The 10 Coolest Gangster Movies of All Time

"Where there is society, there is crime. Although the quintessential image of the gangster is the snappy, wise-cracking 1930's New York criminal, dressed in a pinstripe suit and carrying a Tommy gun, the gangster takes many different forms around the world; from Eastend Cockney gangsters to the Japanese Yakuza and Chinese Triads. However, the gangster film is never as dichotomous as "the law is good and criminals are bad" as the gangsters themselves often come from disadvantaged beginnings, climbing the ladder out of poverty into prosperity the only way that is available to them, while the policemen and politicians that are supposed to uphold the law are as corrupt and violent as the outlaws themselves."

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