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51. San Quentin (1946)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Ex con Lawrence Tierney, hunts a supposedly reformed inmate, MacLane who escapes during a trip to San Francisco.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Lawrence Tierney, Marian Carr, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon
Votes: 391
52. Bumrush (2011)
127 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a series of police operations to bikers and the Italian mafia has come to upset the balance of power between Montreal criminal groups, the strip club the Kingdom, long recognized as a... See full summary »
Director: Michel Jetté | Stars: Emmanuel Auger, Paul Dumas Frappier, Pat Lemaire, Dara Lowe
Votes: 171
53. JFK: The Final Evidence (2023)
Documentary, Action, Crime
In this two-part series, explore the mystery behind the assassination of President John F Kennedy with Dr David J Hall.
Stars: Emma Long, David J. Hall, Chris Moran
Votes: 26
54. We Who Are About to Die (1936)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
An innocent man (John Beal) sits on death row in colorful company, as friends race to save his life.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Ann Dvorak, John Beal, Ray Mayer
Votes: 238
55. Mafia Killers with Colin McLaren (2018– )
Documentary, Crime
Detective Colin McLaren examines notorious mobsters who played the deadly game and won...for a while.
Stars: Ross Mullan, Colin McLaren, Selwyn Raab, Tony Napoli
Votes: 36
56. 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
57. 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: 229
58. 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: 58
59. Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012)
Not Rated | 137 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE ... See full summary »
Director: Mike Malloy | Stars: Franco Nero, John Saxon, Henry Silva, Antonio Sabato
Votes: 471
60. The Headline Woman (1935)
Approved | 71 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first hoping to get an exclusive story, the ... See full summary »
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Heather Angel, Roger Pryor, Jack La Rue, Ford Sterling
Votes: 141
61. A Life Not to Follow (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A hitman, a gangster and a private detective share an interlacing narrative about common human frailty.
Director: Christopher Di Nunzio | Stars: Michael Capozzi, Fiore Leo, Molly Kay, David Graziano
Votes: 321
62. King of Alcatraz (1938)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the ship's passengers.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, Harry Carey, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 116
63. Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob (1994 TV Movie)
Crime, Documentary
Directors: Bill Jersey, Gary Weimberg | Stars: Albert Anastasia, Billy Beattie, Angelo Bruno, Brendan Byrne
Votes: 50
64. Backfire (II) (2017)
94 min | Crime, Drama
After a botched robbery escalates to homicide, a north Philly gun runner has to escape or outsmart the south Philly Italian mob as they close in for vengeance.
Director: Dave Patten | Stars: Black Deniro, Jowharah Jones, Byron Squally Vinson, Dominic Costa
Votes: 455
65. Secret Valley (1937)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
Rancher entertains girl in Nevada to get a divorce. Then her gangster husband shows up.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Richard Arlen, Virginia Grey, Norman Willis, Russell Hicks
Votes: 62
66. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
TV-14 | Documentary, Action, Crime
Violence and corruption pulsed through the soul of the Gangster Empire during the heyday of Prohibition and the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke
Votes: 31
67. Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009)
50 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Las Vegas - There's no city like it on earth. An adult playground in the sun, the city is home to some of the world's most famous casinos and attractions.
Stars: Dennis McLatchey, Michael Green, Steve Miller, Kirk Gill
Votes: 16
68. I Promise to Pay (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Eddie Lang (Chester Morris), a decent family man making $27.50 a week, borrows fifty-dollars from Richard Farra (Leo Carrillo) in order to take his wife, Mary (Helen Mack) and two small ... See full summary »
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Chester Morris, Leo Carrillo, Helen Mack, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 187
69. The Mafia with Trevor McDonald (2015– )
Documentary, Crime
Trevor McDonald travels across America to take an in-depth dive into the world of the mafia.
