When fans first think of the films they most enjoy watching, they're often the same titles everyone is always talking about. This isn't necessarily because these films are better than others (even ...

Barry Levinson's Bugsy received more Oscar nominations than Goodfellas. Why isn't it as revered?

Denzel Washington plays a 1970's drug lord named Frank Lucas in American Gangster. Lucas takes pride in many things, but most of all in the quality of his merchandise, Southeast Asian heroin as pure, ...

American Gangster is a movie with obvious gravitas and a familiar argument: Organized crime is outsider capitalism. As archetypal as its title, Ridley Scott’s would-be epic aspires to enshrine Harlem ...

I have a degree in film and television studies, but I have never watched these two iconic gangster films. Six hours later, I ...

It seems appropriate that "Public Enemies," director Michael Mann's film starring Johnny Depp as Depression-era bank robber and all-around gangster John Dillinger, opened Wednesday in the midst of the ...

Prime Video's list of thrillers will be expanding further in 2026. It already had strong shows like Reacher, Citadel, and ...

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