# Mob Movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 1, 2003, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887 "2003-10-01T09:11:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![T-Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@T-Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/1 "2003-10-01T09:11:55Z")
i’m a huge fan of mob movies… but haven’t found one for a while that i haven’t already seen… anybody got any suggestions… like i said… have already been thru the poular ones Godfather series, Good Fellas, Donnie Brasco etc… so don’t bother with those… ---
**Author:** ![Herge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Herge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Herge)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/2 "2003-10-01T11:29:14Z")
You’ve probably seen Casino, Lock Stock and Snatch… how about The Long Good Friday? Its an older film (1970s), more about gangsters than the mob. It has great acting and a good story. If you haven’t seen it then I highly recommend it. ---
**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/3 "2003-10-01T11:30:17Z")
Married to the mob A Bronx tale Casino Mobsters Once upon a time in America Gotti Scarface La Cosa Nostra Vegas (But not _Honeymoon in…_) Hoodlum The Untouchables Boss of bosses Lansky Bonanno: A Godfather’s story Witness to the mob Vendetta Valachi City Hall Analyize This (You didn’t exclude comedy) Analyize That (You have GF2 in there, so you have nothing against crappy sequels) Get Carter Bella Mafia The last Don The last Don 2 (I guess he wasn’t the last Don after all!) The Freshman Brother Orchid Carlito’s Way Mean Streets My Blue Heaven Little Caesar The Public Enemy State of Grace On the Waterfront Learn to love [Google](http://www.google.ca/search?q=mob+movies&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=0&sa=N) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/4 "2003-10-01T12:36:40Z")
Let us not forget _Payback_ and _Miller’s Crossing_!! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/5 "2003-10-04T12:44:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoGoodNamesLeft \* > **(You have GF2 in there, so you have nothing against crappy sequels)** Surely you meant GF **3**. GF2 is arguably better than the original, you godless heathen. ---
**Author:** ![Ironikinit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ironikinit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ironikinit)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/6 "2003-10-04T14:10:17Z")
If you don’t mind foreign films you might check out the work of Takeshi Kitano aka Beat Takeshi. “Fireworks” would be a good place to start. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/7 "2003-10-04T14:25:24Z")
\*The Krays Gangster No. 1 Murder Inc. Bugsy Malone \*(odd comedy) _Bugsy Night And The City King Of New York Year Of The Dragon_ (Chinese mobsters) _The Yakuza_ (Japanese mobsters) _Black Rain_ (ditto) almost anything directed by Takeshi Kitano (double ditto) _Prime Cut Point Blank_ (1967, if you can include the pointless remake _Payback_ the original should at least get a mention) ---
**Author:** ![Cholo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/8 "2003-10-04T15:04:01Z")
You gotta see “Snatch” and “Miller’s Crossing”. They both are fantastic in their own ways. Go…run…right now! ---
**Author:** ![Wumpus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8c91f0/32.png) [@Wumpus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wumpus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/9 "2003-10-04T15:04:14Z")
I’ll second Herge’s Long Good Friday recommendation. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/10 "2003-10-04T23:07:35Z")
Don’t forget The Sopranos ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/11 "2003-10-05T02:27:59Z")
Dammit, **NoGoodNamesLeft** leave some for the rest of us! 😃 Anyway, I’ll second **Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels** and **The Untouchables**. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/12 "2003-10-05T10:53:10Z")
_Johnny Dangerously_. “Fargin’ iceholes!” (comedy) ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/13 "2003-10-05T12:58:02Z")
Oh, what about _Mafia!_ You didn’t say it had to be a good, right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![sliv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sliv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sliv)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/14 "2003-10-05T16:10:30Z")
Anybody mention “Gangs of New York” yet? ---
**Author:** ![T-Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@T-Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T-Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/15 "2003-10-06T10:08:48Z")
thanks guys… more than enough to keep me going… will start with the Beat Takeshi stuff… am sure my local guy has it… and btw agree completely abt GF2… all time classic ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/16 "2003-10-06T11:46:37Z")
_The Pope of Greenwich Village_. Best thing Mickey Rourke or Eric Roberts was ever in! ---
**Author:** ![WereOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ac91a4/32.png) [@WereOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WereOtter)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mob-movies/204887/17 "2003-10-07T00:17:20Z")
**Innocent Blood** is a great mob flick. OK, it’s a vampire/mob/comedy flick, but you’ve got Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia, Don Rickles and a hilarious script. **Ghost Dog** starring Forrest Whitaker as a negro/samarai/mob hit man. **Bound** is my favorite lesbian/mob flick. **Sexy Beast** is a pretty good British effort. Another one is **Stormy Monday** with Sting, Tommy Lee Jones and Melanie Griffith and it’s being released on DVD on Oct 7.