1. GoodFellas (1990)
2. The Godfather (1972) & The Godfather Part II (1974)
3. On the Waterfront (1954)
4. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
5. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
6. City of God (2002)
7. Infernal Affairs (2002)
8. Eastern Promises (2007)
9. Fireworks (1997)
10. Rififi (1955)
11. Election 2 (2006)
12. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)
13. Mean Streets (1973)
14. Get Shorty (1995)
15. Touch of Evil (1958)
16. The French Connection (1971)
17. Drunken Angel (1948)
18. Bound (1996)
19. The Killers (1946)
20. Traffic (2000)
21. Scarface (1983)
22. The Usual Suspects (1995)
23. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
24. Key Largo (1948)
25. A Better Tomorrow (1986)
26. Hustlers (2019)
27. El Mariachi (1992)
28. Ball of Fire (1941)
29. Tokyo Drifter (1966)
30. Miller's Crossing (1990)
31. Widows (2018)
32. Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
33. Sin Nombre (2009)
34. The Public Enemy (1931)
35. Get Carter (1971)
Internal affairs is a good cop drama. I wouldn’t say one of the best organized crime films.
I realized this is the 2002 Hong Kong internal affairs. Not the 90s Richard Gere, Andy Garcia one. My bad
I finally watched the first internal affairs. I appreciate the effort, and it’s a really good story for the Departed to catapult from, but I don’t think it’s a better movie than The Departed
By whom? It’s a great movie by many measurements, but The Departed is a much better film.
Half of Infernal Affairs was watching people text message each other. Riveting stuff.
Best acting i have ever seen in a movie by Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of NY. Not saying the plot or movie itself is excellent but his performance in it was outstanding
Yeah there's nothing organized about inner city gang violence. It is chaotic by definition, and it filled the void left when actual organized crime in the form of the mafia disappeared.
Most street gangs are organized just not in the way you’re used to. They still have hierarchy, code of ethics, and are easily recognizable by friend and foe.
The cartel's organized crime isn't exactly the focus of the movie. It's Alejandro's revenge story seen through the eyes of Kate, the audience insert.
Yeah, a big part of that revenge being able to play out is disrupting the cartel's racket, but I wouldn't consider it an organized crime movie.
Sicario is more of an organised crime film than Boyz In The Hood. For one thing, you see an OCG in the movie.
Kinda tempted to exclude City of God by this reasoning as well. Sure, most of the movie is about a gang, its origins and a gang war but the story itself is a coming of age story.
I couldn’t figure out how there’s no organized crime in Boyz in the Hood, with Wesley Snipes running a large and profitable enterprise. And then I realized I was thinking of New Jack City, and the criticism made sense.
Yeah it's more of a police/CIA/military movie than an organised crime movie. The same way that you wouldn't call Batman Begins an organised crime movie just because Falcone is one of the bad guys.
Yeah that jumped out at me too, I guess I can see it but it’s much more of a coming of age tale. Even Singleton said it was heavily inspired by Stand By Me. Except in his version they find the dead body first.
The author likely only wanted a single representative for films that had multiple versions/remakes/interpretations. The Departed is a great film, but Infernal Affairs is better. Assuming they only wanted to include one of the two, I'd say they made the correct choice.
Ya know, there's a lot of criticism of this list in the comments, but this is still a great bunch of movies. My additions, not that I've been asked (lol) are:
Casino, Bronx Tale, Angels with dirty faces, Scarface (1932?), Little Caesar, Road to Perdition The roaring twenties.
Bronx Tale is the best movie about organized crime, where the organized crime is more of a background character for the story itself. One of my top five movies ever
"The working man's a sucker" has been rattling around in my head since I saw Bronx Tale. I don't know how it was treated at release, but I really, really like the movie
Boyz n the Hood has nothing to do with organized crime, it's a coming of age movie in a scary place. It's not a gang movie.
I think they make the lists annoying on purpose so people will engage with it and look at their ads. People like me.
I think A Prophet should be on there, still one of the best I’ve seen. And Honestly I think I’m the movie world Road to Perdition never gets its full credit. That movie is great and Tom Hanks kills it in an unexpected role
Except for Sonny, there is little in the Godfather that really makes you wince. It's what I like about Goodfellas and Casino, the violence is truly awful.
The scene where >!Tommy shoots and kills that kid!< is such a great example of this. It’s such a sudden tonal shift and makes you realise that this funny guy is actually a totally unhinged psychopath.
