# Bad Gangster Movies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416 "2007-08-21T20:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416/1 "2007-08-21T20:06:49Z")
I assume the Gangster movie genre is among Hollywood’s oldest genres and so I figure there must be a whole lot of really bad movies. I’m in a gangster movie watching kinda mood and so I ask you dopers if you know of any real bad gangster movies that I should check out. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416/2 "2007-08-21T20:11:00Z")
[Bugsy Malone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Malone). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416/3 "2007-08-21T20:26:45Z")
[QUOTE=pravnik] [Bugsy Malone](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Malone). [/QUOTE] Bite your tongue! First, because it’s a lampoon, not a real gangster film, and it’s quite a lot of fun. You want a **Bad** gangster movie? Try _Godfather 3, Hoodlum_, or _Billy Bathgate_–all hugely ambitious and genuine stiffs. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416/4 "2007-08-21T20:29:05Z")
[Capone](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072761/) with Stallone as Frank Nitti looks pretty bad. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416/5 "2007-08-21T20:43:17Z")
Mobsters with Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, and Costas Mandylor ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416/6 "2007-08-21T21:48:11Z")
[The Executioner](http://imdb.com/title/tt0077525/). Hands down. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416/7 "2007-08-21T22:54:22Z")
Manduck, that can’t be! Did you even read the User Comments at your link? > [@](#): > > The Executioner is quite possibly the greatest film to be put out in the last 100 years. In my opinion, it should be mandatory viewing for every person in the world. This movie tour-de-force was directed, produced, and starring Duke Mitchell. It’s a pity that their are no more geniuses in Hollywood with minds like Duke’s. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416/8 "2007-08-21T22:58:50Z")
Oh, and a friend suckered me into watching [Carlito’s Way: Rise to Power](http://imdb.com/title/tt0427038/). For some reason I thought that Al Pacino was going to be in this one also. I am so naive! ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416/9 "2007-08-21T23:22:17Z")
Arnold, The Executioner is so bad that you **have to** see it. My favorite part is the “fuckin’ fish” monologue. ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-gangster-movies/416416/10 "2007-08-21T23:31:07Z")
[QUOTE=amarinth] Mobsters with Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, and Costas Mandylor [/QUOTE] Seconded. I couldn’t even bring myself to finish watching it, it was so bad, and I love mobster movies, TV shows, whatever you got.