Nearly two decades later, this celebrated crime film remains a standout, earning a place among the genre's greatest movies.

Goodfellas makes the gangster life look intoxicating, even as everything about it becomes increasingly toxic. Henry Hill is never sold as a hero, and Martin Scorsese never asks us to admire what he ...

The gangster genre was established during the 1930s by classics such as William A. Wellman's The Public Enemy starring James Cagney, Little Caesar starring Edward G. Robinson, and Howard Hawks' ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seventy-seven years after James Cagney returned to gangster movies in White Heat, the 1949 crime thriller still holds a place most ...

Noodles in a hat and coat in Once Upon a Time in America (1984) - Warner Bros. Whether it's a more classic Italian Mafia tale, or a look at the kingpins who rule over inner city neighborhoods, or all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seventy-seven years ago today, James Cagney walked back into the gangster genre and detonated it. White Heat opened in New York on ...

American Gangster is streaming for free with ads on YouTube and Tubi. Lucas begins his criminal career as the driver for Harlem mob boss Bumpy Johnson. In a monologue he gives to his younger brothers ...