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Theatrical: 1959

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 104

Summary: Rod Steiger. That's why you need to see this well-crafted but otherwise undistinguished biopic of America's most iconic gangster. Produced for Allied Artists (the upscale version of Monogram, the studio that made "Dillinger" in the mid-'40s), the film gets underway with the Brooklyn hoodlum's arrival in Chicago on the eve of Prohibition. His old pal Johnny Torrio (Nehemiah Persoff) takes him on as right-hand man, and before you can say "spaghetti alla marinara," the ambitious Alphonse has persuaded "Johnny Papa" that they should eliminate their opera-loving boss, Big Jim Colosimo (Joe De Santis), and divide up the Chicago territory with "Bugs" Moran (Murvyn Vye), Dion O'Banion (Robert Gist), and "Hymie" Weiss (Lewis Charles). As scripted by Malvin Wald ("The Naked City") and Henry F. Greenberg, and directed by Orson Welles protégé Richard Wilson, the film dutifully hits the high points of "Scarface Al"'s career. Stylistically, though, and despite the presence of cinematographer Lucien Ballard (who would also shoot Budd Boetticher's "The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond"), it's outclassed by any episode of the TV series "The Untouchables", destined to make pop-cultural history three years later.
But Steiger, in an early starring role, is aces. He gets all the shadings: the courtier's faux-humility as he ingratiates himself with the bosses, the shrewd sizing-up of each rival's strengths and vulnerability, the need to have his way through charm or brute force--two valences of the same charisma. There are even uncanny moments (and this, of course, is pure accident--or mythic rightness) when you'd swear you could glimpse the once and future Tony Soprano. "--Richard T. Jameson"

Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Universal Studios

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 157

Summary: Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story.

Theatrical: 1938

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 97

Summary: If watched with an unsentimental eye, this is a preachy and somewhat creaky crime flick. Cagney is great as usual as the tough as nails, street-smart Rocky. Bogart and Sheridan give good support, but are underutilized. What ultimately sinks this film, though, is O'Brien's sermonizing and the hammy performances of the Dead End Kids. Maybe this was timely in 1938, but it simply doesn't stand the test of time. For Cagney diehards only.

Theatrical: 2005

Studio: Tartan Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 148

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Theatrical: 1974

Studio: Buena Vista

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 83

Summary: After the death of her lover, Wilma takes over his bootlegging business, but without much success. She soon meets up with bank robber Fred, who convinces her and her daughters to join him for his next big heist. In the meantime, Wilma also kidnaps the daughter of a millionaire in the hopes of getting rich off the ransom. Will Wilma and Fred be able to retire with their ill-gotten gains, or will the law eventually catch up with them?

Theatrical: 2005

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 118

Summary: Without a doubt I can say that A Bittersweet Life is one of the best revenge movies I've ever seen, and is just as captivating as Park Chan Wook's Old Boy or Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. The story follows Sun-woo, a hotel manager who has got to where he is by carrying out certain jobs for a mob boss called Kang. Just before Kang goes out of town for a few days he asks Sun-woo to keep an eye on his young girlfriend as he suspects she's being unfaithful. However when Sun-woo catches the girlfriend with another guy he can't bring himself to finish the job. When Kang finds out about his defiance Sun-woo soon finds himself fighting for his life against the people he once called family.

You can probably tell by the plot that this isn't the most complex film ever made and is nothing like Old Boy where you have to follow the clues right up to the very end. In fact A Bittersweet Life is the exact opposite of this; from the beginning you know that the story is heading down a vengeful path of bullets and corpses that can only end in tears. I have no doubt that when people watch this they'll be comparing it to Old Boy but although they are both stylish Korean revenge movies I'd have to say that's where the similarities stop. Old Boy was an extreme new take on the revenge genre that mixed action with a brilliant psychological story but A Bittersweet Life has a much simpler straight forward story with slightly more emphasis on the action and a style that pays homage to classic noir thrillers. That's not to say that A Bittersweet Life isn't as good but just different.

Kim Ji-Woon has done an excellent job at directing A Bittersweet Life; and for me this is on the same level as his earlier film A Tale Of Two Sisters, which was also amazing. Every frame is filled with the type of style that other directors dream of (I literally found myself in awe after only watching the opening sequence). Byung-hun Lee (JSA, Addicted) also has to take credit for playing the character of Sun-woo perfectly and is definitely one of the main aspects that make this film great.

Overall this is one of the best revenge films I've seen that's filled with style, depth and above all else class. With a perfect mix of Korean drama and bloody action there is enough here to please everyone.

Theatrical: 1961

Studio: Magla Productions

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 77

Summary: Having been 'away' for some time professional killer Frankie Bono returns to New York to do another job: assassinate some mid-level mobster. Although intending to avoid unnecessary 'contact' while carefully stalking his victim Bono is recognized by an old fellow from the orphanage, whose calm and unambitious citizen's life and happy marriage contrast heavily with Bono's solitary and haunted existence. Exhausted and distracted Bono makes another mistake, but his contract is not one to back out of.

Theatrical: 2007

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 95

Summary:

Theatrical: 2006

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 115

Summary: Guta-yubalja-deul

Theatrical: 1970

Studio: American International Pictures

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 90

Summary: A psychological gangster film based on fact. Machine gun totin' Ma Barker lead her family gang (her sons) on a crime spree in the Depression era. Her loyal brood have every perversion imaginable. The sadistic Herman sleeps with his Ma. When Fred Barker is released from prison, he brings home his cell mate/lover Kevin Dirkman, who also sleeps with Ma, much to Fred's chagrin. Lloyd Barker is a spaced-out drug addict who sniffs glue if nothing better is around. Ma kidnaps happy-go-lucky millionaire Sam Adams Pendlebury and holds him for ransom. Arthur Barker - Ma's wallflower son - and Herman's hooker lady friend Mona Gibson also figure in the story. The bloody finale is virtually choreographed and a visual stunner. Filmed in the Ozarks.

Theatrical: 1967

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 111

Summary: A bored small-town girl and a small-time bank robber leave in their wake a string of violent robberies and newspaper headlines that catch the imagination of the Depression-struck Mid-West in this take on the legendary crime spree of these archetypal lovers on the run.

Theatrical: 2000

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 108

Summary: Explore the harrowing world of The Boondock Saints as never before in this Unrated Special Edition! Digitally remastered for extraordinary picture quality and exploding in 5.1 EX Dolby Surround Sound, this definitive two-disc edition of the cult phenomenon features deleted scenes, outtakes, two audio commentaries, a printable script and more!
Hot on the trail of the assailants behind the brutal murder of Russian thugs, FBI agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe) is surprised to discover the killers are Irish twin brothers (Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus) who believe they've been chosen to rid the world of evil. But as they unleash more brutality on the criminals of Boston's underworld, Smecker finds himself torn between busting the vigilantes...and joining them!

