The gangster film is a subcategory of crime film. Although, they aren’t all serious necessarily, as gangster comedies do exist. Call them mobsters or what have you, but they are decidedly gangsters.

Here are 22 of the best gangster stories of all time—12 crime movies and 10 crime series that deliver action, suspense, ...

The movie was so successful that Hollywood made more than 50 gangster movies the following year. The most violent movie of 1932 was Scarface, starring Paul Muni as Tony Camonte, a Chicago mobster.