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Criterion Channel
85
8.3
/405465/
81
/6537/
84
/5864/
4.2
/281533/
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
83
7.7
/127213/
74
/2336/
74
/1740/
3.9
/152065/
91
/74/
88
/2361/
86
/20/
cc age 16+

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
In the 1930s, bored European-American waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with a European-American ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
poster
Criterion Channel
82
7.7
/33034/
74
/729/
74
/661/
3.8
/50787/
98
/51/
87
/796/
90
/12/

Scarface (1932)
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
poster
Hoopla
82
80
7.9
/17158/
76
/303/
75
/257/
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
79
7.7
/148557/
75
/2850/
74
/1788/
4.0
/138256/
93
/71/
90
/3192/
66
/18/

Miller's Crossing (1990)
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.8
/351266/
78
/8387/
77
/6033/
3.8
/294974/
83
/76/
89
/7511/
79
/16/
cc age 16+

The Untouchables (1987)
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
poster
75
7.2
/70242/
73
/1679/
70
/1167/
3.6
/52795/
80
/45/
83
/2073/
68
/22/
cc age 13+

A River Runs Through It (1992)
The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their fishing outings, and assess where they've been and where they're going.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.8
/20726/
72
/517/
65
/302/
3.5
/25471/
79
/29/
80
/925/
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
68
6.4
/5078/
65
/72/
58
/56/
3.4
/2946/
75
/32/
61
/76/
66
/21/

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
poster
Curiosity Stream
68
7.2
/261589/
73
/6220/
70
/3230/
3.4
/94382/
67
/217/
74
/4039/
58
/38/
cc age 17+

Lawless (2012)
In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.
poster
67
6.9
/9449/
69
/876/
68
/402/
3.2
/19929/

2036: Nexus Dawn (2017)
This in-world short film takes place in the year 2036 and revolves around Jared Leto’s character, Niander Wallace. In this short, Wallace introduces a new line of “perfected” replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to get the prohibition on replicants repealed. This no doubt has serious ramifications that will be crucial to the plot of Blade Runner 2049.
poster
63
6.6
/5160/
71
/128/
62
/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
fuboTV
62
6.4
/4999/
69
/120/
65
/110/
3.1
/2517/
52
/25/

The Valachi Papers (1972)
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
61
7.1
/8699/
72
/162/
73
/177/
3.4
/4042/
50
/10/
73
/84/

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
poster
YouTube TV
61
55
6.4
/6083/
69
/161/
61
/73/
3.2
/3439/
40
/10/
70
/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
53
6.4
/61987/
70
/5128/
62
/1366/
2.8
/27680/
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
67
52
6.8
/3063/
71
/99/
64
/85/
3.3
/1685/
67
/350/

Pardon Us (1931)
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
poster
52
6.4
/63345/
67
/1575/
63
/951/
3.1
/20047/
42
/33/
51
/1155/
44
/24/
cc age 16+

Last Man Standing (1996)
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
51
5.7
/3434/
61
/129/
56
/73/
3.0
/2145/
75
/16/
41
/51/
60
/7/

Big Bad Mama (1974)
Circumstances force a mother and her two daughters to get into bootlegging and bank robbing, and travel across the country pursued by the law.
poster
72
47
7.4
/1961/
71
/45/
72
/46/
3.5
/1022/
73
/78/

Blotto (1930)
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
poster
68
47
7.0
/2734/
69
/43/
63
/45/
3.4
/1119/
67
/6/
76
/25/

A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
poster
46
5.3
/1490/
52
/18/
53
/16/
3.0
/758/
25
/12/
35
/6/

Lucky Lady (1975)
When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate loner to become rum-runners to the U.S.
poster
74
46
7.1
/2002/
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
46
5.7
/3450/
64
/104/
58
/98/
3.0
/1086/
32
/44/
26
/24/

Capone (1975)
Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.
poster
63
44
6.3
/1563/
56
/50/
60
/44/
3.3
/1506/
73
/50/

Mudhoney (1965)
In this Depression-era tale, Calef is traveling from Michigan to California and stops in Spooner, Missouri, where Lute hires him for odd jobs. Calef gets involved with Lute's niece, Hannah. But she is married to Sidney, a wife-beating drunk who hopes to inherit his uncle-in-law's money. Sidney and an eccentric preacher plot against Calef, who finds it difficult to conceal his mysterious past and his growing affection for Sidney's wife.
poster
Kanopy
69
36
6.7
/1517/
61
/19/
58
/24/
3.6
/1053/
71
/7/
85
/11/

The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and drugs operations.
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
56
32
6.3
/1646/
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.
poster
49
30
5.0
/685/
44
/10/
47
/11/
52
/21/
44
/62/
57
/9/

Disappearances (2007)
Quebec Bill Bohomme is a hardy schemer and dreamer, who, desperate to raise money to preserve his endangered herd through the rapidly approaching winter, resorts to whiskey-smuggling, a traditional family occupation. Quebec Bill takes his son, Wild Bill, on the journey. Also Henry Coville, an inscrutable whiskey smuggler, and Rat Kinneson, Quebec Bill's perpetually disconsolate ex-con hired man. Together, they cross the border into vast reaches of Canadian wilderness for an unforgettable four days "full of terror, full of wonder."
poster
69
24
7.0
/1523/
64
/18/
68
/19/
3.5
/610/
73
/10/

