movie I like.

[EricIdlefan]

Godfather trilogy
Analyze This
Road to Perdition
A Bronx Tale

[Shine]

My favorite mafia movie, and one I can't believe that no one mentioned, is Martin Scorsese's very first major film, Mean Streets.
There are just so many things that I love about this movie that I could never list them all. Harvey Keitel and Robert De Niro are just fantastic in it, and Scorsese...well, what a genius! I also love Scarface, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, The Untouchables, Casino, Carlito's Way and the first two Godfather films. Actually I'm a gangster movie junkie! :dog:

[lockdown06]

Scarface
Godfather
Last Man Staning (bruce willis)

[diezman]

Once Upon a Time in America - I'm happy to finally own this wonderful movie on DVD