Al Pacino shines in Brian de Palma's 1983 crime drama, Scarface. This film chronicles Tony Montana's rise and fall in 1980s Miami. Michelle Pfeiffer and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio co-star.
Mervyn LeRoy's Little Caesar, released in 1931, stars Edward G. Robinson and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. It follows Caesar Enrico "Little Caesar" Bandello's ruthless rise in Chicago's organized crime.
William A. Wellman's The Public Enemy, released in 1931, stars James Cagney as Tom Powers, a young man rising to prominence in Prohibition-era Chicago. Jean Harlow and Joan Blondell co-star.
Quentin Tarantino's 1994 classic, Pulp Fiction, features John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, and Bruce Willis. It intertwines multiple stories set in the 1990s Los Angeles criminal underworld.
Howard Hawks' 1932 adaptation of Scarface stars Paul Muni as Tony Camonte, an Italian immigrant's rise in 1920s Chicago's crime world. Boris Karloff and George Raft also star.
Arthur Penn's 1967 film, Bonnie and Clyde, stars Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. It dramatizes Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow's violent criminal spree in Depression-era Texas.
James Cagney delivers a stellar performance in the 1949 noir crime drama, White Heat. He plays Cody Jarrett, a ruthless gang leader planning a payroll heist while being pursued by an undercover agent.
Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part II, hailed as a masterpiece, follows Michael Corleone's control over the Corleone family and young Vito Corleone's rise to power. It's a timeless classic.