The 10 Best Gangster Movies of the 1980s, Ranked

The 1980s was a great time to be a fan of gangster movies, with the release of classics like The Long Good Friday and Once Upon a Time in America.

August 20, 2024 · 1 min · 57 words · Heather Lucas

Then, in the 1990s,Martin Scorsesemade boundary-pushing classics likeGoodfellasandCasino.

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Chow Yun-Fat lighting a cigarette with a banknote that’s on fire in A Better Tomorrow

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Gena Rowlands and John Adames as Gloria and Phil, wearing a black dress and pointing her gun in ‘Gloria’

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Bob Hoskins as Harold and Helen Mirren as Victoria standing next to each other in The Long Good Friday

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Al Capone stands in a tuxedo, raising his finger to make a point in ‘The Untouchables’ (1987).

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Helen Mirren as Georgina Spica sitting at a fancy dinner table in The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.

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Tony Montana Shooting a Rifle in ‘Scarface’

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A crew of young kids on the streets of New York in the 1920s in Once Upon a Time in America.

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Scarface

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover

The Long Good Friday