Top 10 Movie Portrayals of Real Life Gangsters 

@@patrickbryce4109 Not at all. That was a sugar dispenser. He used it to ask Idris Elba's character to put the money he owed him in it. When he said he didn't have it, you see what happens next. In a deeper filmmaking analysis, it also means to say that Frank Lucas aint sweet.

Denzel going head-to-head with Russell Crowe was a clinic on acting, that scene in the Interrogation room was brilliant!

RIP the real frank lucas, died a week ago

Johnny deep as whitey bulger in dark matter.could easily be on the list.

dmanrox2 ? You serious? Fuck that guy

Funner Fact: Clarence Williams III was in both movies. Dutch Shultz henchman in Hoodlum and Bumpy Johnson in A.G

Whoa, I have to watch Hoodlum now.

Fun fact many people including bumpys wife said frank was a liar and wasnt bumpys driver

@@j.d.8321 people saying things doesn't make it fact. Including the wife and Frank Lucas

If you couldnt figure that out you didnt watch American gangster and deprived yourself of a grand movie

So true, dont 4get the gr8 Al pacino

@Dan Christie well he does better acting than living a real life, depends on what you call a punk, pretty sure he's doing better than you

And they just met again in the irishmen

True!

No Doubt

And his parents have a real good marriage

and Clarence lives at home with both parents and Clarence's parents have a real good marriage This guy don't wanna battle, He's shook 'Cause there no such thing as half-way crooks

clarence lives at home with both parents, clarence parents have a real good marrige

fuck it i'll go accapella

Hahahahahahahahahha

He peeked at that role tbh

Ray liottas a shit actor who only did well because of Scorsese’s direction

Ray Liotta gave his best performance in the 2002 film Narc. Watch it and you will see.

Ray liotta went to the same high school i went to..my father said he was a prick

He got outshined hard on Goodfellas. De Niro and Pesci carried that shit

Good choice.

'sup

***** don vito corleone for the win

***** I should imagine some of Tarantinos and Rodriguez's creations would make top 5, some of the gangsters from Guy Ritchie movies, id watch it ^_^

I feel like this is a déjavu as in..seen this before

I'm confused. Isn't Joe Pesci's character in Goodfellas also a gangster? Why isn't he on the list?

No Bogart or Cagney either? Ha!

Joe pesci ? Wtf is he not doing on this list

Blasphemy!

@@charlesrast4235 real life depiction.......real life

Cause stupidity

One of the best gangster movies

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Cameron Savage I know right I think this one was just for singular gangsters not duos or groups

It was fucking terrible he put on a stupid voice for one of them and a moody face

@@Sebastian-Tickleberry You clearly haven't seen a video of the pair.

Blind man walks past a fish market and says "hello ladies"

Since moses wore board shorts

What kind of shoes do ninjas wear? Sneakers

A Chinese guy goes to an eye doctor and the doctor says, "I know why you've been having trouble. you have a cataract." and the Chinese guy says, "No I drive a rincon continental,"

Sopranos ftw

Sick

Bronx Tale is another classic. Liked the Cadillac of the boss.

Tyrone Newsom man I swear it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 if he was coming after me I'll turn my self I'm 😂😂😂😂😂just no getting away

It was all going good until he made the mistake of involving family in his business. Number one mistake people make. Just give them money, but don't let family anywhere near your biddness. That's my motto.

Too bad movie is NOT true story of Frank Lucas's life. Hollywood just took parts of other drug kingpins lives, like Bumpy Johnson, Nicky Barnes, Chambers Brothers, Midget Molly, etc...and combined all their stories into Frank's story. Originally, movie and book were supposed to be about Nicky Barnes, but Barnes's family and Hollywood couldn't come to agreement with money and contracts. So, instead they took Nicky's drug dealing accomplishments and put them into Frank's story. Examples....In reality, Frank never really traveled to Vietnam or anywhere outside U.S to find drug suppliers. Also, he wasn't really that big of a drug dealer and wasn't powerful like movie made it seem.

Snitch!!!!

@@kimmie6924 um, it's called actual history.......Nicky Barnes was the bigger and more nasty kingpin back in the day. Frank Lucas, in reality, was only a bit player compared to Barnes.

Was about to comment this!

Bruh why did you use so many damn words? You could’ve just said “Tom Hardy - Legend” and we all would’ve known... 😂

Hello Max, long time no see ;)

@@kjb6637 Bruh why did you use so many words. You could've just said "Too much word. Hardy-Legend. Ugga Booga." ... Its called speaking proper English.

