Gangster
Gangster films serve as an expansive genre detailing the rise and fall of Crime figures and their syndicates while exploring the sociopolitical atmospheres that foster such underworlds. Notably, gangster films thrived as one of the earliest popular genres of talkies, capturing audiences with their gritty narratives and charismatic anti-heroes.
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- CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna GunnA chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsCillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie RundleA gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
- CreatorCarlo BernardChris BrancatoDoug MiroStarsPedro PascalWagner MouraBoyd HolbrookA 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.
- CreatorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoNew 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.
- CreatorDavid SimonStarsDominic WestLance ReddickSonja SohnThe Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
- CreatorBill DubuqueMark WilliamsStarsJason BatemanLaura LinneySofia HublitzA financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.
- CreatorKurt SutterStarsCharlie HunnamKatey SagalMark Boone JuniorA biker struggles to balance being a father and being involved in an outlaw motorcycle club.
- CreatorTerence WinterStarsSteve BuscemiKelly MacdonaldMichael ShannonAn Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
- CreatorNick SantoraStarsAlan RitchsonMaria StenMalcolm GoodwinItinerant former military policeman Jack Reacher solves crimes and metes out his own brand of street justice. Based on the novels by Lee Child.
- CreatorDavid FarrStarsTom HiddlestonHugh LaurieElizabeth DebickiThe night manager of a Cairo hotel is recruited to infiltrate an arms dealer's inner circle.
- CreatorVarun GroverStarsSaif Ali KhanNawazuddin SiddiquiNeeraj KabiA link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.
- CreatorCarlo BernardChris BrancatoDoug MiroStarsScoot McNairyJosé María YazpikAlejandro EddaThe rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in Mexico.
- CreatorPuneet KrishnaKaran AnshumanStarsPankaj TripathiAli FazalDivyendu SharmaA shocking incident at a wedding procession ignites a series of events entangling the lives of two families in the lawless city of Mirzapur.
- CreatorTaylor SheridanStarsSylvester StalloneAndrea SavageMartin StarrFollowing his release from prison, Mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely characters.
- StarsBobby DeolChandan Roy SanyalAditi Sudhir PohankarA duplicitous, aashram based, Indian Godman's good deeds serve activities criminal and unholy, such as rapes, murders, drugs, vote bank politics and forced male emasculation. The law and a few crusaders investigate to bring him to account.
- CreatorCourtney A. KempStarsOmari HardwickLela LorenNaturi NaughtonJames "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.
- CreatorLeonardo FasoliStefano BisesRoberto SavianoStarsSalvatore EspositoMarco D'AmoreIvana LotitoCiro disregards tradition in his attempt to become the next boss of his crime syndicate. The internal power struggle puts him and his entire family's life at risk.
- CreatorJonathan LiscoStarsShawn HatosyBen RobsonJake WearyCenters on a Southern California family, whose excessive lifestyle is fueled by their criminal activities.
- CreatorGareth EvansMatt FlanneryStarsJoe ColeSope DirisuMichelle FairleyTells the story of London being torn apart by the turbulent power struggles of its international gangs and the sudden power vacuum that's created when the head of London's most powerful crime family is assassinated.
- CreatorJonathan TropperStarsAndrew KojiOlivia ChengJason TobinDuring the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy from China, immigrates to San Francisco and becomes a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown.
- CreatorRonan BennettStarsAshley WaltersKanoJasmine JobsonTwo London drug dealers ply their lucrative trade at a public housing estate in East London.
- CreatorJ.T. RogersStarsAnsel ElgortKen WatanabeRachel KellerA Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.
- CreatorM.A. FortinJoshua John MillerStarsAlice BragaHemky MaderaPeter GadiotTeresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
- CreatorEilif SkodvinAnne BjørnstadStarsSteven Van ZandtTrond FausaSteinar SagenA New York mobster goes into hiding in rural Lillehammer in Norway after testifying against his former associates.
- CreatorBen KetaiStarsAdam BrodyEdi GathegiOtmara MarreroA desperate banker, a Haitian-American gang lord and a Cuban-American hacker are forced to work together to unwittingly create their version of the American dream - organized crime 2.0.
