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The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Sex
Man tries to drug a woman
Money
Gangster steals wallet from the protagonist
Power
Gangster and criminal become rivals after fighting over a woman
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Little Ceaser
Money
this movie follows two main characters who move to chicago to get money. both succeed in different ways and get lots of money. Sex
sex is not prevalent since its an older film, but rather love is more prominant as joe falls in love with his dance partner Relatable
When rico tries to kill joe and is unable to, its relatable, becauuse it shows him as a person who cant kill his friend. Power
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The Public Enemy
Sex
Jean Harlow plays a sexy call girl. and the main character is constantly looking for sexy woman Power
The main character fights to keep power and there is alot of bloodshed so he can keep it Money
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The Big Sleep
Power
this film depicts the gangsters as having alot of power, and a detective trying to bring them down Money
the film depicts the gangsters as having alot of money through a casino All in all this film does not prove many aspects this timeline is trying to prove. It is our one main outlier and finds its way on to many lists due to being film noir and being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," and added it to the National Film Registry. -
On The Waterfront
Power
Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) gloats about his iron-fisted control of the waterfront Money
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Bonnie and Clyde
Relatable
This story is about a common thief who joins forces with one of his victims of burglary. this person he joins up with is the highly relatable bonnie, who is a someone tired of her dead end job. Sex
while there isnt anything to showy in this film due to the time period it was made, an interesting affection is shown between bonnie and clyde and love is shown rather than sex. Money
the crime duo violently rob banks and get larger sums of money in the later part of the film -
Dirty Harry
Power
In this movie power is gained through threats. scorpio uses threats to gain leverage Money
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The Godfather
Relatable
family oriented throughout movie “ a man who doesn’t spend time with his family can never be a real man” Sex
Sonny has sex with woman who isn’t his wife, and gets it whenever he wants Money
House is hugeConsiders a large amount of money a small investment Power
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The French Connection
Sex
Brief references to sex
Money
Drug deals and theft of money is shown in this film, $32 million shipment of high-grade heroin smuggled from Marseilles to New York
Power
The Protagonist Doyle struggles to keep his job together, but by taking down a heroin deal, he will regain his power and his job.
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The Godfather II
Sex
Characters visit a brothel.
Money
Serveral instances throughout the movie show money and is a symbol of power
Power
The mainstory centers around the Don, which is the highest title in the mafia, in this case the Corleone crime family.
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Scarface
Sex
Noodles, portrayed by Robert Deniro exposes himself and has sex with multiple woman throughout the movie
Money
Money is shown throughout the movie
Power
The movie is about childhood friends who rise from rags to riches through crime.
Relatable
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Once upon a time in America
Sex
Noodles, portrayed by Robert Deniro exposes himself and has sex with multiple woman throughout the movie
Money
Money is shown throughout the movie
Power
The movie is about childhood friends who rise from rags to riches through crime.
Relatable
Follows the life of childhood friends as they grow up over 40 years. -
The Untouchables
Power
This movie is based on a true story and it is related to a mob in Chicago controlled by Al Capone. He is so powerful and has his people in every part of Chicago. In politics, government, police department, business and at many other places.
Money
He is controlling all these places with his money. He is handling all his jobs by bribe. -
The Godfather III
IMDB Money/Power
Quote from IMDB (in link above) "Michael has returned to New York City, where he is using his enormous WEALTH and POWER to restore his dignity and reputation in the eyes of the public." Relatable
the movie ends in a relateble way as he recalls his first dances with the loves of his life, showing that above all he was just a regular guy who cared about his loved ones. -
Goodfellas
Sex
Some references to sex throughout the movie.
