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1. The evolution of a gangster - from childhood to Witness Protection - one of the greatest crime films ever made.
2. A portrait of competing crime gangs in Harlem that features dancing, singing, and big bands along with the requisite murder and mayhem.
3. The tale of the rise and fall of a monster mobster in Chicago, this 1931 film is a one of the founding epics of the modern gangster movie.
4. A hilarious, violent love story of two mob contract killers. A late-career gem for director John Huston.
5. A romantic comedy that tells the preposterous story of a hapless "civilian" who wants to marry the daughter of a mobster.
6. A chronicle of gangsters who rise from Jewish ghetto to leadership in the world of New York organized crime, this story mirrors another of its director's works, that one a western epic.
7. Regarded by many critics as the greatest American film, this operatic crime story is also about men who just want to protect their family.
8. This is an uncharacteristic mob film, which is nevertheless right up the alley occupied by its brilliant creative team. Initially underappreciated by the public, the film has since acquired a cult following.
9. Based on another true story, this film depicts an undercover FBI agent's life as a member of a New York crime family and the older mobster who sponsors him, unaware that he has been taken in by a federal agent.
10. A remake of a Hong Kong gangster epic, this film tells of the simultaneous infiltration into the mob by law enforcement AND the infiltration into law enforcement by the mob.
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