2. • Also referred to mob movies
• Subgenre to crime movies
• Arguable overlap with Film Noir
Origins of the genre
Earliest surviving
American Gangster
film is “The Black
Hand” (1906)
3. • What’re the characteristics of Mob/Gangster Films?
Rivalry
Crime in the pursuit of
wealth
Stealing Valued Objects
4. • Examples of Crime Movies
• Scarface
• The Godfather (All 3)
• Goodfellas
• Lawless