Cinema history is crime-ridden. In 1901, a French short called Histoire d’un crime told the story of a burglar who commits murder and is sent to the guillotine. In 1903, the American short The Great ...

They may not be Goodfellas or The Departed, but these gangster films are unsung classics that have gone under the radar for ...

Since the 1930s, audiences have been captivated by gangsters and mobsters of the silver screen, such as Tom Powers from The Public Enemy, Scarface's Tony Camote, and Vince Stone in The Big Heat.

James Cagney may be more strongly associated with the gangster movie than any other actor, having made several of the genre’s best films. The star was more than a film hoodlum, of course, getting his ...

John Hitchcock graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in film studies and previously wrote on his own blog. He also specializes in nature and virtual photography and does art in Source ...

Jeremy has more than 2100 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...

PARIS — Few film types are as iconic in French cinema as the gangster. Throughout the genre’s heyday from the early ’50s through the late ’70s, Belmondo, Montand and Delon seemed to live with a gun in ...