Theatrical: 2006

Studio: City Lights Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 99

Summary: If "Brooklyn Rules", a tale about a trio of good fellas making their way through the mean streets of that New York borough, just happens to remind you of the work of Martin Scorsese, you're not the only one. But even if it's not the most original film in cinematic history, director Michael Corrente's 2007 effort is entertaining enough to hold one's attention for most of its 99 minute running time. Michael (Freddie Prinze Jr., who also supplies the voice-over narration), Bobby (Jerry Ferrara, "Entourage"'s Turtle), and Carmine (Scott Caan, son of James) are the kind of punks who stole money from the church collection plate when they were Catholic schoolboys. Cut to the 1980s, when they're in their twenties, still close pals but following divergent paths: Michael, a smart, ambitious Columbia undergrad, plans to become a lawyer, while nerdy skinflint Bobby ("You're so cheap, if you saw a sign that said 'free slaps in the face,' you'd be the first in line," says Mike) hopes to land a gig at the post office, and the narcissistic Carmine is falling in with the wrong crowd, courtesy of Caesar Manganaro (Alec Baldwin), a captain in the Gambino crime family. Needless to say, conflicts ensue, as Michael scores a WASP girlfriend (an underused Mena Suvari), a mob war breaks out (based on real events, including the murder of big boss Paul Castellano and the ascension of John Gotti), violence strikes tragically close to home, and the f-word is employed liberally. Corrente does a nice job of evoking an era in which Billy Idol and Culture Club ruled the airwaves and Cabbage Patch Dolls were all the rage; and writer Terence Winter, a veteran of "The Sopranos", has an ear for colorful, pithy dialogue ("That cardigan makes you look like the Italian Fred MacMurray"… "Depressed? She wouldn't be happy sitting in the lap of Jesus"). But a largely unsatisfying ending underscores the fact that "Brooklyn Rules" is nothing to go to the mattresses for. Extras including commentary by Corrente and Winter and a video accompanying the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil," which is featured on the soundtrack. "--Sam Graham"

Theatrical: 1940

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 88

Summary: Gang boss Little John Sarto returns from Europe where he was looking for "class" to find his old mob taken over by Jack Burns. When he puts together a rival gang he gets wounded and seeks refuge in a monastery. He is gradually transformed by the simple, sincere brothers and, after one last gangland appearance, decides his has found class at last in the monastery.

Theatrical: 2005

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 97

Summary:

Theatrical: 1993

Studio: Universal Studios

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 145

Summary: Al Pacino cuts a noble figure in this very enjoyable drama by director Brian De Palma ("Scarface"), based on a pair of books by Edwin Torres. Pacino plays a Puerto Rican ex-con trying hard to go straight, but his loyalty to his lowlife attorney (a virtually unrecognizable Sean Penn) and enemies on the street make that choice difficult. Penelope Ann Miller plays, somewhat unlikely, a stripper who has a romance with Pacino's character. The film finds De Palma tempering his more outlandish moves (think of "Body Double" or "Snake Eyes") just as he did with the popular "Untouchables" and "Mission: Impossible". But while "Carlito's Way" was not commercially successful and never rises to the level of greatness, it is a genuinely compelling movie graced with a fine performance by Pacino and a surprising one from Penn. "--Tom Keogh"

Theatrical: 2005

Studio: Universal Studios

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 100

Summary: In the 60's, the Puerto Rican Carlito Brigante, the Afro-American Earl and the Italian Rocco become best friends while in prison. When they are released, Rocco intermediates a heroin business with a family of the Italian Mafia leaded by Artie Bottolota Sr. Carlito negotiates with the lord Leroy "Hollywood Nicky" Barnes the area where the trio could operate in his neighborhood and sooner the three friends become powerful. Later, Carlito dates and has an affair with the beautiful Leticia. When Earl decides to move to Barbados with his girlfriend and leave the heroin business, his stupid younger brother causes a situation with the Italian mobsters, and Carlito and Rocco have to resolve the mess to save their lives.

Theatrical: 1995

Studio: Universal Studios

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 179

Summary: This edition is not the 10th Anniversary Edition, this is the "Special Edition", the difference being that this is a) cheaper b) not a flipper c) misses out on a bunch of all the documentary little features that are on the other one. I was surprised, it never happened to me but after I read some reviews I wondered where all the extras are. Well turns out I bought this edition instead of the 10th Anniversary Edition... Well, they just dropped a few things and sell it for a few dollars less.

One of my all time favorite movies nonetheless, I'll just trade it in for the other edition at some point.

Theatrical: 2006

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 110

Summary: Seung sing

Theatrical: 1975

Studio: Kino Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 100

Summary: Better known in America for his campy cult classics like "Black Lizard", director Kinji Fukasaku made over sixty films spanning forty years, and until now only a handful have been available on DVD. Kino's re-release of Fukasaku's earlier yakuza films, such as "Cops Vs. Thugs" and "Yakuza Graveyard", give viewers a chance to witness Japanese gangster violence in all of its seedy and futile glory. Kurashima City in Western Japan, 1963, has been overtaken by the mob. The Tomoyasu family is feuding with the Ohara/Kawades over a lucrative land deal, and the police force is satiated by yakuza bribes of sake and geishas. Even Detective Kuno (Bunta Sugawara), the police team's most yakuza-savvy member, is loyal to Kenji Hirotani, slated to become boss of the Oharas. When severe violent upheaval, such as a gruesome beheading in the subway station, begins to affect the public sector, Lieutenant Shoichi Kaida (Seizo Fukumoto) is transferred in to take out the trash. He and Kuno butt heads over how to get the feuding under control, until utter tragedy befalls the gangsters as well as the law enforcement. Fukasaku maximizes fight scenes by using a handheld camera to get close-ups of the action. Bodies fly in front of the camera, and blood pools on the floors where the men slaughter each other. "Cops Vs. Thugs" lurks in the shadows of the great samurai films (in fact it was released by samurai-movie makers TOEI Productions) but the yakuza code is less chivalrous than that of samurais. Moreover, cops and yakuza are equally weak, proving post-WWII Japan to be a place void of honor. Also in the tradition of "Tokyo Drifter", "Cops Vs. Thugs" is a noir classic filmed in color, ripe with great battle scenes and vibrant characters. "--Trinie Dalton"

Theatrical: 2006

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 152

Summary: Martin Scorsese makes a welcome return to the mean streets (of Boston, in this case) with "The Departed", hailed by many as Scorsese's best film since "Casino". Since this crackling crime thriller is essentially a Scorsese-stamped remake of the acclaimed 2002 Hong Kong thriller "Infernal Affairs", the film was intensely scrutinized by devoted critics and cinephiles, and while Scorsese's intense filmmaking and all-star cast deserve ample acclaim, "The Departed" is also worthy of serious re-assessment, especially with regard to what some attentive viewers described as sloppy craftsmanship (!), notably in terms of mismatched shots and jagged continuity. But no matter where you fall on the Scorsese appreciation scale, there's no denying that "The Departed" is a signature piece of work from one of America's finest directors, designed for maximum impact with a breathtaking series of twists, turns, and violent surprises. It's an intricate cat-and-mouse game, but this time the cat and mouse are both moles: Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon) is an ambitious cop on the rise, planted in the Boston police force by criminal kingpin Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson). Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a hot-tempered police cadet who's been artificially disgraced and then planted into Costello's crime operation as a seemingly trustworthy soldier. As the multilayered plot unfolds (courtesy of a scorching adaptation by "Kingdom of Heaven" screenwriter William Monahan), Costigan and Sullivan conduct a volatile search for each other (they're essentially looking for "themselves") while simultaneously wooing the psychiatrist (Vera Farmiga) assigned to treat their crime-driven anxieties.
Such convenient coincidences might sink a lesser film, but "The Departed" is so electrifying that you barely notice the plot-holes. And while Nicholson's profane swagger is too much "Jack" and not enough "Costello," he's still a joy to watch, especially in a film that's additionally energized by memorable (and frequently hilarious) supporting roles for Alec Baldwin, Mark Wahlberg, and a host of other big-name performers. "The Departed" also makes clever and plot-dependent use of cell-phones, to the extent that it couldn't exist without them. Powered by Scorsese's trademark use of well-chosen soundtrack songs (from vintage rock to Puccini's operas), "The Departed" may not be perfect, but it's one helluva ride for moviegoers, proving popular enough to become the biggest box-office hit of Scorsese's commercially rocky career. "--Jeff Shannon"

Theatrical: 1973

Studio: American International Pictures

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 107

Summary: After a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank robbing exploits make him something of a folk hero. Escaping from jail he finds Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson have joined the gang and pretty soon he is Public Enemy Number One. Now the G-men really are after him.

