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1. Godfather 2
2. Godfather 1
3. Goodfellas
4. Godfather 3
5. Casino
6. Miller's Crossing
7. The Untouchables
8. Dirty Carnival ( Korean gangster shit )
9. Donnie Brasco
10. Road to Perdition
Honorobale mention : 10th & Wolf
I didnt include Scarface cuz it's not a mobster flick
All worthy. What about these which i would class as mobster...
A Bronx Tale
Carlito's Way
City of God
Personally I would also class Scarface as a mobster flick
great list ... some candidates from Hong Kong:
A Better Tomorrow 1 (the gun-fu from A Better Tomorrow 2 mixed with the story from #1 would be superawesome)
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The Mission (Johnnie To director, not the De Niro movie)
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Election
Triad Election (aka Election 2)
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Rich and Famous
Tragic Hero
Both starring Chow Yun-fat - made to be one movie, but it was so long, they cut it to 2.
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Young and Dangerous series (1-6, Official Prequel) (this series from late 90's was so popular that it had a few unofficial sequels)
A group of 4 buddies joined a Triad and slowly rise through the ranks to end up on top ruling
probably a few other worthy candidates, but those were off the top of my head
A Korean candidate - City of Violence
A Japanese candidate - Brother (Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps)
Here's some Brit ones...
The Long Good Friday
Get Carter
and for a different feel...
Lock Stock and Snatch
City of Violence is the movie Tarantino stole a bunch from for Reservoir Dogs, right?
Great list and always good to see Miller's Crossing getting love.Quote:
Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita
The only thing I disagree on is I think Scarface is a mobster movie but it's all semantics I guess.
That was City of Fire (with Yun Fat). City of Violence was more recent (2005 or 2006)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
1. Goodfellas
2. Godfather 2
3. Scarface
4. Godfather 1
5. Carlito's Way
6. Miller's Crossing
7. Casino
8. Donnie Brasco
9. Road to Perdition
10. Tokyo Drifter (Japanese)
Pretty much agree with most peoples top 10 but.. Once upon a time in America would make my list ;)
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Originally Posted by Fenster
No, I think you are thinking of director Ringo Lam's City on Fire starring Chow Yun-fat as the undercover cop and Danny Lee as the crook (in John Woo's The Killer, Danny Lee was the cop and Chow was the killer)
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Originally Posted by smashup
As great as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is, as good as Once Upon a Time in the West is, many consider Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America to be his finest work.
Fixated on the asian movies and didn't remember Leone's classic.
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Originally Posted by BeanflickerThat was City of Fire (with Yun Fat). City of Violence was more recent (2005 or 2006)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Sorry Bean, I didn't see your reply before I posted
QT probably was also inspired by Stanley Kubrick's The Killing starring Sterling Hayden (non-chronological storytelling about a racetrack heist). Where The Killing is different than RD, was that TK followed each character from beginning to end and then going on to the next character from beginning to end and repeat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
this is on my to watch list as well as a few others from Seijun SuzukiQuote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
The Criterion Blu ray released of Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill are AWESOME.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stickgrapplerthis is on my to watch list as well as a few others from Seijun SuzukiQuote:
Originally Posted by Beanflicker
cool -- looking forward to them!
QT takes from everything it seems haha. I think Mystery Train was also a big influence on his work (especially for Pulp Fiction).Quote:
Originally Posted by Stickgrappler