Movies and TV series about gangsters
The 60 best titles about gangsters, ranked by the iRank Score — our composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb. Every page includes cast, where to watch and similar recommendations.
The Godfather
1972 · Francis Ford Coppola
MovieCrimeDramaSpanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his y
The Godfather Part II
1974 · Francis Ford Coppola
MovieDramaCrimeIn the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vega
Pulp Fiction
1994 · Quentin Tarantino
MovieComedyCrimeThrillerA burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that i
GoodFellas
1990 · Martin Scorsese
MovieCrimeDramaThe true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conw
The Departed
2006 · Martin Scorsese
MovieDramaThrillerCrimeTo take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the
City of God
2002 · Fernando Meirelles
MovieCrimeDramaIn the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighbo
The Irishman
2019 · Martin Scorsese
MovieCrimeDramaHistoryPennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chi
Peaky Blinders
2013
SeriesCrimeDramaA gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
The Penguin
2024 · Colin Farrell
SeriesCrimeDramaWith the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always p
A Bronx Tale
1993 · Robert De Niro
MovieCrimeDramaSet in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growi
Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Sergio Leone
MovieCrimeDramaA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Boyz n the Hood
1991 · John Singleton
MovieCrimeDramaIn the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the othe
Eastern Promises
2007 · David Cronenberg
MovieCrimeMysteryThrillerA Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.
Kung Fu Hustle
2004 · Stephen Chow
MovieActionComedyCrimeIt's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung
Boardwalk Empire
2010 · Howard Korder
SeriesCrimeDramaAtlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal p
Straight Outta Compton
2015 · F. Gary Gray
MovieDramaHistoryMusicIn 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: thei
Donnie Brasco
1997 · Mike Newell
MovieCrimeDramaThrillerAn FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Police Story
1985 · Jackie Chan
MovieActionComedyCrimeOfficer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a slum. Now, he must protect the boss' secretary, Se
The Untouchables
1987 · Brian De Palma
MovieCrimeHistoryThrillerElliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
Gran Torino
2008 · Clint Eastwood
MovieDramaDisgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
La Reina del Sur
2011
SeriesCrimeDramaAfter years of blood, sweat and tears, a woman of humble origin ends up becoming a drug trafficking legend, with all that that means...
Léon: The Professional
1994 · Luc Besson
MovieActionCrimeDramaLéon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year
American Gangster
2007 · Ridley Scott
MovieCrimeDramaLoosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, be
The Raid 2
2014 · Gareth Evans
MovieActionCrimeThrillerAfter fighting his way through an apartment building populated by an army of dangerous criminals and escaping with his life, SWAT team member Rama goes undercover, joining a powerful Indonesian crime
Carlito's Way
1993 · Brian De Palma
MovieCrimeDramaThrillerFree after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
Menace II Society
1993 · Allen Hughes
MovieCrimeDramaThrillerA young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
2019 · Lee Won-tae
MovieActionCrimeThrillerAfter barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seo
The Warriors
1979 · Walter Hill
MovieActionThrillerProminent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warr
Trading Places
1983 · John Landis
MovieComedyA snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Escape from New York
1981 · John Carpenter
MovieActionScience FictionThrillerIn a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken
The Outfit
2022 · Graham Moore
MovieCrimeDramaMysteryLeonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town wher
Gangs of New York
2002 · Martin Scorsese
MovieCrimeDramaHistoryIn early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigran
The Way of the Dragon
1972 · Bruce Lee
MovieActionCrimeAfter a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them
Seven Psychopaths
2012 · Martin McDonagh
MovieComedyCrimeA struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
The Gentlemen
2020 · Guy Ritchie
MovieActionComedyCrimeAmerican expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and
The Bikeriders
2024 · Jeff Nichols
MovieCrimeDramaAfter a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose betwee
Lucky Number Slevin
2006 · Paul McGuigan
MovieDramaThrillerCrimeSlevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an
Lost Highway
1997 · David Lynch
MovieDramaMysteryThrillerA tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
The Godfather Part III
1990 · Francis Ford Coppola
MovieCrimeDramaThrillerIn the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
The Client
1994 · Joel Schumacher
MovieCrimeDramaMysteryA street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he te
Public Enemies
2009 · Michael Mann
MovieCrimeDramaHistoryDepression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate
New Police Story
2004 · Benny Chan Muk-Sing
MovieActionCrimeDramaSent into a drunken tailspin when his entire unit is killed by a gang of thrill-seeking punks, disgraced Hong Kong police inspector Wing needs help from his new rookie partner, with a troubled past of
The Equalizer
2014 · Antoine Fuqua
MovieActionCrimeThrillerMcCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangster
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
2026 · Tom Harper
MovieCrimeDramaAfter his estranged son gets embroiled in a Nazi plot, self-exiled gangster Tommy Shelby must return to Birmingham to save his family — and his nation.
Death Wish
1974 · Michael Winner
MovieActionCrimeDramaAfter his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Stuart Little
1999 · Rob Minkoff
MovieAdventureComedyFamilyWhen the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with a
Kiss of the Dragon
2001 · Chris Nahon
MovieActionCrimeThrillerLiu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murder, he must go into hiding and find new allies.
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