Best Gangster movies

Actors : Meiko Kaji, Shin'ichi Chiba, Bunta Sugawara, Shingo Yamashiro,
Directors : Kinji Fukasaku,

A young criminal joins a yakuza family to kill the gangsters who beat him up, but falls in love with his boss' widow niece, piling up enemies and corpses along his wayward way.

Actors : Duke Mitchell, Lorenzo Dardado, Jim LoBianco, Peter Milo,
Directors : Duke Mitchell,

Famed nightclub performer Duke Mitchell is Paul, a paroled gangster with an unholy scheme: to kidnap the Pope and 'charge a dollar from every Catholic in the world' as the ransom. Shot in ...

Actors : Bo Svenson, Robert DoQui, Luke Askew, John Davis Chandler,
Directors : Earl Bellamy,

Sheriff Buford Pusser continues his one-man war against moonshiners and a ruthless crime syndicate after the murder of his wife in late 1960's Tennessee.

Actors : Zuzanna Bernat, Dariusz Chojnacki, Piotr Bulcewicz, Alicja Bachleda,
Directors : Patryk Vega,

Two female police officers fight to survive a police force filled with corrupt superiors and the brutal criminal mafia.

Actors : Maurice Ronet, Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry,
Directors : Bob Swaim,

Nicole is a Parisian streetwalker and Dede is her racketeer boyfriend, on the outs with his mob bosses because of a dispute over Nicole. When a police informant ("balance") is murdered, the...

Actors : Poal Cairo, Jenne Decleir, Nino den Brave, Frederik Brom,
Directors : Tjebbo Penning,

A drug lord's wife faces a crisis of loyalty when her husband's cutthroat dealings compel her to flee with their young children.

Actors : Aaron Kwok, Lei Hao, Jack Kao, Zishan Yang,
Directors : Matt Chung-tien Wu,

After squandering his inheritance, a gambling addict befriends a prostitute who decides to help him find his daughter, while avoiding the local gangsters who want him to repay his debts.

Actors : Tyra Ferrell, Fred Ward, Lara Flynn Boyle, Matthew Modine,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are twins who were separated being babies, and they do not know each other. Henry was adopted by a honest man, while Freddy becomes a gangster. Henry is very shy...

Actors : Deborah Lee Smith, Thomas Wilson Brown, Robert Palmer Watkins, Roy Huang,
Directors : Brian Ulrich,

After getting mixed up with a dangerous crime syndicate, an undercover cop wakes up to discover he is missing his partner, his wife, and three days of his life.

Actors : Dal-su Oh, Kang-ho Song, Je-mun Yun, Il-hwa Choi,
Directors : Jae-rim Han,

In-gu is a full-time gangster aspiring to be a full-time husband and dad. Shunned by his daughter and wife, his only goal is to live a quiet life with his family out in the country. But ...

Actors : Langley Kirkwood, Tessa Jubber, Zoey Sneedon, Bonko Khoza,
Directors : Fabien Martorell,

Freedom always comes at a price.

Actors : Adèle Exarchopoulos, Matthias Schoenaerts, Eric De Staercke, Jean-Benoît Ugeux,
Directors : Michaël R. Roskam,

Set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi (Matthias Schoenaerts), a high-flying gangster, and Bibi (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.

Actors : Chris Maher, Cam Gigandet, Randy Couture, Louis Mandylor,
Directors : Tibor Takács,

After planning a perfect heist, Nick is ready to score. One problem, his girl and the crew, have other ideas. They take Nick down in a hail of bullets but Nick doesn't die and in a race for his life, seeks revenge one target at a time.

Actors : Stuart Whitman, Peter Falk, Henry Morgan, May Britt,

The rise and fall of a 1930's Brooklyn crime syndicate, known as Murder Incorporated, led by mobster Lepke Buchalter.

Actors : Vincent Gardenia, Charles Cioffi, Gian Maria Volontè, Silverio Blasi,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

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

Actors : Vicellous Shannon, Richard Waugh, Ving Rhames, Yannick Bisson,
Directors : Ryan Combs,

Years after being shot by his eldest son Darius and taking the fall for his crimes, former gangster James "Animal" Allen serves a life sentence at Folsom Prison. When a riot breaks out ...

Actors : Martin Donovan, Ariel Winter, Gina Gallego, Sakis Rouvas,
Directors : Jordan Barker,

Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with his only daughter, Richard is caught as a witness to the violence of Abner Solvie. He finds...

Actors : Charles Robinson, Phil Hoover, Edward Cross, Rod Perry,
Directors : Lee Frost,

General Ahmed has started an inner-city People's Army to try and relieve the misery of the citizens of Watts. When the locals are put under increasing pressure by Mafia thugs, Ahmed's ...

Actors : Jacques Dutronc, Daniel Auteuil, Michel Blanc, Monica Bellucci,
Directors : Alain Corneau,

Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor...

Actors : Marc Porel, Richard Conte, Carla Gravina, Alain Delon,
Directors : Duccio Tessari,

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications--and many bloody shootouts-ensue.