Golden Age Gangsters
by joe_538 | created - 11 May 2013 | updated - 03 Apr 2019 | PublicGangster movies and series set in the 20's, 30's, and 40's.
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101. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
Stars: Robert Stack, Walter Winchell, Nicholas Georgiade, Paul Picerni
Votes: 3,079
102. Dillinger (1960 TV Movie)
Drama
The story of John Dillinger, "Public Enemy Number One", up to his violent death outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.
Director: Mel Ferber | Stars: Philip Abbott, Steven Hill, Ralph Meeker, Jane Rose
Votes: 13
103. Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ma Barker and her four sons terrorize the 1930s South and Midwest with a string of kidnappings, robberies and murders, and even get to work with such famous criminals as John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson.
Director: Bill Karn | Stars: Lurene Tuttle, Tristram Coffin, Paul Dubov, Nelson Leigh
Votes: 350
104. Murder, Inc. (1960)
Not Rated | 103 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The rise and fall of a 1930's Brooklyn crime syndicate, known as Murder Incorporated, led by mobster Lepke Buchalter.
Directors: Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg | Stars: Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan, Peter Falk
Votes: 1,672
105. The Music Box Kid (1960)
Not Rated | 75 min | Crime, Drama
A gang leader's religious wife is persuaded by a priest to inform on him.
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Ron Foster, Luana Patten, Grant Richards, Johnny Seven
Votes: 114
106. Studs Lonigan (1960)
95 min | Drama
A young man tries to escape the South Side of 1920s Chicago.
Director: Irving Lerner | Stars: Christopher Knight, Frank Gorshin, Venetia Stevenson, Carolyn Craig
Votes: 372
107. Pretty Boy Floyd (1960)
Not Rated | 96 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Charles Arthur Floyd finds work on an oil rig after serving time for armed robbery; but when he becomes involved with a married woman, her husband swears revenge. Floyd's boss doesn't know that his new employee was a jailbird.
Director: Herbert J. Leder | Stars: John Ericson, Barry Newman, Roy Fant, Joan Harvey
Votes: 173
108. The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
Not Rated | 101 min | Biography, Crime, History
Neo-noir about a small-time New York City criminal whose ambition is to become a big-time crime boss during the Prohibition era.
Director: Budd Boetticher | Stars: Ray Danton, Karen Steele, Elaine Stewart, Jesse White
Votes: 1,342
109. The Roaring 20's (1960–1962)
60 min | Crime, Drama
The adventures of a newspaper reporter covering the world of cops and gangsters in 1920s New York.
Stars: Dorothy Provine, Donald May, Gary Vinson, Mike Road
Votes: 185
110. 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: 297
111. King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
Approved | 106 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of flamboyant Prohibition-era gangster, gambler and bootlegger Arnold Rothstein.
Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: David Janssen, Dianne Foster, Jack Carson, Diana Dors
Votes: 297
112. Mad Dog Coll (1961)
88 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Story of Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, a notorious gangland killer in the 1930s.
Director: Burt Balaban | Stars: John Davis Chandler, Kay Doubleday, Brooke Hayward, Neil Burstyn
Votes: 372
113. Portrait of a Mobster (1961)
108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
This movie portrays the rise and fall of 1920s gangster Dutch Schultz. While building his own mob ring, he romances Iris, the daughter of a man he killed. When Iris marries a cop, Schultz ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Vic Morrow, Leslie Parrish, Peter Breck, Norman Alden
Votes: 139
114. A House Is Not a Home (1964)
Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, History
Biopic of notorious New York City Madam Polly Adler, set during the Roaring Twenties.
Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero, Ralph Taeger
Votes: 261
115. Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Approved | 123 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical
In Prohibition-era Chicago, two rival gangs compete for control of the city's rackets.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Bing Crosby
Votes: 5,688 | Gross: $9.81M
116. Young Dillinger (1965)
102 min | Crime, Drama
John Dillinger first goes to jail after attempting to rob his girlfriend's father at her suggestion. Falling in with the likes of "Baby Face" Nelson and "Pretty Boy" Floyd, he arranges ... See full summary »
Director: Terry O. Morse | Stars: Nick Adams, Robert Conrad, John Ashley, Dan Terranova
Votes: 192
117. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Votes: 120,653
118. 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: 4,768
119. 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
120. The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde (1968)
75 min | Drama, Crime
The supposed truth behind Bonnie and Clyde, including new footage of bullet-ridden car and bodies, taken just after the shooting by a police officer.
