Gangster film Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" was released. The epic story of the Corleone family, its generational transition from post-prohibition to post-war, its fratricidal intrigues, and its tapestry of mid-century America's criminal underworld became a huge critical and commercial success. It accounted for nearly 10% of gross proceeds for all films for the entire year. It won the Oscar for Best Picture, as well as the award for Best Actor for Marlon Brando and is widely considered one of the greatest American films of all time. Two years later, "The Godfather Part II" became the fifth-highest-grossing film of the year and garnered
Gangster (film series) Gangster (film series) The "Gangster" film series is a Bollywood crime thriller film series written, directed and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It is based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by Dawood Ibrahim. The first film came in 1998: the critically acclaimed "Satya", later followed by "Company" and then the prequel "D", with storylines based on the Mumbai underworld. "Satya" has won six Filmfare Awards, including the Critics Award for Best Film. In 2002 came his commercial as well as critical success, "Company", an example of parallel cinema, was based on the real-life underworld organization,