Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "gang-leader", "threat"

1. Baby Driver (2017)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza González

Votes: 613,677 | Gross: $107.83M

2. Homefront (I) (2013)

R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth

Votes: 130,990 | Gross: $20.16M

3. American History X (1998)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama

Living a life marked by violence, neo-Nazi Derek finally goes to prison after killing two black youths. Upon his release, Derek vows to change; he hopes to prevent his brother, Danny, who idolizes Derek, from following in his footsteps.

Director: Tony Kaye | Stars: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien

Votes: 1,192,365 | Gross: $6.72M

4. Mad Max (1979)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley

Votes: 223,410 | Gross: $8.75M

5. Straight Outta Compton (2015)

R | 147 min | Biography, Drama, History

The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, Neil Brown Jr.

Votes: 219,663 | Gross: $161.20M

6. All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

G | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A canine angel, Charlie, sneaks back to earth from heaven but ends up befriending an orphan girl who can speak to animals. In the process, Charlie learns that friendship is the most heavenly gift of all.

Directors: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, Dan Kuenster | Stars: Dom DeLuise, Burt Reynolds, Loni Anderson, Judith Barsi

Votes: 46,359 | Gross: $27.10M

7. Class of 1984 (1982)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Roddy McDowall

Votes: 13,345

8. The Last Unicorn (1982)

G | 92 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

A beautiful unicorn sets out to learn if she truly is the last of her kind in this sparkling animated musical.

Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Angela Lansbury, Alan Arkin

Votes: 29,675 | Gross: $6.46M

9. Deep Cover (1992)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa

Votes: 14,126 | Gross: $16.64M

10. Savage Streets (1984)

R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend.

Directors: Danny Steinmann, Tom DeSimone | Stars: Linda Blair, John Vernon, Robert Dryer, Johnny Venokur

Votes: 5,722

11. 711 Ocean Drive (1950)

Passed | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An electronics expert creates a huge bookie broadcast system for his crime boss, and takes over operations when his boss is murdered. His greed leads him on a deadly destructive path.

Director: Joseph M. Newman | Stars: Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger, Barry Kelley

Votes: 2,042

12. The Hunting Party (2007)

R | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A young journalist, a seasoned cameraman and a discredited war correspondent embark on an unauthorized mission to find the No.1 war criminal in Bosnia. However, their extremely dangerous target decides to come after them.

Director: Richard Shepard | Stars: Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Jesse Eisenberg, Gordana Vukres

Votes: 26,190 | Gross: $0.97M

13. I Escaped from the Gestapo (1943)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang.

Director: Harold Young | Stars: Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Mary Brian, William Henry

Votes: 224

14. Original Gangstas (1996)

R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama

When a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice.

Directors: Larry Cohen, Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Paul Winfield

Votes: 2,013 | Gross: $3.01M

15. Tokyo Revengers (2021)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A middle-aged loser travels in time to his school years, and, in order to save the love of his life from future doom, he must become the leader of a dreaded school gang.

Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Takumi Kitamura, Yuki Yamada, Yôsuke Sugino, Keita Arai

Votes: 1,916

16. 14+ (2015)

Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Romance

A teenage boy feels infatuation for the first time.

Director: Andrey Zaytsev | Stars: Gleb Kalyuzhnyy, Ulyana Vaskovich, Olga Ozollapinya, Dmitry Barinov

Votes: 2,156

17. Duffle Bag Boy (2024)

Action, Adventure, Crime

Lost and forgotten, a homeless veteran hitchhikes his way into becoming an outlaw and goes to war with the kingpin of a criminal empire.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Cheryce Livingston, James Anthony Perez, Don Tempesta

18. Life Is Hot in Cracktown (2009)

R | 99 min | Crime, Drama

Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets.

Director: Buddy Giovinazzo | Stars: Evan Ross, Stephanie Lugo, Maurice Blake, Omar Regan

Votes: 1,901

19. A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)

Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ulrik's released from prison after 12 years for murder. Will he go straight? He gets a room and a job as mechanic. He hooks up with his old gang. His son introduces him as uncle to his pregnant fiancée.

Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Jorunn Kjellsby, Gard B. Eidsvold

Votes: 7,378 | Gross: $0.04M

20. Izzat (2005)

107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Izzat (honor), the concept of honor in North India and Pakistan.

