100 Best Gangster Movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime (2022)

As far back as i can remember i have always enjoyed gangster movies. Gangster films are much more realistic than any other genre. People love to watch real and original things. Probably that is the reason for the high rating of crime films on sites like Imdb and Rotten Tomatoes.

Hollywood has produced many classic gangster movies.In fact if you ever stumbled across a list of Best actors list you will find that the top rankers have had played at least one mafia role in their life that made them real famous. Be it Marlon Brandoâs Vito Corleone or Al Pacinoâs Tony Montana or Robert DeNiroâs Jimmy Conway or Jack Nicholsonâs Francis Costello and the list goes on.

While several gangster movies are panned for too much violence yet they are able to get love from people and a huge cult following. If youâre are to portray a criminal on screen then you can not go by showing his good side.

I became a big fan of this genre personally because of more than perfect performance by the actors. In more than 8 hours long The Godfather trilogy Marlon Brando has almost half an hour role. But when I saw Don Vito Corleone on screen I became an instant fan. This was the first Marlon Brando film I saw and right on I accepted that he is the greatest actor ever born in the history of Hollywood. Al pacino and De Niro also had a huge impact on me.

Here is a list of top and best gangster movies ever made which are selected on the basis of their box office performance, critical reception and cult following.

This list is user generated which means you can vote or add your favorite film.From the list of 100 greatest gangster movies i selected my personally favorite Top 10 Gangster movies. So don't forget to check it out.

if you find any of your favorite gangster movie missing then please do let me know in the comments at the end of the page.

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I can give you a list 100 of actors who become world's best method actors after playing the role of a real life or fictional mafia.

You too have loved such characters. I love Vito Corleone and Tony Montana. What about you? Which gangster film will you vote for?

The Untouchables
5 points

2
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L.A. Confidential
4 points
3
Casin
3 points
4
Gangs of New York
5
Public Enemies
6
The Usual Suspects
7
Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
2 points
8
Carlito's Way
9
Scarface
10
Reservoir Dogs
2 points
11
Once Upon a Time in America
Good Gangster Movie2 points
12
The Departed
One of the greatest Gangster film2 points
13
Pulp Fiction
One of the best Crime Movies.2 points
14
Seven
15
Taken
16
American Gangster
Black Gangster Movie2 points
17
Man On Fire
2 points
18
Con Air
19
Road to Perdition
20
Angels With Dirty Faces
21
Maltese Falcon
22
The Sting
1 point
23
The French Connection
24
Mean Streets
25
Snatch
26
City of God
27
The Professional
28
No Country for Old Men
29
Heat
30
31
Wanted
32
Collateral
33
In Bruges
34
3:10 to Yuma
35
Training Day
36
Run Lola Run
37
Crank
38
Donnie Brasco
39
Gone Baby Gone
40
RocknRolla
41
Dirty Harry
42
Animal Kingdom
43
Desperado
44
Layer Cake
45
The Asphalt Jungle
46
Last Man Standing
47
Analyze This
48
The Whole Nine Yards
49
Knockaround Guys
50
Blood In, Blood Out
51
Pepe Le Moko
52
Little Caesar
53
The Roaring Twenties
54
The Petrified Forest
55
Menace II Society
Tyrin Turner may not have broken out into stardom as more...1 point
56
Miller's Crossing
0 points
57
The Color of Money
58
The Godfather Trilogy
A Classic Gangster Movie0 points
59
GoodFellas
60
Trainspotting
61
Fargo
62
Chicago
63
The Italian Job
64
Blow
65
The Fast and the Furious
66
Dog Day Afternoon
67
25th Hour
68
Riffi
69
Rounders
70
Internal Affairs
71
Key Largo
72
A Bronx Tale
73
Get Carter
74
The Long Good Friday
75
King of New York
76
State of Grace
77
Married to the Mob
78
Revolver
79
Sonatine
80
Harlem Nights
81
Billy Bathgate
82
American Me
83
Gloria
84
Hoodlum
85
Wise Guys
86
Mobsters
87
Corky Romano
88
The Limey
89
Bugsy Malone
90
Sexy Beast
91
Kiss of Death
92
The Freshman
93
The Big Hit
94
Eastern Promises
95
Bonnie and Clyde
96
Bugsy
97
Serpico
98
New York Confidential
99
The Seven-Ups
100
Death Wish
101
Don

Description :-
This debut crime film of Quentin Tarantino has great plot with great twists and many memorable dialogues.Released as an independent film,Reservoir Dogs become a cult hit and was named as the "Greatest Independent film ever made" by empire magazine.The movie has non linear storyline,a style which Quentin adopted in his another gangster movie,pulp fiction.In Tarantino's own words the film was his version of Stanley Kubrick's "The killing". The film inspired many movies world-wide.One being Sanjay Gupta's Kaante,a Bollywood film.