Director: Larry Buchanan | Stars: Burl Ives, Frank Hamer, John Jenkins, Floyd Hamilton
Votes: 86
121. The Bang Bang Gang (1970)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
1930's: Adam and Leroy tries to rob a cafe, but finds out that two girls are already trying to do the same. Instead of arguing with them they join them in a robbery-spree.
Director: Van Guylder | Stars: Jae Miller, Michael Kirkwood, Revel Quinn, Marland Proctor
Votes: 85
122. Bloody Mama (1970)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama
A psychologically disturbed matriarch presides over her damaged family of bank-robbing misfits.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Shelley Winters, Don Stroud, Pat Hingle, Diane Varsi
Votes: 3,728
123. A Bullet for Pretty Boy (1970)
M/PG | 89 min | Action, Biography, Crime
After serving four years of a six-year sentence on a manslaughter charge, a tough punk (Pretty Boy Floyd) escapes from prison and goes on a violent rampage.
Directors: Larry Buchanan, Maury Dexter | Stars: Fabian, Jocelyn Lane, Astrid Warner, Adam Roarke
Votes: 251
124. The Chicago Teddy Bears (1971)
30 min | Comedy
Comedic battle between an honest man and his mobster cousin over a Chicago speakeasy.
Stars: Dean Jones, Art Metrano, John Banner, Marvin Kaplan
Votes: 41
125. Fools' Parade (1971)
GP | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
In 1935, after forty years in a West Virginia prison, three released convicts wish to open a legitimate business using the $25,000 earned in prison, but a crooked prison guard in cahoots with the town banker plans to defraud them.
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: James Stewart, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter, Strother Martin
Votes: 1,663 | Gross: $0.06M
126. The Grissom Gang (1971)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama
Set in the Depression, a gang of half-witted small-time hoods led by Slim Grissom kidnap heiress Barbara Blandish and Slim proceeds to fall in love with her. Remake of the British film No ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante, Robert Lansing
Votes: 1,475
127. 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: 2,013,755 | Gross: $134.97M
128. Boxcar Bertha (1972)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
During the Great Depression, a union leader and a young woman become criminals to exact revenge on the management of a railroad.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey
Votes: 10,919
129. The Valachi Papers (1972)
PG | 125 min | Crime, Drama
Gangster Joe Valachi is a marked man in the same joint where mob boss Don Vito Genovese is imprisoned and he's forced to co-operate with the DA in exchange for protection.
Director: Terence Young | Stars: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari
Votes: 4,446 | Gross: $20.27M
130. Dillinger (1973)
R | 107 min | Action, Biography, Crime
John Dillinger and his gang go on a bank robbing spree across the midwest, but one G-Man is determined to bring him down.
Director: John Milius | Stars: Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman
Votes: 5,854 | Gross: $2.00M
131. Little Laura and Big John (1973)
R | 82 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Based on a true story, this action-packed, hard-hitting depiction of the infamous Ashley gang - who terrorized the southeast in the 1920's - also illustrates a desperate love between two people destined for destruction.
Directors: Luke Moberly, Bob Woodburn | Stars: Fabian, Karen Black, Ivy Thayer, Ken Miller
Votes: 227
132. Lucky Luciano (1973)
R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Charles Cioffi
Votes: 1,581
133. The Sting (1973)
PG | 129 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning
Votes: 280,016 | Gross: $159.60M
134. Big Bad Mama (1974)
R | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Circumstances force a tough single mother and her two daughters into a life of crime and they quickly become outlaws on the run, picking up partners along the way, and traveling to different states, pursued by the law.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Susan Sennett
Votes: 3,049 | Gross: $0.62M
135. Bootleggers (1974)
PG | 115 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Details the lives of two feuding families of bootleggers, the Pruitts and the Woodalls, in rural 1920s and 1930s Arkansas.
Director: Charles B. Pierce | Stars: Paul Koslo, Dennis Fimple, Slim Pickens, Jaclyn Smith
Votes: 184
136. The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One (1974 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI go after notorious bank robber and kidnapper Alvin Karpis and his gang.
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky | Stars: Robert Foxworth, David Wayne, Kay Lenz, Gary Lockwood
Votes: 89
137. The Godfather Part II (1974)
R | 202 min | Crime, Drama
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton
Votes: 1,364,921 | Gross: $57.30M
138. Melvin Purvis G-MAN (1974 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Agent Melvin Purvis is placed in charge of running down notorious killer Machine Gun Kelly, and sets out to do just that.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Dale Robertson, Harris Yulin, Dick Sargent, Margaret Blye
Votes: 220
139. The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime, Drama
A humanistic account of "the Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills", in which Charles Arthur Floyd is portrayed as a decent man who has a strong sense of family and duty.