@@rowanmelton7643 you’re a bit slow aren’t you… using too many words in a sentence isn’t sPeAkInG pRoPeR eNgLisH (it would be writing btw smart-arse 👍), it’s called being garrulous and it’s widely regarded as a sign of poor language skills… try not to comment on things when you’re blatantly wrong, you just make yourself sound like a nob 🙌 (golden bit of advice for you)

Leo Bergner facts

joe pesci was born to play a gangster,he's seen it up close,he got robbed,but hell its part of hollywood and the pay off

He was certainly brilliant in his roles but he wasn't mentioned cause his characters weren't the main characters in the films I guess

A little bit.

Well obviously! Bad words can lead to our beloved youth becoming corrupt and incapable of functioning as contributing members of society. Guys getting shot in the head is innocent, because...wait, where was I going with this? lol america, indeed.

MrYaneia actually that guy that got shot in the head there's no blood he just fell and there's a noise

Yeah because the guy getting shot in the head is not real, it's fake, just like all the violence portrated in movies.

Phantom Elite not sure if you noticed or not but that other dead guy he fell on was covered in blood, two corpses one covered in blood or the word fuck, hmmmm which is worse for children🤔

Nothing to see here just another stupid European getting American mixed up with Canada.

blinkatreyu Sexy bitch

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blinkatreyu Stunning Super Girl !

y'all are creeps... but god damn she is sexy

I would put Deniro at 1 for Goodfellas.

​@@randycunningham7318Me too

Montana wasn't based on a real life gangster. it was fiction and based on a old movie with the same title.

@@hollowclyde3433 so WHAT???! Pacino brought the character to LIFE, and made Tony M BELIEVABLE and worth paying $$$$ to go to a theater to watch! that was 1980 pardner, OK?! Pacino's portrayal was spot ON, FICTION OR NOT. That is WHY he is one of the finest Actors who ever LIVED. he brings LIFE and SUBSTANCE to the characters he portrays. NEXT???

@@davidmcpherson1347 I am a fan of scarface myself its just this video is titled "real life gangsters" so i can see why he isnt in here. Still the movie is great.

@@hollowclyde3433 .... I agree, it was a great movie, and, in regards to Portrayals of real life gangsters (fictionalized or not) Pacino's portrayal of TM was as REAL as it gets ..... a few of the movie portrayals were fictionalized in the top 10 but after all, these are MOVIES, factual OR fictionalized. Pacino, Deniro, Washington, Fishburne, Pesci, Garcia, Brando, Caan, ect... take these portrayals and BECOME the characters. THEY set the standard NOW, as others have before them ~ Kudos

Tony Montana was one of the best and most iconic movie characters of all time but he is far from realistic to what an actual gangster is like

+miklas1911 The Frank Costello in The Departed is different than the real life Frank Costello. I mean, look at the cars in the movie, and then look at Costello's age.

+miklas1911 dude what? The Departed's Frank Costello has NOTHING to do w/ real life Frank Costello

Carlos Eduardo Miranda He is partially based on Whitey Bulger though. The whole Boston mob boss who is also an FBI informant bit

+miklas1911 Pesci in Goodfellas was probably the most frightening, badass gangster character of all time, but it was fictional. Still a great performance though.

+Richie A Pesci character was based on Thomas DeSimone though (check wikipedia): I think that should be enough to include Pesci on the list.

It’s Ray Liotta

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Watchmojo is a professional business that does more than make RU-vid top ten videos. They do a lot of other stuff, and these videos appear in other places with all ages access. It makes sense they censor the word fuck

kirk mitchell so explain the gore that's not censored...carry on watching them top ten saw traps preschoolers

that's a valid argument, and one that I honestly did not think of. But at the same time, many are desensitized to violence, yet still find language offensive (go figure). But I also don't really see why them bleeping out fuck is really a big deal.

Raul Gonzales a

How it changes

plm2879 absolutely. Havent watched the video yet but also “nicky santoro” in casino deserves a spot. Loved tom hardy in legends. Depp made for a terrifying bulger

Depp was a horrible White. Maybe because I'm from Boston and still am, is why I have the opinion I do. He looked the part, but the movie was rushed to get out ASAP because real Whitey had just got caught.

