AFI's Top Ten Gangster

Top Ten Gangster 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.