(5) Top 3: Best Gangster Films Ever Made

My passion for the mafia, mobsters, and organized crime is a mystery to me but all I know is that I am trying to watch them all. It is a deep and also strong desire to be different, to ignore the laws, and do not pay any attention to authorities. These three movies allow me to spend time in another world, where I can be a part of organized crime.

3. Pulp Fiction (1994)

Quentin Tarantino has an appearance on this blog already, although this time with his most popular movie: Pulp Fiction. In this movie, there are many characters with their own story and problems:

• Two hit-men have to retrieve a mysterious suitcase
• Butch, a boxer runs away and tries to escape from a powerful underground boss
• A couple want easy money, and they decide to rob a restaurant

The storytelling has a nonlinear narrative structure and every chapter seems to be independently from the other characters, but in the end the audience realize the connection between them all.

2. Goodfellas (1990)

This film is actually based on a true story. With this film we are part of the life of Henry Hill and how he worked his way up through the hierarchy of the Lucchese crime family.

Henry Hill, the first person narrator in this movie, describes his rise and fall within this family.  After you saw his story, you do not want to be a member of the mafia and do illegal things in general.

Joe Pesci got the Oscar for Supporting Actor and he is clearly the highlight of Goodfellas because his character is a psychopath who is a “hothead“ and troublemaker without any patience. This scene is the best proof.

1. The Godfather (1972)

This is THE perfect movie with great acting, a great screenplay, great story, and a great atmosphere.

These ingredients were put together by the director and author Francis Ford Coppola, who is also known for his film Apocalypse Now (1979).

It is all about the business of the mafia of Don (Vito) Corleone (Marlon Brando) and the loyalty among the members of the family. The story take place in New York City, where five families have their own connections to the government, politicians, and labor unions. The families who control the city, respect each other and have their own rules to live in peace. All of a sudden the Tattaglia family try to increase their power by assassinate Don Corleone and the war breaks out among the five mafia families. From this moment every family fight for their influence in New York City.

To date, the cast of The Godfather is the elite of Hollywood actors and actresses: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton…

What is your opinion on my list? Which films are part of your top 3 or top 5 in this sector?