All 5 Gangster Movies That Won the Best Picture Oscar, Ranked

You can go back pretty far in time to find releases that support the idea of gangster movies having been pretty much always popular, to some extent. There was Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler in the silent era, which kind of laid the groundwork for the genre a little like how another Fritz Lang movie, Metropolis, laid the groundwork for sci-fi films going forward. And then by the time talkies were a thing, you had all the early gangster movies that really recognizably feel like they belong to the genre, because they're dated in terms of content, but not really basic structure, nor narratively. There’s still a lot that can be gotten out of watching the likes of Scarface (1932), Little Caesar, The Public Enemy, and White Heat, if the last of those can include itself within that early “classic” era of gangster movies.

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By: Jeremy Urquhart
Title: All 5 Gangster Movies That Won the Best Picture Oscar, Ranked
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Published Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:10:13 GMT