Directors Gangster Movie Tournament (1 Viewer)

[ErikG]

Third:

The Killer

 

[SteveGon]

Seconded: City on Fire and Sonatine

Thirded: Point Blank

Nominate: The Criminal and The Yakuza

 

[Lew Crippen]

Second:

Gangs of New York

 

[Jim_K]

Second
The Yakuza

 

[SteveGon]

Four more noms, secs, and thirds for everyone.

 

[Walter Kittel]

Nominate:
The Long Good Friday
King of New York
Bonnie and Clyde
The Friends of Eddie Coyle

Second:
Get Carter (1971) - A great, gritty crime flick. Highly recommended.

Third:
Donnie Brasco
Some Like It Hot

- Walter.

 

[Brook K]

2nd
The Long Good Friday
Bonnie & Clyde

Nominate
Sexy Beast
Salvatore Giuliano

 

[Jim_K]

Second
King of New York

Third
The Long Good Friday
Bonnie and Clyde

Nominate
High Sierra
Road to Perdition
Kiss of Death (1947)
The Big Combo

 

[SteveGon]

Updated.

Seconded: Casque D'Or and High Sierra

Thirded: Get Carter '70 and The King of New York

 

[Lew Crippen]

Nominate:


Branded to Kill
Tokyo Drifter
Mona Lisa
Band of Outsiders

 

[george kaplan]

Third: High Sierra

Nominate: Key Largo

 

[Walter Kittel]

Second:
Band of Outsiders
Key Largo
Kiss of Death (1947)

- Walter.

 

[Lew Crippen]

Third: Key Largo

 

[Brook K]

Third Band of Outsiders

Second Tokyo Drifter

Quick, someone else needs to watch Casque D'Or!!

I have Touchez Pas Au Grisbi high on my Netflix list, but it is out of stock and thanks to the insidious X-Box, I haven't been watching movies at anywhere near my usual rate so I'm not turning over Netflix as fast.

Any thoughts on whether On The Waterfront counts as a "gangster" movie?

 

[george kaplan]

Nominate:

Rififi
My Blue Heaven
Analyze This
Mickey Blue Eyes

 

[SteveGon]

Updated.

Nominated: Johnny Stecchino

Seconded: Rififi

Thirded: Kiss of Death '47


Haven't seen On the Waterfront in awhile so I can't comment on it. However, I did say I was gonna play this one kind of loose.

And someone needs to see Touchez Pas Au Grisbi!

 

[SteveGon]

Also nominating:

Atlantic City
Bugsy
Dick Tracy
Fingers
The Funeral
Mad Dog and Glory
Married to the Mob
The 3 Penny Opera '31

 

[SteveGon]

Same routine: four more noms, secs, and thirds for everyone...

 

[Lew Crippen]

Second: Atlantic City

 

[Jim_K]

Third
Gangs of New York - though I'm not crazy about it


There's plenty more films I'd like to nominate but I think it would be pointless with classics such as Angels With Dirty Faces, Big Combo, Little Caesar, The Petrified Forest, Public Enemy, The Roaring Twenties, sitting in limbo.

I'm a bit puzzled at the reason, is it because nobody has seen these? or they've seen them but aren't interested in advancing them?

If it's the former reason, I can understand (though these should be high on anyone's to-see list).

If it's the later reason then this blows. :frowning: