u/BettyWapppp

I was looking at the imdb top 100 list and noticed a lot of gangster films on that list. Like a lot.

Is there a reason why this is culturally? Was there just a high demand for gangster films? I feel like cinema and film wouldn't be what it is today without crime dramas. Yakuza films too there's a lot of those.

I feel like Mafia movies as genre goes beyond just having a strong community, and its just engrained into film as a whole. I don't know if that makes sense or if this is even a question I can ask in this subreddit.

My theory is that a lot films back then were backed by the Mafia back then so it's easy to make what they know (this also could just be untrue I haven't fact checked this).