Kosher Nostra-On the Jewish Mob
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1. Lansky (1999 TV Movie)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
Richard Dreyfuss stars in this compelling, fact-based movie about notorious mobster Meyer Lansky, chronicling his beginnings as a Jewish immigrant to his successful career in gambling, bootlegging and racketeering--and eventually murder.
Director: John McNaughton | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Yosef Carmon, Mosko Alkalai, Fima Noveck
Votes: 2,022
2. Bugsy (1991)
R | 136 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The story of how Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel started Las Vegas.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 31,000 | Gross: $49.11M
3. Mobsters (1991)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama
From start to finish, this is a story of friendship between four street-wise mates who don't mind using violence to achieve the lives that they want. They trust no one but each other, which is vital to their success as mobsters.
Director: Michael Karbelnikoff | Stars: Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Rodney Eastman, Costas Mandylor
Votes: 9,699 | Gross: $20.25M
4. Six Ways to Sunday (1997)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Eighteen-year-old mothers' son Harry (he lives with his overprotective mother Kate) shows his cruel side at one occasion and is hired as hitman/enforcer by the Jewish mob.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Norman Reedus, Debbie Harry, Adrien Brody, Paul D'Amato
Votes: 1,640 | Gross: $0.05M
5. Holy Rollers (2010)
R | 89 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In Brooklyn, a youth from an Orthodox Jewish community is lured into becoming an Ecstasy dealer by his pal who has ties to an Israeli drug cartel.
Director: Kevin Asch | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, Danny A. Abeckaser, Ari Graynor
Votes: 5,256 | Gross: $0.30M
6. Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses. Under constant surveillance by Detective Brikowski and assassin Goodkat, he must get them before they get him.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman, Lucy Liu
Votes: 325,694 | Gross: $22.50M
7. Little Odessa (1994)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A cold-blooded hitman visits his estranged Russian immigrant family in Brooklyn.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Tim Roth, Edward Furlong, Moira Kelly, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 9,146 | Gross: $1.10M
8. 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: 12,740 | Gross: $15.97M
9. Comme les cinq doigts de la main (2010)
116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
5 very different brothers are raised by their early widowed mother. One of them reappears after a long disappearance, trying to hide from a gang of drug dealers and shares a secret with his... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Patrick Bruel, Vincent Elbaz, Pascal Elbé, Éric Caravaca
Votes: 570
10. L'union sacrée (1989)
122 min | Crime, Drama
Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo ship, only to realize that Karim is an undercover agent from the military intelligence, ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Arcady | Stars: Richard Berry, Patrick Bruel, Bruno Cremer, Claude Brasseur
Votes: 619
11. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
R | 229 min | Crime, Drama
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Treat Williams
Votes: 377,762 | Gross: $5.32M
12. Bobby G. Can't Swim (1999)
R | 89 min | Drama
Bobby G. lives life on the edge in this real, raw New York street drama. Bobby is a small-time coke dealer, always on the hustle but rarely successful. He lives in Hell's Kitchen with his ... See full summary »
Director: John-Luke Montias | Stars: John-Luke Montias, Susan Mitchell, Vincent Vega, Norman Middleton
Votes: 393
13. Gangster Wars (1981)
121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Three poor ghetto kids in turn-of-the-century New York City grow up to become feared gangsters.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Michael Nouri, Brian Benben, Joe Penny, Richard S. Castellano
Votes: 232
14. Triple 9 (2016)
R | 115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Director: John Hillcoat | Stars: Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul
Votes: 77,102 | Gross: $12.63M
15. Fading Gigolo (2013)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Director: John Turturro | Stars: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofía Vergara
Votes: 25,478 | Gross: $3.76M
16. Twisted Fate (II) (1993)
84 min | Thriller
Three women on vacation in a mountain cabin are terrorized by two psychopaths.
Director: Donald G. Jackson | Stars: Bill Black, Susan Deemer, Troy Fromin, Nancy Jury
Votes: 45
17. God's Pocket (2014)
R | 88 min | Crime, Drama
A blue collar worker tries to cover things up when his stepson is killed in a suspicious accident, but a local reporter senses that something's amiss.
Director: John Slattery | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, Richard Jenkins, John Turturro
Votes: 12,409 | Gross: $0.10M
18. Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory
Votes: 649,884
19. Mob City (2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
1947, Los Angeles. Cop Joe Teague walks the line between the LAPD, led by William Parker, and the mob, led by Bugsy Siegel.
Stars: Jon Bernthal, Milo Ventimiglia, Neal McDonough, Alexa Davalos
Votes: 7,700
20. Gangster Squad (2013)
R | 113 min | Action, Crime, Drama
It's 1949 Los Angeles, the city is run by gangsters and a malicious mobster, Mickey Cohen. Determined to end the corruption, John O'Mara assembles a team of cops, ready to take down the ruthless leader and restore peace to the city.
Director: Ruben Fleischer | Stars: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Giovanni Ribisi
Votes: 222,775 | Gross: $46.00M
21. Lepke (1975)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama
Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is head of Murder Inc., the syndicate that spattered the headlines of the day with blood.
Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Tony Curtis, Anjanette Comer, Michael Callan, Warren Berlinger
Votes: 438 | Gross: $0.20M
22. Uncut Gems (2019)
R | 135 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
With his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hope of staying afloat and alive.
Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie | Stars: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Idina Menzel, Mesfin Lamengo
Votes: 318,196
23. Killerman (2019)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two NYC money launderers make a quick drug deal. Things go wrong, as dirty cops are involved. One of the friends gets amnesia during their escape with the drugs and money.
Director: Malik Bader | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Emory Cohen, Diane Guerrero, Zlatko Buric
Votes: 11,143 | Gross: $0.28M
24. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 203,156
25. Rough Diamonds (2023– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Follows a Jewish Ultra-Orthodox family in Belgium's Antwerp Diamond Square Mile.
Stars: Kevin Janssens, Ini Massez, Robbie Cleiren, Dudu Fisher
Votes: 4,652
26. Lansky (2021)
R | 119 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated by the Feds, who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster reveals the untold truth about his life as the boss of the National Crime Syndicate.
Director: Eytan Rockaway | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Sam Worthington, John Magaro, Minka Kelly
Votes: 10,177
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