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87
8.2
/296493/
82
/5040/
80
/2814/
4.2
/171954/
93
/107/
95
/3575/
83
/17/
cc age 13+

The Sting (1973)
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
poster
80
7.7
/25542/
75
/535/
73
/411/
3.8
/29920/
100
/35/
89
/286/
72
/12/

The Killers (1946)
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
poster
74
7.0
/5983/
69
/127/
68
/83/
3.6
/8022/
80
/5/
74
/33/

The Outfit (1973)
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.0
/7302/
70
/98/
66
/77/
3.4
/2685/
86
/50/
76
/171/
75
/31/
cc age 14+

Liberty Heights (1999)
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
73
7.2
/8248/
72
/184/
65
/128/
3.6
/8965/
100
/18/
74
/91/
89
/10/

Force of Evil (1950)
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
70
6.6
/20863/
66
/426/
65
/428/
3.4
/15582/
76
/33/
57
/198/
68
/14/

The Cotton Club (1984)
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
poster
MGM Plus
61
6.3
/13714/
71
/440/
64
/219/
3.1
/5407/
43
/21/
65
/293/
50
/17/

Hoodlum (1997)
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
poster
61
6.1
/3832/
66
/155/
60
/73/
3.1
/3567/
58
/12/
46
/69/

Shaft's Big Score! (1972)
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
poster
68
54
7.0
/3712/
69
/67/
66
/48/
3.4
/1669/
67
/475/

Bullets or Ballots (1936)
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
49
5.9
/13401/
61
/236/
57
/231/
2.9
/4362/
36
/25/
28
/110/

Billy Bathgate (1991)
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
poster
Kanopy
63
49
6.7
/2960/
64
/71/
65
/46/
3.3
/2071/
52
/128/

Dark City (1950)
Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.
poster
66
39
6.7
/1885/
68
/32/
61
/38/
3.2
/1593/
60
/5/
78
/8/

The Undercover Man (1949)
Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
poster
64
36
6.7
/2178/
71
/38/
61
/25/
3.3
/897/
56
/161/

Invisible Stripes (1939)
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
poster
63
24
6.9
/1115/
70
/10/
64
/14/
3.3
/1587/
48
/9/

Virtue (1932)
Given a second chance after her arrest for prostitution, Mae decides to go straight. Mae is soon befriended by kindly cab driver Jimmy Doyle who gets her work at a diner, where she meets Gert, another former prostitute. Mae and Jimmy fall in love, marry and save to buy a small business. Gert then pleads for money from Mae, which results in her unwitting involvement in a crime. Believing Mae has lied and cheated him, Jimmy threatens to leave her.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
57
21
6.5
/1353/
64
/25/
50
/16/
3.4
/677/
38
/21/

The Gangster (1947)
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is his singer girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
poster
62
21
5.6
/423/
60
/7/
58
/5/
3.3
/512/
71
/59/

Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy. All Zack wants to do is run a traditional barbershop giving traditional haircuts, but modern styles have passed him by and business is slow. One evening, Mr. Lovejoy shows up to offer Zack the same deal he gave to Joe. It could turn his business around, but what will he have to give in return?
poster
57
12
6.1
/686/
55
/14/
47
/17/
3.2
/303/

Chicago Confidential (1957)
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.
poster
55
10
6.6
/113/
65
/4/
10
/2/
4.1
/758/

The Real Sopranos (2006)
This movie shows the connections between the TV series 'The Sopranos' and a real-life New Jersey Mob. The story of the rise and fall of New Jersey’s DeCavalcante crime family
poster
?
5.8
/11/

Life Goes On (1938)
The husband of Sally Weston dies, and she decides to move to New York City where she feels her two young sons, Bob and Henry, can get a better education. Bob grows up to be a brilliant lawyer, while Henry decides that a life of crime is the best path to easy riches. Gangster "Bull" Connors frames Henry, now known as Monte, on a murder charge, and it is up to Bob to clear his brother.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
?
5.6
/95/
20
/1/
60
/1/

Dark Manhattan (1937)
A low-level gangster determines to let nothing stand in the way of his gaining control of the numbers rackets in Harlem.
poster
The Roku Channel
?
8.1
/30/

King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones (2024)
The untold story of the other boss of Chicago, the King of Policy Kings, a man who held too much power and wealth during segregation.
poster
62
?
7.0
/711/
56
/6/
61
/7/

Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)
Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.
poster
60
?
5.6
/157/
70
/1/
56
/5/

Confidential (1935)
A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate.
poster
?
6.9
/104/
35
/2/
60
/1/

Book of Numbers (1973)
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
poster
36
?
3.0
/143/
20
/1/
60
/2/

Carlito's Angels (2003)
A trio of sexy, no-nonsense Latinas jump into action fighting crime in the hood whenever they get the word from their mysterious boss Carlito.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
?
6.7
/207/
74
/9/
60
/1/
89

You Belong to Me: Sex, Race and Murder in the South (2015)
In 1952 Ruby McCollum, a black woman, killed her white doctor in Live Oak, Fla after years of sexual abuse. The remarkable secrets and terrible truths revealed during her trial and incarceration haunted jurors and prosecutors for decades.
poster
59
?
6.5
/157/
65
/8/
48
/9/

The System (1953)
A gambling boss is pressured by the law and press when a crusade is started against him after one of his collectors becomes a killer.
poster
?
6.5
/87/
58
/5/

The Blonde Bandit (1949)
A duped bride joins a bookie in love and crime.
poster
?
5.6
/18/

Am I Guilty? (1940)
A young black doctor sets out to establish a free clinic in Harlem.
poster
71
?
7.3
/184/
80
/1/
60
/3/

The Black Network (1936)
The owner of a shoe polish company sponsors a radio show that showcases black performers. Since his wife's father put up the money to be the sponsor, she insists on singing on the show. She goes on after the main star, singer Nina Mae McKinney. The wife sings so badly that the sponsor's customers abandon him. He is forced to shine shoes on street corners, while Nina Mae and her boyfriend win a bet on a daily number and end up on easy street.
poster
Fandor
47
?
4.7
/406/
41
/16/
39
/9/
3.1
/252/

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes (1974)
In 1950s Harlem a vicious Italian gangster (Frank deKova) tries to muscle in on a black racketeer's (Paul Harris) numbers game.
poster
65
?
6.1
/197/
70
/1/
65
/4/

Exclusive Story (1936)
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
poster
59
?
6.0
/459/
55
/12/
61
/11/

Hoodlum Empire (1952)
It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide network of crime. The picture, which was shot in a semi-documentary style, was inspired by the Kefauver investigations of 1950-51.
poster
47
?
5.5
/328/
35
/2/
52
/3/

Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
poster
59
?
6.2
/499/
60
/5/
49
/7/
3.3
/404/

The Scar of Shame (1929)
An educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather.
poster
?
7.0
/8/

Midnight Morals (1932)
A rookie cop falls for a "taxi dancer" in a dance hall, but his father has strong objections to the relationship.


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