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1. The Great Gatsby (2013)
PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Romance
A writer and wall street trader, Nick Carraway, finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his mysterious millionaire neighbor, Jay Gatsby, amid the riotous parties of the Jazz Age.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Tobey Maguire
Votes: 596,637 | Gross: $144.84M
2. 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: 377,575 | Gross: $5.32M
3. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
PG | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor-trailer full of beer over state lines, in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.
Director: Hal Needham | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry
Votes: 56,817 | Gross: $126.74M
4. The Untouchables (1987)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith
Votes: 330,713 | Gross: $76.27M
5. Lawless (2012)
R | 116 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Set in Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a trio of bootlegging brothers are threatened by a new special deputy and other authorities angling for a cut of their profits.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, Guy Pearce, Jason Clarke
Votes: 253,409 | Gross: $37.40M
6. Life (I) (1999)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
In 1932, two strangers are wrongfully convicted and develop a strong friendship in prison that lasts them through the 20th century.
Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes
Votes: 54,750 | Gross: $63.84M
7. Changeling (2008)
R | 141 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
After Christine's son goes missing, she reaches out to the LAPD to find him. But when they try to pass off an impostor as her son to quieten public protests, she refuses to accept him or give up hope.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Angelina Jolie, Colm Feore, Amy Ryan, Gattlin Griffith
Votes: 265,229 | Gross: $35.74M
8. Bugsy Malone (1976)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florence Garland, John Cassisi
Votes: 19,439 | Gross: $2.78M
9. Live by Night (2016)
R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Elle Fanning, Brendan Gleeson, Chris Messina
Votes: 59,809 | Gross: $10.38M
10. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore
Votes: 72,890 | Gross: $3.97M
11. Mobsters (1991)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama
From start to finish, this is a story of friendship between four street-wise mates who don't mind using violence to achieve the lives that they want. They trust no one but each other, which is vital to their success as mobsters.
Director: Michael Karbelnikoff | Stars: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Rodney Eastman, Costas Mandylor
Votes: 9,696 | Gross: $20.25M
12. Eight Fatal Shots (1972)
316 min | Drama
Small-farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. The movie is a flashback examining the events that finally lead to the tragic shooting. As time ... See full summary »
Stars: Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala, Mikko Niskanen, Paavo Pentikäinen, Tauno Paananen
Votes: 974
13. Raees (2017)
Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A bootlegger sets out to improve his community as a promising leader but falls in a political trap.
Director: Rahul Dholakia | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Sunny Leone, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Anurag Arora
Votes: 50,667 | Gross: $3.26M
14. Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
Approved | 136 min | Comedy, Drama
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 7,959 | Gross: $5.45M
15. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, History
Al Capone's Valentine's Day surprise for the rival Bugs Moran gang in 1929 Chicago.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Jean Hale
Votes: 4,766
16. The Untouchables (1993–1994)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In 1930s Chicago, the seemingly invincible crime boss Al Capone is opposed by a team of incorruptible U.S. Treasury Agents, led by the indefatigable Eliot Ness.
Stars: Tom Amandes, Paul Regina, John Newton, David James Elliott
Votes: 476
17. It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964)
Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger, and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through it all, he talks about how much of his ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Ira Rubin, Sam DeFazio, Andrea Martin, Catherine Scorsese
Votes: 2,179
18. Hot Summer in Barefoot County (1974)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Action
A city cop is sent out to the country to go undercover and bust up a ring of moonshiners run by a woman and her three hot teenage daughters.
Director: Will Zens | Stars: Sherry Robinson, Don Jones, Tonia Bryan, Charles Elledge
Votes: 218
19. House on Bare Mountain (1962)
Unrated | 62 min | Comedy, Horror
The Wolfman, Dracula and Frankenstein spy on a girls' school in the mountains, where most of the girls spend their time sunbathing in the nude, nude exercises and nude art classes. The monsters finally invade the school...
