In Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, Denzel Washington plays the title character, North Carolina-born Frank Lucas, a Harlem drug kingpin who, back during the Vietnam War, became both ghoulishly ...

The gangster genre comes in all forms, covering anything from comedy to revenge, and some of the best ever made are largely forgotten.

Movies like Wrath of Man, Nobody, and The Outfit are the best gangster movies from recent years that everyone should see.