The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies

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This list is taken from the book with the same name, which was written by Lloyd Hughes and first published in 2005. The films appear in the second half of the book, in alphabetical order.

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    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
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    Angels with Dirty Faces

    1938, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
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    Ying hung boon sik

    1986 — a.k.a. A Better Tomorrow, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Big Heat

    1953, in 18 top lists Check
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    Black Caesar

    1973 — a.k.a. The Godfather of Harlem, in 1 top list Check
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    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967, in 28 top lists Check
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    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
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    Bullets Over Broadway

    1994, in 0 top lists Check
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    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
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    Xích lô

    1995 — a.k.a. Cyclo, in 5 top lists Check
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    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Getaway

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
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    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
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    Gloria

    1980, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
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    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
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    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
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    Gun Crazy

    1950, in 17 top lists Check
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    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
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    High Sierra

    1941, in 8 top lists Check
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    Mou gaan dou

    2002 — a.k.a. Infernal Affairs, in 14 top lists Check
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    Key Largo

    1948, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
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    King of New York

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
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    Little Caesar

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Long Good Friday

    1980, in 12 top lists Check
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    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
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    Menace II Society

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
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    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
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    Night and the City

    1950, in 12 top lists Check
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    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
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    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
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    Pépé le Moko

    1937, in 10 top lists Check
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    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
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    Point Blank

    1967, in 15 top lists Check
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    The Public Enemy

    1931, in 13 top lists Check
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    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
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    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
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    Du rififi chez les hommes

    1955 — a.k.a. Rififi, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Roaring Twenties

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
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    The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

    1967, in 3 top lists Check
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    Salvatore Giuliano

    1962, in 7 top lists Check
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    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
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    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
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    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
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    Sonachine

    1993 — a.k.a. Sonatine, in 10 top lists Check
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    They Live by Night

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
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    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
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    You Only Live Once

    1937, in 7 top lists Check
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