Jeremy Urquhart is a writer at Collider who focuses on the Godzilla series, the films of Martin Scorsese, and anything in the action genre.
Sure, enough time has passed to ensure gangster movies released during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s are now classics , but what about before then? Going back say 60 years or more shows that the genre thrived earlier than what some may expect, with noteworthy movies about organized crime made in both Hollywood and outside of it as far back as the 1920s and ‘30s.
Little Caesar stands out for doing all this earlier than most other gangster films , doing so in a runtime of under 80 minutes, and for being something of a star-making role for Edward G. Robinson, as far as lead performances went. It was a movie that walked so other gangster films could run, and is thereby a must-watch for fans of the genre, regardless of how some parts might feel somewhat basic through modern-day eyes.
It was an early film by Akira Kurosawa and, though not one of his very best, still stands as pretty strong/effective overall. Drunken Angel also boasts very good performances from two of Kurosawa’s favorite actors: Toshirō Mifune and Takashi Shimura , with the film overall showing promise of the greatness to come, for Kurosawa and his lead actors here alike.8 'The Public Enemy' Director: William A.
7 'Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler' Director: Fritz Lang The definition of gangster movie gets stretched a little here, by including Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler, but it’s hard to resist shouting out such a behemoth of a crime film. This silent epic runs for about four and a half hours, and largely holds up over a century on from release, telling a complex story about a powerful criminal organization led by the titular Dr. Mabuse, and a police commissioner’s desperate attempts to shut them down.
5 'Scarface' Director: Howard Hawks As a filmmaker, there seemed to be few genres Howard Hawks couldn’t successfully direct in, the gangster genre included, as demonstrated by Scarface. This film got a little bigger than Little Caesar and The Public Enemy, all the while telling the same core story about a rise-and-fall, with a little more of The Public Enemy, thanks to also making family play a part.
It’s the dynamic of the two lead stars here that really helped The Roaring Twenties, with it ultimately standing out and feeling like more than just another rise-and-fall crime movie . It hits all the beats you'd want it to hit, and does so in some less-than-expected ways, too. It’s an overall winner, feeling exciting, well-paced for a film of its age, and being suitably emotional, too.
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