Guest Son of ShortAxe Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 I'm trying to start a collection of asian gangster films.any suggestions on must haves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flashlegstan Posted January 31, 2003 Share Posted January 31, 2003 Heres a lists of some : Yakuza Graveyard Yakuza Papers Cops Vs Thugs Code of Honour Street Mobster Violent Cop Sonatine Boiling Point Brother Hana-bi Score 1,2 Gonin 1,2 Triple Cross Dead or Alive Dead or Alive 2 Birds Dead or Alive Final Theres loadds more but havent got time to list all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andyovan Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 Godfather 1 and 2 Goodfellows Sonatine A Better Tommorrow 1 and 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AndyBronson Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 Once upon a time in america Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rudolph Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 Anyone seen Bloodstained Tradewinds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andyovan Posted February 13, 2003 Share Posted February 13, 2003 How about goodfella's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BuddhasClaspedHandz Posted February 16, 2003 Share Posted February 16, 2003 miller's crossing , state of grace & Chopper were pretty good ... and of course any yakuza themed flicks by Miike are a given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest briznessman Posted May 17, 2003 Share Posted May 17, 2003 get : "branded to kill" and "female convict scorpion" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rising Tiger Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 For a really good Yakuza movie, you should see the Takeshi Kitano film Brother, but not the American cut. For a really original Yakuza movie, you should see Sonatine, which is also by Kitano. Question: Hana - Bi doesn't really qualify as a gangster movie does it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ingenue2002 Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 the early cagney and edward g. robinson gangster films are worth checking out (particularly the pre-code ones). "public enemy" "little caeser" "white heat" oh, did i forget the great bogart? "key largo" "angels with dirty faces" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest harvest4 Posted July 22, 2003 Share Posted July 22, 2003 1 The godfather 1 & 2 2 Scarface 3 The Untouchables 4 Once upon a time in america Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thevictor007 Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I'M NEW TO THIS BUT I THOUGHT INFERNAL AFFAIRS HAD ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED A SLIGHT GANGSTA/SUSPENSE FLICK ... THEN AGAIN I'VE NOT MUCH TO COMPARE IT TO ASIAN CINEMA WISE ... WHAT EXISTING ONES ARE COMMONLY CONSIDERED AS SAY THE BEST 5 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest slowmo Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 I'd advise everyone to see the ganster movie "Oscar" starring Sylvester Stallone... its better than all of Scorcses movies combined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SpeedySpeedBoy Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Definately Young and Dangerous series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sharpei Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 try Michael Cimino's YEAR OF THE DRAGON, sydney pollack's THE YAKUZA, BLACK RAIN (great visuals) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Canniba1ize Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 Don't forget John Woo's great movies (I saw A Better Tomorrow here, but...) The Killer, Hard Boiled and Once A Thief (not so much a gangster movie, but... Maybe if you bend the rules a little). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wizard12220 Posted March 30, 2004 Share Posted March 30, 2004 is BORSALINO with Jean Paul Belmondo & Alain Delon. Anyone know is it available in DVD format anywhere? The sequel BORSALINO & Co. is available in region 2 Fox Pathe Europa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The big rascal Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 i loved the young and dangerous series, i do hear mixed fgeedback on these and some are weker that the rest but i really enjoy watching them i guess the first couple just grabbed me and that was that. i also enjoyed traid story the john woo films esp a better tommorow, bullet in the head boiling point is probably my fave ' beat' takesi kitano film outlaw genies was great, an early 80's flick with phillip - ko fie and chen wei man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fiddlebottom Posted April 3, 2004 Share Posted April 3, 2004 I have to agree with the users who said the Young and Dangerous series these were fun action movies about triad members with characters that came back again in later entries in the series. I like movies with a little backstory and these along with The godfather 1, 2 and yes even 3 have a great mythology where you can see the progress of it's characters.:hat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Penthouse Posted April 6, 2004 Share Posted April 6, 2004 It seems like most of the people in this thread can't read very well. He said he wanted recommendations on Asian gangster films. The Untouchables, Goodfellas, Scarface, Once Upon A Time In America etc are Hollywood films. Anyways, i recommend A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled, The Killer, Sonatine and Bullet In The Head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sevenhooks Posted April 7, 2004 Share Posted April 7, 2004 I realize that this is not an asian gangster film, but if you haven't checked it out yet, I IMPLORE you to go see/rent/buy CITY OF GOD now!!! The movie is off the toilet chain!! It's been described as the "Brazillian Goodfellas" because of it's richly textured, multi-generational (60'-80's) narrative, but it's sooooo much deeper than that. Great characters, incredible use of music, brilliant editing /pacing and above all, a compelling, harrowing, exciting story (based on true accounts of Rio's most notorious drug dealing gangs). Phenomenal film. Easily on my all-time Top 10. As far as Asian gangster flicks go, most of the ones mentioned are excellent. Also check out: LONG ARM OF THE LAW (1st movie only) & TO BE NUMBER ONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fiddlebottom Posted April 9, 2004 Share Posted April 9, 2004 Sevenhooks, doesn't the dvd for City of God come out soon. I know it got postponed but I don't know if they settled on a firm release date yet. When it is released I will be getting it. It looks really good from all of the reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sevenhooks Posted April 11, 2004 Share Posted April 11, 2004 I believe the DVD finally comes out in the US sometime in June. After Miramax postponed it for the umpteenth time, I just said "f#ck it" and ordered the DVD from Amazon UK. Get it by hook or by crook. You WON'T be disapointed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kenichiku Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 In pairs or three of a kind... Godfather Series Goodfellas/Casino King Of New York/Belly Scarface/Carlito's Way/Donnie Brasco Bob La Flambeur/Le Cercle Rouge/Un Flic Sonatine/Boiling Point Black Caesar/Across 110th Street A Better Tomorrow II/The Mission Gonin/Dead Or Alive Series Public Enemy/Little Caesar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted August 15, 2014 Member Share Posted August 15, 2014 Bumping this thread. We need to revisit this genre since the best movies ever made comes from it. Doesn't matter what country you pick, what are your all time/stand the test of time Gangster opus of all time? Anyone agree with this list? http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-30-greatest-gangster-movies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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