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1. The Sopranos (1999–2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli
Votes: 469,830
2. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,009,535 | Gross: $134.97M
3. Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A biker struggles to balance being a father and being involved in an outlaw motorcycle club.
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Mark Boone Junior, Kim Coates
Votes: 323,030
4. Narcos (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 50 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Alberto Ammann
Votes: 469,633
5. Casino (1995)
R | 178 min | Crime, Drama
In Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods
Votes: 563,291 | Gross: $42.44M
6. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
R | 229 min | Crime, Drama
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Votes: 377,318 | Gross: $5.32M
7. The Irishman (2019)
R | 209 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An illustration of Frank Sheeran's life, from W.W.II veteran to hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and his alleged assassination of his close friend Jimmy Hoffa.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel
Votes: 430,566 | Gross: $7.00M
8. Power (2014–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York nightclub owner who has it all; dreaming big, catering to the city's elite, and living a double life as a drug kingpin.
Stars: Omari Hardwick, Lela Loren, Naturi Naughton, Joseph Sikora
Votes: 52,328
9. Legend (I) (2015)
R | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Paul Anderson
Votes: 202,200 | Gross: $1.87M
10. Mayans M.C. (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Set in a post-Jax Teller world, "Mayans MC" sees EZ Reyes, a former golden boy now fresh out of prison, as a prospect in the Mayan MC charter on the California-Mexico border who must carve out his new outlaw identity.
Stars: JD Pardo, Clayton Cardenas, Sarah Bolger, Michael Irby
Votes: 24,464
11. The Deuce (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 1,583 min | Drama
A look at life in New York City during the 1970s and '80s, when porn and prostitution were rampant in Manhattan.
Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Margarita Levieva
Votes: 31,895
12. The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama
Witness the making of Tony Soprano. The story that reveals the humanity behind Tony's struggles and the influence his family - especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti - had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga
Votes: 63,175
13. Pineapple Express (2008)
R | 111 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A process server and his marijuana dealer wind up on the run from hitmen and a corrupt police officer after he witnesses his dealer's boss murder a competitor while trying to serve papers on him.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Danny McBride
Votes: 357,180 | Gross: $87.34M
14. King of New York (1990)
R | 103 min | Crime, Thriller
A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo
Votes: 42,045 | Gross: $2.55M
15. Kill the Irishman (2011)
R | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer
Votes: 51,297 | Gross: $1.19M
16. Underbelly (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Each season of this multi-award-winning television series takes you through a 13-episode run in the rise and fall of real-life Australian underworld figures as told from both sides of the law.
Stars: Caroline Craig, Paul Tassone, Dieter Brummer, Daniel Roberts
Votes: 5,279
17. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
R | 117 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from a life of crime to pursue his passion of rap music.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: 50 Cent, Joy Bryant, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Omar Benson Miller
Votes: 50,123 | Gross: $30.98M
18. Last King of the Cross (2023– )
Crime, Drama
Inspired by John Ibrahim's best-selling autobiography, Last King of The Cross is an operatic story of two brothers, John and Sam Ibrahim who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power.
Stars: Lincoln Younes, Claude Jabbour, Callan Mulvey, Matt Nable
Votes: 1,594
19. Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
R | 127 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
With personal crises and age weighing in on them, LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh must contend with deadly Chinese triads that are trying to free their former leaders out of prison and onto American soil.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo
Votes: 172,131 | Gross: $130.44M
20. Secrets of the Hells Angels (2024– )
Documentary, Crime, History
Exposes the true cost of being a member of the world's most infamous biker club: the Hells Angels.
Star: Jay Dobyns
Votes: 25
21. Paid in Full (2002)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.
Director: Charles Stone III | Stars: Mekhi Phifer, Wood Harris, Chi McBride, Kevin Carroll
Votes: 14,212 | Gross: $3.04M
22. Bad Blood (2017–2018)
TV-MA | 47 min | Crime, Drama
A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
Stars: Kim Coates, Louis Ferreira, Sharon Taylor, Melanie Scrofano
Votes: 10,433
23. Mafia: Definitive Edition (2020 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
The game follows Thomas Angelo where his life as a hard-working taxi driver is forever changed after a fateful run-in with the Italian Mafia.
