My Top 10 gangster movies : The Godfather (1972)

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I put this classic no where near the top of the ten as I feel it's more pastiche of what Italian mobsters are like from the old country than reality. Oscar winning Marlon Brando was so narked he had to audition for the film he didn't take the casting too seriously, stuffing cotton wool in his mouth and wearing his wedding suit.to perform the famously mumbling 'Don' Vito Corleone, in front of Francis Ford-Coppola. The kissing the hand mob boss always feesl cliche and no doubt this movie where the cliche was born from although as a child of the 1970s I didn't see thus until the late 80s. Its based on Mario Puzo's award winning book and evolved into the most famous trilogy of films to ever be made, each movie getting better and better as AL Pacino's character evolved likewise. The music is iconic as the look and will remain the greatest mafia film ever made to many although not to me. Its good but not great.