didn't see a thread about this entry in the "ethnic organized crime" discussions.


OK.. Let's list the more well known Hollywood treatments.....



NEW JACK CITY



HOODLUM




AMERICAN GANGSTER




BLACK CAESAR




I never grouped most of the films from the early 70s era as real gangster movies because most of them were just cheaply and roughly produced..the so called blaxploitation era. Have been able to find some diamonds in the rough from that era and discovered some decent films(for dirt cheap).

Oddly enough, after Boyz In the Hood came out, a slew of neo-blaxploitation "hood" films came out, and I'm avoiding most of the films from that era also.



I'd like to know what your top 5 or classic 5 entries would be in a list of organized crime films with Black characters. And whether you've seen the 4 that are listed.