Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Action/Adventure > Gangsters: 14 Films to Rent on VHS
- Busted (Everybody Loves Sunshine) (1999)
- Dir. Andrew Goth
Feat. Goldie , David Bowie
- North London mobster glory awaits Goldie (the drum–n–bass star) who must reclaim his criminal empire from a…
- Running Out of Time (1999)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Lau Ching-wan
- A crackingly–paced, plot–bending Yin–Yang heist drama, with terminally–ill master jewel thief Andy Lau playing against the…
- Hitman (1998)
- Dir. Tung Wai
Feat. Jet Li
- Would–be assassin Jet Li joins in the race to avenge the murder of an evil Japanese businessman for the tune of $100 million, but is encumbered…
- Fled (1996)
- Dir. Kevin Hooks
Feat. Stephen Baldwin, Laurence Fishburne
- Violent comedy handcuffs together movie–obsessed computer whizz Stephen Baldwin with no–nonsense criminal Laurence Fishburne. Breaking a…
- Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)
- Dir. Peter Markle
Feat. Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen
- Dim–bulb mobster Frankie (Dennis Hopper) tires of his sadistic boss Sal (Michael Madsen) and decides to branch out into the LA porn–movie…
- God of Gamblers Return (1994)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat returns as a charming poker player who enjoys the quiet life until a challenger kills his wife and begins to target his friends. …
- Full Contact (1992)
- Dir. Ringo Lam
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat rescues his friend from a loan shark, but the friend leaves him for dead in a botched robbery and takes off with his girlfriend. A…
- Men of Respect (1991)
- Dir. William Reilly
Feat. John Turturro
- MacBeth is courageously transposed here into the American gangster milieu, with the dependably good Turturro as the power–hungry tyrant whose…
- Mobsters (1991)
- Dir. Michael Karbelnikoff
Feat. Christian Slater, Richard Greico, Patrick Dempsey
- Christian Slater, Richard Grieco and Patrick Dempsey play the infamous trio that changed the face of organised crime. Very violent film attempts to…
- God of Gamblers (1990)
- Dir. Wong Jing
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat plays a gambling king who is de–throned by amnesia, then embraced by a petty hustler who discovers he can trigger his memory…
- Canton Godfather, The (Miracles; Mr. Canton and Lady Rose) (1989)
- Dir. Jackie Chan
Feat. Jackie Chan, Anita Mui
- Though light on martial arts, this lavish period production is generally considered Jackie Chan's most accomplished movie. At once inspired by THE…
- Killer, The (1989)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Action at break–neck speed with a body–count to match the running time, this smorgasbord of super–violence with lashings of good…
- Better Tomorrow, A (1986)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat
- Chow Yun–Fat stars in the high–octane gangster flick that literally changed the face of the genre. A cop becomes ostracized by the force…
- St. Valentines Day Massacre (1967)
- Dir. Roger Corman
Feat. Jason Robards Jr., George Segal, Ralph Meeker…
- A great, trigger–happy actioner from cult film–maker Corman, based on events that led to the murder of many of Chicago's underworld,…