Theatrical: 1995

Studio: Concorde-New Horizons

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 95

Summary: July 22, 1934 - outside Chicago's Biograph Theater, a barrage of FBI bullets brings down John Dillinger. As the body of Public Enemy Number one crumbles to the ground, one of the strangest, most riveting stories in the history of crime begins to unfold. It seems that J. Edgar Hoover's boys have unknowingly blown away the wrong Dillinger -- not John, but his brother. While G-Men are grabbing the headlines, the real Dillinger (MARTIN SHEEN) slips away to go straight with a new life. But "Scarface" Al Capone (F. MURRAY ABRAHAM) knows all about Dillinger and his secret new identity, and confronts him. He wants Dillinger to pull one more heist, a bank where Capone has millions stashed away. And he's got an offer Dillinger can't refuse. So now, five years after his death, with Chicago's most infamous mobster holding his wife and son for insurance, John Dillinger has to pull off the biggest bank job of all time.

Theatrical: 2005

Studio: Panorama

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 85

Summary: The time has come, as it does every two years, for the senior members of Hong Kong's oldest Triad, The Wo Shing Society, to elect a new chairman. Fierce rivalries emerge between the two eligible candidates, Lok, respected by the Uncles is the favourite to win. But his rival Big D will stop at nothing to change this, including going against hundreds of years of Triad tradition and influencing the vote with money and violence.

When Wo Shing's ancient symbol of leadership, the Dragon's Head Baton, goes missing, a ruthless struggle for power erupts and the race to retrieve the Baton threatens to tear Won Shing in two.

Can Wo Shing balance their traditional brotherhood ways with the cut-throat modern world of 21st century business?

Theatrical: 2006

Studio: Panorama

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 95

Summary:

Theatrical: 2006

Studio: Mega Star (HK)

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 109

Summary: Strongly recalling some of his late '90s work, like "The Mission" and "A Hero Never Dies," Johnnie To's "Exiled" plays like a lazy-day, Mexican-set Western that happens to take place in Macau.

Theatrical: 2008

Studio: China Star Entertainment

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 100

Summary: Brotherhood is broken and blood is spilt in Fatal Move, an intense triad-cop actioner that recalls the glory days of Hong Kong Cinema. Director Dennis Law (Fatal Contact) assembles an unbeatable cast of genre movie stars, starting with Sammo Hung, Simon Yam, and Wu Jing, reteaming after the wildly popular SPL. Joining them are Danny Lee (The Killer), essaying his familiar role as a policeman, with veteran actress Tien Niu and genre regulars Lam Suet, Maggie Siu, Eddie Cheung, and Pinky Cheung also along for the ride. Fatal Move is a gripping underworld saga rich with themes of brotherhood and betrayal, but director Law makes sure to give the core audience what they're really looking for. Fatal Move delivers visceral, eye-opening action choreographed by Li Chung Chi (Invisible Target), and handily earns its Category III rating due to harrowing, exceptional violence. Those who enjoy their gangster sagas with a generous helping of blood should be quite happy with what Law has cooked up here.

Big Brother Lung (Sammo Hung) is the head of a strong, multi-level triad organization involved in multiple illicit activities. The anti-triad cops, led by Inspector Liu (Danny Lee) are watching their every move, but business has never been better, as Lung's brothers, including trusted lieutenant Tung (Simon Yam) and deadly enforcer Tin Hung (Wu Jing), are there to back Lung whenever necessary. But empires are sometimes built on the bodies of its people, and among Lung's organization are the unsatisfied, the power-hungry, and even those with private, deadly vendettas. The internal strife starts low in the organization, with lower bosses and their wives angling for power, but the corruption permeates every level of the triad - even Lung's inner circle. Though Lung and his loyal followers seemingly have all the angles covered, there may be some betrayers and some battles that they don't expect. Meanwhile, Inspector Liu waits and watches, knowing that he soon may have an all-out gang war on his hands.

Theatrical: 2006

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 125

Summary: From five-time Oscar®-nominee Sidney Lumet (Serpico, Network, Dog Day Afternoon) comes the most hysterically funny testament to bad courtroom behavior since My Cousin Vinny! Vin Diesel (Saving Private Ryan) "gives a sensational performance" (The New York Times) in the true story of the most remarkable criminal trial in US history. Find Me Guilty proves beyond a reasonable doubt that justice has a strange sense of humor!
When police arrest twenty members of the Lucchese crime family, the authorities offer Jackie Dee DiNorscio (Diesel) a bargain: a shortened prison term if he'll testify against his own. But the wisecracking DiNorscio has other ideas. Refusing to cooperate, he decides to defend himself at his own trial... and proceeds to turn the courtroom upside-down in a hilarious fight that culminates in one of the most shocking verdicts in judicial history!

Theatrical: 1973

Studio: Paramount

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 102

Summary: Eddie's friends are numerous, but the term friends is suspect. As a small time hood Eddie is about to go back to jail. In order to escape this fate he deals information on stolen guns to the feds. Simultaneously he is supplying arms to his bank robbing/kidnapping hoodlum chums. But who else is dealing with the feds? Who gets the blame for snitching on the bank robbers?

Theatrical: 1997

Studio: MGM

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 109

Summary: A classic example of a good idea ruined by Hollywood formulas. Jim Belushi and Tupac Shakur (in his last performance) are two corrupt cops with an effective scheme: they rob and kill drug dealers. Unfortunately, one of their victims turns out to be an undercover agent for the DEA, and the two bad cops have to scramble to find a suspect to pin the murder on. Soon they're caught in a web of missing evidence, false witnesses, and frayed nerves--"Gang Related" could have been a lean film noir, slowly tightening until the men break under the pressure. Unfortunately, this isn't the 1940s, and suddenly the plot takes an absurd twist into the most melodramatic coincidence imaginable. It's too bad. Also featuring the lovely Lela Rochon, James Earl Jones, David Paymer, and a surprise performance by Dennis Quaid. "--Bret Fetzer"

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: Lions Gate

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 81

Summary: This movie is a must see for anyone who enjoys genuine, true-to-life films. This film takes audiences to a world most of them would never see otherwise. I was born and raised in the streets of Long Beach and Los Angeles and was forced to experience in actuality the scenarios acted out in the film. I can attest to every scene in the film as being accurate in their portrayals of gang culture. I watched Boyz in the Hood, South Central, Colors, Menace to Society, Baby Boy and many other films portraying gang life in LA county, but all were more about sticking to the story line than about capturing the essense of the subject(s). If you like big budget actions films with gang members being shown as stunt men fliping over cars while shooting an assault rifle, then this film will not tickle your tastes. But if you want a quick lesson on true gang life with no sugar on top, Gang Tapes does the job.

Theatrical: 1972

Studio: Paramount

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 175

Summary: The story begins as "Don" Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia "family", oversees his daughter's wedding. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father's business. Through Michael's life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don't want to follow the old ways and look out for community and "family". An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don's influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don's fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.

Theatrical: 1974

Studio: Paramount

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 200

Summary: The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Theatrical: 1990

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 145

Summary: Henry Hill is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, is badly affected by his partners success, but will he stoop low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy ?

Theatrical: 1998

Studio: Tai Seng

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 86

Summary:

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: Miramax

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 101

Summary: An award-winning crime thriller in the intense tradition of HEAT and RESERVOIR DOGS ... critics everywhere have hailed INFERNAL AFFAIRS for its gritty action and international superstars. Chan Wing Yan (Tony Leung -- HERO) is a hard-nosed veteran cop sent undercover to infiltrate the notorious Triad crime ring. An expert at bringing down violent syndicates, Chan thinks it's going to be a routine mission. What he's not prepared for is the discovery that the Triad's boss (Eric Tsang -- THE ACCIDENTAL SPY) has planted a mole (Andy Lau -- THE LEGEND OF DRUNKEN MASTER) in the police department ... and now Chan is being hunted down. In this battle of wills, only one cop can win!

