Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "protection-money"

1. Road House (1989)

R | 114 min | Action, Thriller

A bouncer hired to clean up the baddest honkytonk in a Missouri town. Armed with a black belt in karate and a degree in philosophy, Patrick Swayze sets out to tame the Double Deuce for its owner.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara

Votes: 100,757 | Gross: $30.05M

2. The Equalizer 3 (2023)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.

Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David Denman

Votes: 114,753

3. 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: 704,546 | Gross: $35.06M

4. City of Joy (1992)

PG-13 | 132 min | Drama

An American doctor, a British nurse, and an illiterate Indian farmer unite to transform a Calcutta ghetto in this uplifting, inspirational movie starring Patrick Swayze and Pauline Collins.

Director: Roland Joffé | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi

Votes: 5,627 | Gross: $14.68M

5. 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: 15,985 | Gross: $19.88M

6. Smartass (2017)

TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A 15-year-old girl becomes intimately acquainted with a town in California after being released from prison.

Director: Jena Serbu | Stars: Joey King, Luke Pasqualino, Yvette Nicole Brown, Marc Menchaca

Votes: 814

7. Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (2002 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Drama

You play a 1930s mobster as you act out your confession of your rise in the ranks of organized crime.

Director: Daniel Vávra | Stars: Michael Sorvino, William DeMeo, George DiCenzo, Matt Servitto

Votes: 6,472

8. Bucktown (1975)

R | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?

Director: Arthur Marks | Stars: Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalmus Rasulala, Tony King

Votes: 1,599

9. Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)

R | 115 min | Action, Comedy, Horror

In the ruthless underground world of the yakuza, no one is more legendary than boss Kamiura. Rumored to be invincible, the truth is he is a vampire-a bloodsucking yakuza vampire boss! Among... See full summary »

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Riko Narumi, Shô Aoyagi, Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Votes: 4,514

10. The Frightened City (1961)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. He doesn't like the job, but with the mob on his back, a femme fatale in his bed and a sick friend to care for, he will have to keep all his wits about him.

Director: John Lemont | Stars: Herbert Lom, Sean Connery, John Gregson, Alfred Marks

Votes: 1,119

11. Loafer (1996)

160 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

Ravi, an unemployed man who constantly gets into fights, is framed for the murder of a gangster. With no support from his family, he must now fight to prove his innocence.

Director: David Dhawan | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Farida Jalal

Votes: 627

12. Prem Pratigyaa (1989)

Not Rated | 156 min | Drama, Romance

Raja Bhaiya and Charan come to the big city to make a living, but cannot find jobs. While eating some food, they are taunted and physically assaulted by Kallu Dada, a physical altercation ... See full summary »

Director: Bapu | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Madhuri Dixit, Vinod Mehra, Ranjeet Bedi

Votes: 357

13. Ghulam (1998)

Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An amateur boxer runs errands for a local gangster but revolts against him after the gangster kills his friend and his conscience is awakened.

Director: Vikram Bhatt | Stars: Aamir Khan, Rani Mukerji, Rajit Kapoor, Mita Vashisht

Votes: 12,143

14. The Terror of the Tongs (1961)

Approved | 76 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

In 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge.

Director: Anthony Bushell | Stars: Christopher Lee, Yvonne Monlaur, Geoffrey Toone, Marne Maitland

Votes: 1,183

15. Baasha (1995)

Not Rated | 145 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An auto driver, Manikam, desperately tries to hide his dark underworld side to keep his promise to his father.

Director: Suresh Krishna | Stars: Rajinikanth, Nagma, Raghuvaran, Vijayakumar

Votes: 11,484

16. Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri (1990)

Not Rated | 152 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A father and son are conning the whole city of Bombay.

Director: Aziz Sejawal | Stars: Govardhan Asrani, Gulshan Grover, Jamuna, Shakti Kapoor

Votes: 381

17. Shastra (1996)

Not Rated | 144 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

One of the employees of Vijay's parents, Babu, is sentence to a long jail term for killing them. In hot pursuit to avenge the death of his parents Vijay wait until Babu is release from jail... See full summary »

Director: Sanjay Khanna | Stars: Suniel Shetty, Anjali Jathar, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa

Votes: 123

18. Kireedam (1989)

Not Rated | 124 min | Action, Drama

The life of a young man turns upside down when he intervenes in a dispute in order to rescue his father (a cop) from a ruthless local outlaw.

Director: Sibi Malayil | Stars: Mohanlal, Thilakan, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Parvathi

Votes: 8,551

19. Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega (2001)

131 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Desperate for money, three men plot to kidnap a woman and hold her for ransom.

Director: Eeshwar Nivas | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Fardeen Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Sonali Bendre

Votes: 1,814

20. Tezaab (1988)

Not Rated | 173 min | Action, Crime, Drama

From a very early age Mahesh Deshmukh has dreams of serving his country; his encouragement and dreams multiplies when his parents are killed by a gang of robbers who plan to loot the bank ... See full summary »

Director: N. Chandra | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Anupam Kher, Chunky Pandey

Votes: 2,497

21. Hukumat (1987)

130 min | Action, Drama

A tough cop is posted to a small town where an evil businessman reigns like a tyrant. When the cop recognizes the businessman as his father's murderer, it becomes personal.

