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HBO Max Amazon Channel
90
8.3
/280303/
82
/5551/
81
/3405/
4.3
/584808/
100
/78/
95
/7923/
99
/17/
cc age 6+

Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
poster
Criterion Channel
85
8.3
/405679/
81
/6554/
83
/5872/
4.2
/283161/
86
/56/
93
/3956/
75
/20/
cc age 18+

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
poster
Disney Plus
83
7.6
/309705/
75
/19523/
75
/10331/
3.3
/1129691/
96
/457/
94
/7884/
84
/57/
cc age 5+

Toy Story 4 (2019)
Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that's Andy or Bonnie. But when Bonnie adds a reluctant new toy called "Forky" to her room, a road trip adventure alongside old and new friends will show Woody how big the world can be for a toy.
poster
Hoopla
82
80
7.9
/17179/
76
/303/
75
/259/
4.0
/14978/
100
/18/
89
/222/
80
/15/

The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.4
/44116/
72
/581/
70
/655/
3.7
/29074/
95
/59/
83
/637/

Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is she a bimbo who could never pass for a psychiatrist—she's a dreadful actress. David puts up with the leading man who is a compulsive eater, the grand dame who wants her part jazzed up, and Olive's interfering hitman/bodyguard—but, eventually he must decide whether art or life is more important.
poster
79
77
7.5
/14068/
73
/299/
68
/242/
3.8
/12371/
97
/31/
86
/362/
83
/11/
cc age 8+

Horse Feathers (1932)
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
poster
81
76
7.7
/9841/
74
/220/
71
/168/
3.9
/16213/
100
/13/
86
/145/

Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
74
7.7
/14256/
74
/179/
73
/192/
3.9
/8136/
94
/33/
87
/194/

Elmer Gantry (1960)
A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
79
74
7.5
/9026/
75
/211/
72
/147/
3.7
/17869/
100
/20/
81
/161/

Baby Face (1933)
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.8
/20742/
72
/527/
65
/304/
3.5
/25686/
79
/29/
80
/926/
71
/7/
cc age 8+

Bugsy Malone (1976)
New York, 1929, a war rages between two rival gangsters, Fat Sam and Dandy Dan. Dan is in possession of a new and deadly weapon, the dreaded "splurge gun". As the custard pies fly, Bugsy Malone, an all-round nice guy, falls for Blousey Brown, a singer at Fat Sam's speakeasy. His designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress Tallulah who wants Bugsy for herself.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
73
7.4
/8438/
71
/182/
71
/158/
3.6
/7669/
100
/10/
85
/109/
cc age 12+

Compulsion (1959)
Two close friends' plan to execute a flawless crime is crushed when one of them inadvertently leaves his glasses at the crime scene.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
72
7.2
/537021/
75
/50419/
73
/19469/
3.2
/1052647/
74
/343/
79
/3994/
66
/50/
cc age 12+

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt, and threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations.
poster
73
69
7.4
/11343/
73
/234/
67
/169/
3.6
/7576/
81
/21/
74
/147/

Call Northside 777 (1948)
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
poster
73
66
6.9
/7572/
72
/124/
69
/96/
3.3
/6167/
85
/13/
81
/472/

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas she had been reading about back in Kansas: "I've taken the girl out of Kansas. Now I have to take Kansas out of the girl!"
poster
Criterion Channel
73
64
7.4
/5262/
69
/118/
69
/153/
3.6
/6751/
82
/498/

Pay Day (1922)
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
poster
71
63
6.9
/4320/
66
/92/
63
/58/
3.4
/6013/
93
/15/
71
/79/

I'm No Angel (1933)
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.
poster
63
6.6
/5170/
71
/128/
63
/110/
3.3
/2557/
75
/8/
67
/71/

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
poster
62
6.4
/89967/
67
/5926/
60
/1792/
3.1
/125288/
69
/157/
61
/1054/
58
/31/
cc age 17+

The Night Before (2015)
In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.
poster
YouTube TV
68
58
7.0
/4068/
65
/76/
68
/67/
3.5
/4694/
83
/12/
57
/30/

Party Girl (1958)
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.
poster
57
6.0
/34319/
61
/664/
58
/483/
2.8
/12038/
53
/167/
38
/4875/
56
/34/
cc age 13+

Leatherheads (2008)
A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing professional football. Everyone see the chance to make some big money, but when a reporter digs up some dirt on the war hero... everyone could lose out.
poster
YouTube TV
61
55
6.4
/6087/
68
/164/
61
/73/
3.2
/3489/
40
/10/
69
/160/

Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
poster
67
54
6.7
/3725/
63
/59/
64
/35/
3.3
/4027/
78
/1508/

Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
6.1
/8932/
59
/158/
57
/159/
3.0
/2836/
50
/20/
42
/106/
48
/17/

Albino Alligator (1997)
While escaping from a foiled robbery attempt, three thieves find themselves surrounded by police at a New Orleans bar--only they're not the people the police are searching for.
poster
75
53
7.3
/2798/
72
/36/
65
/43/
3.6
/1937/
91
/11/
79
/17/

