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Here is the list of the best gang movies of all time. These are films that focus on gangs, life as a gang member, and the conflicts between rival street gangs. This genre can also include hood movies, heist movies, and various other sub-genres. Unlike hood movies, however, gang films can be much more stylized as well as take place during various decades and points in time. There are quiet a few movies about Los Angeles gangs as well as movies about the Crips and Bloods. Life among street gangs can be difficult, to say the least. The conflicts spawned from such an environment can make for great drama and storytelling.
Including Boyz n the Hood and The Warriors, this list of the best gang movies has all of your favorite movies about growing up gangsters, gang violence, and protecting street reputations.
What are the top street gang movies of all time? The movies on this list are some of the best thug-life films anywhere.
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5,0621,443American History X
Edward Norton, Edward Furlong2
2,728902Gangs of New York
Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio- 32,856913
Menace II Society
Samuel L. Jackson, Jada Pinkett Smith - 43,706994
Bound by Honor
Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego - 53,9551,441
Boyz n the Hood
Ice Cube, Angela Bassett - 62,4621,049
Colors
Sean Penn, Robert Duvall - 72,573947
American Me
Edward James Olmos, William Forsythe - 82,8841,222
The Outsiders
Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage - 92,145816
A Bronx Tale
Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci - 103,4501,671
The Warriors
Mercedes Ruehl, Robert Townsend - 111,697838
End of Watch
Anna Kendrick, Jake Gyllenhaal - 121,907924
Four Brothers
Sofía Vergara, Mark Wahlberg - 131,657897
New Jack City
Chris Rock, Ice-T - 141,318728
Juice
Tupac Shakur, Samuel L. Jackson - 151,8391,000
Friday
Ice Cube, Meagan Good - 16981908
City of God
Alice Braga, Seu Jorge - 17960783
South Central
Glenn Plummer, Carl Lumbly - 181,037802
Green Street Hooligans
Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam - 19894710
Dead Presidents
Martin Sheen, Terrence Howard - 20836724
One Eight Seven
Samuel L. Jackson, Method Man - 21651795
West Side Story
Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno - 22855838
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Vivica A. Fox, Bernie Mac - 23670796
The Wanderers
Karen Allen, Olympia Dukakis - 24659468
Deuces Wild
James Franco, Debbie Harry - 25495660
Romper Stomper
Russell Crowe, Jacqueline McKenzie