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12 of the Best Gangster Movies

One thing The Wasteland does not endorse is over defining a list into a rundown to reach a definitive #1. That always seems a pointless exercise, and guaranteed to annoy. Also, why always ten?

The Sting (1973)

The Sting (1973)

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A young, cocky con man teams up with a veteran of the "long con" to even a score with a big-time...

The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather (1972)

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Avg: 9.3 (53 Ratings) Rate It

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When the aging head of a famous crime family decides to transfer his position to one of his...

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

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In 1968, the elderly David "Noodles" Aaronson (Robert De Niro) returns to New York, where he had a...

GoodFellas (1990)

GoodFellas (1990)

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Avg: 8.6 (70 Ratings) Rate It

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A young man grows up in the mob and works very hard to advance himself through the ranks. He enjoys...

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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Gangster Land (2017) in Movies

Nov 6, 2017  
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GANGSTER LAND 'In The Absence Of Good Men' Trailer

   
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Andy K (10821 KP) created a video about Falling Down (1993) in Movies

Jan 28, 2018 (Updated Jan 29, 2018)  
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Gangland

  
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Ollie SB (2279 KP) created a video about Gangs of London in TV

Apr 29, 2020  
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Gangs of London | Official Trailer

   
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Cee-Lo Green recommended AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube in Music (curated)

 
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted by Ice Cube
1990 | Hip-hop, Rhythm And Blues
6.0 (6 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"I love the fact that a West Coast pioneer took an East Coast approach to doing an album. Again, it's gangster to have a political opinion. He took that political incorrectness and made poetry out of it - to where again, it wasn’t 'Gangsta', it was 'Gangster'. I could appreciate that; I appreciate the business, not just random gunfire. There was a shock value to it. Gangsta rap now is just little kids talking shit; they’re going to get caught for their crime, they’re not being smart about their criminal activity. I like smart crime; white collar crime, but we’ve gone from the bosses making the music to the hit men."

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DJ Muggs recommended Strictly Business by EPMD in Music (curated)

 
Strictly Business by EPMD
Strictly Business by EPMD
1988 | Rap
1.0 (1 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"That was my favourite group in the world, man. That was gangsta rap back then. There was this hard b-boy shit, hard beats, more aggressive lyrics, but there wasn’t too much cursing, no drug slangin’, they might say they smoke weed once or have a forty, but it wasn’t over the top like now."

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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Anuvahood (2011) in Movies

Jun 17, 2019  
Anuvahood (2011)
Anuvahood (2011)
2011 | Comedy, International
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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The U.Ks answer to the Friday franchise
Meet Kenneth, a deluded wannabe MC who quits his supermarket job to pursue a career in rap. Not the sharpest of people, kay (Kenneth), his boys and newcomer Enrique smoke, chill and stumble through life, until kay see's big Mike, the local kingpin making it big, and decides he wants more in life, with his parents struggling to pay bills, locals becoming a nuisance and Tyrone, one of big Mike's lower level goons, who torments everyone and considers himself a ladies man, who kay ends up on the wrong side of.

This is a great British coming of age gangsta wannabe movie features some brilliant acting, great characters and light hearted tone, recommend a watch.
  
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Cee-Lo Green recommended Niggaz4life by NWA in Music (curated)

 
Niggaz4life by NWA
Niggaz4life by NWA
1991 | Rhythm And Blues
(0 Ratings)
Album Favorite

"Niggaz4Life is just… both the De La Soul albums had a cinematic quality to them, you can see those songs. With that being said, [on this album] Dr Dre had this sonic brilliance and pristine gangster music that just sounded brilliant. And it was orchestrated and sequenced very brilliantly, too. It seems like an awful lot of thought went into it. To me, it wasn't Gangsta with an 'a', it was Gangster with an 'er' - with a suit and tie. This is the business gangster; this isn't hold your gun sideways, this is Scorcese. Ice Cube not being there for this album was part of the appeal; everyone wanted to know what they'd be able to achieve without him. And it's a triumph."

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Ross (3282 KP) rated Aquemini by Outkast in Music

Apr 30, 2020  
Aquemini by Outkast
Aquemini by Outkast
1998 | Rock
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Rolling Stone's 500th greatest album of all time
Return of the G was a little more hip hop than I was expecting but decent.
Rosa Parks is a little better, more foot-tappy with an odd little country breakdown. The song, not the historical figure.
Annoying little skits in between songs.
Skew it on the Bar-B has a great beat and a better tempo.
Aquemini is a soulful little groove, with an interesting subtle change in mood halfway through.
Synthesizer starts as a basic hi-hat and snare tune and builds up with many layers of vocals and synth and piano.
I'm going to have to stop track by track reviews now, need to get some work done.
Except: Liberation (feat CeeLo Green) is an absolute treat.
Great album, a few tracks a little more gangsta than I like but some excellent soulful songs.
  
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Cyn Armistead (14 KP) rated Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13) in Books

Mar 1, 2018  
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Spider Bones (Temperance Brennan, #13)
Kathy Reichs | 2010 | Fiction & Poetry
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7.3 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Definitely not one of the best of the series. The science plot twist was a bit of a surprise, but the "who is this guy?" was telegraphed (for me, at least) pretty early on. I'm fairly tired of the on again, off again love thing with Ryan, but the depiction of Brennan's relationship with her young adult daughter is very accurate to this mother of a 20-year-old. Bringing in the "gangsta" angle seemed ridiculous to me, but I suppose there had to be some immediate danger somewhere to keep the publisher interested.

I still enjoy the television show <i>Bones</i> far more than the novels, which is unusual - but the show has more humor. I don't think I'd read novelizations based on the show, however, because a lot of the humor requires the chemistry between the actors as well as good scriptwriting. There are few authors who can translate that from screen to text.