Time Out's 50 Best Gangster Movies of All Time

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Call it an offer you can't refuse, a Sicilian message or a pair of cement shoes: The gangster film has an iron-clad lock on the hearts of movie lovers. Some of Hollywood's finest exports are crime sagas, and the indie and foreign-film worlds have followed suit with classics of their own. Gritty or romantic, coolly silent or loaded with tough talk, these movies are five-course feasts, heavy on the red sauce—and make plenty of room for the most notorious mobsters from Chicago, like Al Capone, who appears on our list more than once. If we've forgotten a movie in our countdown, let us know (but we have the corner table, so we'll see you coming).

List published March 2015

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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
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    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
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    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
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    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
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    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
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    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
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    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
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    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
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    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
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    Sexy Beast

    2000, in 8 top lists Check
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    Koroshi no rakuin

    1967 — a.k.a. Branded to Kill, in 8 top lists Check
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    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
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    Gomorra

    2008 — a.k.a. Gomorrah, in 8 top lists Check
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    Eastern Promises

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
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    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
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    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
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    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. Le Doulos, in 10 top lists Check
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    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
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    Kawaita hana

    1964 — a.k.a. Pale Flower, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
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    Boyz n the Hood

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
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    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
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    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
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    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
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    The Warriors

    1979, in 8 top lists Check
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    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
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    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
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    Bullets Over Broadway

    1994, in 0 top lists Check
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    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
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    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
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    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
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    Der amerikanische Freund

    1977 — a.k.a. The American Friend, in 8 top lists Check
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    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
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    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
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    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
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    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
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    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
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    Kizzu ritân

    1996 — a.k.a. Kids Return, in 1 top list Check
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    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
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    Ying hung boon sik

    1986 — a.k.a. A Better Tomorrow, in 10 top lists Check
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    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
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    The League of Gentlemen

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
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    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
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    Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse

    1933 — a.k.a. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, in 13 top lists Check
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    Bottle Rocket

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
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    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
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    In Bruges

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
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