The AFI has posted a list of the top ten Gangster movies (Noir is apparently not a category.)
1) The Godfather
2) Goodfellas
3) The Godfather Part II
4) White Heat
5) Bonnie and Clyde
6) Scarface (Hawks)
7) Pulp Fiction
8) The Public Enemy
9) Little Caesar
10) Scarface (DePalma)
No "Mean Streets"? No "Angels With Dirty Faces"? Still, I am surprised that Hawks' film placed so high on the list. Usually most people don't know it exists.
AFI Best Gangster Movies
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I see violence was the main qualifier on that list. So mine will be mighty tame because I prefer story and character (Godfather had that but I still find it too heavy, if beautifully photographed. And I prefer Part II over I). My list includes spoofs.
1. Force of Evil
2. Little Giant
3. Angels with Dirty Faces
4. The Public Enemy
5. Ride the Pink Horse
6. The Big Heat
7. The Roaring Twenties
8. The Petrified Forest
9. The Whole Town's Talking
10. Brother Orchid
If foreign movies counted, "M" would be on my list, too.
1. Force of Evil
2. Little Giant
3. Angels with Dirty Faces
4. The Public Enemy
5. Ride the Pink Horse
6. The Big Heat
7. The Roaring Twenties
8. The Petrified Forest
9. The Whole Town's Talking
10. Brother Orchid
If foreign movies counted, "M" would be on my list, too.
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