Genre: Gangster

Gangster stories follow the rise and fall in organized crime — loyalty, violence, and ambition inside the family business of the underworld.

  • Little Caesar (1931) Cover

    Little Caesar (1931)

    LeRoy's 1931 pre-Code gangster film. Edward G. Robinson as Rico. The film that established the rise-and-fall gangster template. Scarface 1932 came right after.
    Crime • Gangster
    May 17, '26
  • Scarface (1932) Cover

    Scarface (1932)

    Howard Hawks's 1932 pre-Code Chicago gangster classic. Paul Muni as the Capone-adjacent Tony Camonte. Foundational gangster cinema.
    Crime • Gangster
    May 16, '26
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