Cinema has imposed a specific and stereotyped version of gangsters. Big house, big cars, expensive clothing, expensive jewelry. Even though some real-life mobsters might follow these predetermined characteristics, reality is sometimes more complex.
These 10 movies try to give a different and alternative version, with bold and gritty portrayals of the modern outlaw lifestyle. Public service announcement: we could have chosen every single one of Martin Scorsese's gangster movies, but for the sake of diversity, we tried to find different films from various regions of the world in order to have a multidimensional vision of the underworld.
