What Was the Golden Age of Gangster Movies? »
Posted By aStorygirl 6 months ago in News"I say that the 1990s and 2000s have been the Golden Age of Gangster Movies. (The 70s had the two Godfather movies and Mean Streets, but not much more.) To prove my point, I chose the ten best gangster movies/TV series of each decade, set in a fierce head-to-head battle to determine which was the superior decade. Here are the results…"
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earthlingerer6 months ago
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Yeah, if Richard Widmark or Edward G Robinson, or Bogart, among others, aren't in the movie, it probably wasn't from the "Golden Age".
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Personally, I think "golden age" would refer best to something you'd want to see twice, as opposed to most in the last few years.
Reservoir Dogs is a good example of a great contemporary gangster film. Anything with a rapper in it is not.
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