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4) The funeral
Publisher
Pathé Distribution
Pub. Date
2000
Description
The funeral: In New York city in the 1930s, a powerful crime familh is caught in a lethal crossfire between union organizers and brutal corporate bosses.
Formats
Description
"FBI agent Paul Smecker (Dafoe) is on the trail of two vigilante brothers (Flanery and Reedus) whose spiritual sense of right and wrong has turned Boston's streets red with blood. The victims: villains and mob bosses whom the authorities have been powerless to stop. Now, Smecker finds himself torn between whether he should catch the killers ... or join them" --Container.
6) The Mexican
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Jerry has to do one last errand for the mob before they let him find employment elsewhere--he has to go to Mexico and recover a rare and very valuable pistol "The Mexican", which is said to be cursed. While his girlfriend, Samantha, objects to Jerry taking the assignment, he isn't in much of a position to argue. Once in Mexico, Jerry finds the pistol easily enough, but making his way back to the States proves to be an unexpected challenge. Meanwhile,...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013, 1984
Description
In this satire of thirties gangster films an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills while, his brother, an assistant D.A, is trying to stop Johnny's criminal activities.
8) Pulp fiction
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002, 1994
Description
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
10) The Godfather
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
The Corleone Family nearly falls from power in America but rises to observe the passage of rites from father to son. There is a balance between family life and the ugly business of crime in which they are engaged.
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Michael Sullivan works as an enforcer for his adopted father, Irish gangster John Rooney. When Sullivan's son, Mike Jr., witnesses one of his father's killings on Rooney's behalf, the gangster decides that his ward and his family are liabilities that must be removed. Sullivan tries to safeguard his son and get even with the man who betrayed him, while his son focuses on bonding with his emotionally distant father.
12) Reservoir dogs
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001, 1991
Description
They were strangers, together to pull off the perfect jewel heist. Their simple robbery turns into a bloody ambush when they realize one of them is a police informant.
13) Made
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Description
Bobby and Ricky, long-time pals in Los Angeles, fail as amateur boxers. They're recruited by their mob-connected boss to make what should be an easy delivery to an East Coast kingpin named Ruiz. By the time they reach New York, Bobby's no-nonsense approach has been bulldozed by Ricky's hopelessly false bravado, which he's blithely absorbed from too many mobster movies. While Ricky invites disaster with reckless ambition, Bobby just wants a happier,...
14) Public enemy
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Classic gangster film tells the story of two brothers, one an honorable war veteran, the other a high-class gangster that sold alcohol during the prohibition.
Publisher
ditributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
Two childhood friends grow up and go their separate ways--one a criminal and the other a parish priest. Rocky Sullivan returns to his old neighborhood to find his lawless life style idolized by the young hoodlums there. Jerry Connelly, the parish priest sees his hard work turn unavailing because of Rocky's corruptive influence.
17) Bonnie and Clyde
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
A mixture of comedy and brutal violence, this film is based on the exploits of the notorious American outlaws of the 1930's, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
18) Snatch
Formats
Description
"A diamond heist gone haywire launches gangster, bookies and a dog on a rollicking ride through the rugged world of bare-knuckle boxing in search of the missing stone"--Container.
19) GoodFellas
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
Henry Hill had always wanted to be a gangster, until three decades later when his life comes crashing down around him.
20) Some like it hot
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001
Description
Two unemployed muscians accidently witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre and flee to Miami disguised as female musicians.
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