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1) Snatch
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"A diamond heist gone haywire launches gangster, bookies and a dog on a rollicking ride through the rugged world of bare-knuckle boxing in search of the missing stone"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004, 1972
Language
English
Description
The Corleone Family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son. There is a balance between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged.
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
Michael Corleone is now in his 60s, in this third film in the Godfather trilogy. He wants to pull his family away from crime and find a suitable successor. The successor could be his nephew Vincent, Sonny's son, but Vincent could also be the one who spoils Michael's dream of business legitimacy.
4) Pulp fiction
Language
English
Description
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
6) The sting
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Set in 1930's Chicago, this story deals with two con men who seek revenge on a big-time gangster who was responsible for the murder of their friend.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
Referenced in Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2, Uomini Si Nasce Poliziotti Si Muore (Live like a cop, die like a man, 1976) opens with an insane motorcycle chase that was filmed in rush hour in downtown Rome with no permission from the local authorities. To top it off, this is one of the most violent and unconventional Italian style action films of its time. The credit goes to the director, Ruggero Deodato, best known for his infamous and censored film...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A wild throwback to '70s grindhouse movies, Modus operandi is shockingly violent and even more entertaining. Director Frankie Latina took four years to direct this lovingly constructed ode to disreputable genre flicks, all of it shot in his hometown of Milwaukee. He mashes together Blaxploitation, gore, Italian giallo, Japanese gangster flicks and much more into an irresistible guilty pleasure.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
10) Gomorrah
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Italiano
Description
Power, money and blood: these are the values that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day. They have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the "system," the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a "normal" life. Five stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel world, and one that is deeply rooted in reality.
11) Nora inu
Series
Criterion collection volume 233
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
©2004
Language
日本語
Description
A bad day gets worse for rookie detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo's sweltering streets for the thief, whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, the cop and the criminal's lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami's own dark side --
Series
Criterion collection volume 408
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Français
Description
A small-time hood kills a police officer and tries to leave France, but his American girlfriend betrays him to the police, leading to a deadly conclusion.
13) Donnie Brasco
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An account of Pistone's experiences as an undercover FBI agent who successfully infiltrated the dangerous world of the Mafia in the '70s and how his personal feelings almost led to his death.
14) Scarface
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Videos
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, this time set in Miami, Florida, in the 1980s, after the Mariel boatlift brought thousands of Cuban refugees to the United States. Tony Montana is the new Scarface, finding wealth and power beyond his wildest dreams. He loved The American Dream, with a vengeance. In the spring of 1980, the port of Mariel Harber was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Italiano
Description
Fernando Di Leo was a prolific filmmaker who explored the political extremism and mafia corruption in Italy during the 1970's. Master of garish, intricately plotted, ultra-violent stories about pimps and petty gangsters, Di Leo has perfected the genre with an uncanny accuracy. Di Leo's films demonstrate the degradation of the working classes and how the mafia corrupted them. Though he slipped out of public consciousness after his death in 2003, his...
16) Rififi
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
Just out of prison, a master thief is persuaded to orchestrate the nearly impossible robbery of an upscale jewelry store.
18) You kill me
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Frank Falenczyk loves his job. He is a hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank has a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle sends him to San Francisco to clean up his act. Frank is not the touchy-feely kind of guy, but he starts going to AA meetings, gets a sponsor and a job at a mortuary where he falls for the tart-tongued Laurel, a woman who is dangerously...
19) Jackie Brown
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A stewardess, a street-tough gun runner, a lonely bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, a stoned-out beach bunny and an earnest federal agent converge in a quest for a missing half million dollars.
20) Dragnet girl
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
日本語
Description
A no-nonsense gangster's moll is troubled by the growing attraction between her man and a virtuous woman.
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