Bandoff - Movie Edition - Gangster Films

[StillSpike]

As promised, the first genre for Bandoff - Movie Edition has been selected by the jury, and it's going to be Gangster Films.

The Academy have selected the following 18 movies to go into the group stages automatically, so we're looking for suggestions for the remaining 6 slots - I'll stop it when we get to 24, unless there's a really good one that the jury thinks should squeeze in somehow)

The 24 entrants will be split into 4 groups of 6, voted on by the board (3 votes in each group) and the top 4 from each group will go forward to the final 16.

The list of entrants (alpha order)

1 A Bronx Tale
2 Casino
3 Get Carter
4 Goodfellas
5 Legend
6 Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels
7 Once Upon a Time in America
8 Pulp Fiction
9 Reservoir Dogs
10 Road to Perdition
11 Scarface
12 Sexy Beast
13 The Godfather
14 The Godfather Pt II
15 The Krays
16 The Ladykillers (1955)
17 The Long Good Friday
18 The Untouchables

[Dunners]

In Bruges
American Gangster
Fargo
Leon

[Dunners]

No Country for Old Men

[Dunners]

City of God
French Connection

[Dunners]

Infernal Affairs
Boyz In The Hood

[Dunners]

The Sting

[StillSpike]

Oh sh*t - wow - might have to be 4 groups of 7 cos all those deserve to go in

[Dunners]

A History of Violence

[StillSpike]

Closed !

[StillSpike]

I can already tell I'm going to heartbroken at the end of the Group stage.

[Dunners]

This will be tough. There will be tragic casualties, but it's what these films would've wanted.

[StillSpike]

Entries Closed - the 28 films up for Bandoff Gangster Movies edition are:

1 A Bronx Tale
2 American Gangster
3 Boyz In The Hood
4 Casino
5 City of God
6 Fargo
7 French Connection
8 Get Carter
9 Goodfellas
10 In Bruges
11 Infernal Affairs
12 Legend
13 Leon
14 Lock Stock & 2 Smoking Barrels
15 No Country for Old Men
16 Once Upon a Time in America
17 Pulp Fiction
18 Reservoir Dogs
19 Road to Perdition
20 Scarface
21 Sexy Beast
22 The Godfather
23 The Godfather Pt II
24 The Krays
25 The Ladykillers (1955)
26 The Long Good Friday
27 The Sting
28 The Untouchables

These will be Random drawn into 4 groups of 7 films - top 4 from each group to go through

[The Mindsweep]

What, no Bugsy Malone?

[StillSpike]

What, no Bugsy Malone?

Will have to try his luck in Family (or musicals?)

Draw coming up....

[StillSpike]

The Draw has been made - already upset.

[Long slender neck]

No The Departed?

[Dunners]

I suggested Infernal Affairs instead as, IMO, the original is superior to the remake.