Top Gangster Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Steve Buscemi

Kelly Macdonald

Michael Shannon

Shea Whigham

Boardwalk Empire (2010) TV Show

8.0 1.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 56

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Atlantic 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 parts politician and gangster.

Plot: new jersey, hitman, gangster, atlantic city, bootlegging, mobster, bordello, historical fiction, ...

Time: prohibition era, 1920s

Cast

Kamil Szeptycki

Andrzej Grabowski

Mateusz Kmiecik

Sylwia Gola

Morpheus (2026) TV Show

8.0 9 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: Poland

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 7

Story: The story of Piotr Leyer, a lawyer who, through a tragic twist of fate, becomes the head of a criminal gang.

Plot: gangster, mafia

Cast

Clint Eastwood

Christopher Carley

Bee Vang

Ahney Her

Gran Torino (2008)

8.0 11.6K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America, Germany

Duration: 116 min.

Audience: R

Story: Disgruntled 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.

Plot: rape, war veteran, gangster, immigration, racist, old man, priest, gang, ...

Thalapathi (1991)

8.0 60 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: India

Duration: 157 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.

Plot: friendship, based on novel or book, gangster, motherly love, orphan, lost son, abandoned baby, long lost son

Cast

Al Pacino

Robert De Niro

Val Kilmer

Jon Voight

Heat (1995)

7.9 8.5K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 170 min.

Audience: R

Story: Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

Plot: robbery, chase, gangster, obsession, detective, heist, remake, thief, ...

Cast

Don Lee

Kim Moo-yul

Kim Sung-kyu

Heo Dong-won

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019)

7.9 1.5K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: South Korea

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: 15

Story: After 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-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.

Plot: police, gangster, based on true story, serial killer, gang, dramatic, defiant

Cast

Kamal Haasan

Saranya Ponvannan

Karthika

Janagaraj

Nayakan (1987)

7.9 94 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: India

Duration: 156 min.

Story: Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.

Plot: gangster, gang war, symbolism, revenge, tragedy, religion, family tragedy, rise to power, ...

Place: india

Cast

Robert De Niro

Chazz Palminteri

Lillo Brancato

Francis Capra

A Bronx Tale (1993)

7.9 2.9K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: R

Story: Set 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 growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.

Plot: italian american, gambling, funeral, italian, parent child relationship, gangster, loyalty, molotow cocktail, ...

Time: 1960s

Cast

Ansel Elgort

Ken Watanabe

Rachel Keller

Show Kasamatsu

Tokyo Vice (2022) TV Show

7.9 402 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Japan, United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A first-hand account of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police beat following Jake Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to reveal corruption. Based on Jake Adelstein’s non-fiction book of the same name.

Style: cynical, atmospheric

Plot: detective, journalist, based on novel or book, journalism, underground, yakuza, gangster, tokyo, ...

Time: 1990s

Place: japan

Cast

Kate del Castillo

Andru00e9s Echavarru00eda

La Reina del Sur (2011) TV Show

7.9 2.0K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 183

Audience: TV-MA

Story: After years of blood, sweat and tears, a woman of humble origin ends up becoming a drug trafficking legend, with all that that means...

Plot: drug trafficking, drug crime, gangster, drug cartel, telenovela, metro cdmx

Dogman (2023)

7.8 1.4K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: France, United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: R

Story: A boy, bruised by life, finds his salvation through the love of his dogs.

Plot: gangster, abusive father, singing, tragic past, traumatic childhood, broken man, social exclusion, identity reconstruction, ...

Cast

Jason Statham

Alan Ford

Stephen Graham

Brad Pitt

Snatch (2000)

7.8 10.1K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookies, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewellers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

Plot: robbery, trailer park, gypsy, gambling, bare knuckle boxing, slang, diamond, antwerp, ...

Place: england

Cast

Al Pacino

Sean Penn

Penelope Ann Miller

John Leguizamo

Carlito's Way (1993)

7.8 3.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 144 min.

Audience: R

Story: Free 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.

Plot: new york city, based on novel or book, gangster, go-go dancer, release from prison, cocaine, nightclub, criminal past, ...

Time: 1970s

Place: puerto rico

Cast

Dhanush

Andrea Jeremiah

Ameer

Aishwarya Rajesh

Vada Chennai (2018)

7.8 108 votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: India

Duration: 166 min.

Story: Anbu, a young carrom player in North Chennai becomes inadvertently involved in an ongoing conflict between two local gangsters.

Plot: gangster, gang war, historical fiction, criminal underworld, gang warfare, prison fight, north chennai, factionism

Cast

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Corey Hawkins

Jason Mitchell

Neil Brown Jr.

Straight Outta Compton (2015)

7.8 4.2K votes

Genre: Drama, History, Music

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 147 min.

Audience: R

Story: In 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: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

Plot: drug dealer, police brutality, husband wife relationship, rap music, hip-hop, sibling relationship, aids, parent child relationship, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Kevin Costner

Sean Connery

Robert De Niro

Charles Martin Smith

The Untouchables (1987)

7.8 6.2K votes

Genre: Crime, History, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: Elliot 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”.

Plot: chicago, illinois, gangster, baseball bat, white suit, tough cop, treasury agent, untouchable, ...

Time: prohibition era, 1930s

Cast

Nicole Kidman

Paul Bettany

John Hurt

Stellan Skarsgu00e5rd

Dogville (2003)

7.7 2.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: Denmark, Finland

Duration: 178 min.

Audience: R

Story: A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.

Style: exploitation

Plot: friendship, bondage, rape, police, gangster, village life, refugee, blackmail, ...

Cast

Charlton Heston

Janet Leigh

Orson Welles

Joseph Calleia

Touch of Evil (1958)

7.7 1.6K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: 12A

Story: A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.

Plot: hotel, gangster, brothel, border, investigation, honeymoon, usa–mexico border, car bomb, ...

Cast

Emilio Estevez

Judd Nelson

Molly Ringwald

Anthony Michael Hall

The Breakfast Club (1985)

7.7 8.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 98 min.

Audience: R

Story: Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

Plot: high school, coming of age, teen angst, detention, teen comedy, teenage rebellion, stereotype, teenager, ...

Time: 1980s

Cast

Glenn Ford

Gloria Grahame

Jocelyn Brando

Alexander Scourby

The Big Heat (1953)

7.7 558 votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 89 min.

Audience: 15

Story: After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.

Plot: suicide, police, gangster, homicide, car bomb, cop, revenge, film noir, ...

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