Movies Director with the 2 Best Gangster/Crime Films

[The Good The Bad The HBK]

Which director has the 2 best gangster/crime films?

Coppola

Scorsese

De Palma

Tarantino

Mann

 

[TardStrong]

I'm going with Scorsese followed very close by De Palma. I love Carlitos way and think it is underrated

 

[HARRISON_3]

Great list

Hard to pick a winner.

 

[TardStrong]

I had to look up who directed American Gangster. Ridley Scott doesnt have a 2nd?

 

[HARRISON_3]

I had to look up who directed American Gangster. Ridley Scott doesnt have a 2nd?

Prometheus

 

[zapataxiv]

mann heat and theif

 

[Simple Southerner]

FML tough 1

Coppola: Godfather + Godfather II

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

GF1 & GF2 are both in my top 5 all time so I'll go with that.

 

[RedBeard_]

Which director has the 2 best gangster/crime films?

Coppola

Scorsese

De Palma

Tarantino

Mann

It's not even close.

 

[TheTickG]

You set it up exactly how I would've ranked the five of them.

 

[Uncommon Valor]

Scorsese. It’s hard to top both of those. Also, I prefer Casino over Goodfellas.

 

[RichardPriors]

No Abel Ferrara?

Feels disrespectful to single out just one, since I love all these movies, the head says Francis but the heart says Tarantino.

 

[shockaholic12]

Is Carlito’s Way a must watch classic? Only one on the list I haven’t seen.

 

[Sick85]

Scorsese: Casino and Departed

 

[RichardPriors]

Is Carlito’s Way a must watch classic? Only one on the list I haven’t seen.

It's a great movie, everyone's on their A-game, especially Penn.

 

[HUGHPHUG]

I'd go Scorsese but with Mean Streets, not Casino

 

[moreorless87]

I'd go Scorsese but with Mean Streets, not Casino

Yeah if that had been an option it would have been closer for me.

 

[mozfonky]

For me, depalma with Scarface and Carlito's way, hands down. Both of those movies had such depth and resonated with me so much, particularly Carlito's way. Ironic thing was, Depalma had zero interest in doing Carlito's way because he felt like he'd already done that story with scarface, I'm glad he reneged. Carlito's Way was even better and seems so related to Scarface but was different in a lot of ways.

Love Scorcese and love Goodfellas but I saw Casino once and couldn't tell you anything about it I was so bored. The Godfather films are a series I never really got into either.

 

[mozfonky]

Is Carlito’s Way a must watch classic? Only one on the list I haven’t seen.

it's certainly my favorite on the list, it's probably the most overlooked but I would take it just slightly over Goodfellas if we're talking the best out of all of them.

 

[abject]

no guy ritchie. meh