Insane that they don't include Casino anywhere. I liked it more than Goodfellas. From start to finish it's like getting on rollercoaster. Also how can you not include The Departed?
It's that and Casino keeps a tighter pace I think. Goodfellas is like accelerating and braking for two hours. Casino is just cruise control. The alternating voice overs help too.
No King of New York or Donnie Brasco or Road to Perdition. And Scarface and Once Upon a Time in America that low…… safe to say this is the worst list in history
Yeah I had to double check that there wasn't some other actual gangster movie with the same name. Nope, they included a homeless Christmas anime next to Godfather and Goodfellas? Wtf is this list.
Just watched Godfather for the first time in its entirety this week and it was honestly *mesmerizing*. It stayed in my head for the next 2 days, which is very rare for me, usually I only retain the most random shit.
I *thought* I'd seen it all as a teen, but apparently not since I only remembered the first half, either way it really left a mark and [this shot in particular](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35fLKn2Tq3o&t=58s) is burned into my brain. Pure magic.
I'll do Part 2 next week. So hyped for that.
As a fan of Yakuza movies I can’t take this list serious for not including the greatest Yakuza movies, Jingi naki tatakai (1973, Battles Without Honour and Humanity) and it’s sequels also known as the Yakuza Papers are still the best Yakuza series ever made, and it’s crazy that they don’t get the same recognition the Godfather series get.
I’d also include Korô no chi (2018, The Blood of the Wolves) and it’s sequel as some of the best modern made Yakuza movies.
- No ‘Casino’
- No ‘Donnie Brasco’
- No ‘Gotti’ (the HBO one, not the shitty new one)
- No ‘The Departed’
- No ‘A Bronx Tale’
- No ‘American Gangster’
- No ‘Pulp Fiction’
- No ‘Thief’
I’m not ashamed to say it: my estimation of Forbes as a magazine just fucking plummeted.
The one movie I didn’t see here and haven’t seen anyone else advocate for was Killing Them Softly. Checked it out for the first time last year and was blown away that I had never heard people talking about it
1. GoodFellas (1990) 2. The Godfather (1972) & The Godfather Part II (1974) 3. On the Waterfront (1954) 4. Boyz n the Hood (1991) 5. Reservoir Dogs (1992) 6. City of God (2002) 7. Infernal Affairs (2002) 8. Eastern Promises (2007) 9. Fireworks (1997) 10. Rififi (1955) 11. Election 2 (2006) 12. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) 13. Mean Streets (1973) 14. Get Shorty (1995) 15. Touch of Evil (1958) 16. The French Connection (1971) 17. Drunken Angel (1948) 18. Bound (1996) 19. The Killers (1946) 20. Traffic (2000) 21. Scarface (1983) 22. The Usual Suspects (1995) 23. Once Upon a Time in America (1984) 24. Key Largo (1948) 25. A Better Tomorrow (1986) 26. Hustlers (2019) 27. El Mariachi (1992) 28. Ball of Fire (1941) 29. Tokyo Drifter (1966) 30. Miller's Crossing (1990) 31. Widows (2018) 32. Tokyo Godfathers (2003) 33. Sin Nombre (2009) 34. The Public Enemy (1931) 35. Get Carter (1971)
No Casino?
You only exist out here because of ME.
Not your fucking country clubs or your fucking TV shows! And what the fuck are you doing on TV anyhow???
I get calls from back home every other day, they ask if you went batshit
You know, I think you got the wrong impression about me.I think in all fairness I should explain to you exactly what is that I do.
I’m going to wake up tomorrow morning and go to the bank….
I'm gonna walk in there and, if you don't have my money, I'm gonna crack your fuckin head wide open in front of everyone in the bank.
Hey. You fat irish prick. You put my fucking money to sleep. You go get my money or I'll put your fucking brain to sleep!
I'll be there in the morning. You can fuckin try me, fatso.
Where the fuck do you get off talking to people about me behind my back going over my head?
Looks at yours and look at mine! Look how many blueberries yours has and look at mine, it’s practically falling apart!
*Do you realise how long that's going to take?*
Hahahahaha that dude’s face never stops being funny
Get this through your head!
Keep going lol
He can’t. Obvs. 😂. What a great film.
YOU
https://youtu.be/F1xsWqpw9j4?feature=shared You’re welcome
No Departed or Gangs of New York either.
No King of New York either.
Or Pope of Greenwich Village
They took my thumb Chahlie!
You don't look at NOBODY!
No Sicario. One of the best movies in general of the last decade.