Director: Clyde Ware | Stars: Martin Sheen, Kim Darby, Michael Parks, Steven Keats
Votes: 100
140. Thieves Like Us (1974)
R | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
When two men break out of prison, they join up with another and restart their criminal ways, robbing banks across the South.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Bert Remsen
Votes: 5,145
141. Virginia Hill (1974 TV Movie)
74 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of 1940s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Dyan Cannon, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, Robby Benson
Votes: 165
142. Capone (1975)
R | 101 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
Director: Steve Carver | Stars: Ben Gazzara, Susan Blakely, Harry Guardino, Sylvester Stallone
Votes: 3,220 | Gross: $1.66M
143. The Four Deuces (1975)
R | 87 min | Action, Comedy
The film centres around gangland boss Vic Morono who presides over a mixed pack of cards with the trumps being the 'The Four Deuces'-Chip Morono, Mickey Navarro, Ben Arlen and Smokey Ross.
Director: William H. Bushnell | Stars: Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Warren Berlinger, Adam Roarke
Votes: 264
144. The Kansas City Massacre (1975 TV Movie)
99 min | Crime, Drama
Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.
Director: Dan Curtis | Stars: Dale Robertson, Bo Hopkins, Scott Brady, Matt Clark
Votes: 190
145. Lepke (1975)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is head of Murder Inc., the syndicate that spattered the headlines of the day with blood.
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Tony Curtis, Anjanette Comer, Michael Callan, Warren Berlinger
Votes: 438 | Gross: $0.20M
146. Lucky Lady (1975)
PG | 118 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trois after business hours.
Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 1,322 | Gross: $24.44M
147. 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: 19,467 | Gross: $2.78M
148. The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
PG | 112 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. The film follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S. presidents.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Broderick Crawford, James Wainwright, Michael Parks, José Ferrer
Votes: 798
149. F.I.S.T. (1978)
PG | 145 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Peter Boyle, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 8,747 | Gross: $20.39M
150. The Lady in Red (1979)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After being in the wrong place at the wrong time, a naïve farm girl moves to Chicago, where she becomes trapped in a vicious cycle of prostitution and crime abetted by John Dillinger.
Director: Lewis Teague | Stars: Pamela Sue Martin, Robert Conrad, Louise Fletcher, Robert Hogan
Votes: 1,407
151. Little Miss Marker (1980)
PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A gruff bookie's life is turned upside-down when he gets a 6-year-old kid as collateral for a bet.
Director: Walter Bernstein | Stars: Walter Matthau, Julie Andrews, Tony Curtis, Bob Newhart
Votes: 1,697 | Gross: $6.32M
152. Gangster Wars (1981)
121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Three poor ghetto kids in turn-of-the-century New York City grow up to become feared gangsters.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Michael Nouri, Brian Benben, Joe Penny, Richard S. Castellano
Votes: 232
153. Sizzle (1981 TV Movie)
104 min | Drama
An elaborate drama set in Prohibition era Chicago. Forsythe plays a cold-hearted gangster who succumbs to the innocent charms and curvaceous body of a small-town girl.
Director: Don Medford | Stars: Loni Anderson, Leslie Uggams, Roy Thinnes, Richard Lynch
Votes: 51
154. City Heat (1984)
PG | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Slick Private Investigator Mike Murphy (Burt Reynolds) and tough Police Lieutenant Speer (Clint Eastwood), once partners, now bitter enemies, reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.
Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn
Votes: 10,814 | Gross: $38.35M
155. The Cotton Club (1984)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee
Votes: 19,558 | Gross: $25.93M
156. Johnny Dangerously (1984)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Crime
Set in the 1930s, an honest, good-hearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's sky-rocketing medical bills.
Director: Amy Heckerling | Stars: Michael Keaton, Joe Piscopo, Marilu Henner, Maureen Stapleton
Votes: 16,412
157. 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: 377,927 | Gross: $5.32M
158. Izzy & Moe (1985 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Crime
The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers, who become two of the best prohibition Agents in the 1920s.
Director: Jackie Cooper | Stars: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Cynthia Harris, Zohra Lampert
Votes: 259
159. Big Bad Mama II (1987)
R | 83 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The evil local land baron forecloses on Angie's place, and she and her two daughters must leave and continue their life of crime. A reporter witnesses their heist of a bank, and helps them become folk legends by writing a story about them.