Director: Anil Sharma | Stars: Dharmendra, Rati Agnihotri, Shammi Kapoor, Sadashiv Amrapurkar

Votes: 183

22. Hum (1991)

184 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A dockworker overthrows the tyranny of a cruel gangster but has to run away to make a new life for himself and his brothers. Fifteen years later, his past catches up with him as his old enemy resurfaces.

Director: Mukul Anand | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Govinda, Kimi Katkar

Votes: 3,347

23. Gardish (1993)

Not Rated | 153 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A soon-to-be police officer takes a path of crime after his father gets attacked by hoodlums.

Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Amrish Puri, Dimple Kapadia, Farida Jalal

Votes: 956

24. The Don's Analyst (1997 TV Movie)

R | 103 min | Comedy

Don Vito Leoni, the Godfather, is clinically depressed. The world has changed and he hasn't. He'd like to retire, but if he left the "family business" to his two idiot sons, they'd be dead ... See full summary »

Director: David Jablin | Stars: Rick Aiello, Robert Cicchini, Joe Pingue, Robert Loggia

Votes: 332

25. The Weapons of Death (1981)

R | 90 min | Action, Drama

In San Francisco's Chinatown, a band of thugs kidnaps a girl for a large Chinese gang. Her half-brother gathers a team of expert fighters to get her back.

Director: Paul Kyriazi | Stars: Eric Lee, Bob Ramos, Ralph Castellanos, Louis Bailey

Votes: 134

26. Kireedam (2007)

Not Rated | 156 min | Action, Drama

Shakthi, a Police Constable's son, is aspiring to be a cop himself. He crosses paths with a local.

Director: A.L. Vijay | Stars: Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Raj Kiran, Vivek

Votes: 1,943

27. Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories (2015)

102 min | Crime, Drama

It is the late nineties, Vietnam is in economic turmoil and overpopulation has sparked political concern. Vu, a photography student, arrives in the sprawling metropolis of Saigon and moves ... See full summary »

Director: Dang Di Phan | Stars: Do Thi Hai Yen, Ha Phong Nguyen, Hoang Le Cong, Truong The Vinh

Votes: 419

28. The Toast of New York (1937)

Approved | 109 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Notorious robber baron financier Jim Fisk, who makes and loses fortunes, tries to corner the gold market as well as the heart of a beautiful actress.

Directors: Rowland V. Lee, Alexander Hall | Stars: Edward Arnold, Cary Grant, Frances Farmer, Jack Oakie

Votes: 1,212

29. Vietnam Colony (1992)

Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Two men tries to persuade a bunch of colony residents to relocate to another location for the sake of a corporate project, while the residents including a number of goons, comes in their way.

Directors: Lal, Siddique | Stars: Mohanlal, Innocent Vareed Thekkethala, Kanaka, Devan

Votes: 1,497

30. Kaal Chakra (1988)

Action, Drama

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Director: Dilip Shankar | Stars: Ishrat Ali, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Madan Jain, Suhas Joshi

Votes: 16

31. They Call Him Cemetery (1971)

Not Rated | 88 min | Western, Comedy

John and George McIntire are a couple of naive brothers who travel to a lawless western town to see their father. The bumbling siblings get themselves into big trouble after they beat up a ... See full summary »

Director: Giuliano Carnimeo | Stars: Gianni Garko, William Berger, Christopher Chittell, John Fordyce

Votes: 497

32. Excellent Cadavers (2005)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary

In the late-80s and early-90s, two prosecutors went after the mob in Sicily. Archival footage, gruesome photographs and new interviews are shown.

Director: Marco Turco | Stars: Giuseppe Ayala, Letizia Battaglia, Alexander Stille

Votes: 161

33. Bhai-Bahen (1959)

136 min | Drama, Family

Soni Rai lives a wealthy lifestyle in India with her businessman dad, Kedarnath and mom, Geeta, and longs for a brother, who she can tie a Raakhi on. She meets with the lollipop seller, ... See full summary »

Director: G.P. Sippy | Stars: Daisy Irani, Rajan Kapoor, Kathana, Rehman Khan

Votes: 9

34. The Company Man (1998 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Action

Ernest Gray is a bookstore owner who lives peacefully with his daughter. When a crew of mercenaries attacks, his real identity of an ex-CIA agent is blown. Control 5, who betrayed him ten years ago, is on his trail again.

Director: Art Camacho | Stars: Frank Zagarino, Matthias Hues, Don Stroud, Bryan Genesse

Votes: 94

35. Mantis Fist Fighter (1980)

89 min | Action, Comedy

Ah Chi (Ka-Yan Leung) is obsessed with the martial arts and, more often than not, his kung-fu clowning gets him into trouble. One day he gets into a fight defending the locals from a ... See full summary »

Director: Wing-Cho Yip | Stars: Ka-Yan Leung, Yi-Lung Huang, Feng Cheng, Fu-Chien Chang

Votes: 295 | Gross: $0.03M

36. The Zeroes (2014)

72 min | Comedy, Family

A group of kids realizing there is strength in numbers, band together to take on the neighborhood bullies.

