Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "chicago-illinois", "extortion"

1. The Irishman (2019)

R | 209 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An illustration of Frank Sheeran's life, from W.W.II veteran to hit-man for the Bufalino crime family and his alleged assassination of his close friend Jimmy Hoffa.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel

Votes: 433,353 | Gross: $7.00M

2. Risky Business (1983)

R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.

Director: Paul Brickman | Stars: Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Richard Masur

Votes: 100,282 | Gross: $63.50M

3. Chicago (2002)

PG-13 | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Musical

Two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer's attention.

Director: Rob Marshall | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Taye Diggs

Votes: 244,716 | Gross: $170.69M

4. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)

R | 129 min | Drama, History, Thriller

The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

Director: Aaron Sorkin | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Alex Sharp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong

Votes: 194,450

5. Widows (2018)

R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.

Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki

Votes: 104,818 | Gross: $42.40M

6. Derailed (I) (2005)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, the two must turn the tables on him to save their families.

Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Clive Owen, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent Cassel, Addison Timlin

Votes: 76,805 | Gross: $36.02M

7. Prime Cut (1972)

R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner and his hick family are having a bloody "beef" with the Chicago crime syndicate over profits from their joint illegal operations. Top enforcer Nick Devlin is sent to straighten things out.

Director: Michael Ritchie | Stars: Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Sissy Spacek, Angel Tompkins

Votes: 5,905 | Gross: $0.52M

8. Gladiator (1992)

R | 101 min | Action, Drama, Sport

Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight he is noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing - where punches can kill.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: James Marshall, Cuba Gooding Jr., Brian Dennehy, Richard Lexsee

Votes: 10,358 | Gross: $9.22M

9. Shattered (2007)

R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A perfect family's dynamic is ruined by a kidnapper's brutally efficient plot.

Director: Mike Barker | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler, Emma Karwandy

Votes: 33,778

10. Rollercoaster (1977)

PG | 119 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A blackmailer threatens to sabotage roller coasters at various American amusement parks if he isn't paid a huge ransom.

Director: James Goldstone | Stars: George Segal, Timothy Bottoms, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda

Votes: 6,967

11. Party Girl (1958)

Approved | 99 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Lawyer Tommy Farrell is a defender of crooks. Vicki Gaye encourages him to go straight, but mob king Rico Angelo insists otherwise.

Director: Nicholas Ray | Stars: Robert Taylor, Cyd Charisse, Lee J. Cobb, John Ireland

Votes: 3,760

12. Surviving Christmas (2004)

PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

A lonely, obnoxious young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.

Director: Mike Mitchell | Stars: Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara

Votes: 27,889 | Gross: $11.66M

13. Blackmail Boys (2010)

Unrated | 69 min | Romance, Thriller

A sweet and sexually explicit love story becomes an exhilarating extortion tale for two boys, Aaron, and Sam, who plot to blackmail a prominent religious figure.

Directors: Bernard Shumanski, Richard Shumanski | Stars: Nathan Adloff, Joe Swanberg, Taylor Reed, Tamara Fana

Votes: 235

14. The Kremlin Letter (1970)

M/PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

During the Cold War a Naval Intelligence officer endowed with a powerful photographic memory is transferred to the CIA to participate in a covert operation in Moscow.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Richard Boone, Nigel Green, Dean Jagger

Votes: 2,336 | Gross: $0.24M

15. City Girl (1930)

Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance

A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.

Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence, Edith Yorke

Votes: 3,750

16. Desperate (1947)

Approved | 73 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

A young married couple flee both the police and a gangster out for revenge.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley

Votes: 2,625

17. Pursued (2004)

R | 95 min | Drama, Thriller

A fast rising hi tech executive must protect his career and family from the ruthless tactics of a homicidal corporate headhunter.

Director: Kristoffer Tabori | Stars: Christian Slater, Gil Bellows, Estella Warren, Michael Clarke Duncan

Votes: 1,817

18. Vampires in Havana (1985)

Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Comedy, Horror

A vampire family from Cuba is preparing for a showdown between the USA vampires and the Eastern European vampires. But with the aid of a scientist, they need a type of vaccination where they can live in daylight.

Director: Juan Padrón | Stars: Frank González, Manuel Marín, Irela Bravo, Carlos Gonzalez

Votes: 1,469

19. Secret of the Red Orchid (1962)

Not Rated | 84 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Rival gangsters from Chicago move to London and attempt to extort money from rich Britons.