Stars: Trevor McDonald, John Alite, Michael Franzese, Camille Franzese
Votes: 56
70. Broadway (1942)
Approved | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Music
George Raft, playing himself, recalls his days on Broadway, where he acquired a reputation as a great dancer--and also one as a brawler, a ladies man and an associate of some of the city's most notorious gangsters.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair, Broderick Crawford
Votes: 133
71. It Had to Happen (1936)
Approved | 79 min | Crime, Drama
A poor boy rises to power in politics. When the banker husband of his secret love takes money and flees the country, he replaces the lost amount and becomes implicated in the crime.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: George Raft, Rosalind Russell, Leo Carrillo, Arline Judge
Votes: 150
72. The Blonde Bandit (1949)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Newly arrived in a Western city, Kansan Gloria Dell waits at the train station to meet Larry Goodrich, the fiance' she has corresponded with, but never met. When he doesn't arrive, Mrs. ... See full synopsis »
Director: Harry Keller | Stars: Robert Rockwell, Dorothy Patrick, Gerald Mohr, Larry J. Blake
Votes: 73
73. Boomerang Bill (1922)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of crime by taking part in a robbery, he takes the boy aside and tells him the story of ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Terriss | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Marguerite Marsh, Margaret Seddon, Frank Shannon
Votes: 21
74. Society Lawyer (1939)
Passed | 77 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help of nightclub singer Pat Abbott and ... See full summary »
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 284
75. The Guilty Generation (1931)
Approved | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A Romeo and Juliet love story between the son of a brutal Italian bootlegger and the daughter of his bitter ex-partner, who is engaged in a blood feud with his one-time friend.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Constance Cummings, Robert Young, Boris Karloff
Votes: 295
76. Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Sport
Manager Knobby Walsh discovers young hunk Joe Palooka and trains him to fight the champ. Mobsters try to make life tough for Joe and his socialite girlfriend Anne. Cameos by several boxing stars.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Elyse Knox, Eduardo Ciannelli
Votes: 53
77. SiN (1998 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Crime
First person shooter set in a cyberpunk 2037, where tough police colonel, John R. Blade, of HardCorps squad goes after the criminal mastermind, Elexis Sinclaire, who plans to take over the crime-ridden city of Freeport.
Stars: Eric Mills, Hannah Logan, Ben Bailes, Abe Beeson
Votes: 134
78. Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher (1943)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An amateur detective and a janitor try to find a kidnapped heiress.
Director: James Tinling | Stars: Frank Graham, Edgar Kennedy, Gale Storm, Richard Cromwell
Votes: 197
79. Mob on the Run (1987 TV Movie)
Documentary, Crime, History
An extensive overview of organized crime operations in and infiltration of the Las Vegas casino and gaming industry, covering the years 1931-1987.
Director: T.W. Gilbride | Stars: Ned Day, Hank Greenspun, Aladena Fratianno, Grant Sawyer
Votes: 13
80. Counterfeit (1936)
Approved | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate and break up a counterfeiting ring.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Chester Morris, Margot Grahame, Lloyd Nolan, Marian Marsh
Votes: 49
81. I Cover the Underworld (1955)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A priest is about to see his twin brother, whom he hasn't seen in a long time--because his brother, a gang leader, has been serving a stretch in prison.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Sean McClory, Joanne Jordan, Ray Middleton, Jaclynne Greene
Votes: 47
82. The Night Ride (1930)
Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robbery. Cigarettes at the scene implicate gangster Tony Garotta. Garotta kidnaps Rooker and another reporter, intending to kill them.
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Joseph Schildkraut, Barbara Kent, Edward G. Robinson, Harry Stubbs
Votes: 44
83. The Bobby Luisi Show (2020– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Bobby Luisi, Paul Tanso, Larry Mazza, John Pennisi
84. It Can't Last Forever (1937)
Approved | 68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further the career of his clients (and himself), and a newspaper gossip-columnist, Carol Wilson, get ... See full summary »
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Betty Furness, Robert Armstrong, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 67
85. Never a Dull Moment (1943)
Approved | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Three comedians, mistaken for gangsters, find out they are being used for hiding stolen jewelry.
Director: Edward C. Lilley | Stars: Al Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Frances Langford
Votes: 53
86. Did the Mob Kill JFK? (2009 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, History
Did the Mafia order the killing of JFK? The compelling evidence includes a never before seen interview with an FBI informant who shared a prison cell with a Mafia kingpin.
