Alright film brehs, I need some foreign gangster movie recommendations.

[FreedMind]

I'm coming off viewings of Sexy Beast (GBN) and A Bittersweet Life (KOR) and need to keep this high going.

Any good Yakuza flicks? Fixing to give Sonatine and Branded to kill a watch soon.

Don't care what country.

 

[Complexion]

Don't click the trailers. Watch the movies knowing nothing instead.







That way its all fresh.

 

[Serious]

City of Gawd

 

[QU Hectic]

And one of the best you will ever see in your lifetime :

 

[Erratic415]

City of God: gangster/hood movie in the Brazil favelas. My favorite foreign movie and one of my favorites period. Great storytelling and absolutely beautiful cinematography.


Sin Nombre: sort of a half gangster (MS-13 mainly) movie and half immigration story.

The Long Good Friday: UK gangster movie and also deals with the IRA. Bob Hoskins is excellent in it. Helen Mirren is really good in it too. Pierce Brosnan has a small role as well.

 

[jay211]

New World. Go watch this ASAP. Greatest crime film in the past 20 years.

 

[Figaro]

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

What platforms are these films on?

 

[FreedMind]

New World. Go watch this ASAP. Greatest crime film in the past 20 years.

Saw this one years ago, and I agree.

 

[FreedMind]

What platforms are these films on?

I found sexy beast on Hulu and a bittersweet life on Amazon prime.

 

[Born Rich]

Piranhas - about a group of youngins in Italy gettin into organized crime and dealing with the innner struggles that come with that life...the cinematography is



Gomorrah - almost a predecessor to Piranhas...both films are based on books by Roberto Saviano...Scorsese gave this one the stamp ... the trailer doesn't do it justice tho...



It's a spanish crime film that was on Netflix a few years ago that was dope...i'll try to find the name of it and update...

 

[FreedMind]

@Complexion struggling to catch the rhythm of Beat Takeshi's films. going to give them another try down the line.

@Erratic415 gonna see what long good Friday is all about.

 

[WIA20XX]

If you can handle Yakuza flicks that are more atmospheric - Sonatine is a classic. Don't expect a whole lot of action.



If you want HK Gangsters (Triad stuff is usually pretty good)

The Killer by John Woo



I'd also recommend A Better Tomorrow, Internal Affairs, Hard boiled

You want Indonesian Gangsters- The Raid and Raid 2





You want Mexican cartel? Sicario and No Country for Old Men

 

[MidniteJay]

All on Netflix

A Family a delinquent finds purpose with the Yakuza


Burn Out. Not high tier drama but a good watch, about a superbike racer forced to run drugs to save his baby mama.


The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill
Crime dramedy about a contract killer forced to take a sabbatical leave *This is a sequel but I watched it first and found it superior to the first movie. Up to you if you want to watch.

 

[SilverSamurai]

Le Cercle Rouge

The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil