Best Mafia films not including the obvious ones

Macker1

Yes everyone will have their own opinions but I would like to sit down and watch a good Mafia film.

All suggestions welcomed.


GodFather Trilogy
Scarface
Untouchables
Road to Perdition
The Departed
Millers Crossing

Ass

Donnie Brasco

zAbbo

Donny Brasco
Casino
A Bronx Tale
Mean Streets
Carlito's Way

Macker1

zAbbo wrote: »

Donny Brasco
Casino
A Bronx Tale
Mean Streets
Carlito's Way

Thanks for the suggestions all great films but I've seen them

TonyD79

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mafia_films

Id say all the good ones ahve already been mentioned!!! I take it you have seen the Sopranos then!!

Running Bing

Gomorra is supposed to be really good.

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


Have you seen Once upon a time in America? On the Waterfront is brilliant too but its not your stereotypical mafia film really.

mike65

Does it have to be mafia or can any mob do?

Tableman

Millers crossing is good if any mob any do

rednik

Heres a few I would recommend some may be dated now but were great in their day.
The Outfit with Robert Duvall 1973.
Charley Varrick with Walther Matthau 1973.
The Mob with Ernest Borgnine 1951.
Point blank with Lee Marvin 1967.
Kiss of death with Richard Widmark 1947.
The big heat with Glen Ford 1953.

Saibh

American Gangster

The Untouchables

godspal

Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai... A strange mixture of pastiche, parody and originality.

deadhead13

Mean streets
The Sicillian
Witness to the Mob.

Driver 8

Romanzo Criminale

purple_hatstand

Takeshi Kitano's 'Brother'[2000] is brilliant and Takashi Miike has made some excellent, raw yakuza movies.

Check out 'Gotti'[1996] - Armand Assante is excellent as the 'teflon don'.

Wachowski Brothers' 'Bound'[1996] is one of my favourites...

And no mention of 'Goodfellas' yet? Even to rule it out for being really obvious?

Auvers

how about the Irish mafia?

try State Of Grace a fantastic mostly forgotten classic

SoupyNorman

purple_hatstand wrote: »

And no mention of 'Goodfellas' yet? Even to rule it out for being really obvious?

Thats what I was going to point out, its the ultimate mob movie though so does not belong here.




A Bronx tale - Its great as De Niro does not play the role of mob member which is refreshing.

JP Liz

Jane Austen's Mafia

Cookie

Both comedies

ziedth

last man standing

Phenoix

Both wouldn't be that well know but i enjoyed both

gary nevillevil

i would highly recommend "Gomorra"
gritty/raw and no glamourising.

eagle eye

I had to check the op's post like three times to make sure it wasn't there. Goodfellas.

I like A Bronx Tale too, De Niro's directrorial debut iirc.
A History of Violence as well.
Once Upon a time in America.
Casino

Overheal

Its half-mafia, well maybe 1/4 mafia.. Sleepers(1996).

SoupyNorman

Overheal wrote: »

Its half-mafia, well maybe 1/4 mafia.. Sleepers(1996).

It'd be on the line alright! It would a good film if not for the stupid (lets just put a beard on Kevin Bacon to age him 15years).

purple_hatstand

ziedth wrote: »

last man standing

Phenoix

Both wouldn't be that well know but i enjoyed both

'Last Man Standing' - the remake of 'Yojimbo' with Bruce Willis? I always thought that was a comedy:P and 'Sleepers' is awful nonsense imo. The book is even worse if you can believe it?!

chappy_chap

micky blue eyes is the best.. well in my opinion...

Capt'n Midnight

ziedth wrote: »

last man standing

A remake of a Fist full of dollars which was a remake of Yojimbo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warrior_and_the_Sorceress is also a Yojimbo remake


How about a vampire black comedy ?
Innocent Blood


There are a couple of films from Hong Kong that are worth watching too

does this count ?
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

damonjewel

does bugsy malone count?

artvandulet

+1 for A Bronx Tale.

How about JFK or Midnight Run. Both slightly mafia related!

Here ye go, find them all!...
http://www.imdb.com/keyword/mafia/?title_type=feature

inforfun

purple_hatstand wrote: »

Takeshi Kitano's 'Brother'[2000] is brilliant and Takashi Miike has made some excellent, raw yakuza movies.

Absolutely true.
Get as many as you can

rednik

Year of the dragon. Starring Mickey Rourke with his normal face on. This is a good story of the Chinese mafia in New York directed by Michael Cimino of Heavens Gate and Deer Hunter fame. Oliver Stone had a hand in the screenplay. This film caused a lot of controversy with the Chinese community in New York when it was released. I haven't seen it in years but from what I remember it was very violent and realistic.

purple_hatstand

'King Of New York' - lots of Chris Walken's subsequent roles are parodies of this.
Abel Ferrara's 'The Funeral' is definitely worth a look, too. Released together with b&w vampire flick 'The Addiction', both star Walken and Annabella Sciorra. 'The Funeral' is a minor gem also starring Chris Penn, Vincent Gallo, Isabella Rosselini and Benicio del Toro.

chalad07

Ass wrote: »

Donnie Brasco

Forget about it....

994

the latest issue of "Empire" has a top-20 of gangster movies that excludes the well-known ones.

Dozen Wicked Words

Marlon Brando's finest Mafia film :

The Freshman.

stevenmu

Gangs of New York?

Ivona Tinkle

The Last Don wasnt a film but a three part series kirsty alley was in it it was brilliant

VegetativeState

It's been mentioned already but another shout is very necessary - Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai. Unreal film, so sparse but still gripping and easy to watch. Whittaker is amazing in it [even though all he has to do is walk around looking bad-ass and saying some bad-ass ****: 'Always See Everything' - a quote to live your life by if you ask me]. And the soundtrack is something else.