Gangster Films
- Little Caesar (1930) with E.G. Robinson as Rico
- Public Enemy (1931) with Jimmy Cagney as Tommy
- Scarface (1932) with Paul Muni as Tony Camonte
- Petrified Forest (1936) with Humphrey Bogart as Duke Mantee
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) with Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow
- The Valachi Papers (1972) with Charles Bronson as Joe Valachi
- based on Valachi's testimony to the McClellan committee Sept. 25-Oct 2, 1963, against the Genovese family in New York
- Godfather (1972) with Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone
- Godfather II (1974) with Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
- Prizzi's Honor (1985) with Jack Nicholson as Charley Partana
- Untouchables (1987) with Sean Connery as Chicago policeman fighting the Capone mob
- Johnny Handsome (1989) with Mickey Rourke, Ellen Barkin
- Godfather III (1990) with Al Pacino as Michael Corleone
- Goodfellas (1990) with Robert DeNiro as Jimmy Conway, Ray Liotta as Henry Hill
- "never rat on your friends, always keep your mouth shut"
- Miller's Crossing (1990) with Albert Finney as Leo
- The Freshman (1990) with Marlon Brando as Carmine Sabatini
- Mobsters (1991) with Christian Slater as Lucky Luciano
- Billy Bathgate (1991) with Dustin Hoffman as Dutch Schultz
- Bugsy (1991) with Warren Beatty as Bugsy Siegel
- A Bronx Tale (1993) with Robert De Niro as Lorenzo
- Carlito's Way (1993) with Al Pacino as Carlito Brigante
- Pulp Fiction (1993) with John Travolta as Vincent Vega
- Bullets over Broadway (1994) with John Cusack as David Shayne
- Casino (1995) with Robert De Niro as Sam Rothstein
- 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997) with Joe Pesci as Tommy Spinelli
- Donnie Brasco (1997) with Al Pacino as Lefty Ruggiero
- Hoodlum (1997) with Laurence Fishburne as Bumpy Johnson, Tim Roth as Dutch Schultz
- The Sopranos (1999 on HBO) with James Gandolfini as Tony
- Knockaround Guys (2001) with Barry Pepper as son of a mobster Dennis Hopper
- Road to Perdition (2002) with Tom Hanks as Michael Sullivan
- Gangs of New York (2002) with Leonardo DiCaprio as Amsterdam
Links:
Gangster & Crime Film Site
revised 4/25/03 by Schoenherr | Film Notes