Director: Steve Royall | Stars: Keith Nagel, Sam Cohen, Sophie Sabatini, Arden Belle

Votes: 51

37. Paap Ki Aandhi (1991)

Action, Drama

Dharma is the local hoodlum in a small town in India, who terrorizes everyone in the town and forces them to pay him "protection money". No police officer has dared to stand in Dharma's way... See full summary »

Director: Mehul Kumar | Stars: Dharmendra, Aditya Pancholi, Farha Naaz, Amrita Singh

Votes: 44

38. Zahreelay (1990)

163 min | Action, Drama

After being critically wounded and losing his left arm, Captain Jaswant Kumar is discharged from the Indian army and goes to live with Journalist A.V. Razdan in Shanti Nagar, Bombay. ... See full summary »

Director: Jyotin Goel | Stars: Jeetendra, Bhanupriya, Sanjay Dutt, Vinita Goel

Votes: 128

39. Chauraha (1994)

Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After being framed for a murder in childhood, a young man returns to his former neighbourhood and resolves to rid it of crime.

Director: Sadaqat Hussein | Stars: Jeetendra, Jackie Shroff, Jaya Prada, Ashwini Bhave

Votes: 44

40. Hafta Vasuli (1998)

Not Rated | 140 min | Action

Lotiram Khabadia is an MLA based in Bombay, who is corrupt, and involved in all kinds of criminal activities. He has close links with another gangster cum wrestler, Tamancha. As elections ... See full summary »

Director: Deepak Balraj Vij | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Aditya Pancholi, Ayub Khan, Madhoo

Votes: 34

41. In Heaven as It Is on Earth (1998)

100 min | Comedy

Russian woman is robbed after crossing Polish border and has to wait until the local policemen catch the thieves. The priest, who is the main authority in the town, orders that she stays at organist's house.

Director: Jacek Bromski | Stars: Jan Wieczorkowski, Krzysztof Dzierma, Andrzej Beja-Zaborski, Anna Yanovskaya

Votes: 1,120

42. Like a Rolling Stone (1994)

120 min | Crime, Drama

Tanaka is a yakuza who collects 'protection money' from establishments. He has just been released from jail, where he had spent eight years, and finds out that his boss wants to get rid of him.

Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Eiji Okuda, Eiko Nagashima, Reiko Takashima, Shô Aikawa

Votes: 47

43. The Big Noise (I) (1936)

Approved | 57 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Julius Trent, the founder and president of Trent Mills objects to the plans of his manager, Walford Andrews, to manufacture a synthetic wool called Woolex. Finding Julius behind the times, ... See full summary »

Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Guy Kibbee, Warren Hull, Alma Lloyd, Dick Foran

Votes: 176

44. San mao liu lang ji (1980)

88 min | Action, Comedy

The evil Mr. Chu's control of a village is challenged by a Korean wanderer named Eagle and the three Kung Fu Kids.

Director: Kan-Ping Yu | Stars: Ti Ou, Ho Wang, Hai-Fen Chang, Ti Chin

Votes: 88

45. The Real Untouchables (2001 TV Movie)

Documentary, History

The three-part documentary examines Eliot Ness, Melvin Purvis and Thomas Dewey: three real-life heroes who battled organized crime between the two world wars.

Director: John Fothergill | Stars: James Woods, Bob Kaliebe, Dominic Capone III, Tom Clarke Hill

Votes: 23

46. Thundering Trails (1943)

Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western

In 1871, the Rangers are disbanded due to lack of funds so Monroe County sets up it's own police force. All ranchers must pay for protection, but those who do not are quickly robbed and/or ... See full summary »

Director: John English | Stars: Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, Jimmie Dodd, Nell O'Day

Votes: 77

47. Imtithal (1972)

120 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

A biopic based on the life of Imtithal Fawzy, a dancer who was murdered in 1936 for refusing to pay protection money to Beltagia (an organized crime group in Egypt).

Director: Hasan El-Emam | Stars: Adel Adham, Magda El-Khatib, Nour El-Sherif

Votes: 19

48. Tied Up at the Office (2003 Video)

48 min | Adventure

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Stars: Alissa Ashley, Ann Harlow, Devon Marsh, Chantel Osmond

49. El Flaco (2014)

6 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

'El Flaco' is a male prostitute that pays for police protection to be able work in downtown streets of Juarez, Mexico.

Director: Krisstian de Lara

50. Charlie's Angels (1976–1981)
Episode: The Blue Angels (1977)

Not Rated | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Suspecting corruption on the vice squad, the Angels go undercover to root out the rotten cops.

Director: Georg Stanford Brown | Stars: Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith, David Doyle

Votes: 273