10 Most Iconic Gangster Films of Hollywood's Golden Age
Hollywood's Golden Age of Cinema can, for the most part, be categorized as the time before the New Hollywood Era of the 1970s began. In that stretch of time, cinema evolved in multiple ways. One genre in particular has evolved into more of a style rather than a genre, a type of crime film that existed more in the Golden Age of Hollywood. That's the gangster genre.
From the 1930s to the 1960s, there were various iterations of the gangster film. There are conventional gangster films like The Public Enemy, Scarface (1932), and Little Caesar that defined a genre. Then there are films like On the Waterfront or Touch of Evil that utilize specific stylistic elements of the gangster film to create a new kind of crime classic. With such a wide range of gangster films, there are definitely some more iconic than others.
Bullitt Brought Gangsters to Cop Thrillers Released:...
From the 1930s to the 1960s, there were various iterations of the gangster film. There are conventional gangster films like The Public Enemy, Scarface (1932), and Little Caesar that defined a genre. Then there are films like On the Waterfront or Touch of Evil that utilize specific stylistic elements of the gangster film to create a new kind of crime classic. With such a wide range of gangster films, there are definitely some more iconic than others.
Bullitt Brought Gangsters to Cop Thrillers Released:...
- 9/14/2024
- by Ben Morganti
- CBR
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