Join us for a tour of the speakeasies, gambling dens, back alleys and knocked-off bank vaults of cinema’s criminal underworlds.

Gritty or romantic, coolly silent or loaded with tough talk, these are the films where crime pays. Some of Hollywood's finest exports are crime sagas, and the indie and foreign-film worlds boast classics of their own. We all want a seat at the table, and a great gangster film lets you live like Henry Hill without all that coke-addled paranoia and pesky witness protection.Ĭall it an offer you can't refuse, a Sicilian message or a pair of cement shoes: the gangster film has an ironclad lock on the hearts of movie lovers. Whether it’s with killers in three-piece suits, street-level gangbangers or yakuza enforcers with a four-fingered chokehold on the supply chain seems irrelevant. Watch the video for Some Kind of Wonderful from The Drifterss The Very Best of The Drifters for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Cinema’s history is littered with criminals beckoning viewers to spend a couple hours on the wrong side of the tracks.

C F Dm Any time my little world seems blue, I just have to look at you, Bb C and everything seems to be, some. To borrow a phrase, as far back as anyone can remember, Hollywood always wanted to be a gangster. F Dm All you have to do is touch my hand to show me you understand, Bb C and something happens to me thats some kind of wonderful.

Some kind of wonderful by the drifters