Theatrical: 1999

Studio: Frederick Zollo Productions

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 93

Summary: This is the telling of the life of organized crime boss, Meyer Lansky, as remembered by him as a very old man who is moving about the world looking for some country that will take him in since the US courts have put out an extradition order for him to stand trial. It tells of a young man growing up in the Jewish ghettos of America's big cities at the turn of the century and of his bright intelligence which he used for moving into crime. "I'm only a gambler," he claimed, "just like most all Americans." When asked by a reporter to comment on the killings that occurred under his leadership he declined, thereby making this film's thrust that of personalities and relationships rather than of acts of violence or the workings of corrupt deeds.

Theatrical: 2007

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 110

Summary:

Theatrical: 1931

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 79

Summary: The ambitious criminal Rico moves from the country to the big city in the east and joins Sam Vettori's gang with his friend Joe Massara. Sooner he becomes the leader of the gangsters and known as Little Caesar, and gets closer to the great mobster Pete Montana. In a robbery of a night-club, he kills the Crime Commissioner Alvin McClure and his pal Joe witnesses the murder. When Rico orders Joe to leave his mistress Olga Strassoff, she takes a serious decision.

Theatrical: 1980

Studio: Anchor Bay

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 114

Summary: Harold, a prosperous English gangster, is about to close a lucrative new deal when bombs start showing up in very inconvenient places. A mysterious syndicate is trying to muscle in on his action, and Harold wants to know who they are. He finds out soon enough, and bloody mayhem ensues.

Theatrical: 1960

Studio: Alpha Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 82

Summary: From dust-bowl days in Oklahoma to an opulent Florida hideout under siege, Ma Barker (Lurene Tuttle of "Psycho"), leads her sons astray while maintaining a consultation sideline for the likes of John Dillinger, Alvin 'Creepy' Karpis, Baby Face Nelson and Machine Gun Kelly.

Theatrical: 1958

Studio: American International Pictures

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 80

Summary: Charles Bronson has his first starring role as the famous bank robber, seldom without his Thompson machine gun. The story opens with great jazzy music and a murder shown in shadows. As his moll, Susan Cabot is the driving force behind his exploits. He has an exaggerated fear of death and death symbols. The sight of a coffin makes him freeze during a bank job, causing his lieutenant (Morey Amsterdam) to lose his arm. Finally, the gang kidnaps a little girl along with her nurse and hold them for ransom. Directed by Roger Corman ("I, Mobster," "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre," "Bloody Mama").

Theatrical: 1993

Studio: New Line

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 104

Summary: Directed by twin brothers, Allen and Albert Hughes, this critically acclaimed cinematic masterpiece brilliantly details real life in todays tough inner city. With powerhouse performances by Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate and Jada Pinkett, the film also feature

Theatrical: 1999

Studio: Tai Seng

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 81

Summary: Cheung fo

Theatrical: 1951

Studio: Columbia

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 87

Summary: Police detective Damico, outwitted by mob killer Blackie Clay, is nominally suspended; actually he goes undercover (as Tim Flynn, ex-con longshoreman) to find Clay and expose the waterfront rackets. In character, Damico throws his weight around so much that the mobsters try to get rid of him; surviving this, he begins to realize that few of those around him are what they seem.

Theatrical: 2005

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Summary:

Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Fortune Star Entertainment

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 86

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Theatrical: 2005

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

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Theatrical: 2001

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 108

Summary: Eun-jin, a living legend among the gangsters, dominates the male- centered underworld wielding only a pair of her trademark blades. One day, Eun-jin's dying sister tells her that she wishes to see Eun-jin get married and has baby before dies....

Theatrical: 2006

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 115

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Theatrical: 1991

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 101

Summary: Some pundits called it a flawed, exploitative action film that glamorized drug dealing and the luxury of a lucrative criminal lifestyle, spawning a trend of films that attracted youth gangs and provoked violence in theaters. Others hailed it as a breakthrough movie that depicted drug dealers as ruthless, corrupt, and evil, leading dead-end lives that no rational youth would want to emulate. However you interpret it, "New Jack City" is still one of the first and best films of the 1990s to crack open the underworld of cocaine and peer inside with its eyes wide open. It's also the film that established Wesley Snipes as an actor to watch, with enough charisma to bring an insidious quality of seduction to his role as coke-lord Nino Brown, and enough intelligence to portray a character deluded by his own sense of indestructible power. Director Mario Van Peebles stretched his otherwise-limited talent to bring vivid authenticity and urgency to this crime story, and subplots involving a pair of tenacious cops (Ice-T, Judd Nelson) and a recovering coke addict (Chris Rock) provide additional dramatic tension. Although some critics may hesitate to admit it, "New Jack City" deserves mention in any serious discussion about African American filmmakers and influential films. "--Jeff Shannon"

Theatrical: 1964

Studio: Toei

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 98

Summary:

Theatrical: 1936

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 82

Summary: Adapted from a hit Broadway play by Robert Sherwood and starring original cast members Leslie Howard and Humphrey Bogart, this 1936 suspense drama is set in an aging desert roadhouse café, where a young woman (Bette Davis) dreams of escaping a dead-end existence spent with her father and a lunkheaded, would-be suitor. Along comes a penniless poet (Howard), a wanderer who has made a mess of his life and crossed the hot sands as a symbolic act of meaningful futility. Davis's waitress is instantly enchanted, and in short order they begin talking about heading out to the world together. Then a twist: the world comes to them--in the form of escaped convicts, led by the monosyllabic Duke Mantee (Bogart), who secretly agrees to the poet's request that the fugitive gangster kill him. Directed by Archie Mayo ("The Great American Broadcast"), much of the film, perhaps inevitably, looks set-bound. Most of the action occurs in the café, and the script's tension sadly dissipates a bit as villains and hostages stay glued to their seats. The film's enduring appeal has everything to do with the leading performances: the fascinating alchemy of Howard's ethereal air, Davis's sexy urgency, and Bogart's bemused menace. If the story feels a trifle dated and perhaps a bit smug, the actors make it compelling nonetheless. "--Tom Keogh"

Theatrical: 1967

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 92

Summary: Walker (Lee Marvin) strides through Los Angeles with the steel-eyed stare of a stone-cold killer, or perhaps a ghost. Betrayed by his wife and best friend, who gun him down point-blank and leave him for dead after a successful heist, Walker blasts his way up the criminal food chain in a quest for revenge. Did he survive the shooting or return from the grave, or is it all a dying dream? The question is left in the air in John Boorman's modern film noir, a brutal revenge thriller based on Richard Stark's novel "The Hunter" (remade by Brian Helgeland as "Payback"), set in the impersonal concrete and steel canyons of Los Angeles and eerily empty cells of Alcatraz. Walker kills without remorse, guided by shadowy "informant" Keenan Wynn, whose own agenda is carefully concealed, and assisted by Angie Dickinson, as he desperately searches for someone, anyone, who can just give him his money. But if Walker is an extreme incarnation of the revenge-driven noir antihero, the modern syndicate has been transformed into a world of paper jungles and corporate businessmen, an alienating concept to the two-fisted, gun-wielding gangster. Boorman creates a hard, austere look for the film and fragments the story with flashes of painful memory, grafting the New Wave onto old genres with confidence and style. Haunting and brutal, "Point Blank" remains one of the most distinctive crime thrillers ever made. "--Sean Axmaker"

Theatrical: 1931

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 84

Summary: James Cagney gives a tour-de-force performance in his tough-guy portrayal of a petty hoodlum who rises to big-time gangster.

