Subgenre Sampler
Action/Adventure > Gangsters: 74 Films to Buy & Rent
Gangster Squad (2013)
- Dir. Ruben Fleischer
Feat. Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin…
- This straight–shooting, bang–a–minute gangster flick scores as both a entertaining throwback to 40s–era crime fighting, and a…
Lawless (2012)
- Dir. John Hillcoat
Feat. Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce…
- Three ambitious brothers from the south turn to bootlegging, only to come up against the might of powerful urban gangsters in this vivid…
22 Bullets (L' Immortel) (2010)
- Dir. Richard Berry
Feat. Jean Reno, Marina Fois, Richard Berry…
- Violent gangland thriller has Jean Reno out for revenge after his former friend shoots 22 bullets into him.
El Narco (2010)
- Dir. Luis Estrada
Feat. Damian Alcazar, Joaquin Cosio, Ernesto Gomez Cruz…
- Intense crime drama that offers a hellish version of Mexico and the drug war seen through the eyes of a man returning to his home country after…
Give 'Em Hell Malone (2009)
- Dir. Russell Mulcahy
Feat. Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames, French Stewart…
- A tough as nails private investigator squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect…
Horde, The (La Horde) (2009)
- Dir. Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher
Feat. Aurelien Recoing, Eric Ebouaney, Doudou Masta
- Fist–pumping zombie flick pits cops and criminals in a fight for their life against the walking dead amidst the slums of Paris. Bloody and…
Perrier's Bounty (2009)
- Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon
Feat. Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson, Gabriel Byrne…
- Jovial Irish caper in the vein of Sexy Beast, with Murphy as a petty crim in hock to a local gangster. A talented cast clearly enjoying themselves…
Public Enemies (2009)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard, Christian Bale…
- Michael Mann transposes the cops–and–robbers psychology of HEAT to depression–era America in this ambitious, if at times inadequate…
RocknRolla (2008)
- Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton…
- Stylephile Guy Ritchie revisits well–trodden territory with this typically tangled crime caper involving a menagerie of seedy opportunists…
Sky Kids (The Flyboys) (2008)
- Dir. Rocco de Villiers
Feat. Stephen Baldwin, Tom Sizemore, Jesse James…
- Big hearted adventure follows the exploits of a bullied loner and protective best friend who inadvertently cross paths with a scheming mobster (a…