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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