Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Suspense/Crime > Gangsters: 126 Films to Rent on DVD
- Night at the Golden Eagle (2001)
- Dir. Adam Rifkin
Feat. Vinnie Jones, James Caan, Ann Magnuson…
- A grimly satisfying, verbally violent drama set in a fleabag hotel in L.A. where two aging hoods plan their migration to the not–so–mean…
- Ordinary Decent Criminal (2001)
- Dir. Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Mullan…
- Fairly decent, but ordinary rerun of the same events covered by Boorman's THE GENERAL, detailing the colourful life of Irish gangster Martin Cahill…
- Sexy Beast (2001)
- Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Feat. Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane…
- Retirement in sunbaked Spain is going nicely for mellowed–out ex–crim Ray Winstone, that is, until a poison–tongued Ben Kingsley…
- Shiner (2001)
- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber…
- A contemporary British gangster film with a showcase role for Michael Caine as a blindly ambitious, fast–talking East End boxing promoter…
- Yards, The (2001)
- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron…
- Shot through with epic ambitions, this crime–drama, set amid the corruption of a New York subway–repair yards, boasts a compelling lead…
- Brother (2000)
- Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps
- Dir. Kitano’s first US film fuses his touch for wincingly intense violence with a ironical, comic streak that plays off the dynamics of the…
- Circus (2000)
- Dir. Rob Walker
Feat. Famke Janssen, John Hannah, Eddie Izzard…
- Famke Janssen and hubby John Hannah engage in some tongue–in–cheek British criminality in a Brighton ruled by Brian Conley. With a broad…
- Lock Stock and Four Stolen Hooves (TV Series) (2000)
- Dir. Sheree Folkson
- Tele–sequel to the hit movie LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, gives a reasonably funny riff on the bumbling quartet of lads on the make,…
- Love, Honour and Obey (2000)
- Dir. Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis
Feat. Jonny Lee Miller, Ray Winstone, Jude Law…
- Jonny Lee Miller is appealing as a mischief–making wannabe–crim in this half–serious set of London gangster moves, that basically…
- One Hundred Steps, The (I Cento Passi) (2000)
- Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana
- Expansive, fact–based drama set around a young man's fight against local mafiosos in the small Sicilian village of Cinisi in the…