Highest grossing Gangster movies that are oscar winners or nominees

Hoffa(1992)

Combined Rating:
52
Combined Critics Rating: 41

The story of the notorious American labor union figure Jimmy Hoffa, who organizes a bitter strike, makes deals with members of the organized crime syndicate, and mysteriously disappears in 1975.



The Usual Suspects(1995)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.



Eastern Promises(2007)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 84

A Russian teenager living in London who dies during childbirth leaves clues to a midwife in her journal that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.



The Irishman(2019)

Combined Rating:
96
Combined Critics Rating: 96

An aging hitman recalls his time with the mob and the intersecting events with his friend, Jimmy Hoffa, through the 1950-70s.



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.



The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond(1960)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewellery thieves. After a spell in jail the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself...



Bonnie and Clyde(1967)

Combined Rating:
77
Combined Critics Rating: 69

Bonnie Parker, a bored waitress falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, robbing cars and banks.



Bullitt(1968)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 65

An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.



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.



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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