Johnny Depp as Whitey Bulger YES! YES! YES! Thank you! thought i loose faith in mankind :)

@@carpiedeim so are you talkin about the movie and script or depp's portrayal? i saw a making of or such and people said depp NAILED it, movement, mannerisms everything

@@TOKRocK84 I think Depp looked the part wonderfully, as far as playing Whitey, he could have done better. To me it was a recycled Boston George, but this time he was a rat sociopath. The blame isn't Depp's fault, in all honesty I don't think any other actor could have pulled of the performance that he did. W/ that being said, Im not saying that his performance was great, or something to be amazed by, I'm simply saying that because the Studio wanted to bang out the film as fast as possible, because of the capture of Whitey, they rushed the project and it showed, at least to me it did. Again Depp did a Good job, not a C.H. more, & that's better than anyone else I can think of, since they all butcher the dog shit out of the accent. Bottom line my friend, is if they had a director that had the interest, the money, the script, Johnny Depp again, but most importantly, The Time, then this film, could have, been a fuckn classic. Maybe I'm a cynical bastard because I'm born in the Bean & live in the Bean, so I expect more from Boston, plus the story wrote itself & that makes it hard to fuck up, but they only half fucked it up. Take care pal.

They literally played a clip of him from that movie at the beginning, pay attention.

He was the 1st clip

they usually try to stick to one spot on the list per installment in a franchise, and DeNiro already made the #3 spot on this list for his role in that film

He was mentioned in the #3 spot as basically an honorable mention. If you don't like the videos, stop watching them.

Dwane Dabney Honourable mention is a joke. Watch Casino, then watch the real life documentary on the events of Casino. If Pesci's portrayal doesn't belong on this list nothing does. And yes I have since stopped watching Watchmojo's clickbait garbage.

SkyOut only difference was physical stature

Pecsi was the perfect Tony "The Ant" Spilotro (Nicky Santoro).

Fuck dinero as Capone, Joe was a good Nikki.

fuck you pay me

Gangster cheese that quotes from casino not goodfellas

You mean, let me understand this … cuz I … maybe its me, maybe I’m a little fucked up maybe. I’m funny how? I mean funny, like I’m a clown? I amuse you? I make you laugh? I’m here to fuckin’ amuse you?

You say funny things, thats all

KINGCNT nope its from goodfellas trust me

In The god father aren't gangsters

A mob and a gand have vast differences in enterprizes, fuctionallity, chain of command, and how long they tend to last.

The Corleone crime family were fictional unfortunately, there were real depictions of the other real Dons in the movie but they didn’t have enough screen time in my opinion to be worthy of this list

The title says REAL life gangsters - The Godfather is absolutely amazing, but fictional ^^

its because this list is made by a liberal

Michael Gwinn he didn't want to be

Why did Deniros Sam Rothstein get a mention? He was not a gangster he was a money maker for them.. Nicky was the gangster and didn't make this list?

@@denontaufa1568 he wasnt a made man but he was definitely considered a gangster. He was just brains not muscle.

It could be because the real life gangsters they played have different names to the on screen ones

Wasn't that the two guys from Depeche Mode?

Those 2 movies. Came out in 2015

@@marccolten9801 tom hardy did legends, martin and gary kemp of depache mode , played the krays in the fim called the krays, i think they were both very good,

Depp as John Dillinger

@@marccolten9801 Not Depeche Mode - Spandau Ballet; the Kemp brothers. That was the earlier movie done decades before. It was more stylish yet they were at least as creepy if not more so than Hardy, but the Hardy movie went into the background of explaining why the twins might have behaved like they did.

Exactly!

+Stacy James My favorite real life gangster is an actual real life actor.

Who's that? Frank R

the very true story was "paid in full" but they changed the names of the characters.

the guy who that movie was based upon said he disagreed with it. scorsese movies like goodfellas do much better job portraying reality of the situation, but they are always films that take dramatic license.....that is the entire point of making an entertaining movie out of it

John Dillinger wasn't strictly a gangster. He robbed banks but he was never working for or a head of a crime syndicate.

+Andreas Sanchez Agreed. Goodfellas is a classic

He plays a psychopath to perfection, playing someone like that suits him very well

Maybe, but Denzel looked absolutely nothing like Frank Lucas, the real Frank Lucas looked like a heap of crap, literally.

Paramjit Atwal yeah but what movie isn't predictable nowadays? haha

Scorsese was majorly snubbed for director too.

TheSlagathorr I'm not a fan of Scorsese but calling him a snub is just stupid,even if u dislike him like i do you should agree and accept that Martin made some movies that probably 90% of earth population seen at least one of his movies,what have you done on this earth that allows you to say something like that?when you will make a movies that makes hundreds of dollars box office then you call him a "Snub" .Just respect the guy for what he left in this cinema world.

razexxx20 I don't think you know what snub means...

