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Power is measured in enemies.
Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 250 ratings · 27 Aug 1997 · English · 2h 10m · Released
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
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Belly
Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 4 Nov 1998 · English
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
The Valachi Papers
Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 6 Jan 1972 · English
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
Absolution
Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 31 Oct 2024 · English
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.
Live by Night
Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 25 Dec 2016 · English
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.
Mobsters
Movie · 6.3 / 10 · 26 Jul 1991 · English
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
10th & Wolf
Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 19 Feb 2006 · English
A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
The Cotton Club
Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 14 Dec 1984 · English
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
Public Enemies
Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 1 Jul 2009 · English
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.
Al Capone
Movie · 6.6 / 10 · 25 Mar 1959 · English
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
The Alto Knights
Movie · 6.2 / 10 · 19 Mar 2025 · English
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.
Cass
Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 8 Jan 2008 · English
The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
Blood Ties
Movie · 6.1 / 10 · 22 Aug 2013 · English
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.