Gangster Film Research

The Top Five Gangster Films:

1. Goodfellas (1990) Martin Scorsese
2. The Godfather (1972) Francis Ford Coppola
3.  The Godfather: Part II (1974) Francis Ford Coppola
4. The Departed (2006) Martin Scorsese
5. City of God (2002) Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund

Sub-Genres:

• Crime
• Thriller
• Nior
• Mob
• Ditective

Classic/Stylised:

• Suits
• Set in the past
• Nior

Modern Day/Urban:

• The Sweeney
• Dialect
• Inner city violence