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From Ridley Scott’s American Gangster to Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, these are the best mob movies available to watch on streaming services…
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The Godfather. Goodfellas. Projekt Neúplatní. These are some of the best gangster films of all time. But you’ve seen them before, haven’t you? Probably a couple of times. And that’s a good thing, because if you turned on your television right now, to watch Brando at his most menacing, or Joe Pesci at his most intense, you wouldn’t be able to.
Not on streaming at least. Many of the finest mob movies ever made can’t be found on Netflix, Hulu, Apple TV+ or even Disney+. But that’s a blessing in disguise — as it gives you the chance to discover some of the genre’s more hidden gems, from a recent period picture to a Jack Nicholson-starring biopic from the early 1990s. Below, we’ve sought out ten of the best gangster films to stream right now…
American Gangster, 2007
Kde to sledovat: Netflix
Co čekat: A somehow at-once slick a gritty slice of classic gangster action. Ridley Scott’s crime epic takes an already-engrossing true story — the tale of how Frank Lucas smuggled heroin back into the United States from the Vietnam War on service aircraft — and allows riveting performances from Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe to punch up the drama.
No Sudden Move, 2021
Kde to sledovat: Apple TV +
Co čekat: A 1950s-set crime caper directed by Steven Soderbergh, of Ocean’s 11, 12 a 13 fame. Starring Don Cheadle as a Detroit gangster scrabbling for loose ends after a heist-gone-wrong, the film’s pinballing allegiances will keep you on the edge of your seat. Look out for slick, quick turns by Matt Damon, Kieran Culkin, Jon Hamm and king of underworld roles, Ray Liotta.
Gangster Squad, 2013
Kde to sledovat: Amazon Prime
Co čekat: Style over substance. But that’s not to say this isn’t a good time. Starring Ryan Gosling, Josh Brolin, Emma Stone and Sean Penn, the film follows a fictionalised real-life group of officials in Los Angeles, tasked with bringing down crime lord Mickey Cohen at the end of the 1940s. With more sharp suiting a sharp shooting than you can shake a fedora at, it’s přesně what you’d want from a gangster film.
Road to Perdition, 2002
Kde to sledovat: Disney +
Co čekat: Perhaps the best film on this list. Directed by Sam Mendes (he of Průtrž mračen), this Tom Hanks-starring neo-noir also sees Daniel Craig pop up in an early film role. Along with Paul Newman (in his last role) and a chilling Jude Law, the story begins in 1931 during the Great Depression. Hanks plays a mob enforcer who, along with his young son, must seek vengeance against a gangster who murders the rest of their family.
Legend, 2015
Kde to sledovat: Amazon Prime
Co čekat: Two Tom Hardys — in the definitive retelling of the Kray Twins’ story. With truly terrific supporting performances from Paul Bettany, Christopher Eccleston and, in particular, Taron Egerton, the film transports you back to the grimy east end of 1960s London. Look out for Peaky Blinders’ Paul Anderson, a hammer-fuelled bar fight and a soundtrack including Burt Bacharach, Marvin Gaye and Eric Clapton.
Ir, 2019
Kde to sledovat: Netflix
Co čekat: The culmination of Martin Scorsese’s gangster oeuvre. After Střední ulice, Goodfellas, kasino a dokonce Gangy New Yorku, the filmmaker reached his mob movie zenith on Netflix, with this three-and-a-half hour epic. Spanning six decades, Robert De Niro plays Frank Sheehan, a truck driver who becomes a hitman for the Bufalino crime family, and begins working for Al Pacino’s powerful Teamster, Jimmy Hoffa.
Hoffa, 1992
Kde to sledovat: Disney +
Co čekat: A different take on Ir’s secondary story. Directed by Danny DeVito, Jack Nicholson takes on the role Pacino played for Scorsese — to blistering effect. Under incredible, undetectable prosthetics, Nicholson steals and steers the drama in equal measure as Jimmy Hoffa; telling the tale of the union leader’s life, times and crimes up to his mysterious disappearance in 1962.
