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[DoktorEvil]

Today I'm sick but I'm cheering myself up by watching my favorite crime movie and favorite movie of all time: Goodfellas

So Gaffers, what are your favorite crime movies?

American Gangster is a very close second, followed by The Godfather.

 

[todahawk]

HEAT

 

[ComputerMKII]

Pulp Fiction

 

[pedrothelion]

Thief
Out of Sight

 

[ReadingRambo]

True Detective

Spoiler

I know it's a show but it feels more like an 8 hour film.

 

[SocksAndShoes]

Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Heat

 

[Stumpokapow]

Bonnie and Clyde
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Serpico
Casino
Sin City
Scarface
Pulp Fiction
Chinatown
Reservoir Dogs
Goodfellas
Dog Day Afternoon
Heat
Fargo
The Usual Suspects
LA Confidential
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Once Upon a Time in America
Donnie Brasco

 

[Halcyon]

It is a crime movie.

 

[steadfast]

So you mean more mafia-style movie? "Crime" is a pretty broad subject.

 

[Count of Monte Sawed-Off]

HEAT!

Goodfellas and the Godfather movies would be close behind.

 

[dekline]

Some great movies already posted. My list:

Snatch
Sexy Beast
Kill List
Drive
Animal Kingdom
Pusher Trilogy
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
11:14

 

[SolidChamp]

L4YER CAKE

 

[Borgnine]

Nearly every movie is a crime movie. But I'll say Rififi in the hopes that you'll watch it.

 

[pants]

This is very general, but try South Korean crime and detective movies they are out of this world good.

would suggest something like Memories of Murder and or The Unjust to get you going

 

[CharminUltra]

The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Pulp Fiction

 

[inm8num2]

 

[brotherbean]

The Departed is the only one that I can go back to and watch over and over. I don't know what it is about that movie but I love it.

 

[BaronLundi]

Nearly every movie is a crime movie. But I'll say Rififi in the hopes that you'll watch it.

Listen to this man.

 

[DoktorEvil]

I'm about to watch that after Goodfellas. I've never saw it.

 

[Z..]

Sad that City Of God hasn't gotten a namedrop yet.

This is probably the one film thread where the fact that 90% of the movies mentioned being from the US isn't a matter of ignorance, but rather one of obvious dominance. Hollywood are the kings of the crime genre. That said, here are some healthy (and recent, since most of gaf will ignore classic suggestions) foreign alternatives, other than City Of God:

Several greats already mentioned, keep it up Gaf!

 

[ViewtifulJC]

True Romance

correct me if I'm wrong but I do believe its White Boy Day

 

[sixteen-bit]

Fast and Furious 6

 

[Scavenger]

The Long Goodbye

 

[JCtheMC]

Melville's stuff. Samourai, Cercle Rouge. C'est le shit tres awesome.

French crime films from the 50's/60's in general.

In more recent years: South Korean cinema... Chaser, Memories Of Murder, I Saw The Devil, Yellow Sea, New Moon. And ofcourse The Thieves, on the lighter side of things.

 

[n00bsauce87]

This movie never gets boring for me

 

[harSon]

Stray Dog. One of the most influential films within its genre too.

 

[Borgnine]

This movie never gets boring for me

YOU WANT MY BLOOD KNEE BOMB TAKE MY BLOOD

 

[squidyj]

Lot of good stuff here, glad to see that Le cercle Rouge and Le Samourai are here.

I'll forward Hard Boiled and Infernal Affairs

 

[JCtheMC]

Stray Dog. One of the most influential films within its genre too.

This has been on my To Watch list for a good while now.

Instantly i'm reminded of the greatness of High and Low, probably my favorite Kurosawa so far. The Bad Sleep Well is also pretty damn good.

 

[JCtheMC]

Lot of good stuff here, glad to see that Le cercle Rouge and Le Samourai are here.

I'll forward Hard Boiled and Infernal Affairs

HK Crime cinema is excellent too. Johnnie To is a boss.

 

[inm8num2]

True Romance

The best "Tarantino" movie (he wrote, Tony Scott directed).

 

[Edwardo]

Donnie Brascooooooo

 

[Z..]

Melville's stuff. Samourai, Cercle Rouge. C'est le shit tres awesome.

French crime films from the 50's/60's in general.

Indeed. Melville is a fucking god.

Cercle Rouge is insanely good.

 

[Raptomex]

Goodfellas is probably the best ever any my personal favorite. The others would have to be:

The Godfather and part 2
Casino
Heat
Donnie Brasco
Scarface
Ocean's Eleven

 

[sixteen-bit]

Indeed. Melville is a fucking god.

Cercle Rouge is insanely good.

I thought Cercle Rouge was bad. My friends and I cracked up at the absurdly long scenes with the guy and his cat in the apartment that didn't go anywhere. Movie could have used a lot of editing.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Stray Dog. One of the most influential films within its genre too.

I love this movie.



I'll add a list later on but right now I will second Uh Prophath.

and suggest:

 

[Col WillieSharp]

My favorite movie.

 

[RP912]

Scarface chico!

 

[Wag]

 

[TheKaeptain]

OP are you talking strictly modern post 70's?

 

[WarrenMax007]

 

[freeofgreed]

Came in to post Goodfellas, glad to see OP beat me too it.

 

[JCtheMC]

I'll add a list later on but right now I will second Uh Prophath.

I can't believe i neglected to mention this, easily one of my favorite films of all time. Audiard is a god.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

only thing I didn't like about A Prophet was

Spoiler

the supernatural/ghost element shit

besides that its fuckin' awesome

 

[speculawyer]

Some random ones:

Heat, Bound, Risky Business, Godfather, The Town, Die Hard, The Italian Job, Vertigo, The Maltese Falcon, Reservoir Dogs


And Grand Theft Auto . . . but it is a videogame series.

 

[strafer]

Heat

Greatest shootout ever put on screen.

My dick gets heard everytime.

 

[| Praxis |]

Love this film.

 

[Z..]

I thought Cercle Rouge was mad lame. My friends and I cracked up at the absurdly long scenes with the guy and his cat in the apartment that didn't go anywhere. Movie could have used a lot of editing.

Here we go again with the hollywood mentality poisoning the minds of our generation. A good film has a voice, it isn't simply geared towards entertaining you. The understated world-building is one of the film's strongest suits and it pains me to see it's vision dismissed by modern audiences because they expect all movies to cater to their basest desires.

 

[jonno394]

If you're in to asian cinema you need to check out the following:

The new world
Nameless gangster
A dirty carnival
Rebellion
Outrage
Election I and II

BONUS FRENCH FILMS

Les Lyonnais
Mesrine

 

[Daniel Jackson]