Crime/ Gangster films date back to the times of silent films. One of the first Crime films was The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912). This was the first successful Crime film, but not the first ever.
Film companies had to start being more cautious about over glamorising their crime films, in order to send the message that 'Crime Doesn't Pay'. This is made clear in the film The Public Enemy.
This is another gangster, crime film in which film companies are careful about not glamorising crime. They suggest the law always wins in this film by making the main character surrender to the police.
Crime films started to die out during this time, this was because of the rise in action films. People wanted to see films that were less realistic in order to escape.
This is probably the most successful crime sequel, running over a 50 year period (so far). Starting with the first bond film in 1962, Dr. No and then going on to release another 22 films, with 7 different famous actors playing the character of Bond, the most recent film being Skyfall with Daniel Craig.
This is one of the first films where crime is glamorized by the film companies. It marks a new generation in crime films, after they collapsed in the 1940's.
This was one of the first films to base its narrative on a real life story. It is an Italian- American gangster film, in which it follows a story of a boy who 'always wanted to be a gangster'.
Films have stareted being made by anyone with a camera and editing equipment. Many new crime films started to emerge around this time, many of a very high quality, such as: The Usual Suspects, Pulp Fiction, Snatch, etc.
As hybrid films have become more popular more crime hybrids start to be created. These include crime thrillers, crime comedy and crime drama. More recent crime hybrids include: The Shawshank Redemption, 21 Jump street and The Silence Of The Lambs
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