The gangster film is a subcategory of crime film. Although, they aren’t all serious necessarily, as gangster comedies do exist. Call them mobsters or what have you, but they are decidedly gangsters.

When Coolio first heard the demo that became Gangsta's Paradise, he had the same reaction as the rest of us. "I was like, 'Damn, I really like this song.'" The Pennsylvania-born, Compton-raised ...

The movie was so successful that Hollywood made more than 50 gangster movies the following year. The most violent movie of 1932 was Scarface, starring Paul Muni as Tony Camonte, a Chicago mobster.

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Frank Lucas, the notorious Harlem drug lord whose life inspired the 2007 film American Gangster, has died. Born in North Carolina in 1930, he moved to New York where he became a prolific heroin ...

Although the term "gangster" is used for any criminal from the 1920s or 30s that operated in a group, it refers to two different breeds. Mobsters belonged to organized crime rings. They generally ...

Even when we experience the glamor of gangster life, the film defers its debauchery for something more cerebral, thanks in large part to the prevailing wistfulness shared among White and the ...

When Ben's 'boring' granny reveals her astonishing past as an international jewel thief, together they set off on an adventure to steal the Crown Jewels. (2013) Watch all your favourite ABC programs ...

Acting superstars Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe are captivating in this absorbing crime epic set in the early 1970s. Washington is real-life Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, and Crowe plays Det.

His son, also called Viv Graham, has opened up about his notorious father for the new BBC podcast Gangster: The Story of Viv Graham. It's set in a world of gang wars, retribution and bloody ...

An adaptation of the hugely popular children's book written by David Walliams. Follows Ben as he is stunned to learn of another spate of thefts - with all the clues pointing to The Black Cat, better ...