Gangsters
Drunken Angel (1948)
7.8/10
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura plays an alcoholic doctor trying to bring about both spiritual and physical recovery of the human debris living in the yakuza-infested... Read more
The Set-Up (1948)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Wise
Starring: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
One of the best film noirs of the '40s, this atmospheric tale centres around an ageing prize-fighter who refuses to be corrupted by the mob. A great p... Read more
Golden Boy (1939)
6.9/10
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Starring: Lee J Cobb, William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, Joseph Calleia, Sa...
Clifford Odets' play becomes a moving screen drama, with William Holden (in his film debut) as a would-be violinist who is persuaded by girlfriend Bar... Read more
Scarface (1932)
7.8/10
Director: Howard Hawks
Starring: Paul Muni, George Raft, Ann Dvorak, Boris Karloff
One of the earliest and most powerful gangster films ever made, courtesy of producer Howard Hughes, director Howard Hawks and co-writer Ben Hecht. Pau... Read more