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1. Sleepers (1996)

R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, an unexpected random encounter with a former guard gives them a chance for revenge.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric

Votes: 237,987 | Gross: $49.10M

2. The Big Heat (1953)

Passed | 89 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Jocelyn Brando, Alexander Scourby

Votes: 29,320

3. Atlantic City (1980)

R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Susan Sarandon, Kate Reid, Michel Piccoli

Votes: 18,332

4. Billy Bathgate (1991)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.

Director: Robert Benton | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis

Votes: 12,756 | Gross: $15.97M

5. Save the Tiger (1973)

R | 100 min | Drama

A disillusioned war veteran has two days to let go of his shaken morals if he wants his small fashion company to survive.

Director: John G. Avildsen | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman, Norman Burton

Votes: 5,619 | Gross: $2.33M

6. Nudity Required (1989)

R | 90 min | Comedy

Two friends use the casting couch to seduce women while pretending to be movie producers.

Director: John T. Bone | Stars: Julie Newmar, Billy Frank, Brad Zutaut, Troy Donahue

Votes: 176

7. Full Circle (2013–2016)

30 min | Drama

Follows a group of adults whose lives are unknowingly intertwined.

Stars: Christopher Gorham, Aaron Haedt, David Crane, Laura San Giacomo

Votes: 240

8. The Brotherhood (1968)

PG-13 | 96 min | Crime, Drama

The son of a powerful Mafia don comes home from his army service in Vietnam and wants to lead his own life, but family tradition, intrigues and powerplays involving his older brother ... See full summary »

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler

Votes: 1,152

9. Virginia Hill (1974 TV Movie)

74 min | Biography, Drama

The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of 1940s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Dyan Cannon, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, Robby Benson

Votes: 167

10. The Palermo Connection (1990)

PG-13 | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A candidate for the Mayor of New York City promises to legalize drugs. The mafia, making insane money on illegal drug trade, is about to dissuade him - at all cost.

Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Jim Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland, Philippe Noiret

Votes: 570

11. Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023 TV Movie)

Documentary, Crime, History

With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.

Director: David Harvey | Stars: Chuck Granata, Lenny Luizzi, Robert Foster, Robbyn Swan

Votes: 58

12. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010 Video)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History

The history of the longstanding American comic book company that launched such legendary superhero characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.

Director: Mac Carter | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Paul Levitz, Gerard Jones, Mark Waid

Votes: 1,332

13. Nero (1992)

100 min | Comedy, Crime

As a favor to his new girlfriend Francesca Federico visits her ex-lover's apartment and finds him dead. Desperately he tries to cover up the murder and attempts to get rid of the body which involves much more than he bargained for.

Director: Giancarlo Soldi | Stars: Sergio Castellitto, Chiara Caselli, Carlo Colnaghi, Luis Molteni

Votes: 156

14. Dean's Place (1975 TV Special)

60 min | Comedy, Music

Dean Martin's comedy/variety show that aired on September 1975.

Director: Greg Garrison | Stars: Dean Martin, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Sherman Hemsley

Votes: 22

15. 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

16. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Bugsy Siegel: Gambling on the Mob (1997)

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History

Starting as a mob hit man, Bugsy Siegel quickly becomes a Manhatten mob boss through his relationships with fellow crime entrepreneurs and his assassination of the Mafia old guard. Through ... See full summary »

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

Votes: 86

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

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

Add a Plot

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

Votes: 120

18. I'll Fly Away (1991–1993)
Episode: Commencement (1993)

60 min | Drama

Christina loses a very important client due to the FBI's investigation into Forrest. Lilly graduates with her high school diploma.

Director: Jack Bender | Stars: Sam Waterston, Regina Taylor, Jeremy London, Ashlee Levitch

19. The Untouchables (1959–1963)
Episode: Portrait of a Thief (1960)

52 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The president of a firm that distributes alcohol is connected to the mob and has been swindling his company for years. But then the mob turns on him.

Director: Walter Grauman | Stars: Robert Stack, Henry Jones, Charles McGraw, Edward Andrews

Votes: 91

20. Voyagers! (1982–1983)
Episode: Cleo and the Babe (1982)

TV-G | 49 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Cleopatra inadvertently travels to New York City in 1927 and helps out Lucky Luciano kidnap Babe Ruth. In 1919, Jeff and Phineas convince Babe Ruth to give up pitching and become the home run hitting champion he is more famous for.

Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Jon-Erik Hexum, Meeno Peluce, Michael Gregory, William Lucking

Votes: 68

21. 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

22. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: The Crazy Don (1998)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Over many years the FBI investigates and finally penetrates the five New York crime families. Special attention is given to Vincent Gigante who feigned mental illness to avoid prosecution and then incarceration.

Director: Stuart Taylor | Stars: James Kallstrom, Anthony D. Call, Amanda Agostino, Debbie Agostino

Votes: 51

23. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: Boardwalk Empire (2010)

TV-MA | 72 min | Crime, Drama

In 1920 Atlantic City, politician Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson makes arrangements to operate a liquor smuggling business during the early days of Prohibition. His driver, Jimmy Darmody, wishes to prove his usefulness.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon

Votes: 4,904

24. Secrets of the Dead (2000– )
Episode: Gangster's Gold (2020)

TV-PG | Documentary, History, War

Three groups of treasure hunters search for the gold fortune buried somewhere in New York by gangster Dutch Schultz in 1935.

