Cinema history is crime-ridden. In 1901, a French short called Histoire d’un crime told the story of a burglar who commits murder and is sent to the guillotine. In 1903, the American short The Great ...

From Tony Montana to Al Capone himself, these are the best gangster movie characters over the last century, played by titans like Pacino and De Niro.

For decades, gangsters and mobsters have intrigued audiences and were popularized by classic films such as The Public Enemy, The Godfather, and Goodfellas. While audiences marvel over the iconic ...