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: Adv Films

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 140

Summary: The essence of the police, public servant, maintaining public peace, striving for the safety of citizens, has nothing to do with Detective Gang of Gangdong precinct. The meaning of being a public official, putting public interests over his own, has been completely lost on him. Gang uses his job as an opportunity to generate side income and settle personal matters.

Theatrical: 1929

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 68

Summary: Tough mobster Mahlon Keane practically runs crime in New York City. He meets broke ex-society girl Rhoda Philbrooke at a society fundraiser and helps her cheat her way to some winnings in poker. Rhoda needs the money to help nurse broken alcoholic concert violinist Tony Vaughan back to health. In between his criminal dealings, Keane takes up Rhoda's cause and helps promote Vaughan's return to public performance. Rhoda agrees to marry Keane but still harbors unrequited love for Tony Vaughan. On the eve of her marriage, Vaughan confesses his love to Rhoda. Now how will she handle her mobster fiancée?

Theatrical: 2007

Studio:

Genre: Gangster

Summary: Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties. It is three decades of his life following him from football hooliganism, through to his burgeoning career as a bouncer, his involvement in the criminal aspects of the early 'rave' scene and subsequently to his rise to power as one of the most feared and respected criminals in the country. The story concludes with three members of his firm being brutally murdered in the infamous shot-gun slaying at Rettenden.

Theatrical: 1939

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 106

Summary: Three doughboys--played by James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and Jeffrey Lynn--meet in a foxhole in Europe just as World War I is ending. When they return to the States, they are forgotten men, and after Eddie (Cagney) tries in vain to get his old job back, his pal Danny (Frank McHugh) lets him drive his cab at night. A fare asks unwitting Eddie to deliver bootleg liquor, but Prohibition is in full swing and Eddie is arrested and thrown in the slammer. Gallant Eddie won't rat out the woman to whom he delivered the hooch, speakeasy owner Panama Smith, (whiskey-voiced Gladys George). She bails him out and carries a torch for him for the rest of the movie, but he only has eyes for sweet little Jean (Priscilla Lane). Panama introduces Eddie to a life of crime, staking him in the bootleg business. Eddie's grit and bluster suit him perfectly for this existence, and he's soon a success, so he hires Army buddy Lloyd (Lynn) as consigliere, then teams up with George (Bogart), a liquor smuggler who plays a much dirtier game. Racketeering and murder are his methods, and he drags Eddie down with him. When Prohibition ends and the stock market crashes, Eddie loses everything and takes to the bottle himself.
The film is a bit schematic. The three stars are archetypes: Cagney the good boy gone bad, Bogart the bad boy who stays bad, and Lynn the good boy who stays good. Still, it packs quite an emotional wallop--Cagney shows extraordinary range, going from green boy to swaggering gangster to broken man, and Bogart has rarely seemed more purely evil than he does here. He kills for the sheer pleasure of it; it's truly frightening to see. The final scene is a stunning shootout between Cagney and Bogart. With lesser actors this film could be pure hokum. With Cagney and Bogart, it attains catharsis. "Laura Mirsky"

Theatrical: 2008

Studio: Taewon

Genre: Gangster

Summary: Hounded by the media everywhere he goes, movie star Soo Ta (Kang Ji Hwan) has a temper that matches his paycheck, and a bent for trouble. Shooting for his latest production, a gangster film, comes to standstill after he beats up another actor. Too invested in his role, Soo Ta recruits real-life gangster Gang Pae (So Ji Sub) to become his new co-star. Gang Pae agrees, but on one condition: all the violence in the movie has to be real instead of staged. Winner takes all including the Best Actor Award in Kim Ki Duk protege Jang Hoon's stylish action blockbuster Rough Cut (a.k.a. A Movie Is A Movie). Appearing in his first production since completing his military service, Korean Wave star So Ji Sub makes his long-awaited screen comeback four years after the hit TV drama I'm Sorry, I Love You turned him into a household name throughout Asia. Still the lonesome brooder, So Ji Sub faces off against television heartthrob Kang Ji Hwan (Host and Guest, Hong Gil Dong) in this reality-blurring actioner about two actors dueling it out in front of the camera to see who steals the most spotlight. Just for the record, So Ji Sub and Kang Ji Hwan ended up sharing the Best New Actor award at the 29th Blue Dragon Awards for their performances. Attracting over a million theatergoers in its first week of release, Rough Cut is the second non-self-directed film produced by Kim Ki Duk after Jeon Jae Hong's Beautiful

Theatrical: 1983

Studio: Universal Studios

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 170

Summary: Remake of the 1932 film, which follows the rise of Tony Montana, a Cuban emigre who, with his friend Manny Ray, builds a strong criminal empire in early 1980's Miami.

Theatrical: 1932

Studio: Universal Studios

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 93

Summary: Big Louis Costillo, last of the old-style gang leaders is slain, and his former bodyguard Tony Camonte is taken into custody. Since Costillo's body has never been found, the police have to release him, though they strongly suspect Johnny Lovo paid Tony to remove Big Louis. Tony begins taking over the rackets in town with violent enforcement, and he becomes a threat to Johnny and the other bosses unless they work for Tony. Meanwhile, Tony's sister wants to be more independent, but finds it difficult to escape from her brother's overprotective grasp. The dissatisfaction of the other bosses and the relentless pursuit of the police push Tony towards a major confrontation.

Theatrical: 1995

Studio: Sony Pictures

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 103

Summary: Uncle Liu brings his cousin to Shanghai to work for 'Boss,' the leader of a powerful drug empire in the 1930's. Shuisheng, a simple country boy is awed and overwhelmed by the opulence and immense wealth he is suddenly surrounded by. He is to be the attendant of Xiao Jingbao, the new mistress of 'Boss.' While he fumbles with the demands of his new role, much intrigue is going on around him, well beyond his bewildered perception. Xiao Jingbao is having a tumultuous affair, Fat Yu is starting a gang war, and 'Boss' is beginning to suspect that one of his trusted men is not loyal.

Theatrical: 2009

Studio: Mega-Vision Pictures (MVP)

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 96

Summary: Wong Jing turns on his "serious mode" and brings together Hong Kong's best acting talents for his gangster thriller-cum-psychodrama To Live and Die in Mongkok! It may seem a gimmick, but having Nick Cheung and Paw Hee Ching - Best Actor and Best Actress of the 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards - as well as the same year's Best Supporting Actor (Liu Kai Chi) and Best Supporting Actress (Chan Lai Wan) in the cast certainly warrants attention. With these aces in hand, Wong Jing and co-director Billy Chung do the smart thing by pushing their acting abilities to the limit.

After his award-winning turn in The Beast Stalker, Nick Cheung is cast in the even more demanding role of Fai, a gangster who was sentenced to life for murdering a cop during his juvenile days, only to be released on parole with the help of a social worker (Chan Lai Wan) on the grounds of his deteriorating schizophrenia. But having been locked away for 30 years, Fai is finding it difficult to adapt to the fast-changing world, particularly his hometown: Mongkok. Disoriented and trapped in the notorious town of vices, Fai must find his way out of a life with a mother suffering from Alzheimer's disease (Paw Hee Ching), a hooker girlfriend (Mo Xiaoqi) with her mentally-challenged younger sister (Natalie Meng), and a malicious cop (Liu Kai Chi) hot on his tail.

