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1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
directed by Quentin Tarantino
featuring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Bruce WillisOutrageously violent, time-twisting, and in love with language, Pulp Fiction was widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s. ... More
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2. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
directed by Quentin Tarantino
featuring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence TierneyIn 1992, Reservoir Dogs transformed Quentin Tarantino practically overnight from an obscure, unproduced screenwriter and part-time actor to the most ... More
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3. The Departed (2006)
directed by Martin Scorsese
featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin SheenLegendary director Martin Scorsese takes the helm for this tale of questionable loyalties and blurring identities set in the South Boston organized ... More
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4. GoodFellas (1990)
directed by Martin Scorsese
featuring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul SorvinoMartin Scorsese explores the life of organized crime with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi's best-selling Wiseguy, the true-life ... More
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5. Scarface (1983)
directed by Brian De Palma
featuring Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Robert LoggiaAl Pacino stars as Tony Montana, an exiled Cuban criminal who goes to work for Miami drug lord Robert Loggia. Montana rises to the top of Florida's ... More
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6. The Godfather (1972)
directed by Francis Ford Coppola
featuring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, John Cazale, Robert Duvall, Diane KeatonPopularly viewed as one of the best American films ever made, the multi-generational crime saga The Godfather is a touchstone of cinema: one of the ... More
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7. Guys and Dolls (1955)
directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
featuring Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert KeithThis 1955 film began life as two Runyon short stories, the most prominent of which was "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown." This material was fleshed out ... More
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8. A Bronx Tale (1993)
directed by Robert De Niro
featuring Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato Jr., Francis Capra, Taral HicksRobert De Niro made his directorial debut with this expanded adaptation of Chazz Palminteri's one-character play. DeNiro's role of Lorenzo Anello, an ... More
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9. The Untouchables (1987)
directed by Brian De Palma
featuring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy Garcia, Robert De NiroLike the TV series that shared the same title, The Untouchables (1987) was an account of the battle between gangster Al Capone and lawman Eliot Ness, ... More
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10. The Sting (1973)
directed by George Roy Hill
featuring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray WalstonFour years after setting box offices ablaze in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and director George Roy Hill re ... More
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11. American Gangster (2007)
directed by Ridley Scott
featuring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Josh BrolinList of all editionsDirector Ridley Scott spins this yarn concerning a Harlem drug kingpin (Denzel Washington) who smuggles heroin into the country by hiding it in the ... More
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12. Casino (1995)
directed by Martin Scorsese
featuring Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Don Rickles, Alan KingList of all editionsThe inner-workings of a corrupt Las Vegas casino are exposed in Martin Scorsese's story of crime and punishment. The film chronicles the lives and ... More
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13. The Sopranos: Season 06 (2006)
List of all editionsHBO split the sixth and final season of its serial mafia drama The Sopranos into two halves, spaced 10 months apart: the first half (episodes 1-12) ... More
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14. The Sopranos: Season 04 (2002)
List of all editionsSixteen months after the end of The Sopranos' third season, Season Four gets under way. And if you think THIS is a long hiatus, "Fuggeddabouddit"- ... More
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15. Public Enemies (2009)
directed by Michael Mann
featuring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni RibisiList of all editionsBased on author Bryan Burrough's ambitious tome Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43, director Michael ... More
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16. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
directed by Sergio Leone
featuring Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams, Tuesday WeldList of all editionsThough some viewers might be put off by its length, graphic violence, and absence of likable characters, Sergio Leone's final film is also a ... More
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17. Harlem Nights (1989)
directed by Eddie Murphy
featuring Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello, Michael LernerList of all editionsEddie Murphy, in addition to starring as Quick, the son of 1930s Harlem gambling-house proprietor Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor), also wrote and directed ... More
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18. Mean Streets (1973)
directed by Martin Scorsese
featuring Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard RomanusList of all editions"You don't make up for your sins in church; you do it in the streets; you do it at home. The rest is bulls--t, and you know it." Returning to the ... More
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19. The Sopranos: Season 05 (2004)
List of all editionsTo those viewers who thought that the surfeit of violence during the fourth season of HBO's The Sopranos would have expunged all mayhem from season ... More
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20. Donnie Brasco (1997)
directed by Mike Newell
featuring Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, James Russo, Anne HecheList of all editionsThis drama about an undercover cop who learns the hidden dangers of working his way inside the mob was based on a true story. Joe Pistone (Johnny ... More
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21. Miller's Crossing (1990)
directed by Joel Coen
featuring Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, Jon Polito, John TurturroList of all editionsJoel and Ethan Coen's third collaboration, the gangster film Miller's Crossing, stars Gabriel Byrne as Tom Reagan, the right-hand man of big-city ... More
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22. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
directed by Arthur Penn
featuring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Gene WilderList of all editionsProducer/star Warren Beatty had to convince Warner Bros. to finance this film, which went on to become the studio's second-highest grosser. It also ... More
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23. The Killing (1956)
directed by Stanley Kubrick
featuring Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook, Jr., Vince Edwards, Jay C. FlippenList of all editionsThe Killing was director Stanley Kubrick's first major film effort -- though, like Kubrick's earlier films, it was economically produced with an ... More
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24. Smokin' Aces (2007)
directed by Joe Carnahan
featuring Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys, Ray Liotta, Jeremy PivenList of all editionsWhen a shifty magician turns state's evidence against a Las Vegas underworld heavy, the high price placed on his head sparks a fevered race to rub ... More
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25. Carlito's Way (1993)
directed by Brian De Palma
featuring Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, Luis Guzman, John LeguizamoList of all editionsCarlito's Way is a tale of a former hood trying to escape his former life. Al Pacino is Carlito Brigante, a high-level Puerto Rican drug dealer ... More







