Italian/American gangster movie suggestions

Jarrath

Ok, I'm a bit of a gangster genre nut. Have loads of books and dvd's on the whole subject..
I'm more interested in the Italian/Jewish/Irish American gangs and am trying to complete my dvd collection..

This is my DVD collection so far:

The Godfather Trilogy
Mean Streets
Goodfellas
Casino
Donnie Brasco
On The Waterfront
Once Upon a Time in America
Bugsy
Scarface (1932 version & 1983 version)
True Romance
Find me Guilty
Carlitos Way
Road to Perdition
Smokin Aces
Nitti The Enforcer
The St. Valentines Day Masacre
Raging Bull
Gotti
A Bronx Tale
Gangs of New York
The Valachi Papers
The Cotton Club
LA Confidential
Excellent Cadavers
CopLand
The King of New York
The Roaring twenties
Angles with Dirty Faces
The Public Enemy
The complete Sopranos series
The Real Godfathers

Wanting to get Little Ceasar, The Departed, Witness to the mob & Boss of Bosses ( can't find the last two anywhere)

Anyone out there able to suggest any other films that may interest me?

Thanks,
Jaz

p~b

american gangster is very good, deserves a place in anyones collection

Karl Hungus

Have you seen Miller's Crossing? I'd heartily recommend it.

I might suggest branching out into some foreign films, there's some terrific gangster films out there.

Vic Vinegar

Gomorra (Gomorrah?) is supposed to be very good

Link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929425/

Creature

^ What he said. Gomorra is a terrific Italian film based around organised crime groups in Naples. Possibly my favourite film of last year.

Illkillya

State of Grace

TheIrishGrover

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Have you seen Miller's Crossing? I'd heartily recommend it.

I might suggest branching out into some foreign films, there's some terrific gangster films out there.

What Karl said.

Try the Infernal Affairs Trilogy. IMO much better than the Departed. Eric Tsang's Sam was a much more charismatic and, at times, terrifying gangster than Nicholson's (And don't even get me started on Anthony Wong's Chief Inspector Wong/ Sheen-Whalburg)

Pigman II

Since you have Raging Bull in there I'm going to recommend Robert Wise's "The Set-Up". It's about a washed-up boxer scheduled to lose his final fight at the bequest of the mob. One noteworthy element of the movie is that it is set in 'real time'. At seventy odd minutes long this is the same amount of time that passes during the story (a trick used most notibly in High-Noon, tho this film came before that).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041859/

carlop

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

Gomorra (Gomorrah?) is supposed to be very good

Link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929425/

Just watched it there, good film but I was watching it in Italian, which I speak, but some of the accents are very strong so I was a little lost at times.

For anyone who enjoyed Gomorra, I'd recommend Romanzo Criminale. It's set in Rome and follows a street gang's rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld, an excellent film.

These films don't have the style of American gangster films though, so if its something along the line of Goodfellas you're expecting, you might be a bit disappointed.

Jarrath

Thanks for the suggestions guys.. Forgot about Millers Crossing..

State of Grace looks decent enough, plus its got an excellent cast.. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, John C. Reilly to name a few... Can't go wrong with that

Have seen Infernal Affairs 1 & 2.. Never got round to seeing the 3rd one though.. Does it add much to the overall story? And I'd agree the first one is way better than The Departed..

Just looked at a trailer for Gomorrah and it looks pretty good..

TheIrishGrover

Jarrath wrote: »

Thanks for the suggestions guys.. Forgot about Millers Crossing..

State of Grace looks decent enough, plus its got an excellent cast.. Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, John C. Reilly to name a few... Can't go wrong with that

Have seen Infernal Affairs 1 & 2.. Never got round to seeing the 3rd one though.. Does it add much to the overall story? And I'd agree the first one is way better than The Departed..

Just looked at a trailer for Gomorrah and it looks pretty good..

Oh God yeah, it does. It is set

in two different times: Six months before end of first and six months after as far as I can recall

and is about

another detective investigating Andy Lau's character: (The Triad in the cops. Ming was it?.

I would rate the trilogy 1-3-2 in order of preferance but 1 and 3 come pretty damn close...... Must watch them again

The Pontiac

Reservoir Dogs and The Untouchables

eagle eye

Pulp Fiction is not there or I'm going blind. I wiped my eyes twice to make sure.

And that other tv show from years back, Wiseguy.

Sir Gallagher

I can't stress enough how much you need to get City of God in that collection, amazing movie.

Also, while not really a typical gangster movie you should get The Sting.

The Pontiac

Just thought of Eastern Promises and Sexy Beast. Both British gangster films but both excellent.

Jarrath

eagle eye wrote: »

Pulp Fiction is not there or I'm going blind. I wiped my eyes twice to make sure.

And that other tv show from years back, Wiseguy.

I don't really consider Pulp Fiction a ganster movie... Thats not to say I don't like the film caus I do..

And as for the Untouchables, talk about completely ripping the balls out the truth.. They were so far wide of the mark its sickining..

anplaya

lock stock....,snatch,mystic river (sean penns character is a gangster i think but not really gangster film).

Loco

Don't think any of these are in your list. Must-sees!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodlum_(film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belly_(film)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_God_(film)

JP Liz

10th & Wolf
State of Grace
Ash Wednesday
The Departed
The Boondock Saints
Miller's Crossing
Road to Perdition

Dillinger3000

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Have you seen Miller's Crossing? I'd heartily recommend it.

I might suggest branching out into some foreign films, there's some terrific gangster films out there.

millers crossing is one of the best in the genre

grames_bond

p~b wrote: »

american gangster is very good, deserves a place in anyones collection

i dunno, i genuinely thaught that movie was trying to be scarface....i just saw so many "homages" it kind of annoyed me....and i do think denzel plays the same character in every movie! good or bad!

geoffraffe

Romanzo Criminale is an excellent gangser film and I also loved City of God. Must watch them both again soon

Locamon

Agree with previous posters
Millers Crossing is simply class.
State of Grace you have to have for the Irish American Italian connection.
The Untouchables -assume you have but forgot to list.
Prizzi's Honour -comedy but covers the same area.
If LA confidential qualifies then I think Heat, The French Connection, Seprico and the excellent Leon could make the list.
Surprised no one mentioned the HBO series the Wire, McNulty is the Irish American cop to perfection, excellent stuff.