AFI's "10 Greatest Gangster Films: The 50 Nominees"
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.
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Created by Mark Kaiserman on May 20, 2008.
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