List of the AFI’s Top Gangster Movies. In 2008 the American Film Institute honored America’s 10 greatest films in 10 classic film genres, of which Gangster was one. These were chosen from a ballot of 500 nominated films, to a jury of over 1500 leaders in the film industry. The ballot include films from 1915 to 2006.
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AFI’s Top 10 Gangster Films,
Bonnie and Clyde
Goodfellas
Little Caesar
Pulp Fiction
Scarface
Scarface
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
The Public Enemy
White Heat