Zjizvená tvář, 1983
Kde to sledovat: Netflix
Co čekat: One of the finest crime dramas ever made — and perhaps ο greatest gangster film of all time. Even Scorsese praised Brian De Palma’s Scarface, and Al Pacino’s portrayal of drug lord Tony Montana has become his most enduring, celebrated role. Violent, explicit and with a thread of tension stringing together iconic scene after iconic scene, the script was written by Oliver Stone — who also wrote Wall Street, Rota a Natural Born Killers.
The Gentlemen, 2019
Kde to sledovat: Netflix
Co čekat: How could we not suggest Pánové? Featuring our former cover star, Matthew McConaughey, as the free-wheeling, drug-dealing Mickey Pearson, the film traces the troublesome web of lies, murder and marijuana that unfurls when he decides to sell up his narcotics empire and retire. The highlight? A deliciously sleazy Hugh Grant (and his deliciously retro sunglasses).
Kill the Irishman, 2011
Kde to sledovat: Amazon Prime
Co čekat: Another true tale. This time, writer-director Jonathan Hensleigh (Armageddon, Die Hard s pomstou) tackles the life of Danny Greene, the titular Irishman and member of the Cleveland Mafia. The film owes a hefty debt to Scorsese’s Goodfellas — but that doesn’t mean it’s sub-par. Instead, with strong supporting performances from Christopher Wlaken and Val Kilmer, it’s a solidly made entry in the gangster canon.
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Top Gangster Films and Series to Binge-Watch Right Now
In the dark world of gangster crime, blood makes you related. Loyalty makes you family.
Read on for the top must-watch mafia and mob films/series to stream. It’s an offer you can’t refuse.
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The Infiltrator (2016)
Bryan Cranston’s thriller is based on the autobiography of US Customs Special Agent Robert Mazur. Mazur helped bust Pablo Escobar’s money-laundering organization in the ‘80s by going undercover as a corrupt businessman. Now styling himself ‘Bob Musella’, Mazur becomes a pivotal player for drug lords laundering dirty cash. The film stars Cranston (Breaking Bad) as Mazur, with Diane Kruger in a supporting role. Critics enjoyed it although it had a surprisingly so-so box office reception. It’s worth a look. (hlavní video)
Nikdo (2021)
Hutch, a former CIA assassin, is living a dreary suburban life but calls on his training after a robbery. Nikdo stars Bob Odenkirk, best known as the corrupt, scheming lawyer Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman in Lepší Call Saul a Breaking Bad. Aleksei Serebryakov plays Russian mob boss Yulian Kuznetsov. (Prime Video, Netflix)
Gangster Squad (2013)
Crime boss Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) is the most powerful figure in the California criminal underworld in 1949 Los Angeles, and he intends to expand his business across the West Coast. Determined to put a stop to Cohen, LAPD Chief Bill Parker creates a secret police unit tasked with dismantling Cohen’s enterprise. The unit is led by the WWII OSS veteran Sergeant John O’Mara (Josh Brolin) who recruits a wire tapping expert and outlaw sharpshooter to get the job done. Ryan Gosling plays Sergeant Jerry Wooters, an easygoing playboy and cop. Emma Stone stars as Grace Faraday, Cohen’s social etiquette teacher and sometimes lover. (Rakuten, Apple TV, Prime Video)
Once Upon a Time In America (1984)
This Jewish gangster epic spans 50 years with the irreplaceable Robert De Niro as David ‘Noodles’ Aaronson, a guilt-ridden mobster investigating the circumstances of a botched heist that left his friends dead. The story is told through flashbacks as he relives his youth as a kid growing up in a Jewish slum on the Lower East Side of New York, through to his days as a bootlegger and Mafia boss. (Prime Video, Disney+, Google Play, YouTube, Apple TV)
Francouzská spojka (1971)
Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) go after mob-controlled heroin imported into New York in this unmissable drama. Francouzská spojka won five Oscars including Best Picture. (Disney+, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, and YouTube)
Americký gangster (2007)
Crime boss Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) rules Harlem’s drug underworld but the heat is on. Lucchese mafia boss Dominic Cattano (Armand Assante) threatens to destroy Lucas’ family and policeman Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) wants to bring down his empire. (Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube, Google Play, Apple TV)
Scarface (1983)
