When you think of concepts that define “American”, things like baseball, apple pie, muscle cars spring to mind. Well another category has to be included and that is the classic American gangster film. Therefore, we have come up with a list of essential films that transcend to the top of this genre...

Infernal Affairs (2002) So good, Scorsese remade it without bettering it. Andrew Lau and Alan Mak’s two-mole thriller inspired The Departed, but Tony Leung and Andy Lau’s cop-crook tango throws deeper, darker, deadlier shapes than Damon and DiCaprio’s double act. Lau/Mak’s inspiration was Face/Off,...