History
Widely considered the first crime film
The Great Train Robbery (1903)
Directed the Godfather trilogy
Francis Ford Coppola
Credited with reinventing the genre.
The Godfather (1974)
What this genre typically does with criminals
Glorifies/romanticizes
Widely considered one of the original gangster films
Little Caesar (1931)
Directed Taxi Driver and Goodfellas
Martin Scorsese
First FBI film which was released as a response to the gangster genre
G-Men (1935)
Word for having value in possessions
Materialistic
Reason why Hollywood stopped making them for quite a bit
Violence
Directed Little Caesar
William A Wellman
This film is a perfect example of violence in the gangster genre with it's murder count totaling 43
Scarface (1932)
1: This type focuses on the grimmer side of crime
2: This type focuses on a criminal's moral dilemma
1: Crime thriller
2: Crime drama
The period known for being universally sad where the gangster films first got started and where crime films got into high gear
The Great Depression
Directed the most famous Scarface movie
Brian de Palma
This film veers away from the stereotypical gangsters, instead taking place in the slums of Rio without any suit wearing whites
City of God (2002)
Stereotypical ethnicity for gangsters
Italian