Director: Helmuth Ashley | Stars: Christopher Lee, Adrian Hoven, Marisa Mell, Pinkas Braun

Votes: 694

20. Play Girl (1941)

Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Romance

The fascinating Grace Herbert has many years' experience as a professional gold-digger. Her finances at a low ebb, she finds her mature beauty less effective than of yore, and takes on ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Kay Francis, James Ellison, Mildred Coles, Nigel Bruce

Votes: 386

21. Gold Mine in the Sky (1938)

Passed | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western

As executor of the owner's will, singing ranch foreman Gene must see that the daughter/heiress doesn't marry without his approval.

Director: Joseph Kane | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, J.L. Franks' Golden West Cowboys

Votes: 102

22. Little Egypt (1951)

Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

A belly dancer causes a scandal with her "suggestive" and "immoral" dancing at a Worlds Fair exhibition at the turn of the 20th century.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Mark Stevens, Rhonda Fleming, Nancy Guild, Charles Drake

Votes: 59

23. Champ for a Day (1953)

Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western town over-run by racketeers, to fight a heavily-favored Frankie Sebastian. George arrives ... See full summary »

Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Alex Nicol, Audrey Totter, Charles Winninger, Hope Emerson

Votes: 64

24. 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

25. Citadel (2023– )
Episode: The Human Enigma (2023)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Mason Kane of spy organization Citadel crosses a new organization , Manticore, leading to a bad accident. Eight years later, Mason is living quietly as Kyle Conroy, with no memory of his past, until an old colleague asks for his help.

Director: Newton Thomas Sigel | Stars: Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ashleigh Cummings, Roland Møller

Votes: 2,337

26. Inside (2007– )
Episode: Chicago Mob Takedown (2008)

Documentary

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Stars: Joey Aiuppa, Harry Aleman, Tom Bourgeois, Al Capone

Votes: 5

27. Decoded (2010–2012)
Episode: Mafia: Alive? (2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History, Mystery

What if I told you that the Mafia and organized crime have taken on a brand new look that most people would never recognize? Today's mob has evolved into something more powerful, ... See full summary »

Star: Sylvia Longmire

Votes: 11

28. Gangsters: America's Most Evil (2012– )
Episode: The Ultimate Outlaw: Harry 'Taco' Bowman (2012)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Bowman, as international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, ordered kidnappings, firebombings, assaults and murders. He joined another exclusive club in 1997, the "FBI Ten Most ... See full summary »

Stars: Mickey Powers, Mike Lynn, Steve Cook, Tim Donovan

Votes: 22

29. 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

30. America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode: The Mafia (2013)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary

For decades, the criminal organization known as "The Mafia" has stained the fabric of American society. But what are the secrets behind the Mob's sinister success? According to the FBI, the... See full summary »

Stars: Jonathan Adams, Gregory B. Smith, Jim Wedick, Gil Reavill

Votes: 51

31. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode: 1929 - Year of Chaos and Crime (2013)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

1929 was the year of chaos and crime that saw the St Valentine's Day massacre with the shooting of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side gang and the stock market crash.

Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke

32. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Sam Giancana (2012)

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

Revealing the secrets of the Mafia's most notorious members, beginning with Sam Giancana, who was associated with the Kennedys, Frank Sinatra and the CIA.

Director: Elliot McCaffrey | Stars: Peter Vaira, G. Robert Blakey, David Schippers, John Seigenthaler Sr.

Votes: 13

33. Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009)
Episode: The Mob Before Las Vegas (2009)

Documentary, Crime, History

An exploration of the Mob's beginnings and influence in the city of New York.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Michael Green, Kirk Gill, Dennis McLatchey, Fulgencio Batista

34. BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime (2016–2021)
Episode: The Mysterious Poisoned Pill Murders (2017)

TV-MA | 22 min | Documentary, Comedy, Crime

The incidents depicted happened 35 years ago. Johnson & Johnson has since introduced safety measures which have set the industry standard and established the company as a model for safety.

Director: Ryan Bergara | Stars: Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej

Votes: 78

35. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: The Third Estate (No. 136) (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Red and the task force spring into action to stop an anti-capitalist terrorist group from kidnapping and torturing the children of the one percent. Ressler goes behind Liz's back to find out what happened to her mother, Katarina Rostova.

Director: Andrew McCarthy | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Amir Arison

Votes: 1,212