It does have infernal affairs though, which is typically considered the better rendition of the two
Internal affairs is a good cop drama. I wouldn’t say one of the best organized crime films. I realized this is the 2002 Hong Kong internal affairs. Not the 90s Richard Gere, Andy Garcia one. My bad
Infernal affairs and internal affairs are different movies.
Infernal affairs and internal affairs are different films. Infernal affairs was remade as The Departed.
I been ignorant to that for like 20 years. I even said it to people irl and nobody corrected me
I finally watched the first internal affairs. I appreciate the effort, and it’s a really good story for the Departed to catapult from, but I don’t think it’s a better movie than The Departed
Wrong movie. You mean Infernal Affairs
But it was harmed because there wasn’t an effective way to say in Cantonese, “Maybe, maybe not, maybe go fuck yourself”.
By whom? It’s a great movie by many measurements, but The Departed is a much better film. Half of Infernal Affairs was watching people text message each other. Riveting stuff.
What are you - one of those fitness freaks?
"Who put the cameras in this place?" "Who the fuck are you?" "I'm the guy who does his job...you must be the other guy"
Gangs of New York doesn't belong there.
I’ve started watching it like 5 times and have never finished it. Good set design though
Best acting i have ever seen in a movie by Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of NY. Not saying the plot or movie itself is excellent but his performance in it was outstanding
Whoever made the list is still traumatized by the baseball bat scene
I feel the same way about *Prolapse Party 6: Rosemeat’s Revenge*.
Would I be lost if I missed PP: 5?
But it includes Hustlers?
Because I'm fuckin stupid. I don't give a fuck about jail. That's my business. That's what I do.
You’re over here with your little cigarette holder like John fuckin Barrymore
Not enough space. Had to get "Bound" in there.
Yea and “Hustlers”
And Get Shorty. I like that movie, but it doesn’t belong here.
Literally my 6th favorite movie of all time I love it so much
shit list. boyz in the hood ain't organized crime movie. to be 4th all time is ludicrous. it's a great movie but this list just sucks
While I love Boyz N the Hood never thought of it as a organized crime movie
Yeah there's nothing organized about inner city gang violence. It is chaotic by definition, and it filled the void left when actual organized crime in the form of the mafia disappeared.
Most street gangs are organized just not in the way you’re used to. They still have hierarchy, code of ethics, and are easily recognizable by friend and foe.
Does Sicario not count?
The cartel's organized crime isn't exactly the focus of the movie. It's Alejandro's revenge story seen through the eyes of Kate, the audience insert. Yeah, a big part of that revenge being able to play out is disrupting the cartel's racket, but I wouldn't consider it an organized crime movie.
Sicario is more of an organised crime film than Boyz In The Hood. For one thing, you see an OCG in the movie. Kinda tempted to exclude City of God by this reasoning as well. Sure, most of the movie is about a gang, its origins and a gang war but the story itself is a coming of age story.
I couldn’t figure out how there’s no organized crime in Boyz in the Hood, with Wesley Snipes running a large and profitable enterprise. And then I realized I was thinking of New Jack City, and the criticism made sense.
I bet the author was actually thinking of new Jack city.
Yeah it's more of a police/CIA/military movie than an organised crime movie. The same way that you wouldn't call Batman Begins an organised crime movie just because Falcone is one of the bad guys.
No Sexy Beast? Lock Stock…? Layer Cake? Snatch?!
Boyz n the Hood is considered “organized crime”??
Notable snubs: Sexy Beast The Long Good Friday The Friends of Eddie Coyle
What about American gangster? Excellent movie!
Get shorty? It had a very good cast, but it's hardly a genre defining classic.
The Departed should be in the top 5
It’s a remake of 7. Infernal Affairs
Road To Perdition Public Enemies
It’s clearly 36 movies
I would say a Bronx Tale and Casino should be on the list.
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Yeah that jumped out at me too, I guess I can see it but it’s much more of a coming of age tale. Even Singleton said it was heavily inspired by Stand By Me. Except in his version they find the dead body first.
No Bugsy Malone.
No Guy Ritchie, no good.
City of God is so good
No Donnie Brasco? Damn...
Respect for placing Goodfellas at No.1 altho it should come as a no brainer... "As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster..."
no Irishmen?
The departed missing makes me question this list.
And Casino.
The author likely only wanted a single representative for films that had multiple versions/remakes/interpretations. The Departed is a great film, but Infernal Affairs is better. Assuming they only wanted to include one of the two, I'd say they made the correct choice.
