The 25 Best Crime/Gangster Movies I Have Ever Seen

''I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.'' - Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone

No doubt...no. 1 crime movie!!!

''There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.'' - Al Pacino as Michael Corleone

''As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster. To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States.'' - Ray Liotta as Henry Hill

''You need more than guns to be a good gangster, you need ideas.'' - Alexandre Rodrigues as Rocket (Buscapé)

''I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me. Years ago we had the church. That was only a way of saying - we had each other. The Knights of Columbus were real head-breakers; true guineas. They took over their piece of the city. Twenty years after an Irishman couldn't get a fucking job, we had the presidency. May he rest in peace. That's what the niggers don't realize. If I got one thing against the black chappies, it's this - no one gives it to you. You have to take it. Don't laugh! This ain't reality tv!'' - Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello

''In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing, and keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose. In the end, we get it all.'' - Robert De Niro as Sam "Ace" Rothstein

''To a cop, the explanation is never that complicated. It's always simple. There's no mystery to the street, no arch criminal behind it all. If you got a dead body and you think his brother did it, you're gonna find out you're right.'' - Kevin Spacey as Roger 'Verbal' Kint

''The night of the fight, you may feel a slight sting. That's pride fucking with you. Fuck pride! Pride only hurts, it never helps.'' - Ving Rhames as Marsellus Wallace

''The funny thing is, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook.'' - Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne

''Ernest Hemingway once wrote, "The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.'' - Morgan Freeman as Detective Lt. William Somerset

''You know, I'm talking about the gas chamber, and you haven't even asked me what this is about. You've got a big "Guilty" sign around your neck.'' - Guy Pearce as Det. Lt. Edmund Jennings "Ed" Exley

''A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti.'' - Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter

''Listen, pal. I make an honest living. People only come to me when they're in a desperate situation. I help 'em out. I don't kick families out of their houses like you bums down at the bank do.'' Jack Nicholson as Jake 'J.J' Gittes

''I shoot the dead. Dead bodies, that is. I don't kill them.'' - Jude Law as Harlen Maguire

''You like to gamble? Why don't we go to Atlantic City? My town. I'll show you how to gamble.'' - Andy Garcia as Don Vincent 'Vinnie' Mancini-Corleone

''I am double the worst trouble you ever thought of.'' - Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley

''All my life I've tried to be the good guy, the guy in the white fucking hat. And for what? For nothing. I'm not becoming like them; I am them.'' - Johnny Depp as Donnie Brasco/Joseph D. 'Joe' Pistone

''And when his eyes go dead, the hell I send him to will seem like heaven after what I've done to him.'' - Mickey Rourke as Marv

'' I'm not sure what four nines does, but with the ace I think it's pretty high.'' - George Clooney as Daniel Ocean

''No women, no kids. That's the rules.'' - Jean Reno as Léon

''You wanna know if we're armed? We're armed.'' - Johnny Depp as John Dillinger

''Weed is for *beep* Put that away right now, have a little self-respect.'' - Edward Norton as Derek Vinyard

''We think we got a rat in the house.'' - Harvey Keitel as Mr. White/Larry Dimmick

''Say HELLO to my little friend!'' - Al Pacino as Tony Montana

'Forget any of this happened. Stay away from people like me.' - Viggo Mortensen as Nikolai Luzhin