Directors: Lee Frost, Wes Bishop | Stars: Bob Cresse, Laine Carlin, Leticia Cooper, Laura Eden
Votes: 683
20. Häjyt (1999)
105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Häjyt tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Samuli Edelmann, Juha Veijonen, Teemu Lehtilä, Kalevi Haapoja
Votes: 5,282
21. Dance, Fools, Dance (1931)
Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
After the death of her father and loss of the family fortune, Bonnie (Joan Crawford) gets a job as a cub reporter while her brother (William Bakewell) becomes involved in bootlegging.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: Joan Crawford, Cliff Edwards, Lester Vail, William Bakewell
Votes: 1,241
22. Pardon Us (1931)
Approved | 56 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two guys end up in prison after attempting to sell beer to a policeman during Prohibition.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, June Marlowe, Wilfred Lucas
Votes: 2,818
23. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Music, Musical
This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman
Votes: 2,320
24. The Secret 6 (1931)
Passed | 83 min | Crime, Drama
After rising bootlegger Slaughterhouse Scorpio eliminates his gangland competition, two reporters and a cabal of six businessmen work to expose him.
Director: George W. Hill | Stars: Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown, Jean Harlow
Votes: 1,049
25. Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys (2008 TV Movie)
47 min | Comedy
It has been one year since the boys have become rich. Julian decided to keep the money safe, but when it comes time for everyone to get their share, the money is lost forever.
Director: Mike Clattenburg | Stars: John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, John Dunsworth, Patrick Roach
Votes: 3,953
26. Prohibition (2011)
60 min | Documentary, History
The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Michael Lerner
Votes: 3,423
27. Charley and the Angel (1973)
G | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Charley is a workaholic family man that finds out from an angel that his "number's up" and he will be dying soon so he tries to change his ways and be a better husband and father with the time he has left.
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Cloris Leachman, Harry Morgan, Kurt Russell
Votes: 643
28. Thunderbolt (1929)
Passed | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl. ... See full summary »
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen, Eugenie Besserer
Votes: 882
29. Finger Man (1955)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An ex-con goes undercover for the government to "finger" the crime boss who made his sister a drug addict.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Frank Lovejoy, Forrest Tucker, Peggie Castle, Timothy Carey
Votes: 424
30. Ghulam-E-Musthafa (1997)
Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A gangster shuns the path of crime after his lover is killed by his rivals but soon he is dragged by his boss once again in the criminal world to do one last job.
Director: Partho Ghosh | Stars: Nana Patekar, Raveena Tandon, Paresh Rawal, Aruna Irani
Votes: 1,314
31. The George Raft Story (1961)
Approved | 106 min | Biography, Drama
Dancer George Raft (Ray Danton) finds himself involved with the criminal underworld. After a conflict with gangster boss Frank Donatella (Joe de Santis), he is exiled to Hollywoood, where ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Ray Danton, Jayne Mansfield, Julie London, Barrie Chase
Votes: 295
32. Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (1929)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marry. George buys a majority interest in ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: John Breeden, Lola Lane, DeWitt Jennings, Sharon Lynn
Votes: 27
33. Pearls and Pigs (2003)
113 min | Comedy
When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by ... See full summary »
Director: Perttu Leppä | Stars: Mikko Leppilampi, Laura Birn, Amanda Pilke, Unto Helo
Votes: 3,285
34. Rööperi (2009)
133 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Professional criminals in Finland from 1966 to 1979.
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Samuli Edelmann, Peter Franzén, Kari Hietalahti, Pihla Viitala
Votes: 3,680
35. The Real Peaky Blinders (2022 TV Special)
104 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A historical presentation of the gang movements and organized crime from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century in England.
Director: Harvey Lilley | Stars: Mark Frost, Steven Knight, Carl Chinn, Corinne Brazier
Votes: 67
36. Killers Three (1968)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama
Two backwoods North Carolinians unsuccessfully attempt to rob a bootlegger of $250, 000. They kill a federal agent while escaping, then head for California. Based on a story by Michael Fisher and Dick Clark.
Director: Bruce Kessler | Stars: Robert Walker Jr., Diane Varsi, Dick Clark, Norman Alden
Votes: 207
37. Pojat (1962)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A group of mischievous Finnish boys experience the ups and downs of life during World War 2.
Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Pentti Tarkiainen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Uti Saurio, Hannu Vironmäki
Votes: 976
38. 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
39. The Count of the Old Town (1935)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Romance
In one of the narrow streets of the Old town of Stockholm lies hotel City. It's inhabited by mysterious characters such as 'Greven', 'Blomman' and others. The police inspector Göransson is chasing a jewel thief, 'Diamond-Lasse'.
Directors: Edvin Adolphson, Sigurd Wallén | Stars: Valdemar Dalquist, Julia Cæsar, Sigurd Wallén, Tollie Zellman
Votes: 401
40. Smugglarkungen (1985)
107 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
It's the early 20s, just after World War I. In Sweden, restrictions on alcohol are harder than most people like and so, smuggling is abundant. In this particular little town, smuggling is ... See full summary »
Director: Sune Lund-Sørensen | Stars: Janne Carlsson, Björn Skifs, Sanne Salomonsen, Ernst Günther
Votes: 263
41. Hot Pepper (1933)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Comedy about a pair of ex-Marines who team up and get involved in a nightclub. Trouble ensues when they both fall in love with a feisty woman and begin fighting over her.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Lupe Velez, Victor McLaglen, El Brendel
Votes: 126
42. The Last One (II) (2008)
TV-PG | 58 min | Documentary
In a far corner of Southern Appalachia, moonshiner Popcorn Sutton makes one last batch of true bootleg whiskey. The craft of traditional distillation is revealed along with a lifetime of memories in the trade.
Director: Neal Hutcheson | Stars: Popcorn Sutton, Floyd Sutton, Abigail Moore, Bill Milsap
Votes: 135
43. Char Dil Char Rahen (1959)
Not Rated | 160 min | Drama
Three young man Govinda,Dilwar and Jhonny waiting at the crossroads for their lovers.Govinda was prevented from marrying Chavi as she is untouchable and driven out from village Govinda then... See full summary »
Director: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Ajit Khan, Shammi Kapoor, Meena Kumari
Votes: 58
44. The Purple Gang (1959)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
The story of the infamous Purple Gang, a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920s' Detroit.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards, Marc Cavell
Votes: 337
45. The Struggle (1931)
Passed | 87 min | Drama
A young couple's marriage is jeopardized by the husband's descent into alcoholism.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Hal Skelly, Zita Johann, Charlotte Wynters, Evelyn Baldwin
Votes: 376
46. Swamp Country (1966)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
In a small southern swamp town, a local girl is found murdered. A young California man passing through town is blamed, and in fleeing the local lynch mob he escapes into the Okeefeenokee Swamp, where he runs into even more dangers.
Director: Robert Patrick | Stars: Rex Allen, Baker Knight, Carolyn Gilbert, Sue Casey
Votes: 98
47. Preacherman (1971)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
Phony backwoods preacher Amos T. Huxley stays in a small North Carolina town long enough to fleece his congregation, swindle the profits from a moonshine still, and seduce dumb blonde Mary ... See full summary »
Director: Albert T. Viola | Stars: Albert T. Viola, Ilene Kristen, Adam Hesse, Marian Brown
Votes: 249
48. Gal Young Un (1979)
105 min | Drama
Gal Young 'Un centers on a spinster woman who lives alone in the woods of north Florida until she is swept off her feet by an opportunistic bootlegger. He marries her for her place and her ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Nunez | Stars: Dana Preu, David Peck, J. Smith-Cameron, Gene Densmore
Votes: 165
49. The Last Parade (1931)
Passed | 82 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The first film produced by Harry Cohn's brother Jack, and a version of this film's plot was used in 1937's "End of the Trail" that also starred Jack Holt as the good-man-gone-wrong who is ... See full summary »
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Jack Holt, Tom Moore, Constance Cummings, Robert Ellis
Votes: 25
50. Beer Barrel Polecats (1946)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges make a whole batch of homemade beer, but get tossed in jail when Curly sells some to a policeman. Their minor indiscretion turns into a forty year sentence when a barrel of beer... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Robert B. Williams
Votes: 517