10 of the best gangster movies of the last five years

next- In particular, with the increase of live streaming service options, new gangster movies with more initiatives are available to the audience to watch.

According to Ferraro, quoted by collider, In the following, we will introduce ten of the best films of the gangster genre in recent years:

1- Charlie Chabak (2023)

Directed by Philip Noys

This movie is an adaptation of the novel “Gun Monkeys” by Victor Gishler. Pierce Brosnan, James Caan (in his last role) and Morena Baccarin star in that film.

The story of the film is that for twenty years “Charlie Swift” (played by Brosnan) has been a fixer and killer of a mob boss named Stan. Charlie is the only survivor after a rival boss strikes Stan and his crew. Charlie decides to avenge his friend and teams up with Marie (Baccarin), the ex-wife of one of the mobsters he killed. Charlie's only thought is revenge, even if it means losing his life in the process. This mission takes him across the country, rising well above his pay grade, to higher ranks, and taking out every member of the crew. Nimble Charlie combines gangster movies with a classic revenge action storyline. Brosnan does an effective job in the lead role commanding the film's presence and delivering a series of notable kills and action sequences.

2- King of Algeria (2023)

Directed by Elias Blackdar

This film is about a fugitive gangster named “Omar” nicknamed “Omar the Strawberry”, who must stay in Algiers for the rest of his life in order to escape the implementation of his twenty-year prison sentence by the French authorities. He earns his living through various criminal activities. He and his criminal partner Roger have ruled the French underworld for decades, but now they have to come to terms with their new life in Algeria.

While their previous life was full of violence and decadence, they begin to take major steps towards a truly respectable lifestyle. The beauty of this movie is its inherent comedy, which there are few examples of in the genre of gangster movies.

3- Pamphyr (2022)

Directed by Dmytro Sukholitky Sobchuk

Pamfir wants to be a decent family man, but challenging circumstances force him to give up his honest bread-making to help his family. When reformed smuggler Pamfir returns to his village on the Ukrainian border after several years working abroad, he is determined to live an honest life and be a good role model for his beloved teenage son, Nazar. However, in a part of the world where corruption runs deep and crime and religion are inextricably linked, his plan is quickly thwarted.

He starts working with a criminal syndicate and engages in the dangerous business of smuggling. Pamphyr is violent, raw and bloody, but also a tender portrait of a family man trying to raise his son well despite his murky past. The theme of the film is to examine the border between good and evil and fate versus free will in our complex modern world. The film focuses more on the turmoil and inner conflict of a man who is trying to do better for the sake of those around him.

4- Countless Saints of Newark (2021)

Directed by Alan Taylor

A film in the genre of drama and crime, which is actually a prelude to the events and characters of the successful TV series The Sopranos, which aired on HBO from 1999 to 2007. The story of the film is about a boy who grows up in one of the most turbulent times in the history of Newark and just as rival gangsters are gaining power and goes through his teenage years, eventually becoming the powerful boss of a criminal gang. Young Tony has a close relationship with his uncle “Dicky Multisanti” (played by Alessandro Nivola) and considers him his role model. This relationship takes them to dangerous and violent places. Uncle Tony, who is busy managing his professional responsibilities and personal life, has a lot of influence on his niece and wants to make her the boss of the city's criminals.

5- Equalizer 3

Directed by Antoine Fuqua

This movie is a sequel to the Equalizer 2 and the last part of the Equalizer trilogy, which is based on a TV series of the same name. In this movie, “Denzel Washington” plays the role of Robert McCall, a retired American special security agent. McCall travels to Italy to recover the money of an American pensioner who was hacked by Italian cybercriminals, where he is injured by a boy from a mafia family after disrupting and destroying the first mafia group, and is accidentally found by a local policeman. and is treated. During the treatment, he gets to know and befriend the friendly people of the small village, and after a while, he realizes that his new friends are being harassed and blackmailed by the local mafia group of southern Italy, the Camorra, that's where he decides to help his new friends, and of course In the final scenes of the film, the simple inhabitants of that small village also decide to help him in this way and rise against the local mafia. The Equalizer trilogy has always worked effectively and excitingly in creating a balance between crime and high-stakes action.