- CreatorTeodora MarkovaGeorgi IvanovStarsIvaylo ZaharievZachary BaharovVladimir PenevTrained young policeman goes undercover in the gang of the most dangerous mafia boss in Bulgaria.
- CreatorEric AmadioJohn SingletonDave AndronStarsDamson IdrisCarter HudsonSergio Peris-MenchetaA look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.
- StarsSong Joong-kiJeon Yeo-beenTaecyeonDuring a visit to his motherland, a Korean-Italian Mafia lawyer gives an unrivaled conglomerate a taste of its own medicine with a side of justice.
- CreatorElgin JamesKurt SutterStarsJD PardoClayton CardenasSarah BolgerSet 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.
- CreatorSilvana AguirreCarlos ContrerasStarsMarco de la OHumberto BustoDiego VásquezA look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power during the '90s as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
- CreatorSiddharth SenguptaStarsArunoday SinghNidhi SinghSaanand VermaRudra, a senior police inspector is set on a mission to catch a wanted criminal with his personal life on stake.
- CreatorChris BrancatoPaul EcksteinStarsForest WhitakerIlfenesh HaderaLucy FryA gangster named Bumpy Johnson makes his way in Harlem during the 1960s. A TV prequel to the 2007 film, 'American Gangster', which centered on the criminal enterprise of Frank Lucas.
- StarsNecati SasmazÖzgü NamalGürkan UygunFollows a Turkish agent working under the assumed identity of Polat Alemdar attempting to infiltrate the Turkish mafia.
- CreatorPiet MatthysBart UytdenhouwenNico MoolenaarStarsTom WaesSean BurgosFrank LammersInspired by real events, undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation by posing as a couple at the campground where he spends his weekends.
- StarsAras Bulut IynemliErkan Kolçak KöstendilRiza KocaogluA dangerous neighborhood, "The Pit", ran by a noble mafia family called Koçovali. When the family is in the danger of losing the control of The Pit, their youngest son now must come back to his home, where he could never escape from.
- CreatorÁlex PinaStarsLaura HaddockNuno LopesMarta MilansA woman tries to solve the mysterious death of her brother, a famous DJ who disappeared from Ibiza many years ago.
- CreatorHossein AminiJames WatkinsStarsYoalah BrinsonJames NortonMerab NinidzeAlex Godman has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of his family's past. But when a murder unearths their past, Alex is drawn into the criminal underworld where he must confront his values to protect those he loves.
- StarsTakehiro HiraKelly MacdonaldYôsuke KubozukaA detective from Tokyo scours London for his missing brother, who's been involved with the Yakuza and accused of murder.
- StarsAlessandro BorghiGiacomo FerraraFilippo NigroIn 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.
- CreatorHarman BawejaStarsMohit RainaSiddhant KapoorBidita BagNaveen Sikhera makes his way into the sin city as the new SSP, he is hit by the prevailing chaos and lawlessness in the city. Muzaffarnagar is ruled by Shaukeen gang in the east and the Dedha brothers rule the west.
- CreatorRam MadhvaniSandeep ModiStarsSushmita SenVikas KumarVirti VaghaniWhen her world suddenly turns upside down, will Aarya become the very thing she hated?How far will she go to survive and protect her family?
- CreatorPaul HaggisBobby MorescoStarsJonathan TuckerTom GuiryOlivia WildeFour young Irish brothers are caught up in New York's underworld of organized crime.
- CreatorChristian AlvartStarsFelix KramerFahri YardimKatharina SchüttlerA politically sensitive murder forces two disparate detectives into a battle with the Berlin underworld and a confrontation with their own corruption.
- CreatorMitch GlazerStarsJeffrey Dean MorganOlga KurylenkoSteven StraitCenters on Miami mobsters and other characters from Miami Beach in the late 1950s.
- StarsBill SkarsgårdVilhelm BlomgrenSandra IlarThis is the incredible story behind Sweden's most notorious gangster, Clark Olofsson, whose infamous crimes gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome".
