Best American crime flick? (poll)

[speedoo]

Poll question: Best American crime flick? (poll)

I stuck to last 40 years or so. I see Taxi Driver more as a psychological drama, so I left it out. Godfather 3 sucks, IMO, so it's out also.

I added "Other" and dropped Bugsy, so feel free to vote for something else!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

1. Godfather II.

[speedoo]

3. I haven't voted yet...

But that one's gonna be a tough one to pass up. It's a great, great film.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

25. What's amazing is that it's even better than the first one.

[Heidi]

2. A few come to mind, but they're probably not what you're wanting.

Fahrenheit 9/11
Roger and Me
Syriana
Good Night and Good Luck
Reefer Madness

And this one: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=17753&mesg_id=17753

[speedoo]

5. They are certainly notable crime films.

But you're right, they are about different, in most cases far more insidious, kinds of crime!

[datasuspect]

4. goodfellas, hands down

the introduction scene in the wiseguy bar was true to life.

[speedoo]

6. I keep thinking of more good ones...

like The Usual Suspects and LA Confidential.

It's a rich genre, that's for sure.

Yeah, Goodfellas is tough to pass up.

[Critters2]

18. I love the Usual Suspects! nt

[maveric]

8. "I'll get the papers, get the papers."

Scorsese should have won the Oscar for that masterpiece.

[bigwillq]

7. Goodfellas (nt)

[SPKrazy]

9. I Went With Goodfellas!

I just liked it the best

especially when the helicopter is following him around

:rofl:

[NashVegas]

10. I Went With Bonnie & Clyde

Most of the movies listed are stories that are particular to organized crime with a Sicilian link.

Bonnie & Clyde were all-American.

[speedoo]

14. It's a great film.

Beatty, Dunaway, Hackman.... all the actors were wonderful, and what a great score!

[NashVegas]

15. Aye

Attitude drips from almost every frame.

[argyl]

57. Me too. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" Beatty and Dunaway,the most

attractive couple ever on screen (hell, that'd be a good poll question),great supporting cast - Gene Hackman,Michael J. Pollard,Denver Pyle,Gene Wilder,and Estelle Parsons,who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

Yeah,it was definitely an all American movie about a type of gangster this country will probably never see again. Or if we do they won't have the success that the Depression Era gangsters had. State,local and federal law enforcement agencies didn't have the resources or the inclination to work together.So you could really cut quite a swath if you had a fast car,plenty of firepower,and the don't give a damn attitude to go with it.

And even if you didn't know your history,you knew they were doomed. They didn't have the resources or the cunning to keep it up.

[nytemare]

11. The Departed

That film is just badass.

[speedoo]

13. Haven't seen it yet, definitely will, tho. nt

[GCP]

29. The Departed is the BEST crime movie I've ever seen

Much better than Goodfellas.

[nytemare]

49. That movie just had me on the edge of my seat.

I didn't know who to trust, what the hell was happening from minute to minute. I thought the whole cast was wonderful, but I thought Jack should have gotten a supporting nod for that.

[dysfunctional press]

50. i don't even think that it's scorcese's best film...

i enjoyed casino a whole lot more.

[sakabatou]

12. Whoever says Godfather III

Must not have very good taste.

[Jade Fox]

16. Heat!

Love that movie!

[speedoo]

20. DeNiro and Pacino in the same film.

Automatically makes it great, right?

[Jade Fox]

21. Actually....

the fact of those two actors presence is not why I love the film. The whole cast is good, and the movie is director Michael Mann at his best, IMO. I love the complexity of the story, and the way Mann under-introduces a lot of the character so you really have to pay attention to what's going on.

[speedoo]

22. Did you see "Collateral"?

Another excellent Michael Mann film, witgh those great atmospherics. As much as I dislike Cruise, he was terrific and Jamie Foxx was incredible.

[Little Wing]

17. Godfather movies all blew chunks

The Departed

[Critters2]

19. Miller's Crossing nt

[speedoo]

23. Good one!

One of the Coen Bros. best!

[Critters2]

27. Yes. Yes it is. nt

[peekaloo]

59. Yes!

What's the rumpus?

:D

[hellbound-liberal]

24. What about Scarface???

My vote goes to Godfather I but Scarface left it's mark on me.

[speedoo]

26. Yup. There are so many good ones. nt

[Oeditpus Rex]

28. 'In Cold Blood' (n/t)

[speedoo]

32. Really, really great film.

I could watch it over and over.

[judaspriestess]

30. I liked Deep Cover

with Lawrence Fishbourne and Jeff Goldblum, awesome movie

[City Lights]

31. Goodfellas.

It's on my all-time favorite list.

[Wapsie B]

33. Hey Fuggedaboudit!

Goodfellas all da way!

[querelle]

34. L.A. Confidential n/t

[MoseyWalker]

35. Fahrenheit 9/11 n/t

[bertha katzenengel]

36. "He was so crooked, he could eat soup with a corkscrew." RIP, J.T. Walsh

"The Grifters" gets my vote.

