Top Gangster Movies

Some people wanted to see gangster movies. Like the other genres of movies, the gangster movies provides us with some lessons in life in fact,some of these movies are based from real stories in life. Here are the list of some top gangster movies based upon the opinions of the movie goers.

The Casino

This movie is accordingly based from the real life story. The story tells about a syndicate who runs a casino in the years of seventies and eighties in the state of Las Vegas. The story shows the reality in life that nobody stays in the top forever. There should be a time that somebody in the top would be brought down. The cast of the story is Robert deNiro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone, and James Woods. The actors and the actresses really shows what they've got here as they all portrays their character here flawlessly. The director of this film is Martin Scorsese.

Scarface

This film was brought from the combination of life's reality as well as from the writer's creativity. The story is based upon the Cuban immigrant that has an ambition in life to be powerful, having the whole world for himself. He came to America with nothing, till his ambition brought him to be a drug king. The main character of the story was played by the actor Al Pacino in the direction of Brian DePalma and the story was written by Oliver Stone.

Goodfellas

This movie is another film directed by Martin Scorsese together with the actors Ray Liotta, deNiro and Joe Pesci. The movie tells about the underworld of the Mafia. It is a true classic story with an outstanding performances of the actors, actresses as well as the director of the film.

Pulp Fiction

The director of this film is Quentin Tarantino. This movie shows the combination of seriousness as well as ruthlessness of the crime world. The actor John Travolta was nominated for a an Oscar for performing his role in this movie.

Reservoir Dogs

This is another film made by Quentin Tarantino. The movie shows some violence and the plot of the movie is very unique.

Get Shorty

This film is full of humor as well as action. It can be considered as a comic portrayal of the crime world. The movie was based from th book written by Elmore Leonard. The whole film has several twist and smarts.

Carlito's Way

Carlito's way is a story of a criminal that struggles to leave the world of crime and planed to start a new life. The film has a dramatic conclusion. The stars in this movie are Al Pacino and Sean Penn.

These are just few of among the top gangster movies in the film industry.

For all movie-buffs, there are some that hold an almost sacred place in their hearts and this genre of top gangster movies has many such names. The all-time favourite one is off-course The Godfather series and The Mafioso that almost enjoys a cult-following among viewers of all age and race. The popularity for films of this genre thrives on the male fascination with the real mafia and their murky world of underhand dealings where everything is possible if you have muscle and financial power.

The top gangster movies or mafia movies usually are set against the murky surrounding of the Italian or the American mafioso. Interestingly, the very word, mafioso has its origin in Italy and the gangsters there are known as mafia in the local language. The all-time favorites in this genre of mafia movies are many, such as The Goodfellas that was based on the book, Wiseguy. This film was based on the real-time gangster Henry Hill, who was finally arrested in the year 1986. Another all-time favourite film belonging to this category is the ‘King of New York.' That starred Christopher Walken, in a role that was termed as the best in his entire acting career.

There is another name that may be added to this category, Little Ceaser that was released way back in the year 1931 and starred Edward G. Robinson in a career-defining role. Le Samourai, French masterpiece, is another film that enjoys a cult status among movie-buffs of this genre. Miller's Crossing, released in the year 1990 should also be added to the above list. Once Upon A Time in America, a film that chronicled the lives of the Jewish-American gangsters across a span of 3-4 decades is also an iconic film. Yet another film that is worthy of being mentioned in the same breath is the ‘The Scarface: The Shame of a Nation,' that was produced by Howard Hughes and was deemed as one of the most violent films of all times. White Heat is also one such legendary film that is also counted as one of the most influential and top mafia films of all times. The Untouchables is also a legendary film of this category of all-time top gangster movies.

There are also many virtual games that are based on these famous gangster films and they are all very popular with people, especially the male half, who seemingly get an adrenaline such by playing these. One such game is the Mafia II that has enjoyed immense popularity since it was launched.