Stars: Jack Van Laningham, Gerald Posner, Ronald Goldfarb, Lamar Waldron
Votes: 30
87. Gang War (1928)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A saxophone player Clyde, who busks on the San Francisco Bay waterfront. One night, he meets Flowers, and teaches her to dance, but finds that "Blackjack", the leader of a ruthless gang, is also in love with her.
Director: Bert Glennon | Stars: Olive Borden, Jack Pickford, Eddie Gribbon, Walter Long
Votes: 25
88. Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943)
59 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
On the eve of his execution, a vice-rackets bigshot recalls his various exploits in crimes such as abortion and white slavery, in which he frequently operated under an alias.
Directors: S. Roy Luby, William A. O'Connor, Melville Shyer, Herman E. Webber | Stars: Willy Castello, Lloyd Ingraham, Lona Andre, Dean Benton
Votes: 85
89. Malandrino (2022)
19 min | Short, Action
The fortunes and misfortunes of two Italian traffickers trying to develop their business in Switzerland.
Director: Luca Colucci | Stars: Luca Colucci, Christophe Gatto, Yoann Kongolo, Yvan Lecomte
90. From Now On (1920)
Passed | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dave Henderson, an orphan who has become the beneficiary of a rich man's will, falls in with race-track crooks Martin Tydeman and Bokky Sharvan who bilk him out of his $100,000 inheritance.... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Walsh, Regina Quinn, Mario Majeroni, Paul Everton
Votes: 15
91. The Man Who Dared (1933)
Passed | 72 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An "imaginative biography" of Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago who was killed in the line of fire during an assassination attempt on President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami on February 15, 1933.
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Preston Foster, Zita Johann, Joan Marsh, Irén Biller
Votes: 38
92. What Becomes of the Children? (1936)
Passed | 65 min | Drama, Crime, Family
While Boston tycoon John Worthington dreams of building his "Great American Railway," his family life is disintegrating around him. His wife Edith spends all her time on social endeavors, ... See full synopsis »
Director: Walter Shumway | Stars: Joan Marsh, Robert Frazer, Natalie Moorhead, Glen Boles
Votes: 69
93. Exposed (1938)
Passed | 63 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Glenda Farrell, Otto Kruger, Herbert Mundin, Charles D. Brown
Votes: 58
94. Philly Mob (2007 TV Special)
47 min | Documentary
Director: Virginia Quinn | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Freddy Aldrich, George Anastasia, Angelo Bruno
95. The Racket Man (1944)
Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster is drafted into the Army. He soon realizes how wrong his previous life was, and decides to help break up a black market ring he has discovered.
Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Tom Neal, Hugh Beaumont, Jeanne Bates, Larry Parks
Votes: 120
96. The Face on the Barroom Floor (1932)
Passed | 65 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bill Bronson is a likable young bank clerk, whose congenital thirst for liquor is kept under control until he joins his wife Mary at getting blotto at a company party. From there it is a downward spiral.
Director: Bertram Bracken | Stars: Dulcie Cooper, Bramwell Fletcher, Alice Ward, Phillips Smalley
Votes: 17
97. Happy-Go-Lucky (1936)
Passed | 69 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A singer (Venable) believes her marine pilot husband, accused of treason, has died in the Pacific. She finds a man who looks exactly like her husband dancing in a club act. Realizing it is ... See full summary »
Director: Aubrey Scotto | Stars: Phil Regan, Evelyn Venable, Jed Prouty, William Newell
Votes: 85
98. Entrapped (1998)
Documentary, Short
Stars: Junior, Anthony Peraino, Giuseppe Peraino, Joseph C. Peraino
99. Mugshots: John Gotti - End of the Sicilians (2013)
45 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Shot in Sicily and Brooklyn, this is the story of John Gotti's crew. Before you see John Travolta bring Gotti to the big screen in the upcoming Hollywood release - 'Gotti: In the Shadow of ... See full summary »
Stars: Giovanni Falcone, George Anastasia, Angelo Bruno, Joe Valachi
100. Headline Shooter (1933)
Passed | 61 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
The adventures of a wayward newsreel cameraman.
Director: Otto Brower | Stars: William Gargan, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy, Jack La Rue
Votes: 185