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1. 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: 2,014,079 | Gross: $134.97M

2. Snowfall (2017–2023)

TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama

A look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.

Stars: Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Isaiah John

Votes: 30,149

3. 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: 1,365,110 | Gross: $57.30M

4. Casino (1995)

R | 178 min | Crime, Drama

In Las Vegas, two best friends - a casino executive and a mafia enforcer - compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods

Votes: 564,402 | Gross: $42.44M

5. Scarface (1983)

R | 170 min | Crime, Drama

In 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Votes: 917,135 | Gross: $45.60M

6. 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: 377,974 | Gross: $5.32M

7. Drive (I) (2011)

R | 100 min | Action, Drama

A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks

Votes: 704,932 | Gross: $35.06M

8. The French Connection (1971)

R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A pair of NYPD detectives in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a heroin smuggling ring based in Marseilles, but stopping them and capturing their leaders proves an elusive goal.

Director: William Friedkin | Stars: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco

Votes: 135,780 | Gross: $15.63M

9. The Long Goodbye (1973)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell

Votes: 37,331 | Gross: $0.96M

10. 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: 31,012 | Gross: $49.11M

11. Mafia II: Definitive Edition (2020 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

Part two of the crime drama saga. Following the rise of Vito Scaletta, son of Italian immigrants who moves to Empire Bay in America. Growing up and getting into a life of crime he befriends... See full summary »

Votes: 482

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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: 15

16. 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

17. Loyalty & Betrayal: The Story of the American Mob (1994 TV Movie)

Crime, Documentary

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Directors: Bill Jersey, Gary Weimberg | Stars: Albert Anastasia, Billy Beattie, Angelo Bruno, Brendan Byrne

Votes: 50

18. Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode: Blood & Roses (1988)

TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Gina becomes a little too close to mobster Frank Mosca in an attempt to take him down.

Director: George Mendeluk | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott

Votes: 316

19. Network First (1994– )
Episode: The War Against the Mafia Part 2: Death in the Family (1994)

Documentary

The programme begins with the funeral of Carlo Gambino, the model for The GODFATHER. His successor, Paul Castellano, turned the Mafia into a billion dollar business by controlling New York's waste disposal and construction industries.

Stars: Jack Klaff, Dominick Montiglio, Edward McDonald, Carlo Gambino

20. America in Color (2017– )
Episode: Organized Crime (2018)

TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, History

It's the 1920s. America is on the rise, and so is a dark underworld run by a new kind of criminal, one that is organized, sophisticated, and ruthless. For the next 40 years, legendary ... See full summary »

Stars: Eric Meyers, Tony Accardo, Max Beesley, Al Capone

Votes: 17

21. The Irish Mob (2008–2016)
Episode: Jimmy "The Gent" Burke/Danny Greene: The Celtic Warrior (2008)

47 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Danny Greene, known as the Celtic Warrior, ran a criminal empire in Cleveland and took on the might of the Italian mob with no fear at all. Jimmy "The Gent" Burke, an influential associate ... See full summary »

Director: Dathaí Keane | Stars: Edward McDonald, Henry Hill, T.J. English, Rick Porrello

22. Mobsters (1997–2012)
Episode: Bugsy Siegel (2007)

Documentary

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Stars: Danny Bonaduce, Ed Becker, Virginia Hill, Robert Lacey

Votes: 12

23. Inside (2007– )
Episode: Vegas Mafia (2007)

46 min | Documentary

In the 1950s, Mafia-built Las Vegas became a cash cow for organized crime, but when the richest man in the world arrived, things changed and the feds blew the lid on the original Gangster's Paradise.

Director: Virginia Quinn | Stars: Dominic Spinale, Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal, Lynn Ferrin, Tru Hawkins

Votes: 7

24. Prohibition (2011)
Episode: A Nation of Hypocrites (2011)

TV-PG | 105 min | Documentary, History

With gangsters terrorizing the public and profiting from the sale of alcohol, many citizens believed Prohibition was unsuccessful, which led to its repeal.

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Eig, Michael Lerner

Votes: 173

25. Scary Tales of New York (2023– )
Episode: Haircut for a Mob Boss (2023)

Crime

Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious "Murder Incorporated" crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.

Director: Steve Maher | Stars: Frank DiMatteo, Michael Cannell, Colm Meaney, Shane Serrano

26. America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode: 52-47 (2010)

Documentary, Crime, History

The countdown of America's most infamous mysteries continues and looks at General Custer's last stand, explores who whacked Bugsy Siegel, and investigates a deadly attack on Wall Street in 1920.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Michael Newton, Rick Beyer, Jeff Broome, Michael Green

27. America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode: 46-40 (2010)

Documentary, Crime, History

Our countdown of America's biggest mysteries continues with the story of the death of the first man of magic Harry Houdini, one of the old West's most prolific gunslingers, and the great moon hoax.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Michael Newton, Rick Beyer, Paul Aron, Troy Taylor

28. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (2012)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Charles "Lucky" Luciano was the number one gangster of all time. He put the "Organised" into organised crime and invented the modern Mafia.

Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Selwyn Raab, Joseph Coffey, Douglas Valentine, Thomas Reppetto

Votes: 20

29. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Allen Dorfman: The Mafia's Banker (2012)

TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

A close associate of longtime Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with the Chicago Outfit, Alan Dorfman embezzled millions for the mob and himself until he was violently murdered in 1983.

Director: Elliot McCaffrey | Stars: James W. Wagner, Leone J. Flosi, Kent Clifford, Douglas P. Roller

Votes: 8

30. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode: Gangster's Paradise (2015)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, History

To curb cheating in Cuba's casinos, Batista makes a pact with the mafia. A young lawyer named Fidel Castro gathers fighters for a suicidal attack on the regime.

Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Luis Conte Agüero, Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro

Votes: 97