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THEME EXPLORATION

1930s gangsters

14 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Dead End
Dead End
1937 · William Wyler
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
Die Jagd nach dem Gluck
1930 · Jean Renoir
Kansas City
Kansas City
1996 · Robert Altman
Me and Orson Welles
Me and Orson Welles
2008 · Richard Linklater
Pure Love
Pure Love
1930 · Mikio Naruse
The Saddest Music in the World
The Saddest Music in the World
2003 · Guy Maddin
The Shimpu Group
The Shimpu Group
1933 · Kenji Mizoguchi
The Exile
The Exile
1981 · Peter Greenaway
Drunken Monkey
Drunken Monkey
2003 · Kar-leung Lau
Memories of Prison
Memories of Prison
1984 · Nelson Pereira dos Santos
The Exile
The Exile
1947 · Max Ophuls
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
2008 · Kim Jee-woon
Brothers Five
Brothers Five
1970 · Lo Wei
Impulse
Impulse
1954 · Cy Endfield
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Howard Hawks → USA

His films like 'Scarface' (1932) and 'The Big Sleep' (1946) defined the gangster and crime thriller genres with gritty realism and complex morally ambiguous characters.

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