# The best gangster movies of all time

From 1930s Chicago to Hong Kong, Rio and Marseille: the greatest gangster films, ranked from StudioBinder, The A.V. Club and Time Out.

- 144 votes · 16 items
- May 10, 2025 · Natalie Hunter
- https://even.best/en/l/4098/the-best-gangster-movies-of-all-time

## Top 15

1. **The Godfather (1972)** (13 · ▲15 ▼2) — The Corleone family and the rise of Michael.
2. **The Godfather Part II (1974)** (11 · ▲12 ▼1) — Young Vito and Michael as the new don.
3. **White Heat (1949)** (10 · ▲11 ▼1) — Cagney's psychotic Cody Jarrett on top of the world.
4. **Goodfellas (1990)** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — Henry Hill's life in the mob, by Scorsese.
5. **Scarface (1983)** (9 · ▲10 ▼1) — Tony Montana's rise and fall in Miami.
6. **Once Upon a Time in America (1984)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Fifty years of Jewish gangsters in New York, by Sergio Leone.
7. **Bonnie and Clyde (1967)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — The outlaw couple who changed American cinema.
8. **The Long Good Friday (1980)** (9 · ▲9 ▼0) — Bob Hoskins's London crime boss on his worst weekend.
9. **A Prophet (2009)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — A young inmate rises in a French prison, by Jacques Audiard.
10. **Casino (1995)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — The mob skimming Las Vegas, by Scorsese.
11. **Miller's Crossing (1990)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Prohibition-era double-crosses, by the Coen brothers.
12. **Bugsy (1991)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Bugsy Siegel and the invention of Las Vegas.
13. **Infernal Affairs (2002)** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — A mole in the police and a mole in the triad.
14. **The Public Enemy (1931)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — James Cagney and the grapefruit, a pre-Code classic.
15. **City of God (2002)** (-1 · ▲4 ▼5) — Gangs in a Rio favela over three decades.
16. **The Untouchables (1987)** (-6 · ▲0 ▼6) — Eliot Ness against Al Capone, by Brian De Palma.

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