Let’s crack open the bank vault and look around – because in these films, crime does pay. Although lengthy, the film maintains tension and interest throughout as it shows the sordid nature of the business just below all the glitz. Showing all 93 items Jump to: Release Dates (47) Also Known As (AKA) (46) Release Dates USA 14 November. You’ll find all kinds on our definitive list of the best gangster movies of all-time. 'Casino' offers a close look at Las Vegas gambling during the years through the 1980s when organized crime was rampant. What to Watch Latest Trailers IMDb Originals IMDb Picks IMDb Podcasts. Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci Directed by: Martin Scorsese. Some are romantic, others funny and a few just plain weird. A New York bookie (Robert De Niro) and his pal (Joe Pesci) turn a Las Vegas casino into an empire, then one's money-hungry wife (Sharon Stone) helps bring it down. Many are loud and violent, sure, but plenty others are smart, pensive and icily cool.
Over the last century-plus, the mythos has spread from hard-boiled mobsters spraying Tommy gun fire to yakuza enforcers turning pistol-play into art, larger-than-life mafioso in three-piece suits and street-level bosses whose empire only extends to the end of the block.Ĭlearly, gangsterism is a diverse profession, and so are gangster movies. Almost since the movies began, filmmakers have been fascinated by people living outside the law. In truth, the closest most of us have gotten to a life of crime is spending a few hours in the loafers of cinema’s smoothest criminals.