Director: Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen | Stars: Emil Marwa, Khawar Gomi Sadiq, Assad Siddique, Daud Mirza

Votes: 2,286

21. The Iron Claw (1941)

Approved | 289 min | Crime

Miserly old Anton Benson once recovered a treasure in gold from a sunken Spanish galleon, and in his greed murdered anyone who got in his way of keeping it. Now his family is gathered at ... See full summary »

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Charles Quigley, Joyce Bryant, Forrest Taylor, Walter Sande

Votes: 65

22. The Dirty Outlaws (1967)

R | 103 min | Drama, Western

An outlaw masquerades as the son of a blind man in order to find a cache of gold located in a vacated town.

Director: Franco Rossetti | Stars: Andrea Giordana, Rosemary Dexter, Franco Giornelli, Dana Ghia

Votes: 429

23. Shango (1970)

Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, Western

(1970) Anthony Steffen, Edjuardo Fajardo, Maurice Poli, Barbara Nelli, Andrea Scotti. Shango is a Texas Ranger who finds himself up against a former Confederate officer and his gang of ... See full summary »

Director: Edoardo Mulargia | Stars: Anthony Steffen, Eduardo Fajardo, Maurice Poli, Barbara Nelli

Votes: 255

24. Kind Lady (1935)

Approved | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Henry, a homeless artist, is invited in from the cold by Mary. Her kindness is exploited as Henry, his family and friends manipulate their way into living in her home. Mary tries to get rid of them, but they have their own scheme in mind.

Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle, Frank Albertson

Votes: 656

25. The Spider's Web (1938)

Passed | 300 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A crime fighter known as The Spider battles a villain called The Octopus, who is out to sabotage America and install his own government.

Directors: James W. Horne, Ray Taylor | Stars: Warren Hull, Iris Meredith, Richard Fiske, Kenne Duncan

Votes: 167

26. Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)

Approved | 66 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance

Michael Lanyard is hired to safeguard gems intended to finance a foreign nation's battle for liberty.

Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Warren William, Ruth Ford, Roger Clark, Victor Jory

Votes: 126

27. Inside Detroit (1956)

Approved | 82 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Gus Linden (Pat O'Brien)former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vickers (Dennis O'Keefe),so he ... See full summary »

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Pat O'Brien, Tina Carver, Margaret Field

Votes: 87

28. In a Colt's Shadow (1965)

Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Western

A story about two gunfighters, Duke and Steve. Steve is in love with Duke's daughter but Duke disapproves of the match, envisioning a life of hardship and danger for the girl if she marries Steve.

Director: Giovanni Grimaldi | Stars: Stephen Forsyth, Conrado San Martín, Franco Ressel, Franco Lantieri

Votes: 319

29. 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: 190

30. Adios, Hombre (1967)

85 min | Drama, Western

A man is arrested, tried and convicted for a robbery that was actually committed by someone else. After he gets out of prison, he goes in search of the real robbers.

Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Craig Hill, Giulia Rubini, Piero Lulli, Eduardo Fajardo

Votes: 165

31. The Big Chance (1933)

Passed | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Gangsters try to get a boxer to throw an important fight.

Director: Albert Herman | Stars: John Darrow, Merna Kennedy, Natalie Moorhead, Mickey Rooney

Votes: 207

32. Secret Service Investigator (1948)

Passed | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A returning war hero who looks like a forger gets mixed up with gangsters and the Secret Service.

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Lynne Roberts, Lloyd Bridges, George Zucco, June Storey

Votes: 53

33. Racket Busters (1938)

Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Manhattan gangster John "Czar" Martin enters the trucking business in an effort to control the produce market. When he catches popular trucker Danny Jordan robbing the gang's office to ... See full summary »

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, George Brent, Gloria Dickson, Allen Jenkins

Votes: 811

34. Fling in the Ring (1955)

Passed | 16 min | Comedy, Short

The stooges are the trainers of "Chopper," a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on Chopper to win his next fight. When "Big Mike," their boss, tells them to have Chopper lose or ... See full summary »

Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Dick Wessel

Votes: 283

35. Csak semmi pánik... (1982)

87 min | Comedy, Crime

The 2nd part of the popular crime-comedies starring Csöpi Ötvös, who investigates about a hidden treasure this time.

Directors: István Bujtor, Sándor Szönyi G. | Stars: István Bujtor, András Kern, László Bánhidi, Gyula Bodrogi

Votes: 840

36. Out of the Storm (1948)

Approved | 61 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young man with financial problems works in the payroll office of a factory. One payday the payroll office is held up by an armed gang, but they miss a sizable amount of money, and only ... See full summary »

Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Jimmy Lydon, Lois Collier, Marc Lawrence, Richard Travis

Votes: 38

37. Undercover Agent (1939)

Approved | 65 min | Crime, Drama

A railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.

Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Russell Gleason, Shirley Deane, J.M. Kerrigan, Maude Eburne

Votes: 88

38. Criminal Lawyer (1937)

Passed | 72 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Criminal lawyer Barry Brandon visits the nightclub of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with spoiled society girl Betty Walker. The police raid the club and Brandon pleads that the whole ... See full summary »

Directors: Christy Cabanne, Edward Killy | Stars: Lee Tracy, Margot Grahame, Eduardo Ciannelli, Erik Rhodes

Votes: 222

39. Bulldog Edition (1936)

Passed | 57 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious gangster inserts himself into the middle of it. Also complicating matters is that one ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Ray Walker, Evalyn Knapp, Regis Toomey, Cy Kendall

Votes: 101

40. Danger Island (1931)

Passed | 220 min | Action, Adventure, Romance

The daughter of a man who has discovered radium on an African island is befriended by two people whose real goal is to keep the discovery to themselves.

Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Kenneth Harlan, Lucile Browne, Walter Miller, Beulah Hutton

Votes: 35

41. Train to Alcatraz (1948)

Approved | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A group of prisoners being transported by train to Alcatraz prison plot an escape.

Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Don 'Red' Barry, Janet Martin, William Phipps, Roy Barcroft

Votes: 70

42. Dark Streets (1929)

Passed | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Pat and Danny McGlone are identical twin bothers, rivals and competitors in everything they do, and Pat grows up and becomes a policeman while Danny turns to a life of crime. They now find ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee, Aggie Herring, Earl Pingree

Votes: 35

43. Paid in Blood (1971)

90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After his brother is gunned down and robbed, Tom Carter searches for his killer.

Director: Luigi Batzella | Stars: Jeff Cameron, Donald O'Brien, Alfredo Rizzo, Krista Nell

Votes: 53

44. Midnight Court (1937)

Passed | 63 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Victor Shanley had once been New York City's most-acclaimed crime-fighting, crusading District Attorney and the scourge of the underworld. But the workaholic demands of the job led him to ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Ann Dvorak, John Litel, Carlyle Moore Jr., Joseph Crehan

Votes: 128

45. Nevada (1935)

Approved | 58 min | Western

Jim Lacey (Buster Crabbe),better known as "Nevada,", and his pal Cash Burridge (Syd Saylor), a pair of Nevada wanderers on the run from a sheriff who thinks they have committed some lawless... See full summary »

Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Buster Crabbe, Kathleen Burke, Syd Saylor, Monte Blue

Votes: 25

46. Two-Gun Caballero (1931)

Passed | 58 min | Western

Filmed before the MPPDA production code was instituted (1934), and this one is filled with dialogue and situations that go beyond innuendo and cut right to the chase on a couple of trails ... See full summary »

Director: Jack Nelson | Stars: Robert Frazer, Consuelo Dawn, Carmen Laroux, Bobby Nelson

Votes: 43

47. Jus' Travlin' (1925)

Passed | 54 min | Thriller, Western

Jus' travlin', Bob and his sidekick run into the outlaw Jean Le Roque. A miner has found gold and Le Roque not only wants the gold but also the miner's daughter. He captures the miner and ... See full summary »

Director: Horace B. Carpenter | Stars: Bob Burns, Dorothy Donald, Alfred Hewston, Lew Meehan

Votes: 10

48. The Sweeney (1975–1978)
Episode: Ringer (1975)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After Regan's car is stolen with invaluable surveillance photos from a stakeout, the thief gives a heads-up to Sweeney's target.

Director: Terry Green | Stars: John Thaw, Dennis Waterman, Garfield Morgan, Ian Hendry

Votes: 239

49. Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999–2002)
Episode: The Mask (2002)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

"The Mask: Part 1" Kitty, a dog-hating stranger wearing a mask, arrives at the Farmhouse. Muriel invites her in as their guest, much to Courage's distress. Kitty tells the family her story,... See full summary »

Director: John Dilworth | Stars: Marty Grabstein, Arthur Anderson, Thea White, Max Casella

Votes: 467

50. Banshee (2013–2016)
Episode: The Warrior Class (2014)

TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young Kinaho girl is murdered on Amish land. She was seeing Soloman, the little brother of Rebecca. Hostilities ensue between the Kinaho and the Amish. Proctor comes to the aid of his people. Hood has a surprising visitor from his past.

Director: Ole Christian Madsen | Stars: Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen, Frankie Faison

Votes: 2,160