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Romcoms with gangsters / Gangster movies with romance

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  • Sterling Hayden and Marie Windsor in The Killing (1956)

    1. The Killing

    19561h 24mApproved91Metascore
    7.9 (102K)
    Crook Johnny Clay assembles a five-man team to plan and execute a daring racetrack robbery.
    DirectorStanley KubrickStarsSterling HaydenColeen GrayVince Edwards
  • Fred Williamson and Gloria Hendry in Black Caesar (1973)

    2. Black Caesar

    19731h 27mR
    6.4 (4.1K)
    Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
    DirectorLarry CohenStarsFred WilliamsonGloria HendryArt Lund
  • Dolemite (1975)

    3. Dolemite

    19751h 30mR67Metascore
    5.7 (7.1K)
    After he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.
    DirectorD'Urville MartinStarsRudy Ray MooreD'Urville MartinJerry Jones
  • Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront (1954)

    4. On the Waterfront

    19541h 48mApproved91Metascore
    8.1 (172K)
    An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
    DirectorElia KazanStarsMarlon BrandoKarl MaldenLee J. Cobb
  • Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, and Rose Stradner in The Last Gangster (1937)

    5. The Last Gangster

    19371h 21mApproved
    6.7 (1.9K)
    A gangster is jailed for ten years after his wife becomes pregnant. He becomes bitter when she divorces him and remarries.
    DirectorEdward LudwigStarsEdward G. RobinsonJames StewartRose Stradner
  • Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, and Mercedes McCambridge in Johnny Guitar (1954)

    6. Johnny Guitar

    19541h 50mApproved83Metascore
    7.6 (21K)
    After helping a wounded gang member, a strong-willed female saloon owner is wrongly suspected of murder and bank robbery by a lynch mob.
    DirectorNicholas RayStarsJoan CrawfordSterling HaydenMercedes McCambridge
  • Pam Grier in Coffy (1973)

    7. Coffy

    19731h 30mR60Metascore
    6.8 (14K)
    A nurse serves inner-city drug dealers with some vigilante justice after her sister becomes their latest victim.
    DirectorJack HillStarsPam GrierBooker BradshawRobert DoQui
  • Pam Grier in Foxy Brown (1974)

    8. Foxy Brown

    19741h 32mR46Metascore
    6.5 (13K)
    A vigilante takes a job as a high-class prostitute to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.
    DirectorJack HillStarsPam GrierAntonio FargasPeter Brown
  • Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis in Marked Woman (1937)

    9. Marked Woman

    19371h 36mApproved73Metascore
    7.1 (5.3K)
    A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.
    DirectorsLloyd BaconMichael CurtizStarsBette DavisHumphrey BogartLola Lane
  • Shelley Winters and Tamara Dobson in Cleopatra Jones (1973)

    10. Cleopatra Jones

    19731h 29mPG58Metascore
    5.9 (3.7K)
    During the 1970s, U.S. Special Agent Cleopatra Jones proves to be an invaluable asset to the local police forces in the war on drugs.
    DirectorJack StarrettStarsTamara DobsonBernie CaseyBrenda Sykes
  • Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, and Richard Widmark in Yellow Sky (1948)

    11. Yellow Sky

    19481h 38mApproved
    7.4 (6.1K)
    A pistol-packing tomboy and her grandfather discover a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in the neighboring ghost town.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsGregory PeckAnne BaxterRichard Widmark
  • Pam Grier in 'Sheba, Baby' (1975)

    12. 'Sheba, Baby'

    19751h 30mPG
    5.6 (2K)
    A Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters.
    DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsPam GrierAustin StokerD'Urville Martin
  • George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight (1998)

    13. Out of Sight

    19982h 3mR84Metascore
    7.0 (103K)
    A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped.
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyJennifer LopezVing Rhames
  • Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)

    14. Some Like It Hot

    19592h 1mApproved98Metascore
    8.2 (295K)
    After two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack Lemmon
  • James Cagney and Jean Harlow in The Public Enemy (1931)

    15. The Public Enemy

    19311h 23mPassed80Metascore
    7.6 (24K)
    An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJames CagneyJean HarlowEdward Woods
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    16. Mickey Blue Eyes

    19991h 42mPG-1349Metascore
    5.9 (39K)
    An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a Mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
    DirectorsKelly MakinCarl GottliebStarsHugh GrantJeanne TripplehornJames Caan
  • Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett in Me and My Gal (1932)

    17. Me and My Gal

    19321h 19mPassed
    6.6 (1.5K)
    Young New York cop Dan falls in love with waterfront waitress Helen. Helen's sister Kate falls for gangster Duke. Dan must do in Duke.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsSpencer TracyJoan BennettMarion Burns
  • Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Ball of Fire (1941)

    18. Ball of Fire

    19411h 51mApproved78Metascore
    7.7 (15K)
    A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia while living in a Manhattan mansion take in a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover.
    DirectorHoward HawksStarsGary CooperBarbara StanwyckOscar Homolka
  • Kiss Me Kate (1953)

    19. Kiss Me Kate

    19531h 49mApproved
    7.0 (7.1K)
    An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
    DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsKathryn GraysonHoward KeelAnn Miller
  • Gomorrah (2008)

    20. Gomorrah

    20082h 17mNot Rated87Metascore
    7.0 (52K)
    Scampia Vele is the Corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.
    DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsGianfelice ImparatoSalvatore AbbruzzeseToni Servillo
  • Taraji P. Henson in Proud Mary (2018)

    21. Proud Mary

    20181h 29mR35Metascore
    5.0 (11K)
    Mary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
    DirectorBabak NajafiStarsTaraji P. HensonBilly BrownJahi Di'Allo Winston
  • Kate Winslet in Wonder Wheel (2017)

    22. Wonder Wheel

    20171h 41mPG-1346Metascore
    6.2 (32K)
    On Coney Island in the 1950s, a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator, his beleaguered wife and the visitor who turns their lives upside-down.
    DirectorWoody AllenStarsJustin TimberlakeJuno TempleRobert C. Kirk
  • James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy in The Drop (2014)

    23. The Drop

    20141h 46mR69Metascore
    7.0 (166K)
    Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deeply into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living--no matter the cost.
    DirectorMichaël R. RoskamStarsTom HardyNoomi RapaceJames Gandolfini
  • Brad Pitt, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, and Christopher Walken in True Romance (1993)

    24. True Romance

    19931h 59mR59Metascore
    7.9 (252K)
    In Detroit, a pop-culture enthusiast steals cocaine from his new wife's pimp and tries to sell it in Hollywood, prompting the mobsters who own the drugs to pursue the couple.
    DirectorTony ScottStarsChristian SlaterPatricia ArquetteDennis Hopper
  • Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly in Bound (1996)

    25. Bound

    19961h 49mR64Metascore
    7.3 (64K)
    Tough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
    DirectorsLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsJennifer TillyGina GershonJoe Pantoliano

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