Theatrical: 1999

Studio: Tai Seng

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 90

Summary:

Theatrical: 1949

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Gangster

Duration: 114

Summary: Cody Jarrett is the sadistic leader of a ruthless gang of thieves. Afflicted by terrible headaches and fiercely devoted to his 'Ma,' Cody is a volatile, violent, and eccentric leader. Cody's top henchman wants to lead the gang and attempts to have an 'accident' happen to Cody, while he is running the gang from in jail. But Cody is saved by an undercover cop, who thereby befriends him and infiltrates the gang. Finally, the stage is set for Cody's ultimate betrayal and downfall, during a big heist at a chemical plant.

Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Weinstein Company

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 94

Summary: Based on the short Stephen King horror story of the same name, 1408 is about supernatural writer Mike Enslin, an author of two successful books on supernatural phenomena. As research for his latest book, Enslin is determined to check out the notorious room 1408 in a New York City hotel by personally staying as a guest in the fabled room. He believes that 1408 is just a myth perpetuated by stories and rumors that Enslin has collected for his past works. However, hotel manager Mr. Olin has strong objections to Enslin's stay and only warns him of possible danger to come. Enslin is determined to go anyway. But what Mike Enslin is about to experience is no myth, as 1408 truly is a room where the guests don't check out by noon.

Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Lions Gate

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 94

Summary: An American woman searching for her birth parents learns she has inherited a house in the middle of a forest in a remote area of Russia. It is the house where she was born. Abandoned and uninhabited for 40 years, it stands in total disrepair and neglect. What she finds is more than an old house. She meets a mysterious man claiming to be her twin brother and together they find the house holds dangerous secrets to a past they don't even remember. They are forced to relive a series of horrifying events and shocking murders that occurred just after they were born, and in the place where they were supposed to die.

Theatrical: 1948

Studio: Alpha Video

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 78

Summary: On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...

Theatrical: 1981

Studio: Diamond Ent. Corp.

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 87

Summary: The cellar of an old hotel is built on top of the door to the beyond. Bloody zombies roam there. A young woman who is heir of the hotel wants to restaurate it. She is confronted with strange events. A painter has a lethal fall, the plumber vanishes and her friend breaks his neck. When she escapes to the hospital of a friendly doctor she doesn't know what a nightmare is waiting there...
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Theatrical: 1992

Studio: Sony Pictures

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 99

Summary: A children's ghost story comes to terrifying life in this gut-wrenching thriller about a graduate student whose research into modern folklore summons the spirit of the dead. Helen Lyle (Virginia Madsen) laughs when she interviews college freshmen about their superstitions. But when she hears about Candyman, a slave spirit with a hook hand who is said to haunt Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project, she thinks she has a new twist for this thesis. Braving the gang-ridden territory to visit the site of a brutal murder, Helen arrogantly assumes Candyman can't really exist... until he appears, igniting a string of terrifying, tragic slayings. But the police don't believe in monsters, and they charge Helen with the grisly crimes. Only one person can set her free: CANDYMAN.

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Languages: English (Dolby Surround Sound), French, Portuguese
Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese
Filmmaker's Commentary
Featurette: Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos
Featurette: Clive Barker: Raising Hell
Bernard Rose Storyboard Comparisons
Remastered in High Definition



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Running Time 98 Mins

Format: DVD MOVIE

Theatrical: 1962

Studio: Criterion

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 78

Summary: Mary Henry is enjoying the day by riding around in a car with two friends. When challenged to a drag, the women accept, but are forced off of a bridge. It appears that all are drowned, until Mary, quite some time later, amazingly emerges from the river. After recovering, Mary accepts a job in a new town as a church organist, only to be dogged by a mysterious phantom figure that seems to reside in an old run-down pavilion. It is here that Mary must confront the personal demons of her spiritual insouciance.

Theatrical: 2005

Studio: Tartan Video

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 94

Summary: The cellist and teacher Mi-Ju Hong is invited by her colleague and friend Sun-Ae to assume the position of professor in her renowned institution, and gives an invitation to the concert of Hae-Young Kim, the little sister of her former school best friend Tae-Yeon Kim who died in a car accident. Before leaving the building, she is threatened by a former student that failed in her test. While driving home, she escapes from an accident on the road and once at home, she has a surprise birthday party with her husband and prosecutor Jun-Ki, her daughters the slow Yoon-Jin and the young Yoon-Hye Song, and her sister-in-law Kyung Ran, whose fiancée is in Manhattan in a MBA course. On the next morning, her husband hires the dumb housekeeper Ji-Sook, a very weird woman. While shopping with Yoon-Jin, the girl is fascinated in a cello and Mi-Ju buys the instrument. After the mysterious death of her dog Sunny, creepy events happen with Mi-Ju, jeopardizing her family, while she insistently listens to her husband voice saying "open your eyes".

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Theatrical: 2006

Studio: Tartan Video

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 94

Summary:

Theatrical: 2009

Studio: East Act Entertainment

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 100

Summary: A ghost story, about a fire that consumed a now-derelict inn at the Moon and Sun Village. The owner was a widow (Michelle Ye), who received some armed bandits as her guests on the "First 7th Night" – exactly seven days after the passing of her husband

Theatrical: 2005

Studio: Sony Pictures

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 103

Summary: From producer John Carpenter comes the all-new retelling of his terror classic, "The Fog". Tom Welling (TV's "Smallville"), Maggie Grace (TV's "Lost") and Selma Blair ("Hellboy") star in this senses-shattering tale of demonic retribution, directed by Rupert Wainwright (Stigmata) and written by Cooper Layne. Trapped within an eerie mist, the residents of Antonio Bay have become the unwitting victims of a horrifying vengeance. One hundred years ago, a ship carrying lepers was purposely lured onto the rocky coastline and sunk, drowning all aboard. Now they're back, long-dead mariners who've waited a century for their revenge. Seeking out the decendents of those reponsible for their deaths, they lurk enshrouded within a supernatural fog of terror. Beware, any and all who stand in their way.

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Studio:

Genre: Ghost

Summary: The opening film of the 2007 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, For Eternal Hearts is a surreal, supernatural romantic drama that transcends time, death, and all expectations. Written and directed by Hwang Kyoo Deok (Cheol Su Loves Young Hee), the film deftly blends dream and reality, confusing the boundaries between life and death to tell a haunting love story that is at once unsettling and affecting. Starring Kim Min Sun (Memento Mori), Jung Kyung Ho (Herb), and newcomer Cha Soo Yeon, For Eternal Hearts brims with hushed youthful passion and metaphysical musing, making it one of the most original and captivating Korean films of 2007.

A professor of German literature, Su Young (Jung Jin Young, King and The Clown) is quiet, modest, and unassuming, but behind his averted eyes lies an unforgettable story. At his students' urging, he recalls his surreal first love during the chaotic 1980s. As a college student, Su Young (Jung Kyung Ho) falls in love with spunky wild child Pippi (Kim Min Sun), only to see her commit suicide in front of his eyes. Strangely enough, she mysteriously reappears soon after. Adding to his confusion, Su Young finds himself increasingly drawn to and frightened by Su Ji (Cha Soo Yeon), a quirky high school girl that he is tutoring.

Theatrical: 2004

Studio: Sony Pictures

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 91

Summary: A grieving mother, Telly Paretta, is struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist and her husband tell her that she has created eight years of memories of a son she never had. But when she meets the father of one of her son's friend who is having the same experience, Telly embarks on a mission to prove her son's existence and her sanity.

Theatrical: 1942

Studio: Turner Home Ent

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 80

Summary: A young couple buys a yacht and scoffs at the rumors that it is haunted. After a few incidents that ends their scoff they summon a professional ghost-tracker from the Institute for Investigation of Psychic Phenomena. He brings along a medium to assist him they learn, from her mumblings while in a trance, that the last owner of the ship---in its pre-haunted days---killed his unfaithful wife and her lover before they could do as much for him, and that their bodies are still concealed below the floor boards.