Director: Alex Cox | Stars: Andrew Bongiorno, Glenn Taranto, Steven J. Oliver, Don DiPetta
Votes: 4,150
24. The Traitor (2019)
R | 153 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Maria Fernanda Cândido, Fabrizio Ferracane, Fausto Russo Alesi
Votes: 12,928
25. Code of Silence (1985)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take down an irresponsible cop.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese
Votes: 9,365 | Gross: $20.35M
26. Get Gotti (2023)
50 min | Documentary, Crime
Told from both sides of the law this documentary series from the makers of "Fear City" follows the FBI's battle to bring down infamous mob boss John Gotti.
Stars: Anthony Ruggiano Jr., George Gabriel, Eric Shawn, Barbara Nevins Taylor
Votes: 2,831
27. Gangland (I) (2007–2010)
TV-14 | 43 min | Biography, Crime, History
Follows the evolution and power of gangs across the United States and abroad.
Stars: Julian Sher, Steve Cook, Jamal Neff, Kerrie Droban
Votes: 910
28. Rhino (2021)
101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The history of the film unfolds in the 1990s in Ukraine. The protagonist - a bandit nicknamed Rhinoceros - falls into the grip of the Ukrainian criminal world in the 1990s and begins his bloody path, which leads him not where he expected.
Director: Oleh Sentsov | Stars: Serhii Filimonov, Evhen Chernykov, Yevhen Grygoriev, Alina Zievakova
Votes: 2,047
29. Mafia Inc (2019)
143 min | Crime, Drama
The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation. Vince works on behalf of Frank the godfather with his eldest son Giaco. Vince seeks to earn his stripes by impressing the godfather.
Director: Daniel Grou | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Marc-André Grondin, Gilbert Sicotte, Mylène Mackay
Votes: 1,638
30. Drug Lords (2018)
TV-MA | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary series examining drug cartels and kingpins from around the world.
Stars: Quinn Dalton, Razor Rizzotti, Jordan Lawson, Winter Dunn
Votes: 1,536
31. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Documentary, Biography, Crime
Told by those who brought them to justice, this takes you through the rise and fall of some of the mafia's most notorious outlaws.
Stars: Colin Tierney, Selwyn Raab, Thomas Reppetto, Joseph Coffey
Votes: 180
32. Gangsters: America's Most Evil (2012– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Gangsters: America's Most Evil is a cinematic documentary series that explores the rise and fall of some of the most nefarious and notorious criminals brought to justice by the United States government.
Stars: Cornell Womack, Christian Cipollini, I. Elijah Baughman, Mike Vigil
Votes: 140
33. White Boy (2017)
TV-14 | 82 min | Documentary, Crime
In 1980's Detroit, 17 year-old Richard Wershe, Jr. allegedly ran a sophisticated inner-city drug dealing operation. Now, journalists, police, federal agents and hit men are speaking for the first time about the legend of "White Boy Rick."
Director: Shawn Rech | Stars: Richard Wershe Jr., Scott M. Burnstein, Dana Hathaway, Joe Swickard
Votes: 2,254
34. Mafia II: Definitive Edition (2020 Video Game)
M | Action, Crime, Drama
Part two of the crime drama saga. Following the rise of Vito Scaletta, son of Italian immigrants who moves to Empire Bay in America. Growing up and getting into a life of crime he befriends... See full summary »
Votes: 471
35. Honor Amongst Men (2018)
85 min | Drama
A day in the life of John Halmo, a veteran police officer who is trying to juggle his turbulent home life, the daily stresses of his job, and the apparent inevitable biker war that's about to engulf his hometown.
Director: Fred Carpenter | Stars: Chuck Zito, Robert Clohessy, Joan Jett, Edward Asner
Votes: 89
36. The Ice Cream Wars (2022)
118 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In 1984 six Glasgow family members died in an arson attack. Their murders were followed by one of Scotland's longest trials and a 20-year fight for justice that gripped the nation.
Stars: Douglas Skelton, Marion Scott, Les Trueman, Nanette Pollock
Votes: 60
37. Hells Angels Forever (1983)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
What starts off as a squadron of American daredevil bombers in World War II, branded by society as renegades, turns into a revealing ride into the world of honor, violence, and undying passion for motorcycles on the road.