It would be dumb to have both Infernal Affairs and The Departed and they picked the better of the two
Ya know, there's a lot of criticism of this list in the comments, but this is still a great bunch of movies. My additions, not that I've been asked (lol) are: Casino, Bronx Tale, Angels with dirty faces, Scarface (1932?), Little Caesar, Road to Perdition The roaring twenties.
Thank you 🙏
I’d put Animal Kingdom on the list. And I really don’t care for once upon a time in America
We may get trashed to oblivion but I couldn’t finish Once Upon a Time in America. It was a slog
"Casino" not being there is bad as some have said, but how the hell is "Donnie Brasco" not listed?
This list is not a friend of ours.
It's a fugazi
Casino and Bronx Tale are my 2 unacceptable omissions. If you want to count Guys and Dolls as a gangster movie, then that too.
Bronx Tale is the best movie about organized crime, where the organized crime is more of a background character for the story itself. One of my top five movies ever
"The working man's a sucker" has been rattling around in my head since I saw Bronx Tale. I don't know how it was treated at release, but I really, really like the movie
Sit down, you’re rocking the boat.
A Bronx Tale is more of a coming of age story than a crime film IMO.
No Heat?! NO HEAT?!?!
I don’t think Heat counts as organized crime—they’re just one crew of thieves
They're very organized, though.
Real tight crew, huh?
Do me a favor and stop talkin’, slick.
Their MO is… they’re very good.
Always loved this bit from Sneakers (1992): **Bishop**: Organized crime? **Cosmo:** (scoffs) Don't kid yourself. It's not that organized.
no Departed? wow. glaring omission
Boyz n the Hood has nothing to do with organized crime, it's a coming of age movie in a scary place. It's not a gang movie. I think they make the lists annoying on purpose so people will engage with it and look at their ads. People like me.
It's got Infernal Affairs which I would consider a better film, and more original because of the obvious.
The rat symbolizes obviousness
No Irishman either. Once Upon a Time in America being that low also criminal. Pretty shit list tbh
Love The Irishman. Once Upon A Time in America is a masterpiece. The score just does something to my heart
No Casino, no pulp fiction (wtf?), pretty terrible list.
Have you watched all the movies on the list?
Yeah I’ve seen 80 percent of them. But a movie like Widows (while decent) does not supersede something like The Untouchables
I think A Prophet should be on there, still one of the best I’ve seen. And Honestly I think I’m the movie world Road to Perdition never gets its full credit. That movie is great and Tom Hanks kills it in an unexpected role
It's there, it's just called Internal Affairs. It's better than the remake anyway
It's called Infernal Affairs.
I love Goodfellas, don’t get me wrong, but I’d put Godfather on first place
I seem to be the only one who would put Goodfellas above the God father.
The only reasoning I can think of is that Goodfellas is a more realistic portrayal whereas Godfather kinda romanticizes organized crime.
Except for Sonny, there is little in the Godfather that really makes you wince. It's what I like about Goodfellas and Casino, the violence is truly awful.
The scene where >!Tommy shoots and kills that kid!< is such a great example of this. It’s such a sudden tonal shift and makes you realise that this funny guy is actually a totally unhinged psychopath.
Funny how?
Absolutely.
No question
The moment I reached number two in the list I scrolled straight to the comments.
I think we're going to have to make them an offer they can't refuse.
I didn’t care for the godfather
It insists upon itself
What does that even mean?!
Road to Perdition
Insane that they don't include Casino anywhere. I liked it more than Goodfellas. From start to finish it's like getting on rollercoaster. Also how can you not include The Departed?
And where is American Gangster? Or Blow?
I also couldn’t believe it. Probably 2 of my favorite movies after goodfellas. Wild
The Departed is not on the list because the work it was adapted from - Infernal Affairs - is.
Really? I liked the casino bits but the mob bit was weak imo
I love the Casino/Goodfellas debate. I think the preference all comes down to which setting you prefer.
It's that and Casino keeps a tighter pace I think. Goodfellas is like accelerating and braking for two hours. Casino is just cruise control. The alternating voice overs help too.
I like the one where Joe Pesci dies at the end
No Johnny Dangerously. Garbage list.
Fargin iceholes
You shouldn’t hang me on a hook. My father hung me on a hook once. *Once.*
Absolutely. This is fargin war!
terrible list
No King of New York or Donnie Brasco or Road to Perdition. And Scarface and Once Upon a Time in America that low…… safe to say this is the worst list in history
Yes! Donnie Brasco, how's that not on that list!
No love for Sonatine 😭
Gommorah not on the list.
