Forget 'The Godfather,' This 79-Minute Crime Classic Is the Perfect Guilty Pleasure

Forget 'The Godfather,' This 79-Minute Crime Classic Is the Perfect Guilty Pleasure




What is it about the gangster genre that demands such endless fascination? 120 years from its beginnings in the 10-minute 1906 silent film The Black Hand, the likes of The Godfather and Goodfellas have captivated moviegoers with their tales of organized crime life. To this day, the genre retains prominence, with Collider providing a list in March of the 25 best gangster movies of the last five years. The fact that a century-old genre can still produce enough acclaimed films to justify a "25 best of the last five years" list speaks to its enduring appeal. But while The Black Hand may have set the stage for the gangster film, it would be 1931's Little Caesar, one of the earliest and easily one of the best, that would define the genre in the future.


What is it about the gangster genre that demands such endless fascination? 120 years from its beginnings in the 10-minute 1906 silent film The Black Hand, the likes of The Godfather and Goodfellas have captivated moviegoers with their tales of organized crime life. To this day, the genre retains prominence, with Collider providing a list in March of the 25 best gangster movies of the last five years. The fact that a century-old genre can still produce enough acclaimed films to justify a "25 best of the last five years" list speaks to its enduring appeal. But while The Black Hand may have set the stage for the gangster film, it would be 1931's Little Caesar, one of the earliest and easily one of the best, that would define the genre in the future.

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