Money
Money is always shown throughout the movie and is a symbol of power
Power
The Protagonist raised to the top of crime
Relatable
Throughout the movie there are many close relationships and portray the average family. -
Blood In, Blood Out
This story is based on a true life experience of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca. This movie shows how crimes and narcotics affect him and his half brother's life. -
A Bronx Tale
Family, Power/Fear, Money this link explains how this movies main focuses are about family, money, and power. Relatable
despite all his foolish decisions, his family stands by him. Power
"I treat my men good, but not too good, or I'm not needed. I give just enough so that they need me, but they don't hate me," says Sonny -
Carlitos Way
Sex
Several explicit scenes of woman throughout the movie
Money
Al Pacinos close friend, Dave Kleinfeld, portrayed by Sean Penn, steals one million dollars in payoff money from a Italian mob-boss
Power
The protagonist portrayed by Al Pacino is finally set free from jail and begins to live a life without crime. However he becomes manipulated by his previous life and ends up back on the streets.
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Pulp Fiction
bedroom scene this scene shows it all. it shows a Relatable couple, who just won a ton of MONEY by winning a fight butch was suppossed to throw, and they have SEX -
The Usual Suspects
Sex
Several references to homosexual contact between men.
A man threatens to have another man's girlfriend "gruesomely violated" before being killed.
Money
There was $91 million worth of drug money when police investigated the boat explosion.
Power
The five men that were suspects and get revenge only to find out that they were being set up by Keyser Soze, a crime lord.
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Casino
Sex
Joe pesci has sex with dineros wife cause he has power and can protect her Money
The money room scene shows obscene amounts of money Power
Brute force is used constantly to enforce their power. Displays power when he does his own tv show. Relatable
Broken family, he has a daughter and doesn’t want the wife running off. So even though he has so much, he still has the same bad things in life that the average man has -
Young and Dangerous
This is a Hong Kong crime movie about a group of underground gangsters. This movie details their adventure in underground society of Hong Kong. This story is actually based on a popular comic book series named Teddy Boy. -
Donnie Brasco
You lose
Relatable
In this scene joe is having breakfast with his kids and is losing a bet to his daughter who comes off as more intelligent in this scene. Sex
Joe has a crazy love making scene with his wife on the staircase. Power
The bosses get lower people like donnie and lefty to do there work and collect there money Money
Donnie Brasco collects money for his bosses and its clear that they make a significant amount of money -
Lock, Stock and two smoking Barrels
Sex
The crime lord Harry Lonsdale is a “gang-land boss and porn king”
Money
The main story is about Eddy who loses £500,000 to a crime lord in a game of three card brag
Power
The protagonist are in debt to a powerful crime lord after losing a card game.
Relatable
Long time friends find themselves in a bad situation, they need each other in order to overcome their threat -
Snatch
Money
Main object of this movie is to having the 84 karat diamond. People are trying to have that diamond to sell to another person. Mobs, gangs, and businessmans were all trying to get that diamond.
Power
The power was a huge affect in this movie while trying to get to the diamond. This is an another movie that is related to money and power in gangster movies. -
City of God
Power
In this movie Ze pequeno aquires power by eliminating all others in the drug bussines except for one, Carrot. Ze and Carrot fight for power and have an all out war for complete control of the drugs in the favela (ghetto) Relatable
this movie is highly relatable since it shows the characters from being kids to drug lords. they are average poor kids and its easy to relate to them -
Infernal Affairs
Sex
Money
Drug deals and large sums of money throughout the movie
Power
Both protagonist infiltrate opposing parties, one is in the police and one is part of the Triads. They both slowly rise in position of power.
Relatable
The protagonist Chan and Lau become accustomed to their double life and want to erase their background. Relatable to how people want to start over with a new life. -
Road to Peridition
In this movie, Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. This movie is about to get a revenge from the people who wronged him and protecting a child from being shot to death. -
The Departed
Sex
Dicaprios character, Costigan begins a relationship with Madolyn Madden, Farmiga. Money
Money and drug dealing is shown throughout the movie Power
Both protagonist infiltrate opposing parties, one is in the police and one is in the mob. They both slowly rise in position of power. Relatable
Father-son relationship throughout the movie. Jack Nicholson acts as a father figure to both Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCarpio. -
American Gangster
Power
Displays power by killing in public. By doing this in public it shows he has no fear and that all around him should fear him. Relatable
The main character is relatable because has family and loves and fights with them throughout the movie Sex
sex is prevalent in this movie from the detective getting some, to the room full of naked woman who sort out the cocain