- StarsSwara BhaskerRahul DuttaMahima MakwanaUnrelenting cop Radha, searches for missing NRI teenager Zoya, only to open a Pandora's box of the evil flesh trade.
- StarsSergey BezrukovDmitriy DyuzhevPavel MaykovBrigada is a group of four friends, who grew up together and formed a most powerful gang in Moscow. Initially they made business together, but an unplanned murder transformed them. Now their lives are at risk and there is no way back.
- StarsSerban PavluMaria ObretinAndreea VasileUmbre follows Relu, an enforcer for a small-time mob boss, as he struggles to keep his family in the dark about his job. The secrets Relu keeps become increasingly oppressive and the lies begin to surface.
- CreatorRZAAlex TseStarsAshton SandersShameik MooreSiddiq SaundersonThe show tracks the Wu Tang Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs, who strives to unite a dozen young Black men who are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
- CreatorEd BrubakerNicolas Winding RefnStarsMiles TellerAugusto AguileraNell Tiger FreeDetective Martin Jones, who leads a double life as a killer for hire in Los Angeles' deadly underground, suffers an existential crisis which leads him deeper into a blood splattered world of violence.
- CreatorMichael KonyvesSimon BarryStarsKim CoatesLouis FerreiraSharon TaylorA dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
- CreatorCourtney A. KempStarsMichael Rainey Jr.Gianni PaoloLovell Adams-GrayThe journey of some of Power's most controversial characters.
- CreatorDonald ToddStarsEdgar RamírezAbbey LeeOtmara MarreroWhen an ex-cop returns to his home state of Florida to find a mobster's runaway girlfriend, what should've been a quick gig turns into a wild odyssey.
- CreatorHomi AdajaniaStarsDimple KapadiaRohan SinghRadhika MadanSavitri, the matriarch of a massive cartel in the lawless Borderlands, opens up a battle for succession to find her heir in a murky world of drugs and violence.
- StarsNecati SasmazErhan UfakCahit KayaogluValley of the Wolves: Polat Alemdar uncovers truth, defeats secret enemies, serves country in legendary action drama.
- StarsShaun EvansTom HardyCharlotte RileyBased upon the novel by Martina Cole, this TV series is mostly about Freddie Jackson, portrayed by Tom Hardy, who is just out of prison. He has the right connections and now he's ready to use them.
- StarsKida Khodr RamadanVeysel GelinSami NasserBased in Neukölln, Berlin, Toni manages the daily business of dealing with the Arab gangs and ends up wanting to leave his old life behind for his family, but as expected, it's never that simple.
- CreatorMiranda KwokStarsElodie YungMartha MillanSean LewA Cambodian-Filipino doctor comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her son but when the system fails she uses her cunning and intelligence to save her son.
- StarsTahir Raj BhasinShweta TripathiAnchal SinghAggressively pursued by a politician's daughter who will do anything to marry him, a small-town man takes drastic measures to reclaim his life.
- CreatorDavey HolmesStarsChris O'DowdRay RomanoSean BridgersThe adventures of a mobster-turned-movie producer in Hollywood. TV show based on Elmore Leonard's novel and subsequent film.
- StarsKranti Prakash JhaPravina Bhagwat DeshpandeShashi ChaturvediRaktanchal is a crime drama inspired by real-life events from the '80s of Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh, at the time when the state development work was distributed through tenders. The criminal empire of Waseem Khan, the tender mafia is challenged by a young criminal Vijay Singh who is driven by vengeance. While Waseem Khan is a pure criminal, Vijay is a good man, who in spite of turning into an anti-hero, serves people as much as he can. The story sets in motion, a clash for acquiring tenders with a political battle in the background, which unleashes a bloodbath in the city of Purvanchal. Vijay must overcome great personal odds to beat Waseem Khan and become the tender king.
- CreatorRobert MunicStarsJoseph SikoraLucien CambricAnthony Fleming IIIFollows Tommy Egan after he cuts ties and puts New York in his rearview mirror for good.
- CreatorBlake MastersStarsJason IsaacsJason ClarkeAnnabeth GishSet in an Irish neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, the series revolves around two brothers on opposite sides of the law: one a gangster (Jason Isaacs) and the other a state politician (Jason Clarke).