6- Gentleman

Directed by Guy Ritchie

This film is a joint production of Britain and America. The film follows an American cannabis wholesaler in the UK who is looking to sell his business, which sets off a chain of blackmail and schemes to undermine him. The film shows the life story of “Mickey Pearson”, who is considered one of the biggest criminals in Britain and leads a very powerful and large gang. Mickey Pearson tries to sell his large marijuana empire to a number of Oklahoma billionaires, which causes plans, hoaxes, conspiracies and betrayals to operate against him and more people seek to take over his empire.

Guy Ritchie has always been defined by his own style and voice as a director, which shines well in this gangster action film with a comedy orientation. Almost every character in the film gets a moment to shine with their intersecting and different storylines, all of which are concluded in a satisfying and effective way. The Gentleman is easily the funniest gangster movie in years, but it's also one of the most effective in terms of gangster movies.

7- Traitor

Directed by Marco Bellocchio

This movie is about the life of Tommaso Bushetta, an Italian gangster who is a member of the Sicilian mafia. He was a member of the mafia who became one of the first members of the mafia to become an informant and describe the inner workings of the organization. After the murder of several members of his family, he became disillusioned with the mafia and decided to cooperate with the legal authorities in 1984. During the largest anti-mafia trial in history, he gave very important testimonies in the courts between 1986 and 1987. Busheta was a priority of the US witness protection program until his death in 2000.

The story of the film is about him as a mafia informant in Sicily in the midst of a conflict between two mafia bosses over the heroin trade. The film is partly a story of family and revenge, with the kind of violent sequences that can be found in a mafia film. Traitor takes the aspects that have made Italian gangster stories so compelling over the years and combines it with realistic elements at its core to make it even more compelling. This film was screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019.

8-Sharkhar (2020)

Directed by David Ayer

This movie is the story of two villains named David and Creeper who work for the head of a criminal gang named Wizard, but when Wizard's rival returns, the situation becomes difficult for them.

David is a family man who acts as a clown for several high-ranking Los Angeles gang members. David's partner Creeper travels the country with him to make sure people pay their debts or face the consequences. Meanwhile, a threat from David's past returns to Los Angeles and proves to jeopardize everything David has worked for.

9- Highway officers (2019)

Directed by John Lee Hancock

Highway Patrol was written by John Fasco and stars Kevin Costner, Woody Harrelson, Kathy Bates, John Carroll Lynch and Thomas Mann, William Sadler. The decision to make such a film goes back to 2005, when Robert Redford and Paul Newman were supposed to play the main roles in the film, but for some reason, the project was not implemented until 2018, when Netflix acquired the right to produce the film. He started the project with Costner and Harrelson.

The story of the movie takes place in Texas, and two former rangers named Frank Hammer (played by Kevin Costner) and Minnie Galt (played by Woody Harrelson) are hired to destroy the famous gangsters Bonnie and Clyde in the 1930s.

“Bonnie Parker” and “Clyde Barrow” were an American criminal couple who broke the record of breaking the law for about two years and had a lot of fans for themselves. The film received mixed reviews, but critics praised the actors' performances.

10- Capon (2020)

Directed by Josh Trank

In this film, Tom Hardy plays the role of Al Capone, one of the notorious mafia bosses. This movie follows Capone's life after spending 11 years in prison. In addition to Hardy, the film also stars Linda Cardellini, Jack Lowden, Matt Dillon and Noel Fisher.

Interestingly, Capone captures the often forgotten and less glamorous side of Al Capone's life to create one of the most unique and innovative gangster films ever made. The film follows Capone's final years after spending ten years in prison and slowly but surely dying of syphilis-induced dementia, offering a harrowing look at the final hours of his life, haunted by his past actions. Was. In that movie, Tom Hardy was able to imagine Capon's deteriorating mental spiral with gravity and power.