Highest-Rated Movies about 'Gangsters', Sort by Popularity

Betrayed (2018), Noem My Skollie (2015), Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), Woodpeckers (2017), The Roaring Twenties (1939), Carlito's Way (1993), Run Lola Run (1998), Kung fu (2004) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Gangsters movies.

#16. Gloria (1980)

Storyline: When a young boy's family's killed by the mob, their tough neighbor, Gloria - a former girlfriend of a founder mobster, she becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book which his father - the family's bookkeeper gave him, and the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: woman, retiree, gangster, young boy, victim, engaging, thrilling ...

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#17. Tais-toi! (2003)

Storyline: After hiding his loot and getting thrown in jail, Ruby, a brooding outlaw encounters Quentin, a dim-witted and garrulous giant who befriends him. After Quentin botches a solo escape attempt, they make a break together. Unable to shake the clumsy Quentin Ruby is forced to take him along as he pursues his former partners in crime to avenge the death of the woman he loved and get to the money before they do.

Plot Keywords: criminal, thrilling, amusing, paris, france, bank robbery, the police ...

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#18. Get the Gringo (2012)

Storyline: Heading toward the Mexican border, a getaway driver disguised as a clown and his wounded accomplice try to escape the American Police with a loot of over $2 million hidden in the trunk of the car. In a desperate attempt to break through the thick border fence, the driver crashes the car, the accomplice dies and he inevitably gets apprehended by Mexican Police officers Romero and Vasquez who want the money just for themselves. As the only American inmate in the infamous "El Pueblito" Mexican prison, which resembles more of a small village of convicts rather than a usual prison, the driver quickly gets the nickname "The Gringo" and finds out first hand how rough it is to be a stranger in the perilous world of Javi, the ruthless crime lord who runs the prison. Sooner or later, the Gringo will form an alliance with a 10-year-old kid whose peculiar immunity in this mad place will efficiently keep him alive, only to realise that in this pit, everyone knows about the $2 million. In the end, ...

Plot Keywords: bank robber, american, mexican, border patrol officer, gangster, young boy, engaging ...

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#19. Dillinger (1973)

Storyline: After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: gangster, woman, fbi agent, crime boss, tense, shocking, spirited ...

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#20. The Outfit (1974)

Storyline: When the small criminal Macklin is released from prison, he learns that his brother was shot by two mob killers. He didn't know that the bank he robbed was owned by the syndicate. When he's almost offed by a killer too, he pays the mobster Jake Menner a visit and demands reparation. His friend Cody helps him to gratify his thirst for revenge.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>

Plot Keywords: convict, bank robber, mobster, brother, partner, suspenseful, tense ...

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#21. Mohra (1994)

Storyline: Journalist Roma Singh is the daughter of a jailer. While taking a tour of the jail, she is molested by some of the inmates, and an inmate, Vishal Agnihotri comes to her assistance. She finds out that Vishal is in for four homicides, and decides to investigate further. She finds out, with the help of the owner of her publications, Jindal that Vishal was compelled to take the law in his own hands when the courts failed to punish the assailants of his sister and sweetheart. Soon, Vishal is released from prison, and begins to work for Jindal. It is then that he realizes that he has just walked from a walled prison, to an open prison, as the truth behind his release slowly but surely starts to dawn on him.—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

Plot Keywords: gangster, gangsters, drug lord, corrupt police officer, police commissioner, blind man, thrilling ...

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#22. Borsalino (1970)

Storyline: In 1930 Marseilles two small-time crooks join forces when they meet brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and fights, they start to find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: gangster, lawyer, old flame, henchman, ex-convict, criminal, dark ...

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#23. Peur Sur la Ville (1975)

Storyline: A serial killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and so he targets them. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and has a hard time with the maniac.—Frederic Villemin <fredv@infonie.fr>

Plot Keywords: police commissioner, police detective, frenchman, french officer, serial killer, bank robber, amusing ...

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#24. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Storyline: With the emerging demand of hyperfuel and other resources, Han Solo finds himself in the middle of a heist alongside other criminals, where they meet the likes of Chewbacca and Lando Calrissian in an adventurous situation exposing the criminal underworld.

Plot Keywords: captain, smuggler, creature, gangster, crew member, friend, brash ...

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#26. Performance (1970)

Storyline: Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. He finds the perfect cover in the form of guest house run by the mysterious Mr. Turner, a one-time rock superstar, who is looking for the right spark to rekindle his faded talent.—Brad Jackson

Plot Keywords: criminal, rock star, young woman, lover, boss, intricate, creative ...

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#27. The Underworld Story (1950)

Storyline: Mike Reese, yellow journalist and antihero, prints a story that leads to a gang killing, and is blacklisted from the city papers under suspicion of ties with racketeer Carl Durham. So, with a shrug, he makes the suspicion come true, then elbows his way into the editorship of the local paper in a small town where, opportunely, a sensational murder case threatens to destroy the family of newspaper magnate E.J. Stanton. When a black servant is made the patsy for this killing, Reese helps himself by helping her...but proves a dangerous ally.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: journalist, publisher, newspaper owner, gangster, daughter-in-law, murderer, brooding ...

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#29. Hollow Triumph (1948)

Storyline: John Muller, medical school dropout and brilliant crook, plans a holdup which goes a little bit wrong, and finds vindictive gambler Rocky Stansyck after him. At the end of his tether, he stumbles onto a lucky chance to assume an impenetrable new identity as psychiatrist Victor Bartok. But irony piles on as Muller finds it's out of the frying pan, into the fire.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: gangster, henchman, rival, secretary, brother, girlfriend, dark ...

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#30. Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

Storyline: Gangster Eddie Kagel is killed by a trusted lieutenant and finds himself in Harry Redmond Jr's special-effects Hell, where Nick/The Devil sees that he is an-exact double for a judge who Nick doesn't approve of. Eddie is agreeable to having his soul transferred to the judge's body, as it will give him a chance to avenge himself on his killer. But every action taken by Eddie (as the judge) results in good rather than evil and, to Nick's dismay, the reputation and influence of the judge is enhanced, rather than impaired by Eddie. And Eddie also falls in love with the judge's fiancée, Barbara. Even Eddie's planned revenge fails and Nick is forced to concede defeat. He returns to Hell, taking Eddie with him, after Eddie has extracted his promise that Nick will not molest the judge or Barbara in the future.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: gangsters, devil, judge, fiancée, amusing, creepy, frightening ...

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