Noooo. He said he got snubbed for an Oscar….meaning he was deserving of one but was denied of it.

That's part of the reason he's so, so good in a bronx tale, i think.

Oh, and! Ever see the video of casino dubbed over a sesame street burt and ernie clip? It's been around forever. I'll forget about it for a couple years, then remember; never not laughed at it. Hard.

Yeah thats a great character and a real one but knockout ned was better

Katipunero PH Yeah, good one..

He's on the drug dealers list

it was good, but i think casino was a better story as well as more complete and grandeur

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Godfather isn't a gangster movie imo it's more a drama movie.

***** Yeah but It's more of a deep story movie and feels different then most gangster movies.

***** I know right.

Masterpiece don't even describe it

Bahaha excellent reference

where's that from I'm having deja vu

Shawnlima231 its from the black mass trailer when johnny depp says to his brother just saying could get you killed

But at the end, only one will become a LEGEND, or actually two, Tom Hardy & Tom Hardy.

***** No, he wasn't. He was the leader of the Winter Hill Gang.

I agree, he should be honorable mention at least.

+Ryan Dervan this was from 2014 though, Black Mass was released in 2015

+Sunny Black Just after seeing that there. My bad

Ryan Dervan. Good movie!!

Top 5 portrayals for sure. Cam as Alpo too

@bee boo I don't know - they were both great in those parts.

Denzel, You don't mess with a West Indian my momma is from 🇬🇩

Walken in King of New York

followed by Casino

Casino too!

Yes yes agreed to both

The best Gangster filmic media: 1. THE GODFATHER 2. GOODFELLAS 3. THE SOPRANOS 4. SCARFACE Now you may continue...

I like ‘A Bronx Tale.’ “Now yous can’t leave.”

Dillinger was a bank robber. We're talking mafia here. But haven't seen that one with Depp. Good?

+jinhyun1 It was pretty good...John Dillinger was number 1 on America's most wanted list so he should have been on

They said at the beginning only people with gangs. not solo or 2.

+jinhyun1 yes, its better than his portrayel of Whitey bulger. But when it comes to the TOP crime movies (believe me i've seen all of them) are: (imo) Goodfellas, Casino, godfather 1 and 2 (3 isnt that good) Blood in blood out (one of the best and underrated) Donnie Brasco, The Departed, etc (there are a lot of crime movies, but very few are way up there like the ones mentioned above, and there are more good ones)

I love all these movies you mention. I also love Blood in Blood Out but doubt it will ever be considered seriously as a great crime drama, because it is somewhat stylized (probably unintentionally). American Me would probably get nods over it.

Movie hadn't come out yet when the video was made. Probably would've been if they waited a year to make the video.

oh yes! movie was rather meh though

@@devingilliam5601 ok thats an excuse i can accept :-)

@@TOKRocK84 Good because that's the only one I got.

Yeah he was great shame the movie was rubbish

Public enemy Johnny Depp too

& robert dr niro as conway in goodfellas! that's not on the list. as for the number 1 of the list, liotta was great, BUT it was pesci who got the oscar because his performance as tommy was excellent, he surpassed everyone and he isnt even in the list!

+henry Posadas Goodfellas was completely based on real events. Henry is based on Henry Hill, Jimmy Conway on Jimmy Burke and Tommy on Thomas DeSimone. The very same Hill said movie was about 90% accurate

Yeah he had a few problems after it. They caught him on drugs (Again) and the program even dumped him a few years before he died, of course Ray Liotta's ending was way better than real Henry's one

Pesci(

HIs name is Pesci.

Awesome movie! The John Travolta version sucked.

Like a western

Fucking watse of my time

"Looks like your brother has done a runner ..." "Nah, he's just genuinely disappointed, that's all ..."

IKR !!!!!!

this was made in 2014

Ethan Derby the original legend was made in 90's .. the new one is just a remake

yes but he said tom hardys legend

Public enemies????

Really?

Lol Really?

Nah, he was Johnny Depp on that. Purvis, played by Bale, was good tho

Bullshit everyone is john dillingers nephew ive seen about 100 of these comments 😂 saying theyre related to him .....damn everyones related to him .......im his nephew too 😂

THANK YOU...I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD CALL THAT OUT! ...JUST BECAUSE ONE GOT CLOSE MOB TIES, THAT DOESN'T MEAN S/HE'S A GANGSTER.