Tony Montana (Al Pacino) becomes the biggest drug lord in Florida but not without pressure from the police and Colombian drug cartels. Michelle Pfeiffer in her breakout role, plays Montana’s wife. (Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube, Apple TV)
The Godfather trilogy (1972, 1974, 1990)
Je to důvod The Godfather a Kmotr II took home nine Academy Awards — Marlon Brando (above, right) and Al Pacino are breathtaking. The stories are spellbinding, and the themes — power, justice, loyalty, and betrayal — are timeless. Godfather III is a deeply moving bookend to an incredible trilogy. (Amazon Prime, YouTube, Google Play, Apple TV)
Goodfellas (1990)
«As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster,” Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) tells us in one of the most memorable — and cheeky — opening scenes in movie history. Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas is a classic rags-to-riches tale of mob life in New York with star turns from Robert de Nero and Lorraine Bracco. Joe Pesci picked up the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. (YouTube, Google Play, Apple TV, Amazon Prime)
Gotti (2018)
Gotti follows John Gotti Jr. (John Travolta) as he rises to become ‘Teflon Don’, head of New York’s Gambino crime family, amid tragedy and prison sentences. Some critics panned Gotti as ‘criminally awful’ but Travolta fans praise his dark performance. (Amazon Prime)
Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction follows two mob hitmen Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) as they try to retrieve a briefcase for their boss. Actress Uma Thurman is at her best. A must-watch Tarantino classic. (Apple TV, YouTube, Google Play, Amazon Prime)
Veřejní nepřátelé (2009)
The Feds try to take down John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a 1930s crime wave. Starring Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, Michael Mann’s mob drama earned critical acclaim and commercial success. (Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, YouTube)
Eastern Promises (2007)
A Russian-British midwife, Anna (Naomi Watts), delivers the baby of a drug-addicted 14-year old and discovers the Russian mafia in London forced the teenager into prostitution. Východní přísliby won the Toronto Film Festival’s top prize. (Amazon Prime, Google Play)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Gritty, dark, and clever, Donnie Brasco follows an undercover cop (Johnny Depp) who infiltrates the mafia and questions his own loyalties. Al Pacino shines as hitman Lefty Ruggiero. (Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix, Google Play, Apple TV)
Mean Streets (1973)
There’s no need to pick a favorite Martin Scorsese film. Indulge in all of them — kasino, GoodFellas, Gangy New Yorku, The Departed, a The Irishman (see above). Střední ulice is where it all began, based on Scorsese’s life growing up in New York’s Little Italy. Charlie (Harvey Keitel) is wracked by Catholic guilt, working for the mob, and hoping for redemption by saving Johnny (Robert De Niro). (Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, YouTube)
The Best Gangster Movies of All Time Show a Twisted Side of the American Dream
Few genres embody the definition of a “cult classic” quite like the mob mentality fandom of gangster films. After all, nothing builds a bond between viewer and protagonist quite like bearing witness to (and borderline aiding and abetting) their life of crime for a full two hours.
Being a fan of gangster films often requires some dedication—from keeping up with richly interwoven networks of alliances, to learning the backstories of infamous ganglords. (And a stomach to, you know, endure the gore and guts that often come with these Scorsese epics.) Luckily, there’s no need to be loyal to just one. Vito Corleone can’t see you sneaking around with Antonio Montana on your watch history, and hardly even knows about everything you’ve been up to in Southie with the Irish mob. So fuhgeddabout the guilt of watching and lean in.
From Prohibition-era bootleggers, to urban folk heroes, to cyberpunk biker gangs, these films shine an investigative light on organized crime: both in the warm shine of Hollywood romanticization and the cold, harsh exposure of reality. These are the best gangster movies of all time.
Nedotknutelní
Of course, any collection of the best gangster movies ever made will look a lot like a list of the Robert De Niro’s best films. That said, we can’t leave out Nedotknutelní, where De Niro gives what many would tell you is film’s best portrait of Al Capone. Kevin Costner as a crime-busting Eliot Ness isn’t too shabby, either.
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