The Little Giant (1933)
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
poster
Fandango at Home Free
58
23
4.5
/2296/
58
/178/
47
/23/
2.7
/216/
88
/6/

Bloodrunners (2017)
By 1933, Prohibition has proven a booming enterprise, where average citizens break the law, hide in the shadows and operate at night. The new world order has even lined the pockets of corrupt cops like Jack Malone. He collects a 'luxury tax' from every bootlegger and scofflaw in the small town he has sworn to protect. While shaking down the newest speakeasy in the local underground, Jack and his men uncover a clan of vampires hell bent on taking over the town. Now Chesterfield, an ancient vampire, and his horde must hide their secret at any cost. The bloody result leaves several bodies and innocent townsfolk taken as lambs to await the slaughter. With nowhere else to turn, Jack joins forces with a busboy and a crazy preacher to save the town and make a final stand against Chesterfield and his vampires.
poster
60
22
6.0
/668/
58
/7/
59
/14/
3.1
/345/
62
/58/

The Locked Door (1929)
On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines to intervene.
poster
63
18
6.9
/538/
62
/4/
66
/15/
3.3
/351/
50
/25/

Night World (1932)
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
poster
69
18
7.5
/806/
65
/13/
69
/14/
3.5
/588/

Pardon My Scotch (1935)
The Stooges are running the local drugstore and mix up a potion that a desperate businessman decides to sell as scotch. The Stooges impersonate Scotsmen at a party to fool the prospective buyer. Their usual antics disrupt the party, ending when a barrel of their "scotch" explodes and floods the whole house.
poster
JustWatch TV
53
16
5.6
/1061/
48
/7/
54
/14/
2.7
/779/

Lights of New York (1928)
Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.
poster
54
12
6.3
/985/
60
/13/
50
/10/
3.3
/363/
35
/8/

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
poster
64
11
7.0
/376/
53
/18/
68
/7/
66
/10/

How Weed Won the West (2010)
While California is going bankrupt, one business is booming. "How Weed Won the West" is the story of the growing medical cannabis / marijuana industry in the greater Los Angeles area, with over 700 dispensaries doling out the buds. As a treatment for a wide range of conditions, cannabis is quickly proving itself as a healthier natural alternative to many prescription drugs.
poster
50
9
5.2
/452/
42
/7/
46
/12/
3.0
/342/

Buy Your Own Cherries (1904)
A barmaid plies a swell with smiles and with cherries from a box that's just been delivered. When she refuses a cherry to a roughly-dressed tradesman who runs a tab at the bar, he pays off his debt in a huff, using all his week's pay. He then storms penniless and without provisions into his ill-furnished house where his wife and two children, ill-clad and ill-fed, cower. Is there any hope for him and for his family? If he does realize how low he's sunk, what help is there to lift him up? Will the family ever know the taste of cherries?
poster
The Roku Channel
57
9
5.9
/534/
68
/19/
55
/11/
47
/3/

Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988)
Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti's rise to the top of the Windy City's underworld, amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life in the early 20th century.
poster
48
9
5.4
/739/
61
/6/
58
/12/
3.0
/384/
11
/4/

The Boob (1926)
To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers.
poster
60
8
6.4
/371/
60
/4/
48
/11/
3.3
/271/

It's the Old Army Game (1926)
Druggist Elmer Prettywillie is sleeping. A woman rings the night bell only to buy a two-cent stamp. Then garbage collectors waken him. Next it's firemen on a false alarm. And then a real fire.
poster
52
8
4.7
/170/
48
/7/
52
/11/
3.1
/360/

Bitter Orange (2013)
Despite her short skirt and bobbed hair, Myrtle’s no flapper—she’s a career girl with her eye on the prize. But over the course of an evening in the company of Jack, a bootlegger, she’s forced to ask herself what she really wants: a legitimate career, or success at any cost.
poster
46
5
5.1
/353/
48
/11/
36
/13/
50
/1/

Second Time Lucky (1984)
In the beginning the Devil made a bet with God. The Devil backed Eve, God backed Adam. What would have happened to love and sex if Adam hadn't taken the bite?
poster
?
5.2
/15/

The City That Never Sleeps (1924)
Mother O'day, running her saloon after the death of her husband, places her daughter in the care of Mrs. Kendall, a high society woman. Later, in the prohibition era, Molly returns to the saloon-turned-cabaret as a flapper with her co-star Mark Roth. Considered a lost film.
poster
?
100
/1/
100
/1/

NYC Rivals (2024)
N/A
poster
The Roku Channel
?
5.9
/35/
20
/1/

Black Cat Whiskey (2013)
In a small rural town hit hard by the Depression, Katie Connors resides in a middle-class home with her bootlegging husband Melvin. When the opportunity arises to bump him off without getting her hands dirty, she takes a chance she may never get again. After his murder at the hands of criminal Richard Hayden, she begins to receive inopportune visits by Melvin's old business partners about a large shipment of moonshine in her possession. Contacting the FBI for help, agent Ron Sheridan is assigned to her case and develops an unrequited love for Katie. But when a full-scale war develops, she learns the FBI may not be much help to her as she thought, and Katie must take matters into her own hands to pay off her husband's debts for good.
poster
58
?
5.7
/205/
55
/2/

The Woman Racket (1930)
During a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her. Although she loves him, his salary and dull life leave her wanting.
poster
?
3.1
/42/
30
/1/

The Irish Whiskey Rebellion (1972)
An Irish radical turns East Coast bootlegger during Prohibition.


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