Following his commercial breakthrough with Alien ( 1979 ), his best-known works are sci-fi classic Blade Runner ( 1982 ), Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ), best picture Oscar-winner Gladiator ( 2000 ), Black Hawk Down ( 2001 ), Matchstick Men ( 2003 ), Kingdom of Heaven ( 2005 ), American Gangster ( 2007 ), Robin Hood ( 2010 ), and Prometheus ( 2012 ).

He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. 1 ( 2000 ), and director Brian Helgeland's film A Knight's Tale ( 2001 ).

In 2000 Klebnikov published the book titled " Godfather of the Kremlin: Boris Berezovsky and the looting of Russia " ( the 2001 edition was titled " Godfather of the Kremlin: The Decline of Russia in the Age of Gangster Capitalism "), there he elaborated his allegations from Forbes articles.

His work has been used in several other popular films, including Meet the Parents ( 2000 ), Ali ( 2001 ) and American Gangster ( 2007 ).

In 2001, Word Play Records reissued the album Gangster Chronicle, adding some ( but not all ) of the later material such as " How's Life in London " and " Pass The Rizla ".

Confidential ( 1997 ), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World ( 2003 ) Cinderella Man ( 2005 ), American Gangster ( 2007 ), 3: 10 to Yuma ( 2007 ) and Robin Hood ( 2010 ).

* Almog, Oz, Kosher Nostra Jüdische Gangster in Amerika, 1890 – 1980 ; Jüdisches Museum der Stadt Wien ; 2003, Text Oz Almog, Erich Metz, ISBN 3-901398-33-3

* Shadoian is a film scholar who wrote the monograph Dreams and Dead Ends: The American Gangster Film ( 1978, 2003 ).

* Almog, Oz, Kosher Nostra Jüdische Gangster in Amerika, 1890 – 1980 ; Jüdischen Museum der Stadt Wien ; 2003, Text Oz Almog, Erich Metz, ISBN 3-901398-33-3

( 1988 ) where several child actors were from the Dharavi slum, Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Parinda ( 1989 ), Sudhir Mishra's Dharavi ( 1991 ), Ram Gopal Varma's " Indian Gangster Trilogy " ( 1998 – 2005 ) and Sarkar series ( 2005 – 2008 ), Vikram Bhatt's Footpath ( 2003 ), Anurag Kashyap's Black Friday ( 2004 ) and No Smoking ( 2007 ), Madhur Bhandarkar's Traffic Signal ( 2007 ), Rajeev Khandelwal's Aamir ( 2008 ), and other films based on the Mumbai underworld.

* Almog, Oz, Kosher Nostra Jüdische Gangster in Amerika, 1890 – 1980 ; Jüdischen Museum der Stadt Wien ; 2003, Text Oz Almog, Erich Metz, ISBN 3-901398-33-3

* Almog, Oz, Kosher Nostra Jüdische Gangster in Amerika, 1890 – 1980 ; Jüdischen Museum der Stadt Wien ; 2003, Text Oz Almog, Erich Metz, ISBN 3-901398-33-3

* Almog, Oz, Kosher Nostra Jüdische Gangster in Amerika, 1890-1980 ; Jüdischen Museum der Stadt Wien ; 2003, Text Oz Almog, Erich Metz, ISBN 3-901398-33-3

* Big Fat Gypsy Gangster ( 2011 )

The Starker: Big Jack Zelig, the Becker-Rosenthal Case, and the Advent of the Jewish Gangster, Cumberland House Publishing, 2008

* Glasgow Gangster Bud Hannigan has a small role in A Big Boy Did it and Ran Away and is later one of the main villains in The Sacred Art of Stealing.

Scott's next film was American Gangster, based on the story of real-life drug kingpin Frank Lucas.

* March 17 – Frank Calabrese, Sr., American Gangster in the Chicago Outfit

* Frank Lucas, famous heroin dealer, subject of American Gangster motion picture starring Denzel Washington.

