Critically acclaimed Gangster movies that are golden globes winners or nominees

Once Upon a Time in America(1984)

Combined Rating:
50
Combined Critics Rating: 27

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.



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.



Shaft(1971)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 24

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.



Billy Bathgate(1991)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 16

In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.



Q & A(1990)

Combined Rating:
23
Combined Critics Rating: 15

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him in this gritty ...



Year of the Dragon(1985)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 13

A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders.



Murder, Inc.(1960)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The rise and fall of a 1930's Brooklyn crime syndicate, known as Murder Incorporated, led by mobster Lepke Buchalter.



Borsalino(1970)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 0

During the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.



Gloria(1980)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 0

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.




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