MUST SEE MOB MOVIE LIST

Index to the MUST SEE MOB MOVIE LIST

-1- Old School Mobs in Black & White

-2- Mob Epics (much dialogue)

-3- Modern Mob Flix in Color

-4- Mob Comedy

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OLD SCHOOL MOBs:

• The Public Enemy (1931) – James Cagney & Jean Harlow
• Little Caesar (1931) – Edward G. Robinson (the original Scarface plot)
• Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) – James Cagney & Humphrey Bogart
• Key Largo (1948) –Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall with Edward G. Robinson dir. John Huston
• White Heat (1949) – James Cagney is the craziest mob boss ever ever

 

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MOB EPICs (with much dialogue):

• Donnie Brasco (1997) Johnny Depp
• A History of Violence (2005) Viggo Mortensen dir. David Cronenberg
• Godfather Trilogy (1972, 1974, 1990) Marlon Brando & Al Pacino dir. Francis Ford Coppola written by Mario Puzo

 

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MODERN MOB FLIX IN COLOR:

• Scarface (1983) Al Pacino & Michelle Pfeiffer dir. Brian de Palma written by Oliver Stone, Miami

• King of New York (1990) Christopher Walken & Laurence Fischburne
• GoodFellas (1990) Robert Deniro, Ray Liotta & Joe Pesci dir. Martin Scorsese
• Casino (1995) Robert Deniro, Sharon Stone & Joe Pesci dir. Martin Scorsese (Vegas)

 

• Boondock Saints (1999) Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery & Norman Reedus dir.& written by Troy Duffy
• Black Caesar (1973) blaxploitation's finest, soundtrack by James Brown

• Long Arm of the Godfather (1972) Italian dubbed in English with Jack Palance, not pc
• Untouchables (1987) Kevin Costner & Sean Connery with Robert Deniro dir. Brian de Palma Chicago
• Pulp Fiction (1994) John Travolta, Harvey Keitel & Uma Thurman dir. Quentin Tarantino

• Reservoir Dogs (1992) Harvey Keitel dir. Quentin Tarantino
• Bonnie & Clyde (1967) Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway 

 

• Bugsy (1991) Warren Beatty & Annette Bening Hollywood/Vegas
• The Long Good Friday (1980) Bob Hoskins & Helen Mirren UK mob
• The Krays (1990) the twins Gary & Martin Kemp UK

• Lock & Stock 2 Smoking Barrels (1998) Jason Statham & Nick Moran written & dir. Guy Ritchie UK
• Snatch (2000) Jason Statham, Brad Pitt & Vinnie Jones written & dir. Guy Ritchie UK
• RocknRolla (2008) Gerard Butler, Toby Kebble & Thandie Newton dir. Guy Ritchie UK

• Carlito's Way (1993) John Leguizamo, Al Pacino & Sean Penn dir Brian de Palma
• American Me (1992) Edward James Olmos
• Millers Crossing (1990) Gabriel Byrne & John Turturro dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
• New Jack City (1991) Wesley Snipes, Ice-T w/ Chris Rock dir. Mario van Peebles 

• American Gangster (2007) Denzel Washington & Russell Crowe dir. Ridley Scott
• The Departed (2006) Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon & Jack Nicholson dir Martin Scorsese
• Once Upon A Time in America (1984) Robert DeNiro & James Woods w/ Joe Pesci & Tuesday Weld dir. Sergio Leone
• Brother (2000) Beat Takeshi written & dir. Takeshi Kitano (yakuza meet LA hood, 1st half in japanese with subtitles, 2nd half in English)
• City of God (2002) Alexandre Rodrigues & Leandro Firmino dir. Paulo Lins (brazil favelas - extremely graphic violence, in portugese with english subtitles)
• Ichi the Killer (2001) Tadanobu Asano dir. Takashi Miike (yakuza hitmen - extremely graphic violence in japanese with english subtitles)

• Public Enemies (2009) Johnny Depp dir.  Michael Mann

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MOB COMEDIEs (extremely bad movies that are still pretty funny):

• Harlem Nights (1989) Eddie Murphy & Richard Pryor (actually not a bad movie)
• Johnny Dangerously (1984) Michael Keaton & Joe Piscopo dir. Amy Heckerling
• The Big Hit (1998) with Mark Wahlberg & Christina Applegate
• 8 Heads in a Duffle Bag (1997) Joe Pesci
• Married to the Mob (1988) Michelle Pfeiffer & Joan Cusack

• Robin & the 7 Hoods (1964) Frank Sinatra & the Rat Pack (yes it's a musical)
• Johnny Stecchino (1991) Roberto Benigni in Italian with English dubbing
• Analyze This (1999)   Robert Deniro & Billy Crystal dir. Harold Ramis