Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "italian-american", "sicilian"

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: 2,015,312 | Gross: $134.97M

2. 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: 1,365,765 | Gross: $57.30M

3. The Golden Girls (1985–1992)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Four previously married women live together in Miami, sharing their various experiences together and enjoying themselves despite hard times.

Stars: Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty

Votes: 47,298

4. A Bronx Tale (1993)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama

An intense drama about a boy torn between his tough, hard-working father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss.

Director: Robert De Niro | Stars: Robert De Niro, Chazz Palminteri, Lillo Brancato, Francis Capra

Votes: 161,438 | Gross: $17.27M

5. The Godfather Part III (1990)

R | 162 min | Crime, Drama

Follows Michael Corleone, now in his 60s, as he seeks to free his family from crime and find a suitable successor to his empire.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Talia Shire

Votes: 424,498 | Gross: $66.67M

6. True Romance (1993)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

In Detroit, a pop-culture nerd steals cocaine from his new wife's pimp and tries to sell it in Hollywood, prompting the mobsters who own the drugs to pursue the couple.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer

Votes: 242,702 | Gross: $12.28M

7. Mafia! (1998)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Crime

Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father

Director: Jim Abrahams | Stars: Jay Mohr, Christina Applegate, Lloyd Bridges, Billy Burke

Votes: 15,986 | Gross: $19.88M

8. Baby Doll (1956)

Approved | 114 min | Comedy, Drama

An immature, naive teenage bride holds her anxious husband at bay while flirting with an amorous Sicilian farmer.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Karl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock

Votes: 8,299

9. The Rose Tattoo (1955)

Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper

Votes: 4,604

10. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)

150 min | Drama

A doctor in Fascist Italy is exiled to a remote village for his political views.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari

Votes: 2,740 | Gross: $0.07M

11. Italianamerican (1974)

Not Rated | 49 min | Documentary

Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Martin Scorsese

Votes: 3,709

12. Golden Door (2006)

PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, History, Romance

A Sicilian peasant begins the journey to the promised land and meets a beautiful Englishwoman. But neither is prepared for the harsh realities of Ellis Island. Can they make it through the golden door to the America of their dreams?

Director: Emanuele Crialese | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Vincent Schiavelli, Aurora Quattrocchi

Votes: 5,199 | Gross: $1.06M

13. Mafioso (1962)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades'-old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.

Director: Alberto Lattuada | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Norma Bengell, Gabriella Conti, Ugo Attanasio

Votes: 2,970 | Gross: $0.40M

14. Reel Injun (2009)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Western

The history of the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood films.

Directors: Neil Diamond, Catherine Bainbridge, Jeremiah Hayes | Stars: Adam Beach, Chris Eyre, Russell Means, John Trudell

Votes: 1,649

15. Lucky Luciano (1973)

R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Charles Cioffi

Votes: 1,581

16. The Sicilian Connection (1985)

R | 116 min | Crime, Drama

Mario (Placido), an Italian American who manages a pizzeria in NYC, is charged with an assassination of a judge in Palermo. He leaves the States, comes back to Sicily and recruit Michele, ... See full summary »

Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Michele Placido, Mark Chase, Simona Cavallari, Massimo De Francovich

Votes: 418

17. An American in Rome (1954)

94 min | Comedy

Nando Moriconi is a young Italian living in Rome. He is fond for everything coming from the United States. He tries to speak American-English, to wear clothes he thinks Americans wear, to ... See full summary »

Director: Steno | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Maria Pia Casilio, Ilse Peterson, Anita Durante

Votes: 1,930

18. Friends and Family (2001)

Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime

A gay couple are hit men for the mafia.

Director: Kristen Coury | Stars: Greg Lauren, Chris Gartin, Rebecca Creskoff, Edward Hibbert

Votes: 1,515

19. La bomba (1999)

96 min | Comedy

Three young Italian actors while attending Actor's Studio set up as a joke an extortion acting like real mafiosi. After the successful first extortion they decide to continue on that way. But the NY mafia realize what is happening and...

Director: Giulio Base | Stars: Alessandro Gassmann, Rocco Papaleo, Enrico Brignano, Lola Pagnani

Votes: 338

20. The Big Family (1973)

86 min | Crime, Drama

Giancarlo Prete stars as a police commissioner out to stop local Mafia boss Don Peppino Scalise.

Director: Tonino Ricci | Stars: Raymond Pellegrin, Simonetta Stefanelli, Giancarlo Prete, Richard Conte

Votes: 57

21. House of Hardcore X (2015 TV Special)

Sport

A pay per view wrestling event that was organized by Tommy Dreamer, held in South Philadelphia at the Arena.

Director: Tommy Dreamer | Stars: Tommy Dreamer, Bobby Roode, Yoshihiro Tajiri, Terry Gerin

22. 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

23. Biography (1987– )
Episode: The Gambinos: The First Family of Crime (1997)

TV-14 | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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Stars: Barbara Aiosa, Albert Anastasia, Al Aronne, A.J. Benza

Votes: 120

24. Network First (1994– )
Episode: The War Against the Mafia Part 1: The Founding Father (1994)

Documentary

How America's law enforcement agencies tackled the Mafia. Concentrates on the Gambino family from 1980 to 1993. Includes secret FBI recordings, interviews and allegations that the family were responsible for the deaths of 200 people.

Director: Tim Shawcross | Stars: Jack Klaff, John Gotti, Joseph Armone, Wilfred Johnson

Votes: 5

25. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: The Heroin Don (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

Carmine Galante was the mafia boss who industrialized heroin smuggling into the U.S. A brutal psychopath, he let nothing stand in his way.

Director: Wilfred Spears | Stars: Angela Tucceri, Bill Clark, Carmine F. Russo, Ralph Blumenthal

Votes: 13

26. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: The Mafia Meth King (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

The rise and fall of Philadelphia mobster 'Long John' Martorano, who builds a meth empire worth 500 million dollars, told for the first time by those closest to him.

Director: Wilfred Spears | Stars: Jimmy DeGregorio, George Martorano, George Anastasia, Louis Pichini

Votes: 9

27. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Resolution (2012)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama

Season 3 premiere. Nucky makes a New Year's resolution; Margaret eyes a hospital expansion; Gillian builds a new business; Van Alden calls a gangster's bluff.

Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 2,227

28. 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