Five Star Final (1931)
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
poster
Kanopy
75
53
7.5
/1284/
68
/54/
65
/30/
3.7
/1864/
94
/18/
78
/34/

Before Stonewall (1984)
New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
poster
Starz
59
53
6.2
/5997/
68
/139/
56
/63/
3.1
/3072/
47
/129/
66
/942/
55
/31/
cc age 15+

Idlewild (2006)
A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-era South, out of the hands of gangsters who want to take it over.
poster
53
6.4
/62014/
70
/5131/
62
/1367/
2.8
/27811/
35
/237/
42
/456/
49
/43/
cc age 17+

Live by Night (2016)
A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
poster
52
5.9
/10228/
66
/238/
62
/190/
2.7
/3545/
9
/34/
57
/286/

Mobsters (1991)
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
poster
70
49
6.6
/1831/
61
/37/
65
/40/
3.1
/2008/
100
/6/
67
/18/

The Racket (1928)
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.
poster
61
48
6.6
/3184/
60
/40/
60
/45/
3.3
/2093/
58
/542/

A Free Soul (1931)
An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with him.
poster
74
46
7.1
/2003/
72
/24/
68
/22/
3.5
/1687/
88
/175/

Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.
poster
66
45
6.8
/2477/
67
/44/
67
/29/
3.2
/1070/
83
/6/
46
/35/

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend and, when Roger returns home after the war, an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.
poster
The Roku Channel
47
44
5.5
/8908/
52
/206/
52
/157/
2.4
/10496/
42
/31/
21
/179/
66
/9/

The Broadway Melody (1929)
The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon falls in love with her—but she is already being courted by Jock Warriner, a member of New York high society. Queenie eventually recognizes that, to Jock, she is nothing more than a toy, and that Eddie is in love with her.
poster
Kanopy
71
44
7.2
/2200/
68
/47/
66
/59/
3.6
/1856/
81
/16/

They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
poster
Hoopla
74
44
7.1
/2316/
73
/46/
68
/28/
3.5
/719/
92
/741/

The Five Pennies (1959)
Dixieland cornetist Red Nichols runs into opposition to his sound, but breaks through to success. He marries a warm, patient woman and even finds time to raise a family. Then tragedy strikes when their daughter contracts polio.
poster
Kanopy
65
42
6.2
/1323/
61
/32/
62
/29/
3.4
/3308/
86
/7/
53
/12/

Body and Soul (1925)
A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ruin.
poster
55
41
5.9
/3718/
69
/52/
60
/30/
2.9
/1786/
36
/11/
48
/88/

Mame (1974)
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
poster
69
40
7.0
/2012/
72
/19/
68
/24/
3.5
/1486/
64
/216/

Picture Snatcher (1933)
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
poster
YouTube TV
65
40
6.7
/2134/
66
/55/
66
/52/
3.4
/678/
58
/110/

Al Capone (1959)
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
poster
Criterion Channel
62
39
6.9
/1737/
64
/28/
60
/33/
3.5
/2666/
50
/53/

The Criminal Code (1931)
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 years. Six years later, Brady becomes the prison warden and offers the beleaguered Robert a job as his chauffeur. Robert cleans up his act, but, on the eve of his pardon, his cellmate drags him back into the world of violence, and he faces a difficult choice that could return him to prison.
poster
The Roku Channel
67
38
6.8
/1593/
63
/24/
55
/28/
3.4
/897/
100
/5/
47
/12/

Ruthless (1948)
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
poster
Disney Plus
38
3.5
/14848/
51
/934/
50
/477/
1.5
/20336/
25
/118/
cc age 9+

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012)
10-year-old Finn is terrified to learn his family is relocating from sunny California to Maine in the scariest house he has ever seen! Convinced that his new house is haunted, Finn sets up a series of elaborate traps to catch the “ghost” in action. Left home alone with his sister while their parents are stranded across town, Finn’s traps catch a new target – a group of thieves who have targeted Finn’s house.
poster
72
35
7.0
/1574/
63
/11/
80
/154/
3.4
/531/
82
/17/

The Joker is Wild (1957)
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
poster
63
35
6.7
/1362/
60
/17/
62
/19/
3.2
/1447/
83
/6/
44
/9/

Night After Night (1932)
A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.
poster
59
35
6.5
/2341/
65
/26/
58
/33/
3.2
/1098/
43
/50/

Dillinger (1945)
The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
poster
JustWatch TV
59
32
6.4
/1049/
58
/19/
56
/31/
3.4
/1262/
70
/10/
35
/8/

Thunderbolt (1929)
A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Moran, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Moran for romancing his girl.
poster
72
32
6.9
/917/
67
/9/
74
/9/
3.5
/677/
88
/8/
67
/19/

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
poster
56
32
6.3
/1647/
51
/22/
61
/28/
3.2
/719/
60
/5/
40
/23/

Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)
In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.


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