Theatrical: 1959

Studio: Shintoho Company

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 76

Summary: This classic Japanese horror movie directed by Nobuo Nakagawa is based on an 18th-century masterpiece written by Nanboku Tsuruya. It is about a woman who haunts her husband after she dies a miserable death. The story has terrified the Japanese people for ages.

Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Lions Gate

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 81

Summary: It is believed throughout the world that when an individual dies a horrific death, his soul manifests a tormented existence hovering between heaven and hell. The Haunted Forest is such a place, where legend has it that an evil spirit, Satinka, plagues the woods. Chasing the legend of the Satinka, a group of friends venture into the forest in hopes of finding any evidence of its existence. One by one, each of them disappear, and they realize there is more truth to the legend than any of them could have imagined. An unspeakable fate awaits all who cross into the haunted forest.

Theatrical: 1959

Studio: Digiview

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 165

Summary: House On Haunted Hill - Five individuals are offered $10,000 from a eccentric millionaire to simply spend a night in the his haunted mansion.

Theatrical: 1960

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 100

Summary: In the Victorian England, the tutor of the teenagers Flora (and her brother Miles hires the governess Miss Giddens to raise the children in their huge mansion with total independence and authority. Sooner, Miss Giddens believes that the ghosts of the former governess Miss Jessel and housekeeper Peter Quint are in the property haunting the children, and she decides to help them to face the spirits and get their souls free.

Theatrical: 1941

Studio: ROAN

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 64

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Theatrical: 2005

Studio: Asylum Home Entertainment

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 80

Summary: "Jolly Roger: Massacre at Cutter's Cove" is, as the title might suggest, a splatter flick in which the killer is a pirate. Since he died hundreds of years ago and this story is set in the present, Jolly Roger is in point of fact a resurrected pirate. Cutter's Cove has just gone through a hurricane and three teenage couples are having a cookout on the beach. One of the couples, using the beach because getting a room is too much of a bother, finds a giant chest, open it up and discover a skull. Yes, that is right, boys and girls, it is (wait for it) a dead man's chest. Having found what is either (a) an ancient relic of some archeological value or (b) the remains of a recent murder victim, the guy tosses the skull in the ocean to get back to the business in hand. However, the next thing we know the Jolly Roger is back in business and announcing his presence with authority.



The idea behind this movie is not the skull and crossbones known as the Jolly Roger, but rather the old pirate song about "Sixteen men on a dead man's chest...yo ho ho and a bottle of rum." The variation here is that Jolly Roger needs sixteen heads to put IN the aforementioned dead man's chest so he can get his treasure back. His victims would appear to be arbitrary, but there ends up being a logic behind it all (so to speak). This would be helpful for killing Jolly Roger and make Cutter's Cove safe once again for beach parties. Meanwhile, having survived the initial bloodbath, Alex (Tom Nagle) and Jessie (Kristina Korn), are the chief suspects. They are not covered in blood or anything tangible, but the local cop (Tom Downey) does not have any suspects, does not believe their story, and has learned that nobody in town has rented a pirate costume. He is not too stupid as far as cops in horror films go, but when the rules require the zombie killer to take 16 heads, you know he is at least going to get well into double digits.



Overall, director Gary Jones ("Crocodile 2: Death Swamp") and his co-writer, first time scritper Jeff Miller (XVII), go for humor rather than fright. We are encouraged to want to watch these sixteen people die and to enjoy the riffs by Jolly Roger (Rhett Giles), and if this movie is remembered by anybody for anything it will be for Jolly Roger getting a lap dance at a Cutter's Cove club (a zombie getting a lap dance will tend to stick in your memory far longer than it deserves to be, I can tell you that much). All things considered this is a splatter flick in which they just seem to be doing everything by the numbers (e.g., every woman whose naked breasts are seen ends up getting killed). The two kids who are going to survive the bloodletting are more concerned with saving their lives than making out, even if we now live in a world where all explanations come from the Internet rather than creepy looking old folks in town. But a movie that does everything by the numbers should not be taking two steps backwards like this one does to get to this ending. There are several naked women and a lot more blood courtesy of halfway decent special effects. However, ultimately this is an empty little horror film, and I only rounded up because of the aforementioned lap dance (but more for the audacity of the scene than its execution; plus, I feel bad about doing it).

Theatrical: 2001

Studio: Magnolia

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 118

Summary: After one of their friends commits suicide, strange things begin happening to a group of young Tokyo residents. One of them sees visions of his dead friend in the shadows on the wall, while another's computer keeps showing strange, ghostly images. Is their friend trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is there something much more sinister going on?

Theatrical: 2004

Studio: Tartan Video

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 88

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Theatrical: 1965

Studio: Criterion

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 164

Summary: Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Cannes, "Kwaidan" features four nightmarish tales in which terror thrives and demons lurk. Adapted from traditional Japanese ghost stories, this lavish, widescreen production drew extensively on Kobayashi's own training as a student of painting and fine arts. Criterion is proud to present "Kwaidan" in a new ravishing color transfer.

Theatrical: 1978

Studio: Feng Nian

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 130

Summary: King Hu belongs to a dubious group of filmmakers: the neglected; alongside the likes of Satyajit Ray, Mikio Naruse, Youssef Chahine and Ritwik Ghatak. As with all of those filmmakers, King Hu's work - when available at all (his legendary DRAGON INN is nearly impossible to find), is only available in dubious quality - fuzzy DVDs, cropped or pan-and-scan editions, VCDs, DVRs.

This is a shame - Hu's flair for history recalls Kenji Mizoguchi or Satyajit Ray, his personal and highly evolved spiritual ideas evoke Andrei Tarkovsky, and his flair for both landscape and action is reminiscent of Kurosawa or John Ford.

That noted, LEGEND OF THE MOUNTAIN - one of the handful of King Hu's films currently available - seems like lesser Hu. I'd say 'seems like,' because it's companion film, RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN (the two films are apparently interrelated) has been mostly unavailable on VHS or DVD, save for a Japanese DVD edition (no English subs) recently released. Without seeing both, I'd guess that it would be difficult to evaluate in a thorough fashion.

Here we have a ghost story, heavily infused with Buddhist mysticism: a young, and rather earnest scholar (Hsu Feng, who also starred in Hu's extraordinary A TOUCH OF ZEN) retreats to semi-abandoned fortress in an isolated mountain range to study and translate an ancient sutra. Upon arrival, he immediately encounters a small, but eclectic cast of locals; his encounters with them propel him into a series of intrigues that ultimately escalates into a good-vs-evil struggle.

The story recalls A TOUCH OF ZEN in its' ambitions and complexity, but compressed into the 110-minute running time here, the entire story (and the acting) feels a little forced, and a little rushed. The cinematography (the film was shot on location in South Korea) seems to be dazzling, though currently available editions of the film are fairly grainy, and night scenes are very indistinct. Hu's sense of action fails him here; the majority of it seems very half-hearted, compared to earlier films, and Hu's sense of slapstick (one gets the distinct impression that some commerical pressures may have intruded upon this film) threatens to overtake that more supernatural sides to the story.

That being said, the film STILL looks good, and manages to be entertaining - and there are a few set pieces here that are breathtaking, in spite of the flaws also evident here. Perhaps for fans of Hu; but if you're one of those and you haven't seen this, you should.