Director: Jim Wynorski | Stars: Angie Dickinson, Robert Culp, Danielle Brisebois, Julie McCullough
Votes: 1,008
160. 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: 330,939 | Gross: $76.27M
161. The Verne Miller Story (1987)
R | 95 min | Drama
Upon his release from prison, Verne Miller works his way into Al Capone's organization. He becomes a top assassin and earns Capone's trust. Miller's failing health and an oversized ego get ... See full summary »
Director: Rod Hewitt | Stars: Scott Glenn, Barbara Stock, Thomas G. Waites, Lucinda Jenney
Votes: 358
162. Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Drama
True story of Al Capone's notorious hitman.
Director: Michael Switzer | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Vincent Guastaferro, Trini Alvarado, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 464
163. Sunset (1988)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Tom Mix and Wyatt Earp team up to solve a murder at the Academy Awards in 1929 Hollywood.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Bruce Willis, James Garner, Malcolm McDowell, Mariel Hemingway
Votes: 4,625 | Gross: $4.59M
164. Harlem Nights (1989)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During the 1930s, a New York City illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters, and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.
Director: Eddie Murphy | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello
Votes: 24,806 | Gross: $60.86M
165. The Revenge of Al Capone (1989 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Drama
After Al Capone is imprisoned, he still continues to run his empire, and plots to assassinate the mayor of Chicago.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Keith Carradine, Ray Sharkey, Debrah Farentino, Charles Haid
Votes: 156
166. Dick Tracy (1990)
PG | 105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Charlie Korsmo
Votes: 65,768 | Gross: $103.74M
167. The Lost Capone (1990 TV Movie)
Unrated | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Fictionalized account of Jimmy Capone (Pasdar), the brother of gangster Al Capone (Roberts) who assumed an alias and became a lawman.
Director: John Gray | Stars: Adrian Pasdar, Eric Roberts, Ally Sheedy, Titus Welliver
Votes: 271
168. Miller's Crossing (1990)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties.
Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, John Turturro, Marcia Gay Harden
Votes: 142,190 | Gross: $5.08M
169. Billy Bathgate (1991)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis
Votes: 12,741 | Gross: $15.97M
170. Bugsy (1991)
R | 136 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of how Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel started Las Vegas.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 31,006 | Gross: $49.11M
171. Dillinger (1991 TV Movie)
90 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The film is based on the actual events of the pursuit of American bank robber John Dillinger during the 1930s.
Director: Rupert Wainwright | Stars: Mark Harmon, Sherilyn Fenn, Will Patton, Bruce Abbott
Votes: 542
172. 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: 9,705 | Gross: $20.25M
173. Oscar (1991)
PG | 109 min | Comedy, Crime
A gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father: that he would give up his life of crime and "go straight".
Director: John Landis | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 34,297 | Gross: $23.56M
174. The Return of Eliot Ness (1991 TV Movie)
94 min | Crime, Drama
Detective Eliot Ness comes back to town to fight corruption and avenge a former partner's murder with the help of the son.
Director: James A. Contner | Stars: Robert Stack, Jack Coleman, Philip Bosco, Anthony DeSando
Votes: 271
175. Bonnie & Clyde: The True Story (1992 TV Movie)
93 min | Crime, Drama
Bonnie Parker is estranged from her husband while still only just barely eighteen. Clyde Barrow, a handsome charmer who is in love with Bonnie, is a small-time thief, 'borrowing' cars to ... See full summary »
Director: Gary Hoffman | Stars: Tracey Needham, Dana Ashbrook, Doug Savant, Billy Morrissette
Votes: 344
176. Hit the Dutchman (1992)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
Arthur Flegenheimer is a thief recently released from prison who is recruited by noted hood Jack "Legs" Diamond. Flegenheimer changes his name to Dutch Schultz and, thanks to his brutal and... See full summary »
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Bruce Nozick, Jack Conley, Sally Kirkland, Jennifer Pusheck
Votes: 220
177. Hoffa (1992)
R | 140 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of the notorious American labor union figure Jimmy Hoffa, who organizes a bitter strike, makes deals with members of the organized crime syndicate and mysteriously disappears in 1975.
Director: Danny DeVito | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh
Votes: 24,801 | Gross: $24.28M
178. Mad Dog Coll (1992)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
New York City is torn apart by an all-out mafia war. With brother Peter at his side, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll blasts his way from streetfighter to kingpin in the dangerous world of organized crime.
