Gangster Genre

Throughout cinematic history, the Gangster film has always been characterized by having crime, violence and a character with a certain dilemma and develops throughout the course of the film dynamically, like Scarface and GoodFellas. The way it's changed is that in the early days, the filming of gangster life seemed more held back and less violence and grittiness, whereas today's gangster films display this violence and grit since the Hayes' Code is now defunct.