- CreatorSiddharth SenguptaStarsHarsh ChhayaSurya SharmaAnchal SinghA dancer is killed in a fit of rage at the wedding of the scion of the Atwal family. A cop comes looking for the girl, while a film crew wants to expose the Atwals for their heinous crime. The Atwals will go to any lengths to remove pawns.
- CreatorSimon BeaufoyStarsHarris DickinsonDonald SutherlandHilary SwankIn 1973 Rome, John Paul Getty III, the heir and younger member of an oil tycoons' clan, is kidnapped by the Italian Mafia in order to get a ransom.
- CreatorFrank DarabontStarsJon BernthalMilo VentimigliaNeal McDonough1947, Los Angeles. Cop Joe Teague walks the line between the LAPD, led by William Parker, and the mob, led by Bugsy Siegel.
- CreatorNicholas PileggiGreg WalkerStarsDennis QuaidMichael ChiklisCarrie-Anne MossRalph Lamb, a former MP for the US Army, becomes sheriff. His brother, Jack, and his son, Dixon, are deputized. Meanwhile, Vincent Savino comes from Chicago to Vegas to run The Savoy hotel and casino.
- CreatorStuart CarolanStarsTom Vaughan-LawlorKillian ScottAoibhinn McGinnityThe story of the organized crime scene of Dublin is revealed, centered on Darren, who wants to stay out of trouble but ends up returning to his old habits and his old gang.
- StarsAkshay OberoiRanvir ShoreyMrinmayee GodboleShiv Mathur is an addict and eventually finds himself in a rehab facility. The rehab is run by people who are working on a mysterious compound. This magical pill seems to have an edge above all; but is this miracle drug worth dying for?
- CreatorCiaran DonnellyPeter McKennaStarsCharlie CoxClare DunneAidan GillenKin tells the story of a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war and speaks to the enduring unbreakable bonds of blood and family.
- StarsVinicio MarchioniAlessandro RojaMarco BocciThis crime drama, set in Rome in the 1970s, tells the story of the Banda della Magia, a prolific Italian crime family responsible for some of the country's most violent crimes.
- CreatorChris MorganStarsRamón RodríguezJay HernandezRZAAs kid, Ryan Lopez got connected to gang boss Javier Acosta. He's now detective in LAPD's Gang Task Force. While secretly passing info on to Javier, he's a good cop 95% of the time.
- CreatorImtiaz AliStarsShivani RangoleAditi Sudhir PohankarVishwas KiniAn undercover assignment to expose a drug ring becomes a timid Mumbai constable's road to empowerment as she realizes her dormant sexuality's potential.
- StarsEngin ÖztürkKürsat AlniaçikCengiz BozkurtAfter being betrayed by his boss, a hitman hides out in a vacant tailor shop, where he's mistaken for the late owner's son, an identity he decides to embrace.
- StarsMarlon BrandoAl PacinoRobert DuvallThe Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) were re-edited together in chronological order with additional footage added.
- CreatorChris MundyStarsMark StrongLennie JamesJames RansoneMurder, deception, revenge, and corruption that starts with the murder of a cop by fellow Detroit detective Frank Agnew.
- CreatorLukas ReiterStarsJosh LucasCallum Keith RennieMolly ParkerDefense Attorney Mitch McDeere is targeted for execution by the Chicago Mob in retaliation for bringing down a profitable Mob-operated Memphis law firm ten years earlier.
- CreatorAitor GabilondoStarsJose CoronadoÁlex GonzálezClaudia TraisacNemo Bandeira, a dealer with a clean businessman facade, is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and tries to keep it from his family while he starts to think about who might be his successor.
- CreatorMatthew HallStarsEve MylesBradley FreegardMark Lewis JonesFaith, a small-town Welsh lawyer, is forced to cut short her extended maternity leave when her husband and business partner, Evan, goes missing. As the truth of his actions surface, Faith must fight to protect her family and her sanity.
- CreatorMilos AvramovicStarsMilos BikovicMiodrag RadonjicPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicPetar Maras continues his expansion in criminal underworld while saving his family.