Directors: Greydon Clark, Ken Stein | Stars: Christopher Bradley, Bruce Nozick, Rachel York, Jeff Griggs
Votes: 133
179. The Outfit (1993)
R | 92 min | Crime, Action, Thriller
A renegade FBI agent sparks an explosive mob war between gangster crime lords Legs Diamond and Dutch Schultz.
Director: J. Christian Ingvordsen | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Martin Kove, Billy Drago, Rick Washburn
Votes: 199
180. 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: 478
181.
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
Episode:
Young Indiana Jones and the Mystery of the Blues
(1993)
TV-G | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Director: Carl Schultz | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Harrison Ford, Jeffrey Wright, Jay Underwood
Votes: 463
182. Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime
In New York in 1928, a struggling playwright is forced to cast a mobster's talentless girlfriend in his latest drama in order to get it produced.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: John Cusack, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri
Votes: 41,807 | Gross: $13.38M
183. The Barrow Gang (1995)
180 min
The only historically accurate account about the story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Director: Sean Hughes | Stars: Anthony Snow, Bethany Harper, Stephen Pocock, Johnna Schmidt
Votes: 9
184. Dillinger and Capone (1995 Video)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dillinger survived assassination and is living a quiet farm life with his family in 1940, but Al Capone, recently freed from prison, need his help for one last score.
Director: Jon Purdy | Stars: Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Davies, Catherine Hicks
Votes: 689
185. Baby Face Nelson (1996)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Bonnie and Clyde were no match for Depression Era gangster George "Babyface" Nelson and his moll Helen Womack. Constantly on the lam from the law and from Chicago's biggest crime lord Al ... See full summary »
Director: Scott P. Levy | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Lisa Zane, Doug Wert, F. Murray Abraham
Votes: 223
186. The Funeral (1996)
R | 99 min | Crime, Drama
After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Christopher Walken, Chris Penn, Annabella Sciorra, Isabella Rossellini
Votes: 9,405 | Gross: $1.23M
187. Last Man Standing (1996)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken
Votes: 61,015 | Gross: $17.60M
188. Public Enemies (1996 Video)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Glorified, glamorized fact-based tale of Ma Barker and her boys, who robbed banks and generally terrorized the Midwest in the 1930s and were eventually gunned down by G-man Melvin Purvis.
Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Leah Best, Chip Heller, Theresa Russell, Richard Eden
Votes: 1,232
189. Hoodlum (1997)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fights Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia
Votes: 12,578 | Gross: $23.46M
190. The Newton Boys (1998)
PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Ethan Hawke, Skeet Ulrich, Vincent D'Onofrio
Votes: 12,388 | Gross: $10.30M
191. Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999 TV Movie)
170 min | Crime, Drama
The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.
Director: Michel Poulette | Stars: Martin Landau, Guido Grasso Jr., Bruce Ramsay, Tony Nardi
Votes: 1,096
192. Lansky (1999 TV Movie)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
Richard Dreyfuss stars in this compelling, fact-based movie about notorious mobster Meyer Lansky, chronicling his beginnings as a Jewish immigrant to his successful career in gambling, bootlegging and racketeering--and eventually murder.
Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Yosef Carmon, Mosko Alkalai, Fima Noveck
Votes: 2,025
193. Capone's Boys (2002)
R | 120 min | Drama, Crime
Three Englishmen working as waiters on a cruise ship in 1927 are given a chance to work for the Al Capone gang.
Director: Richard Standeven | Stars: Al Sapienza, Peter Pedrero, Aris Comninos, Stephen Lord
Votes: 349
194. Road to Perdition (2002)
R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mob enforcer's son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman
Votes: 284,625 | Gross: $104.45M
195. Dogville (2003)
R | 178 min | Crime, Drama
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 finds out that their support has a price.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 158,725 | Gross: $1.53M
196. Bonnie and Clyde: End of the Line (2007)
16 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The real Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were even more compelling and profound than the iconic characters of the classic Hollywood film. They lived their lives amid rural poverty during the... See full summary »
Director: Elaine Zicree | Stars: Dixie Lee Sedgwick, Dominic Comperatore, James Napoli, Shane Roberts
Votes: 16
197. Public Enemies (2009)
R | 140 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke
Votes: 318,725 | Gross: $97.10M
198. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 203,227
199. J. Edgar (2011)
R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
J. Edgar Hoover, powerful head of the F.B.I. for nearly fifty years, looks back on his professional and personal life.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Josh Hamilton
Votes: 133,659 | Gross: $37.31M
200. 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: 253,535 | Gross: $37.40M
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