How about Favorite, but OBSCURE Gangster Movies?

[MarianJack]

There are standards, like the first 2 Godfathers and Goodfellas, ut what about the lesser known.

Here are mine.

1. Miller's Crossing. I like to think this is not obscure, but very few people I know have ever heard of this.

2. The Long Good Friday. GREAT performances by Bob Hoskins (as the London mob boss whose underlings cross the IRA) and Helen Mirren (As his YOUNG girlfriend), a split second of Pierce Brosnan at the end, and one hell of a musical score.

3. The Brotherhood. Kirk Douglas as the mob boss who kills the wrong guy and Alex Cord as his brother who is ordered to kill him.

Siskel & Ebert used to call these "Buried Treasures".

How about yours?

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. "The Long Good Friday" is near the top of my list...

others: "Get Carter" (the one with Michael Caine), and "Ghost Dog: the Way of the Samurai".

[MarianJack]

2. I'm Intrigued by the title of the 3rd!

Get Carter was a goodie.

I almost crapped at the end when I first saw it!

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. Forest Whitaker as a Mafia-employed hitman...

who lives by the code of the samurai. Conceptually kind of weird, but it works. Definitely worth checking out.

[MarianJack]

4. Thanx!

:hi:

[CBGLuthier]

8. You mean Ghost Dog, of course

Great film.

EDIT: Sorry missed the reference in the post above.

[Broken_Hero]

5. Mobsters

with Christian Slater...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102460/

[flvegan]

11. I loved Mobsters

One of my favorites.

[Vidar]

6. The Cotton Club--part musical, part gangster film. I'm in the minority

that feel it succeeded in this odd mixture.

[cemaphonic]

7. How about Yojimbo?

Not that it is particularly obscure...

Actually Kurosawa did a few gangster pictures, but I haven't seen any of them. Time to update my Netflix queue.

I love Miller's Crossing. 2-way tie with The Big Lebowski as my favorite Coen Bros. movie.

[CBGLuthier]

9. The Long Good Friday is my favorite of the lesser known

That last scene as he grinds his teeth and realizes his situation is some of the greatest acting I have ever seen.

Haven't seen Miller's Crossing in years but do like it a lot.

[Kat45]

10. I saw "The Long Good Friday" quite a while ago.

It was the first time I ever saw Bob Hoskins. I think I saw it after Siskel & Ebert reviewed it. Good movie.

Gangster movies are among my favorites. I can't think of a favorite obscurity off the top of my head, but if one comes to mind, I'll let you know.

[CBGLuthier]

12. Once Upon a Time in America

The long version. Jewish gangsters. Epic film by Sergio Leone.

But must be seen in the long version, available on DVD. The short version out-and-out sucks.