I noticed this List of the Best Mob/Mafia Movies of All Time has received alot of responses. I have just opened up a mafia/crime movie website
http://www.contractflicks.com and I would like to share my insight to your Best Mob/Mafia Movies of all time list then give my picks. Let me start off by saying that this topic is always going to be difficult to write and many of the films that you listed here obviously should be there including Godfather, Goodfellas, Scarface, and the recent Academy Award winning film The Departed. However, at the same time your list includes some films that are borderline mafia films such as The Dark Knight, History of Violence and Jackie Brown. In my opinion these are more crime films than anything else. They have very little mafia elements to them and would probably not be categorized as mafia films in many circles let alone the best. Also, I agree with many of the other comments that Analyze This should be considered a comedy before a true mob/mafia movie. I believe a film that you left off of this list which makes this list flawed is the omission of Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America. This is not only an unbelievable mob/mafia film but in my eyes a cinematic epic. The direction and editing alone make this film far superior to most of the selections on your list especially Analyze This, Heat and History of Violence. Eastern Promises is another Russian Mafia film that I feel should have made the list if we are considering recent films as well. The acting by Viggo Mortenson was Academy Award worthy, the script was refreshingly original and the camera work drew the audience into the underground mob. Also I feel that the original gangster films such as the original Scarface, Little Caesar and James Cagney's White Heat were not even given consideration in this list. These are mafia/mob films that paved the way for most if not all of the movies on your list. In summation, doing the best lists are extremely difficult for any topic and you will never please everyone. Many on the films on this list are warranted, but the exclusion of some and inclusion of Once Upon a Time in America,Eastern Promises and some of the original gangster films would have made this list alot stronger.
Jonathan Drewes
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