* In the 2007 film American Gangster New York mob boss Frank Lucas, played by Denzel Washington frustratingly remarks twice with the insult:

* The name of a high quality brand of heroin marketed by drug lord Frank Lucas, which later inspired the film American Gangster and the song of the same name by Jay-Z.

* In the 2007 film American Gangster Johnson was portrayed by Clarence Williams III as the mentor of Frank Lucas played by Denzel Washington., Williams had previously appeared in the Bumpy Johnson film Hoodlum as a rival of Johnson's, in the employ of Dutch Schultz.

* Frank " Superfly " Lucas, Harlem crime figure and inspiration for the film American Gangster

Gangster | Mobster Frank Costello testifying before the Kefauver Committee.

He served as an Executive Producer of American Gangster ( 2007 ), a biographical crime film based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott.

Extended or special editions can also apply to films that have been extended for television and video against the wishes of the director, such as the TV versions of Dune ( 1984 ) and the Harry Potter films, and the DVD editions of Ridley Scott films Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, and American Gangster.

* Costello has been portrayed in several movies by actors James Andronica in Gangster Wars ( 1981 ), Carmine Caridi in Bugsy ( 1991 ), Costas Mandylor in Mobsters ( 1991 ), and by Kirk Baltz in the television movie Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long ( 1995 ).

In 2009 a British television documentary, The Gangster and the Pervert Peer, was aired which showed that Ronnie Kray was a man-on-man rapist ( commonly referred to in criminal circles as a " nonce case ").

Minga y Petraca ( later known as Minga y Tomasa ) was a television show produced in Puerto Rico by Antonio " El Gangster " Sanchez since 1992 up until early 2005 on Telemundo Puerto Rico, channel 2.

* Adonis is portrayed in the 1984 film Gangster Wars by James Percell, the 1991 film Bugsy by Lewis Van Bergen and in the 1999 television movie Lansky both by Casey McFadden and Sal Landi.

He is also featured on a television show called American Gangster featured on Centric and BET.

Although his first national exposure was in the 1981 NBC miniseries-then-series The Gangster Chronicles, Benben is perhaps best known for his leading role in the 1990-96 HBO television series, Dream On.

After being discovered by Italian filmmaker Dino Risi for Vacanze col Gangster ( Holiday with the Gangster, 1951 ) at an early age of 12, he had, after 27 movies in Italy ( including Gli sbandati ), a major film role in Luchino Visconti's The Leopard ( Il Gattopardo, 1963 ).

In 2008, the film was nominated for AFI's Top 10 Gangster Films list.

The film was also nominated for AFI's Top 10 Gangster Films list.

* American Gangster ( 2007 film )

* AFI's 10 Top 10-Nominated Gangster film

* Louis is played by actor Bari K. Willerford in the film American Gangster.

A role in the World War II film, Red Tails ( 2012 ), produced by George Lucas and with other prominent actors such as Terrence Howard, marked his first appearance on the big screen since American Gangster.

Sam & Dave songs have been frequently used in movie & TV soundtracks and commercials, including " Hold On, I'm Comin '" on the soundtrack of the 2007 hit film American Gangster.

* The film American Gangster, was filmed in some sections of Washington Heights.

Gangster films make up one of the most profitable segments of the South Korean film industry.

* In the upcoming film Gangster Squad, Cohen will be played by Sean Penn.

Other portrayals include the 1981 film Gangster Wars by Ron Max.

* The drug-making operation in the housing project in the film American Gangster was filmed in a now unoccupied ( deemed for demolition ) U. S. Military building on Governors Island.

* American Gangster ( film )

It was used again in the Denzel Washington film, American Gangster, which depicted the actual circumstances described in the song.

In early 2012 the entire Highland Park downtown area along Figueroa Street was redone to look like post-WWII-era Los Angeles for the film Gangster Squad, starring Ryan Gosling and Sean Penn.