Theatrical: 1975

Studio: Synapse Video

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 85

Summary: A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee (played by the late Cheryl "Rainbeaux" Smith), receives a letter stating that Lila's father is near death and that he needs to see her.
Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian (EATING RAOUL co-writer Richard Blackburn, who also writes and directs), Lila embarks on a terrifying journey to find her father that leads her to a mansion run by Lemora, a seemingly loving woman who cares for a group of gypsy children and a witch-like servant. Once the terrifying secret of Lemora is revealed, Lila must uncover what happened to her father and fight for dear life as she tries to escape the clutches of the undead! LEMORA: A CHILD'S TALE OF THE SUPERNATURAL, one of the most beloved horror cult classics ever made, makes its home video premiere with this stunning presentation from Synapse Films. Mastered directly from the original 35mm camera negatives (thought to be lost for over thirty years) and mastered in High Definition using a Spirit DataCine® Telecine System, LEMORA is presented with never-before-seen clarity and detail that will leave you breathless. You may have seen LEMORA in the theatres but you've NEVER seen it like this!
SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
- New Uncut, Uncensored Anamorphic (1.78:1) Widescreen Transfer, Supervised and Approved by Director Richard Blackburn
- RSDL Dual-Layer Edition for Optimal Image Quality
- Audio Commentary from Director Richard Blackburn, Actress Lesley Gilb and Producer Robert Fern
- Still Gallery Including Rare On-Set Continuity Photos
- Chapter Selections
- Bonus Trailers
- Liner Notes

Theatrical: 2005

Studio: Tartan Video

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 93

Summary:

Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Blumhouse Productions

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 86

Summary: After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially when they sleep. Or try to.

Theatrical: 2009

Studio: Global Asylum, The

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 89

Summary: Prepare to see the actual footage of the supernatural events leading to the 2008 "murder" of Samantha Finley. Released against the wishes of the authorities, this DVD proves that nothing human caused Samantha's death and therefore the suicide of his mother and the arrest and suicide of his brother.

Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Buena Vista

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 167

Summary: Just when he's needed most, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), that witty and wily charmer of a pirate, is trapped on a sea of sand in Davy Jones' Locker. In an increasingly shaky alliance, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) and Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) begin a desperate quest to find and rescue him. Captain Jack's the last of the nine Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court who must come together united in one last stand to preserve the freedom-loving pirates' way of life. From exotic Singapore, to World's End and beyond, from Shipwreck Island, to a titanic battle, this adventure's filled with over-the-edge action, irreverent humor and seafaring myth and magic. Everything has led to this twisting, turning, wild swashbuckling ride in this final chapter of the Pirates Of The Caribbean trilogy

Theatrical: 2005

Studio: Bonzai Media Corp.

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 104

Summary: Sun-Jae, an eye doctor-turned housewife, finds her cold, inattentive husband cheating on her. Abandoning her affluent suburban life, she moves into a decrepit studio apartment with her six year-old daughter Tae-Soo. Preparing to resume her medical career, Sun-Jae is befriended by an interior designer, In-Cheol.

Her life, however, plunges into an abyss of paranoia and nightmare after she picks up a pair of pink shoes lying about inside a subway car. Not only have this pair of shoes apparently performed wholly unnecessary amputation surgeries on the select individuals foolish enough to wear them, they also became objects of unhealthy obsession for the ballet-dancing tyke Tae-Soo and Sun-Jae's dearest friend. Soon mother and daughter behave weirdly about the possession of the high-heeled monstrosity and her friend tragically dies of the shoe-theft. After a series of strange events have taken place, Sun-Jae starts to doubt about the curse of the shoes. In order to protect her daughter and herself, she decides to find out the truth behind the red shoes.

Theatrical: 1999

Studio: Dreamworks

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 96

Summary: You hate to see good movies exploited into multiple sequels of varying worth, all of which tend to reflect poorly on the original. The Exorcist, Rocky, and Thomas Harris's character of Hannibal Lecter come to mind. We have a not-so-new group to add to this, and that's the Ringu Anthology of Terror (Rasen/Ringu/Ringu 2/Ringu 0).

Ringu was a good movie. To an unsuspecting American audience, it reinvigorated the horror genre, which year-after-year churns out more garbage than a sewage plant. But Ringu 0 failed in its attempt to bring Sadako to life in a satisfying manner. We saw her, a rather demure figure, but the explanation provided for her backstory was neither persuasive nor reasonable. There was, for those interested, a different explanation in the book that did make a bit more sense, but given the overall quality of the film, I doubt that it would have made a difference. Sadako does creep us out in the end with her disjointed zombie/skeleton walk, and it's unsettling, but two seconds of unsettling film doesn't cut it.

Rasen, the original sequel to Ringu, the two films released concurrently, gave us answers to how Sadako spread the curse, but the film degenerated into such unbelievable ridiculousness that they decided another sequel was in order, so here we are with Ringu 2.

Like Rasen, this picks up where Ringu left off. But instead of introducing a new character, it focuses on Ryuji's girlfriend, who we met briefly in Ringu, Mai. It also completely dismisses Rasen, as if the film never existed. Key plot elements that happen in Rasen don't happen here, and we see much of Yoichi, who we know from past films (one of them being Rasen, mainly) inherited his father's telepathy. Like Rasen, Ringu 2 attempts to explain Sadako and the curse. We learn that Sadako was alive for about twenty-eight of the thirty years that she was entombed in the well, although how she survived without food is anybody's guess.

This film fails for the same reason that Rasen failed - it tried to define the paranormal.

I've now seen all four films that comprise the Ringu Anthology of Terror, and am unsatisfied. They should have stopped with Ringu.

It doesn't seem that we're getting the picture on this side of the ocean either, as another Ring movie is being made. The second movie didn't do as well as the first, critically or financially.

1 1/2 stars.

Theatrical: 2006

Studio:

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 108

Summary: A team of scientists led by Hashimoto has managed to capture the energy of a ghost child, thanks to their newly invented device called Menger Sponge. The child, isolated in an empty flat, moves his lips to words no one understands. Hashimoto enlists special agent Ye Qi-Dong, who is able to read on lips, in order to figure out how this child can shed light on life...and especially life after death...

Theatrical: 2003

Studio: Tokyo Shock

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 122

Summary: A serial-murderer is removing his victims hearts and taking them with him. Kanzaki is a detective on the case. The day he is due to be married his fiance, Mina, is killed displaying the same MO as the other victims. He discovers geneticist, Kudo, and Rei, his evil "secretary" to be the killers. When they have six hearts they will be able to summon demons from beyond the 'Gate of Rage' to grant any wish, but darkness will fall upon the earth. Mina becomes Guardian of the Gate of Rage, and must fight Kudo when he is killed. Kanzaki enters the world of the dead to protect her.

Theatrical: 2005

Studio:

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 31

Summary: London 1940. Oliver Kane is a cowardly young man who avoids conscripting into the war effort. He works instead as a crime scene photographer for Scotland Yard. When he discovers that his pictures reveal ghostly markings, Kane quickly becomes obsessed. Unwelcome interest builds in his photographs and Kane is forced to confront fears of his own mortality when he meets Bartholemew Gray, and elderly war veteran.

Theatrical: 1989

Studio: Itami Productions

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 100

Summary: A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife

Theatrical: 2003

Studio: Tartan Video

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 115

Summary: Janghwa, Hongryeon

Theatrical: 1960

Studio:

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 75

Summary: On an island community off of California, Tom Stewart is preparing to marry the woman he loves. His plans are threatened by his old girlfriend, Vi, who shows up secretly. During a confrontation at the top of the island's lighthouse, the railing breaks and Vi falls. Tom has a chance to save her but doesn't. Tom's relief at Vi's accident soon fades when her vengeful spirit begins showing up wherever he goes...

Theatrical: 2009

Studio: China Star Entertainment

Genre: Ghost

Duration: 85

Summary: A lawyer who is killed in a car accident finds himself resurrected as a character in his daughter's novel