Movies and TV series about the mafia
The 29 best titles about the mafia, 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

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

Some Like It Hot
1959 · Billy Wilder
MovieComedyCrimeRomanceIn Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

The Sopranos
1999 · Terence Winter
SeriesCrimeDramaThe story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he

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

Banana Fish
2018 · Nobumasa Sawabe
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationCrimeA teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.

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

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

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

Black Lagoon
2006 · Jungo Maruta
SeriesAction & AdventureAnimationCrimeThe story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located

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.

True Romance
1993 · Tony Scott
MovieActionCrimeRomanceClarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

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

El Infierno
2010 · Luis Estrada
MovieActionComedyCrimeAfter being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

Road to Perdition
2002 · Sam Mendes
MovieCrimeDramaThrillerMike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt

Enemy of the State
1998 · Tony Scott
MovieActionDramaThrillerWhen the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With the help of the myste

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.

A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014 · Scott Frank
MovieCrimeDramaMysteryPrivate investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

The Whole Nine Yards
2000 · Jonathan Lynn
MovieComedyCrimeAfter a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program.

The Punisher
1989 · Mark Goldblatt
MovieActionCrimeDramaThe avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia
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