[Gryphons Eyre]

37. The Sopranos

I had to vote for "other" because we are currently watching all six seasons of "The Sopranos". I recommend it most highly. They pack a whole lot into each episode and each builds on the one before which has become something of an addicting. I will be sorry when we have watched them all and as all things, the story must end. Truly an American classic in the making.

g

[auntAgonist]

40. welcome to DU Gryphons Eyre!

:hi:
I love Soprano's. What a coincidence eh?
aA

[Gryphons Eyre]

43. my own private fan and I hers

thank-you aA, I will cue up the next episode right after this brief political announcement... :applause:

[auntAgonist]

62. my kinda guy!! n/t

[Geek_Girl]

70. Sopranos are my favorite

I've recently watched all six seasons. It was kind of like crack. I can't wait till the next episodes come out.

[Arugula Latte]

38. Other: Air Bud

:D

[begin_within]

39. It's a tie between 'Psycho' (1960) and 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" (1966)

[leftofthedial]

41. not even close

the dukes of hazzard

[MrSlayer]

42. Godfather I and II are probably the best movies ever made.

Goodfellas is good but isn't in the Godfather's league.

[Swamp Rat]

44. "The Maltese Falcon"

Though a little older than those listed in this poll, this film is a cut above them.

[auntAgonist]

45. Goodfellas is my all time favourite movie. n/t

[speedoo]

55. Oooh. Auntie.

That's hawt! I never would have guessed you were a Goofellas fan. :hi:

[auntAgonist]

56. I was a Mafia wife in another life I think

Or I will be when I'm reincarnated :evilgrin:

aA

[speedoo]

58. That's good to know...

I'll try to be a Mafia Don in my next life.

Will you marry me, then? :P

[auntAgonist]

60. heh.

:rofl:


Maybe I'd be the Don(ette)?


:)
aA

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

46. White Heat (Cagney)

1949

"Top o' the world, ma!"

Even back then they were using such forensic devices as soil spectroscopy to identify the place of origin of a soil sample taken from clothing. They were also using RF vehicle bugging and triangulation (never mind that the transmitter used tube technology and was the size of a suitcase), and fed agents going undercover into prisons. There were a lot of things that we don't usually associate with those times. They did just fine without computers for a long, long time!

Besides, Cagney was the best gangster ever, even if he never said "You dirty rat!".

[speedoo]

52. How about "Little Ceasar" (E. G. Robinson)

As a kid, I thought Cagney and Robinson were the ultimate gangsters. (But that was before I saw DeNiro and Pesci.)

Those were two great films, eh?

[vireo]

54. Great film

In the same vein, I also love High Sierra with Humphrey Bogart as an aging gangster.

[jus_the_facts]

47. Others...Thelma and Louise....and True Romance n/t

[Seabiscuit]

48. "Goodfellas" and "Casino" but no "Bugsy"???

[speedoo]

51. I opted to drop Bugsy in lieu of "Other". It was kinda arbitrary.

I liked Bugsy a lot.... sorry!

[slj0101]

53. Loved Goodfellas.

I'll be the first to admit that I've had a hard time trying to devote attention to the Godfather films.

[hyphenate]

61. Chinatown eom

[Scarlett17]

63. What? No "The Usual Suspects"?

:shrug:

[Zavulon]

65. My first question as well.

It's one of my top three movies of all time.

[myrna minx]

64. North by Northwest, Miller's Crossing,

Rear Window.

[Forkboy]

66. How could everyone forget The French Connection?

Fuggin' Hackman!

[idgiehkt]

67. I voted for Grifters

Why? Because these are the people we run into every day...the ones getting by and getting over on other people. The mafia movies are well done and all but to me they kind of glamourize crime and the criminals involved and make them larger than life when in truth they aren't, they are smaller than life, and skeevy and skanky and sick. Grifters successfully got that across, just how twisted folks like this are and how if you are unfortunate enough to run across one in your day to day life it isn't going to make you fantasize about being them, it's gonna make you grateful to be you.

[dysfunctional press]

68. the big sleep. with bogart, not mitchum.

great flick.

or

the big heat with glenn ford

or

white heat with james cagney

or

heat with deniro and pacino, not burt reynolds.

[Ron Green]

69. Don't forget the Brits . . .

The Ladykillers
The Lavender Hill Mob
Kind Hearts and Coronets

I loves me some Alec Guinness!

[Geek_Girl]

71. Kill Bill Volume 1

I think that qualifies as a crime flick.

[Drum]

72. Once Upon A Time In America ?

:shrug:

There are so many, though....

[wildhorses]

73. training day---

blue velvet:shrug:

good question:hi:

[auntAgonist]

74. oooooooh I forgot about Training Day!!

what a movie that was!

aA
:hug:

[wildhorses]

75. really brought home the fact about how confusing it gets

:hug::hi:

[mentalsolstice]

76. I'm a Barrow by marriage

thru my great-aunt, who was really (sentimentally) my grand-mother. She was my grand-mother's sister, who died before I was born, and she took over as my "grandmother". Her husband was a "Barrow" and was related to the infamous...

[grace0418]

77. Usual Suspects! I effing love that movie!

That gets my vote.