As for the topic in general, I'll vouch for these films* in no particular order that may or may not be familiar; add them to your list at any rate:

The Funeral (Abel Ferrara, 1996, USA)
Gomorra (Matteo Garone, 2008, Italy)
The Long Good Friday (John Mackenzie, 1990, UK)
Brighton Rock (John Boulting, 1947, UK)
The Enforcer / Murder Inc. (Bretaigne Windust, 1950, USA)
The Outfit (John Flynn, 1974, USA)
Performance (Nicolas Roeg & Donald Cammell, 1970, UK)
Sexy Beast (Jonathan Glazer, 2000, UK)
Shoot the Pianist (Francois Truffaut, 1960, France)
Suicide Kings (Peter O'Fallon, 1997, USA)
Diva (Jean-Jacques Beineix, 1981, France) <<< add this to the French thread too
Gangster No. 1 (Paul McGuigan, 2000, UK / Germany)
Get Carter (Mike Hodges, 1971, UK)


* I'll have no doubt left many out; I just did a search for all instances of 'crime', 'gangster' and 'noir' on my Excel spreadsheet.

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