Stars: Frank Lopergolo, Steve Zazulyk

Votes: 33

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. Today I Found Out (2013– )
Episode: The Celebrities Who Were Spies (2019)

19 min | Documentary

Several celebrity entertainers, writers and sports stars worked as Allied spies during World War Two. Noel Coward once noted that celebrity makes a great cover. Here are their stories along... See full summary »

Star: Simon Whistler

27. Prohibition (2011)
Episode: A Nation of Scofflaws (2011)

TV-PG | 111 min | Documentary, History

With the passing of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, the federal government now passes legislation to enforce it. Known as the Volstead Act, the legislation forbids not only hard ... See full summary »

Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Donald Ward, Noah Feldman, Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Votes: 189

28. Secrets of War (1998– )
Episode: Mussolini's Henchmen

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History, War

An inside look at fascist Italy. Starting with Mussolini's rise to power, the unknown stories of the shadowy figures who protected "Il Duce" and the tenuous Axis relationship with Nazi Germany.

Stars: Charlton Heston, Richard Camp, Anthony Ghezzo, Philip Cannistrato

29. Pawn Stars (2009– )
Episode: Ring Around a Rockne (2012)

TV-PG | 21 min | Comedy, Reality-TV

The Pawn Stars are blown away when a signet ring that belonged to mob boss Lucky Luciano comes out of hiding. Then, Rick is in the red zone when a letter signed by legendary football coach ... See full summary »

Director: Jairus Cobb | Stars: Corey Harrison, Richard Harrison, Rick Harrison, Drew Max

Votes: 41

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode: 39-33 (2010)

Documentary, Crime, History

Our look at mysteries that have baffled America continues with a look at the greatest unsolved art theft in history, the unexplained death of America's first mystery writer and if Bigfoot exists.

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

34. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: All In (2013)

TV-MA | 56 min | Crime, Drama

Nucky decides not to partner with Rothstein on his Tampa operation, Narcisse recruits Dunn from Chalky, and Van Alden switches allegiance From O'Banion to Capone.

Director: Ed Bianchi | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,820

35. 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

36. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Vito Genovese (2012)

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

Raised in the slums with terrifying gangs. He grew to inherit a Mafia entity; only to be faced with murder, the electric chair and fierce rivalry.

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

Votes: 13

37. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Joseph Valachi (2012)

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

How Joseph Valachi knew there was a 'hit order' out on him, and lived in so much fear that he revealed Both the existence of, and the whole structure of the Mafia for the first time. ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Colin Tierney, Charles Bronson, James Cagney, Joseph Coffey

Votes: 9

38. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode: Atlantic City and the Boardwalk Empire (2013)

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

We meet the legendary figures of Atlantic City and the Boardwalk including Prohibition era kingpin Nucky Johnson who ran the area, and discover how rum running and bootlegging built an empire.

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

39. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode: Chicago and the rise of Al Capone (2013)

TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

We tell the story of the rise of Al Capone and mob rule in Chicago and explore why the roaring twenties played the crucial role in gangster life and the impact of widespread police corruption.

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

40. 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

41. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode: J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI and 'Public Enemies' (2013)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

Prohibition had been repealed but J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI have a new 'Public Enemies' list to gun down and collar criminals with Chicago's leading gangsters fast becoming America's most wanted.

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

42. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode: The Italian Mob and the Real 'Godfathers' (2013)

TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Action, Crime

While many mobsters ended up in jail or killed, still more found ways to keep themselves in power as well as profit - we explore the Italian mob and the real godfathers of New York and Las Vegas.

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

43. Lilyhammer (2012–2014)
Episode: Tommy (2014)

TV-MA | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Frank starts a wine business. Uncle Sal's nephew goes to Frank for help. Roar is in trouble in Rio.

Director: Øystein Karlsen | Stars: Steven Van Zandt, Trond Fausa, Steinar Sagen, Robert Skjærstad

Votes: 330

44. 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

45. 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

46. Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009)
Episode: Las Vegas - America's Third City (2009)

Documentary, Crime, History

In the 21st Century, Vegas must uphold its reputation as one of America's most famous cities.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Michael Green, Bob Faiss, Mike Weatherford, Steve Miller

47. Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009)
Episode: The Mob Comes to Las Vegas (2009)

Documentary, Crime, History

The Mob's influence started growing during the 1920s and 1930s.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Eugene Moehring, Steve Miller, Anthony Curtis, Kirk Gill

48. Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009)
Episode: Corporate Vegas (2009)

Documentary, Crime, History

The 1990s brought about changes to Vegas where corporations and large businesses transformed Vegas to the city we know today.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Kirk Gill, Mike Weatherford, Eugene Moehring, Steve Miller

49. Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009)
Episode: On Top of the World (2009)

Documentary, Crime, History

To lure in additional visitors, Vegas became the destination for top performers, innovative tourism tactics and big payouts.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Anthony Curtis, Mike Weatherford, Steve Miller, Michael Green

50. CBS Reports (1959– )
Episode: An Essay on the Mafia (1972)

60 min | Documentary, News

An investigative report on the Mafia and its functions.

Director: Howard Stringer | Stars: Luigi Barzini Jr., Nicholas Pileggi, Joseph L. Alioto, Claire Giannini Hoffman