Directors: Richard Chase, Leon Gast, Kevin Keating, Don Kelly | Stars: Sandy Alexander, Ray Archuleta, Sonny Barger, Scott Barnes
Votes: 231
38. Albanian Gangster (2018)
TV-MA | 81 min | Crime, Drama
The criminal subculture of the Albanian community in the Bronx, starring a real-life ex-con.
Director: Matthew A. Brown | Stars: Winter Williams, Brian Patrick Murphy, Matthew A. Brown, Brooke Stone
Votes: 214
39. Looking After Jo Jo (1998)
50 min | Crime, Drama
Set on an Edinburgh council estate in the bleak 1980's rising drug dealer Jo-Jo McCann is hellbent on gaining money and power at all costs.
Stars: Robert Carlyle, Michael Stewart, Craig Moncur, Kathryn Howden
Votes: 375
40. Outlaw Empires (2012– )
43 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Creator of "Sons of Anarchy" Kurt Sutter presents stories of real American outlaws, touching on everything from L.A. gangs to the Italian Mafia.
Stars: Kurt Sutter, Jasper Cole, Nick Stellate, Brian Graham
Votes: 216
41. Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo (2019)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography
Having spent much of his early life in prison, actor Danny Trejo discusses his career and how he has overcome a life of crime and addiction.
Director: Brett Harvey | Stars: Cheech Marin, Craig Balkam, Danielle Trejo, Danny Trejo
Votes: 1,274
42. Hells Angels: Storhed og fald (2023)
Documentary, Crime, History
The Danish biker scene was established in earnest with the entry of the infamous motorcycle club, Hells Angels. Agents, experts and key figures in the biker scene tell how the club became established in Denmark.
Stars: Abud Mustafa, Jesus Vicente Torresano Lominchar, Jay Dobyns, George Christie
Votes: 99
43. The Irish Mob (2008–2016)
45 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A look at how Irish gangsters changed the face of organized crime in the US.
Stars: Steve Wall, T.J. English, Alastair Mac Aindreasa, Roswell Stanley
Votes: 67
44. Kings of Coke (2022)
83 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A ragtag gang of Irish bank robbers from Montreal rose to become one of North America's most feared criminal organizations.
Director: Julian Sher | Stars: Dan Burke, David McGee, Kathy Dobson, D'Arcy O'Connor
Votes: 161
45. Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023 TV Movie)
Documentary, Crime, History
With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.
Director: David Harvey | Stars: Chuck Granata, Lenny Luizzi, Robert Foster, Robbyn Swan
Votes: 57
46. The Real Sopranos (2006 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Finding the connections between the TV series and a real-life New Jersey Mob.
Director: Thomas Viner | Stars: Selwyn Raab, Gregory B. Smith, Tommy Dades, Frank Santarsola
Votes: 107
47. Outlaw Bikers (2007– )
Documentary, Crime, History
It is 1997 and Mom Boucher, who is the leader of the Hells Angels in Quebec, has suffered from grandeur madness and claims to be above the law. He draws up a death list that includes the names of a number of different authorities.
Stars: Rory O'Shea, Craig Cyr, Ryan Boyko, John Stark
Votes: 71
48. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld (2012–2015)
268 min | Documentary, Crime
Villains, gangsters or "Faces" as they prefer to be called, are the men, gang and family members who have made headlines over the past 50 years for all the wrong reasons. Some are household... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard O'Mahoney, Frankie Fraser, Paul Ferris, Walter Norval
Votes: 82
49. Our Godfather (2019)
92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
OUR GODFATHER is a feature-length documentary about Tommaso Buscetta, the first high-ranking Italian mafia boss ever to turn against Cosa Nostra. Buscetta helped convict more than 400 ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Franchetti, Andrew Meier | Stars: Cristina Buscetta, Roberto Buscetta, Lisa Buscetta, Roberto Precioso
Votes: 1,622
50. Killing Jimmy Hoffa (2014)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary
Jimmy Hoffa was one of America's most powerful men. He fought the Kennedys, made deals with the Mafia, and controlled 2 million union members. Then he disappeared.
Director: Alan Bradley | Stars: George Anastasia, David Ashenfelter, Alan Bradley, James Buccellato
Votes: 227