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1) Pulp fiction
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
2) Sexy beast
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
High voltage crime thriller that crackles with chilling style and wit. A savage gangster named Don Logan is met with resistance when he tries to recruit a retired pal for "one last job". But Logan just won't take no for an answer....
Publisher
Touchstone Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The hapless Roger Rabbit is framed for the murder of Marvin Acme, who was photographed "playing patticake" with Roger's wife Jessica. The mixed live and animated action takes place in Hollywood and next-door "Toontown," where humans and "Toons" co-exist.
4) Scarface
Series
Language
English
Description
"An exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the prohibition era. This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow."--Container.
Series
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen year-old J is in the process of becoming initiated into a gang of armed robbers, known as the Cody brothers. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world, but soon discovers that the entire situation is far larger and more menacing than he could ever imagine. Meanwhile, senior police officer Nathan Leckie recognizes that J's youth and inexperience may prove to be the key to finally conquering the Codys, and hopes to lure...
7) The sting
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Robert Redford and Paul Newman star as two con men in the 1930s, out to avenge the death of a mutual friend. They seek revenge on crime lord Robert Shaw with a 'sting' that is one of the greatest double-crosses in movie history.
9) The hit
Series
Criterion collection ; 469
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In London in 1973, Willie Parker informed on his gangster colleagues. Ten years later he is violently snatched from his Spanish tranquil village retreat by hit men who are surprised to find out they have a completely willing victim on their hands.
10) Harlem nights
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A night club owner and his son fight to keep the mob and corrupt police from putting them out of business.
11) Gran Torino
Language
English
Formats
Description
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Walt is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor, Thao, a young Hmong teenager, becomes pressured by his gang member cousin to steal Walt's Gran...
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Language
English
Formats
Description
A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young Gabby Maple and a handful of others hostage. As trapped as his captives, Mantee admits: It looks like I'll spend the rest of my life dead.
13) The general
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
For twenty years Gangster Martin Cahill eluded capture by the police. Thumbing his nose at authority, Cahill wound up stealing over $60 million until the IRA decided to put him out of business once and for all.
14) Find me guilty
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Mobster Jackie Dee DiNorscio tries to strike a bargain with police: a shorter prison term in exchange for ratting on his fellow mobsters. He takes matters in his own hands when he defends himself instead, turning the courtroom upside down.
15) The departed
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. Colin Sullivan is a hardened young criminal who has infiltrated the police department as an informer for the syndicate. Colin is rising to a position of power within the Special Investigation Unit....
16) Get Carter
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Las Vegas "financial adjuster" Jack Carter prowls Seattle in order to smoke out his brother's killer in this remake of the 1971 film.
17) BitterSweet
Publisher
Pioneer
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Sam is a bright, young college student with a promising future when she suddenly finds herself in the middle of her boyfriend, Jed's, half-million dollar robbery.
18) Public enemy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Classic gangster film tells the story of two brothers, one an honorable war veteran, the other a high-class gangster that sold alcohol during the prohibition.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
John Lee, a professional hit man, defies the orders of a ruthless crime boss, putting not only his own life but his family's at stake. Desperate to get home, Lee enlists the aid of a document forger, and together they fend off the "replacement killers" hired to murder them.
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