- StarsCecilia NaviaVicky HernándezChristian TappanThe exploits of the notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar.
- CreatorAtul MongiaStarsSakshi TanwarVivek MushranWamiqa GabbiA grieving mother discovers the criminals behind her daughter's tragic death, and transforms from meek to merciless to get the real story
- CreatorRandy HugginsStarsDa'VinchiMichole Briana WhiteDemetrius 'Lil Meech' FlenoryTwo brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.
- StarsJay JoshiSaqib SaleemJimmy ShergillRangbaaz Phir Se is inspired from the life of Anandpal Singh who was a gangster active in the state of Rajasthan. The series chronicles his rise to becoming the most wanted criminal in the history of Rajasthan.
- CreatorSara Isabella Jønsson VeddeNicolas Winding RefnStarsAngela BundalovicAndreas LykkeLi Ii ZhangA young heroine, Miu, who travels through Copenhagen's criminal netherworld.
- CreatorSascha PennStarsPatina MillerLondon BrownMalcolm M. MaysPower Book III: Raising Kanan is a prequel set in the 1990s that will chronicle the early years of Kanan Stark, the character first played by executive producer Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.
- StarsCaroline CraigPaul TassoneDieter BrummerEach 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.
- StarsVladimir VysotskiyVladimir KonkinSergey YurskiyIn post-war Moscow, two dissimilar police detectives follow the trail of a ruthless gang.
- StarsChiwetel EjioforChristopher EcclestonKierston WareingChristopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor star in this intricate conspiracy thriller set in a world of blurred morality, inhabited by conflicted characters on both sides of the law.
- CreatorTony JordanIgor StoimenovStarsRadivoje BukvicArben BajraktarajMilos TimotijevicUros Peric is a small business man from Belgrade. He kills a daughter of an Albanian mob boss in a car accident. In order to save his family, he is forced to commit crimes for the mafia.
- CreatorYoon Jong-binKwon Sung-huiStarsShim Woo-SungHa Jung-wooHwang Jung-minA civilian businessman who has no choice but to cooperate with the secret operation of the National Intelligence Service to arrest the Korean drug lord who has taken control of Suriname in South America.
- StarsSuniel ShettyVivek OberoiSonali KulkarniA 30,000 Crore crime nexus is being ruled by the unattainable Thalaivan right in the heart of Mumbai, in Dharavi. JCP Jayant Gavaskar is on a mission to bring down Thalaivan and his adversaries, at any cost.
- StarsGünter LamprechtClaus HolmHanna SchygullaIn late-1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld.
- StarsMarie RichardsonAdam PålssonMagnus KrepperA police inspector in the organised crime unit disappears after meeting with a mysterious informer.
- CreatorJosh BermanRob WrightStarsJordana SpiroWilliam ForsytheJames CarpinelloA young thoracic surgeon becomes indebted to the South Chicago mafia and is forced to moonlight as a mob doctor, while also working full time at Chicago's most prominent hospital.
- CreatorAlex De RakoffStarsRupert GrintLuke PasqualinoLucien LaviscountA group of up-and-coming hustlers who stumble upon a truck-load of stolen gold bullion are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime.
- CreatorHamid HliouaJulien LeclercqStarsTracy GotoasSalim KechioucheSami BouajilaMehdi, a qualified robber, and Liana, an apprentice thief, get involved in a turf war between drug dealers, and have to collaborate in order to save their loved ones.
- StarsSampat DeepakRithvik DhanjaniTanuj VirwaniOne attack that will change the future of the house of The Angres. Will the first family of the business survive?
- CreatorDavid BermejoStarsJose CoronadoLuis ZaheraNona SoboWhen his teenage granddaughter falls victim to the drug dealers overtaking his neighborhood, a fed-up war veteran takes matters into his own hands.
- StarsAngad BediSandeepa DharSameer DharmadhikariMum Bhai is the story of Bhaskar Shetty, a top encounter specialist. His passion to rule the city saw no limits, and he ended up becoming someone he never wished to become. But then someone changed all the rules of his game.