Mark has just got out of the nick after a four year stretch, determined to make something of himself he forms a gang with his psycho mate, Ozzi. As the group become more and more powerful they begin to upset the established hierarchy of the city's underworld and with Ozzi increasingly out of control all hell is about to take a stroll. Going Off Big Time is a good example of the recent deluge of British gangster flicks, both funny and brutal in turns. find out more...

Irish Sicilian Henry Hill always wanted to be a gangster and from running errands as a small boy, he graduates to becoming a trusted member of the "family". A stunning, violent and essential portrait of the Mafia's intimate details. An award winning film, superbly crafted by Scorsese. find out more...

A soldier returns home from his tour of duty only to find that many things have changed in his small town. Rootless, he joins up with a local triad boss and his mistress, who seem like the ideal new family, but all will not end well in this critique of Korean society. "Lee's sense of his characters as unwitting victims of the moral/economic/architectural climate they live in is anchored in brilliantly judged imagery and in an acute sensitivity to ambiguities of mood and feeling." Trivia; Lee Cha find out more...

From the writings of Damyon Runyon comes this classic musical about a gambler with a heart of gold, who falls for a Salvation Army girl. Some great songs, including "Fugue for Tinhorns", "Luck Be a Lady" and "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat". find out more...

Small time gangster's moll Blondie kidnaps a big-wig local politico's junkie wife in order to secure her husband's release from the local mafiosi. Altman's homage to his hometown is a swirl of bourbon soaked atmospherics on the themes of love, crime, race and politics, grafted onto a fine jazz soundtrack. find out more...

The chameleon-like Pfeiffer plays a not-so-merry mafia widow in this refreshingly well played crime comedy. Modine is the undercover FBI agent who reluctantly falls for the unsuspecting woman whilst trying to locate her dead husband's ill-gotten gains. Surprisingly entertaining. find out more...

It's 1929 on America's East coast. In an unnamed city, Leo and his right hand man Tom run the show unchallenged, but their friendship is threatened when they fall for the same girl and a bloody struggle for power erupts among their fellow gangsters. Classy, witty, violent and utterly brilliant. find out more...

From the writer of American Ultra (Max Landis) comes this action-packed, romcom about meeting Mr Right, but then finding out he has a double life. Hyperactive at the best of times, Martha (Anna Kendrick; Pitch Perfect) has gone full-on manic since her latest breakup. She babbles, parties like a monster, cooks everything in sight - and is looking to do something terrible wh find out more...

This stylish caper thriller starts with three master thieves planning to steal a Modigliani masterpiece near Paris. Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung and Cheri Chung are the trio of international art thieves who come up against an army of Triad gunmen and each other, and all for the love of A1 babe, Chung! Lots of great choreography and no-holds-barred action. find out more...

The notorious Pepe Le Moko is a wanted man, women long for him, rivals hope to destroy him, and the law is breathing down his neck at every turn. On the lam in Algiers' labyrinthine Casbah, Pepe is safe from the clutches of the police until a Parisian playgirl compels him to risk his life and leave its confines once and for all. Julien Duvivier's 'Pepe Le Moko' is one of the most influential films of the 20th Century and a landmark of French poetic realism, sinuous camerawork, dingy sets, deep s find out more...