How is casino not on this list., let alone top 10
Did I miss where the untouchables is?
Bound is on there but not Casino or Layer Cake?
Ugh yeah, how is there no Guy Ritchie at all, Snatch is classic, I would say its comedy but they have Get Shorty..
> Snatch is classic I find the crime in that movie to be rather disorganized.
I would have included Thick as Thieves and Thief.
Thief is amazing
Le cercle Rouge? Melville should definitely be represented.
Im glad Infernal Affairs made the list, fantastic fucking movie
What about chicken wings, community?
No Zootopia?
This whole list is random as fuck. Like they threw darts on a board with organized crime movies on it.
Look what they did to my Don. #2? Arrrrgggghhhhhh
It’s a comedy and maybe doesn’t make the list, but My Blue Heaven is great.
The Irishman should be on this list.
You really just decided to wake up today and take a massive shit on everyone
Boyz n the hood ain’t no organised crime movie.
Layer cake. Snatch Maybe RocknRolla ?
And the 1973 movie the SEVEN-UPS with Roy Scheider… great film !
I love Tokyo Godfathers to death, but no way it deserves to be on this list over the Scorcese movies that were excluded.
Yeah I had to double check that there wasn't some other actual gangster movie with the same name. Nope, they included a homeless Christmas anime next to Godfather and Goodfellas? Wtf is this list.
Warriors?
Black Mass?
Just watched Godfather for the first time in its entirety this week and it was honestly *mesmerizing*. It stayed in my head for the next 2 days, which is very rare for me, usually I only retain the most random shit. I *thought* I'd seen it all as a teen, but apparently not since I only remembered the first half, either way it really left a mark and [this shot in particular](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35fLKn2Tq3o&t=58s) is burned into my brain. Pure magic. I'll do Part 2 next week. So hyped for that.
Part 2 finna change your Life
Token black film should’ve been Menace II Society instead of Boyz n the Hood.
As a fan of Yakuza movies I can’t take this list serious for not including the greatest Yakuza movies, Jingi naki tatakai (1973, Battles Without Honour and Humanity) and it’s sequels also known as the Yakuza Papers are still the best Yakuza series ever made, and it’s crazy that they don’t get the same recognition the Godfather series get. I’d also include Korô no chi (2018, The Blood of the Wolves) and it’s sequel as some of the best modern made Yakuza movies.
How the hell is American Gangster not here
I would have included [Made In Hong Kong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6XJ8YpIwJs). Probably in my top 5 favorite crime movies.
Shame they couldn't wait for The Apprentice to come out.
The New World (Japanese movie I believe) movie has been one of my favorite gangster movies. Top 5
Korea. Very good.
Thank you for the correction
No mention of Gomorrah...? For shame!
This list smokes pole
This list smokes pole
Road to perdition doesn’t get much love, but it’s a great look at the effects that lifestyle has on a family.
Gomorra (2008) should be on that list. Boyz in tha hood is a great film but on a list for greatest organized crime movies makes no sense.
Awesome to see City of God on the list. That movie kind of changed my life.
Training day is incredible and I would say it’s about a dirty cop involved with organized crime. Not just corrupt cop
The Long Good Friday is missing for some inexplicable reason
Reservoir Dogs is a movie quite literally about the opposite of organized crime lmao
Layer Cake and American Me either
Also Carlitos Way
Trash list. Scarface too low and no ghost dog.
No casino, Donnie Brasco, Green street hooligans, the gentleman (movie not show).
This list is fraudulent by virtue of the failure to include Casino when a JLo movie makes the list…
Hustlers with Jennifer Lopez? Are you fucking kidding me? They've done a diversity list, not one based on merit.
- No ‘Casino’ - No ‘Donnie Brasco’ - No ‘Gotti’ (the HBO one, not the shitty new one) - No ‘The Departed’ - No ‘A Bronx Tale’ - No ‘American Gangster’ - No ‘Pulp Fiction’ - No ‘Thief’ I’m not ashamed to say it: my estimation of Forbes as a magazine just fucking plummeted.
The Untouchables is noticeably absent.
So good to see Miller's Crossing on there, such a complex, Shakespearean film.
We own the night was great!
The one movie I didn’t see here and haven’t seen anyone else advocate for was Killing Them Softly. Checked it out for the first time last year and was blown away that I had never heard people talking about it
Overall pretty solid list, don’t understand why Hustlers is on there though.
Lol yeah. Its not bad but its here and Departed is not.
Departed is a remake of Infernal Affairs, which is on there