While the silent era produced many proto-type gangster movies, the genre officially did not begin to take form until the early 1930s. Film scholars and historians consider Josef von Sternberg's ...

Since the Golden Age of Hollywood and the heyday of film Noir, gangster movies like The Untouchables, Goodfellasand The Maltese Falcon have given audiences some of the best films ever made.

“From as far back as I remember, I always wanted to watch gangster movies.” Clearly, that’s not the original quote, but the sentiment remains true. Audiences love gangster movies. They make ...

Stephen King dropped the gauntlet: what are the 10 best gangster films of all-time, not including the two Godfather films which are already canonically the best of the best? I’d add Martin ...

The gangster genre has a particularly grand role to play in American film, where some of the best mobster movies come from - indeed, many of the nation’s masterpieces feature gangsters ...

I come from a place that is embarrassed by the cast of “Jersey Shore,” but proud of a new HBO series that glorifies its gangster roots. New Jersey is a funny place. I just got back from ...

This month marks 40 years since The Godfather's theatrical opening. To honor the occasion, here's look at the picture's peers among the great canon of American gangster films. We kept the list ...

Nobody does gangster movies quite like the Brits, eh? The origins of the British crime thriller go back almost 75 years, though the genre truly picked up speed in the late 1960s, with the ...

Credit: Getty Images “From as far back as I remember, I always wanted to watch gangster movies.” Clearly, that’s not the original quote, but the sentiment remains true. Audiences love ...