American Film Institute
Gangster
Top Ten Gangster Movies Presented by AFI
Top Ten Gangsters Movies Presented by AFI
#1 The Godfather
Epic tale of a 1940s New York Mafia family and their struggle to protect their empire from rival families as the leadership switches from the father to his youngest son.
#2 Goodfellas
Drama of a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn boy initiated into a neighborhood mob in his youth, and the struggles he encounters with the gang through the next 25 years.
#3 The Godfather Part II
Continuing saga of the Corleone family as they move to Nevada and make the casino business their major income source.
#4 White Heat
A criminal mastermind dreams of being on "top of the world," until he unwittingly befriends an undercover federal agent who poses as a hero-worshipping hood.
#5 Bonnie and Clyde
In the early 1930s, a car thief and the daughter of his intended victim team up to become America's most feared and ruthless bank robbers.
#6 Scarface: The Shame of a Nation
Italian mob leader Big Louie Costillo is killed by Tony Camonte, setting off gang wars over the control of Chicago's bootlegging business.
#7 Pulp Fiction
An inside look at a memorable community of criminals. Prizefighter Butch Coolidge has decided to stop payment on a deal he's made with the devil.
#8 The Public Enemy
Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, two tough young kids growing up poor in Chicago, work for Putty Nose, a fence.
#9 Little Caesar
After robbing a gas station, Enrico Cesare Bandello, known as Rico, leaves his small town for the city with his friend Joe Massaro.
#10 Scarface
In Florida, Montana connects with gangster Frank Lopez, and guns his way through the sun washed streets of Miami where he finds power, wealth and passion.
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