Highest grossing Gangster movies that are award winners or nominees

American Hustle(2013)

Combined Rating:
94
Combined Critics Rating: 91

A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.



The Godfather(1972)

Combined Rating:
93
Combined Critics Rating: 90

The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.



The Departed(2006)

Combined Rating:
92
Combined Critics Rating: 88

An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.



American Gangster(2007)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

In 1970s America, a detective works to bring down the drug empire of Frank Lucas, a heroin kingpin from Manhattan, who is smuggling the drug into the country from the Far East.



Pulp Fiction(1994)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 83

The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.



Road to Perdition(2002)

Combined Rating:
85
Combined Critics Rating: 79

Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living.



The Town(2010)

Combined Rating:
87
Combined Critics Rating: 81

As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the F.B.I. Agent looking to bring him and his crew down.



The Client(1994)

Combined Rating:
65
Combined Critics Rating: 54

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.



The Untouchables(1987)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.



No Country for Old Men(2007)

Combined Rating:
94
Combined Critics Rating: 91

Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.



Lethal Weapon(1987)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 60

A veteran policeman, Murtaugh, is partnered with a younger, suicidal officer, Riggs. They both have one thing in common: hating working in pairs. Now they must learn to work with one another to stop a gang of drug smugglers.



Boyz n the Hood(1991)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects.





Goodfellas(1990)

Combined Rating:
86
Combined Critics Rating: 79

The story of Henry Hill and his life through the teen years into the years of mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his Mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.



Black Rain(1989)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan.



Scarface(1983)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 62

In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.



Casino(1995)

Combined Rating:
57
Combined Critics Rating: 37

A tale of greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends: a mafia enforcer and a casino executive, compete against each other over a gambling empire and over a fast living and fast loving woman.



Tequila Sunrise(1988)

Combined Rating:
60
Combined Critics Rating: 50

A former L.A. drug dealer tries to go straight but his past and his underworld connections bring him into the focus of the DEA, the Mexican feds and the Mexican drug cartels.



Donnie Brasco(1997)

Combined Rating:
76
Combined Critics Rating: 65

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life, at the expense of his regular one.



Carlito's Way(1993)

Combined Rating:
49
Combined Critics Rating: 25

A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.




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