Gangsters
The Sting (Blu-ray) (1973)
8.3/10
Director: George Roy Hill
Starring: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen B...
Two small-time Chicago con-men try to put 'the sting' on a high-roller from N.Y.C. after he has one of their pals killed. Classic entertainment featur... Read more
Miller's Crossing (1990)
7.8/10
Director: Joel Coen
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito, J E...
A very stylish, intelligent offering from the Coen Brothers ('Raising Arizona', 'Blood Simple') set in 1929 and perfectly recreating the look and feel... Read more
Golgo 13: Kowloon Assignment (1977)
7.5/10
Director: Yukio Noda
Starring: Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi, Emi Shindo, Callan Leung
Based on a best-selling Japanese comic, Sonny Chiba stars as 'Golgo 13', a master assassin whose calling card is a single shot between the eyes. Match... Read more
Concrete Romance (2007)
6/10
Director: Marco Martani
Starring: Nicolas Vaporidis, Giorgio Faletti, Carolina Crescentini, Pietro Ragusa
Average guy Diego becomes the target of a dangerous gangster after accidentally damaging the car of gangland kingpin, 'The Chief'. Oblivious to the da... Read more
Zatoichi 24: In Desperation (1972)
Director: Shintaro Katsu
Starring: Shintaro Katsu, Kiwako Taichi, Kyoko Toshizawa, Yasuhiro Koume, Fujio Morita
Directed by the actor who plays Zatoichi, this is possibly the darkest and most sombre of the series; the yakuza are meaner and the body count is high... Read more
She Shoots Straight (1990)
Director: Corey Yuen Kwai
Starring: Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung, Carina Lau, Tony Leung (Ka Fai), Yuen Wah, Agnes Aure...
Policewoman Mina (Joyce Godenzi) marries into a family of cops and must struggle to gain acceptance from her husband's (Tony Leung Ka Fai) crime-fight... Read more
Billy Bathgate (1992)
5.9/10
Director: Robert Benton
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis
A fast paced tense adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's novel recounting the fall of mobster Dutch Schultz (Dustin Hoffman) as seen through the eyes of an am... Read more
Dillinger and Capone (1998)
5.2/10
Director: Jon Purdy
Starring: Martin Sheen, F Murray Abraham, Catherine Hicks
Years after he was supposedly shot down in front of a Chicago movie theatre, retired gangster John Dillinger (Martin Sheen) lives quietly with his wif... Read more
Election 2 (2006)
Director: Johnnie To
Starring: Louis Koo, Simon Yam, Nick Cheung, Siu Fai Cheung, Lam Suet, Ka Tung Lam
Taking the themes and stories presented in the original, this film brings them to a logical and ingeniously appropriate end. Those who ranked the firs... Read more
The Godfather CODA ( Blu-ray ) (1990)
7.6/10
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, Br...
The absorbing Corleone saga continues with Al Pacino's attempt to remove himself from the world of crime, and how fate and circumstance draw him back... Read more