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Best Gangster Films from the 1930s
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1. The Public Enemy
1931
1h 23m
Passed
7.6
(23K)
Rate
80
Metascore
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Director
William A. Wellman
Stars
James Cagney
Jean Harlow
Edward Woods
2. Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
1h 37m
Approved
7.9
(23K)
Rate
A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
Director
Michael Curtiz
Stars
James Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Humphrey Bogart
3. Dead End
1937
1h 33m
Approved
7.2
(8.6K)
Rate
The lives of a young man, a young woman, an notorious gangster, and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.
Director
William Wyler
Stars
Sylvia Sidney
Joel McCrea
Humphrey Bogart
4. Little Caesar
1931
1h 19m
Not Rated
7.2
(15K)
Rate
A small-time criminal moves to a big city to seek bigger fortune.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Stars
Edward G. Robinson
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Glenda Farrell
5. Scarface
1932
1h 33m
PG
7.7
(30K)
Rate
90
Metascore
An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
Director
Howard Hawks
Richard Rosson
Stars
Paul Muni
Ann Dvorak
Karen Morley
6. The Petrified Forest
1936
1h 22m
Approved
7.5
(15K)
Rate
A waitress, a hobo and a bank robber get mixed up at a lonely diner in the desert.
Director
Archie Mayo
Stars
Leslie Howard
Humphrey Bogart
Bette Davis
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