Irish Mob Movies
I really enjoyed this movie, being Irish myself I found it interesting.
So can anyone recommend me movies about the Irish mob?
My sentiments exactly. This movie does the Irish justice.
So far, Irish mob tales translated to the screen have had sterling success (State of Grace is my favorite of the bunch.) Here are others that just about everybody will tell you to check out:
Miller's Crossing, a film that came out the same year (along with a slew of other gangster pictures) as State of Grace. While not particularly "Irish" in nature, it is a beautiful, complex film, and the Coen Brothers have never topped it.
Road to Perdition is a film in the same vein as Miller's Crossing: it's events chronicle roughly the same time period, the Prohibition days. It to is also visually stunning, though not quite as good as Miller's Crossing. You owe it to yourself to watch it, however.
The year's hottest movie, The Departed, may be the definitive Irish gangster picture (State of Grace is it's sole competitor.) If you weren't able to get to the theaters to see it, it comes out on DVD in less than a month. It's Martin Scorsese at the top of his craft, back to the mean streets with what he does best. Give it a go.
On a lesser note, check out Angels with Dirty Faces, an old Warner Brothers title featuring James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and Humphrey Bogart. I guess it fits into the category, as all of the main characters have Irish names. I have also heard that Monument Avenue, with Dennis Leary, is a good movie. And seek out The Sting (one of my favorite movies)...not an Irish gangster picture, but one of the slickest, most fun crime movies ever made, with an evily savory performance by Robert Shaw as an Irish mob racketeer.
Cheers!
In vino veritas.