Top 10 best 'gangster'-movies from the forties

Based on MovieMeter ratings, these are the 10 best 'gangster'-movies from the forties

This is a list of the best 10 'gangster'-movies from the forties and highly rated on MovieMeter.

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Top 10 best 'gangster'-movies from the forties

1	White Heat (1949) Filmnoir, Crime 114 minutes	3,79(501) 2
2	Out of the Past (1947) Alternative title: Build My Gallows High Filmnoir, Crime 97 minutes	3,69(285) 3
3	Yoidore Tenshi (1948) Alternative title: Drunken Angel Drama, Crime 98 minutes	3,61(147) 3
4	Somewhere in the Night (1946) Filmnoir, Crime 110 minutes	3,60(61) 2
5	Key Largo (1948) Crime, Thriller 100 minutes	3,54(425) 3

6	Raw Deal (1948) Crime, Filmnoir 79 minutes	3,45(80)
7	Force of Evil (1948) Filmnoir, Crime 78 minutes	3,42(109) 3
8	Cry of the City (1948) Filmnoir, Crime 95 minutes	3,42(33)
9	Decoy (1946) Filmnoir, Crime 76 minutes	3,39(42) 3
10	Ball of Fire (1941) Alternative title: The Professor and the Burlesque Queen Comedy, Romance 111 minutes	3,30(87)