AFI - Greatest Gangster Films - The 50 Nominees

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The American Film Institute’s official 50 nominees for the Top 10 Gangster Films of All-Time (to be announced June 17, 2008)

"AFI defines the “gangster film” as a genre that centers on organized crime or maverick criminals in a twentieth century setting."

"Profit-minded and highly entrepreneurial, the American gangster is the dark side of the American dream. The gangsters’ lifestyles are portraits in extremes, with audiences cheering their excesses and reveling in their demise.

Check out all the entries from "AFI’s Top 10" here: http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55322/tagged_as?name=afi+top+10

In alphabetical order.

  1. 1.
    Al Capone
    by Richard Wilson

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  2. 2.
    Angels With Dirty Faces
    by Michael Curtiz

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  3. 3.
    Atlantic City
    by Louis Malle

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  4. 4.
    The Big Heat
    by Fritz Lang

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  5. 5.
    Bloody Mama
    by Roger Corman

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  6. 6.
    Bonnie and Clyde (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Arthur Penn

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  7. 7.
    Boyz 'N the Hood

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  8. 8.
    A Bronx Tale

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  9. 9.
    Brother Orchid (1940)
    by Lloyd Bacon

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  10. 10.
    Bugsy
    by Barry Levinson

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  11. 11.
    Bugsy Malone
    by Alan Parker

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  12. 12.
    Bullets Over Broadway
    by Woody Allen

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  13. 13.
    Casino
    by Martin Scorsese

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  14. 14.
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    City Streets (1931)
    by Rouben Mamoulian

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  15. 15.
    Dead End
    by William Wyler

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  16. 16.
    The Departed (Widescreen Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

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  17. 17.
    Donnie Brasco (Special Edition)
    by Mike Newell

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  18. 18.
    Force of Evil
    by Abraham Polonsky

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  19. 19.
    G Men

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  20. 20.
    Get Shorty

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  21. 21.
    The Godfather (Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

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  22. 22.
    The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
    by Francis Ford Coppola

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  23. 23.
    Goodfellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Martin Scorsese

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  24. 24.
    Gun Crazy
    by Joseph H. Lewis

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  25. 25.
    Heat (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Michael Mann

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  26. 26.
    A History of Violence
    by David Cronenberg

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  27. 27.
    Key Largo (Keepcase)
    by John Huston

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  28. 28.
    The Killers (1946)
    by Robert Siodmak

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  29. 29.
    Little Caesar
    by Mervyn LeRoy

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  30. 30.
    Miller's Crossing
    by Ethan Coen

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  31. 31.
    New Jack City

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  33. 33.
    Once Upon a Time in America (Two-Disc Special Edition)
    by Sergio Leone

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  34. 34.
    Out of Sight (Collector's Edition)
    by Steven Soderbergh

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  35. 35.
    Prizzi's Honor
    by John Huston

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  36. 36.
    The Public Enemy
    by William A. Wellman

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  37. 39.
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    The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
    by Budd Boetticher

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  38. 40.
    The Roaring Twenties
    by Raoul Walsh

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  39. 41.
    Scarface
    by Howard Hawks

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  40. 42.
    Scarface (Platinum Edition)
    by Brian De Palma

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  41. 43.
    Scarlet Street
    by Fritz Lang

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  42. 44.
    Some Like It Hot
    by Billy Wilder

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  43. 45.
    Thieves Like Us
    by Robert Altman

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  44. 47.
    Underworld (1927)
    by Josef von Sternberg

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  45. 48.
    The Untouchables (Special Collector's Edition)
    by Brian De Palma

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  46. 49.
    The Usual Suspects
    by Bryan Singer

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  47. 50.
    White Heat
    by Raoul Walsh

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