PARIS — Few film types are as iconic in French cinema as the gangster. Throughout the genre’s heyday from the early ’50s through the late ’70s, Belmondo, Montand and Delon seemed to live with a gun in ...

Why is it that audiences are so fascinated with gangster films? Even though real-life gangsters comprise an infinitesimal portion of the population, scores of viewers flock to the cinema to watch ...

From "The Godfather" to "Goodfellas," Stacker compiled a list of the 50 best gangster movies of all time, using data from IMDb and Metacritic.

Gangster movies are about as old as Hollywood itself, and quite a few of them are held up as award-winning, must-see classics. But there are plenty that have flown under the radar, particularly over ...

Movies about gangsters are always big business, but going with cosa nostra isn't a guarantee of success. These five gangland films should be classics today.