This month marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece “The Godfather.” Paramount Pictures (NASDAQ:PARAA) re-released the film in theaters last month and is putting out a 4K restored and remastered edition on Blu-ray and DVD.
While “The Godfather” is considered by film historians to be among the greatest films ever made, there are other films about organized crime that were somewhat more eccentric – and in some cases, they offered an utterly warped consideration of the criminal world. If you are in search of films populated with off-kilter mobsters, then leave the gun and take the cannoli to this line-up of the 10 weirdest gangster movies to shoot their way across the big screen.