Director :- Quentin Tarantino

Star-Cast :- Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen

Plot :- 6 criminals who are strangers to each other teams up for a robbery which goes wrong and they suspect that one of them is police informant.

Which Godfather movie is the best movie?

anonymous: In The Godfather I I like Vito Corleone and how he is respected. Even though Micheal Corleone is richer, he is not respected and is called "mikey" by his people

ErikaV LM: Oooooooh, must I choose?

sadcitykid: The Godfather

anonymous: God father trilogy

eightieschild: Deffo a case of the original is still the best.

OrlandoTipster: Forget about it!

anonymous: The Godfather part 1.

Hailemichael: scarface

Hailemichael: Hi,the best lense ever...

msseiboi: great collection

anonymous: the godfather 1,2,3

anonymous: Number 1

HughSmulders LM: Of course the first one!

anonymous: The first

Ronald Tucker: I personally like the Godfather for its historical background that chronicle Don Vito Corleone rise to power and influence in the Mafia and the "old world" setting added so much authenticity to the film. Sho' feels good to be gangster...dam it feels good to be a gangster! lyrics by the Rap group Ghetto Boys.

pittfan33: the godfather, because i always go for the original

A curated list of gangster movies. Availabe as a neatly formatted ebook, pdf and epub at http://blog.tinned-software.net/gangster-movies/.

Each movie has a rating from one to five *slices*. One slice means: "Not great, but if you like the genre, give it a try". Five slices means: "One of the all time greats!".

For each movie there is a short plot summary followed by links to reviews online. The links open in new windows to avoid page clutter and broken links. There are also links to purchase or watch each movie online where available (amazon affiliate link).

I have not included any documentaries nor any television series other than True Crime, which is about an Australian crim that was turned into a movie starring Eric Bana.

I have tried to make sure each movie listed has its own entry, but it's possible some small ones are included under another name. Please let me know if you spot any omissions. There are also some older movies listed because they themselves inspired later works or because I think they were groundbreaking in their time.

The list starts with the oldest and ends with the newest (at the time of writing anyway). All types of gangster film (gangster, caper, crime...) and in alphabetical order except for Pulp Fiction which is deliberately placed last: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction#Plot

* A Bit of Business (1912) *

* For the Term of His Natural Life (1908) *

The story follows a young man who is wrongly convicted and transported to Australia. There he becomes a gang leader, and eventually escapes with two other men to seek revenge on those responsible for his imprisonment. This Australian silent film was the first feature-length movie in that country. It had a budget of £3182 ($7700), but made back £15,000 ($37,000). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Term_of_His_Natural_Life_(1908_film)#Plot

There's also an American silent film from 1915: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Spencer#Plot

* American Gangster (2007) *

Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) is a young black man in the 60s who decides to rise above his poor background by becoming a drug dealer. He sees what kind of power and money it can bring, particularly when drugs are in demand amid the Vietnam war. He's not afraid to use violence to protect himself or his interests, but he has scruples, unlike some others involved in the trade at that time. Russell Crowe plays Richie Roberts, an ambitious cop who becomes determined to bring down Frank Lucas... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765429/

Description :-
Francis ford Coppolla's The Godfather is Based on the best selling novel of Mario Puzzo,The Godfather is about a fictional Italian-American crime family,The Corleones.The head of the family is an aging mafia,Don Vito Corleone.Though he is the title character but the movie focuses on his third son,Michael,who transform from an innocent son to a ruthless gangster mafia.

The film saw two sequels.The Godfather II continued the story of Michael corleone and in the flashback also showed how young Vito adolinni become Don Vito corleone.Part II Surpassed the success of first part.Part III was also made which was commercially successful.Everything in the trilogy is perfect.From casting to quotes,from acting to direction,from music score to art direction,from cinematography to sets.The character of Don Vito Corleone become extremely popular and is often imitated and parodied.The Godfather has some of the best gangsters movies quotes and one of my favorite is "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.".

Director :- Francis Ford Coppola

Star-Cast :- The Godfather :- Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and James Caan, Robert De Niro and Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton and Andy Garcia

Plot :- The Godfather :- An Aging Crime Mafia Don Vito Corleone transfers his control to his sons.

The Godfather II :- Vito Corleone Struggles to Become Don Vito Corleone in his early life ,On the Other hand Michael Expands his boundaries while killing his own family members.

The Godfather III :- Michael Corleone is trying to make his business legal while seeking to vow for his own sins.