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Directed by Joel SchumacherOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about children,
Mafia films,
Gangster filmsActors Susan Sarandon,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Mary-Louise Parker,
Anthony LaPaglia,
J. T. Walsh,
Brad RenfroRating66%
Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his little brother, Ricky, are smoking cigarettes in the woods near their home when they encounter Mob lawyer Jerome Clifford. Clifford tells Mark that he is about to kill himself to avoid being murdered by Barry "The Blade" Muldanno, the nephew of notorious mob kingpin Johnny Sulari. Ricky becomes catatonic after witnessing the suicide and is hospitalized. Authorities — and the Mob — realize that Clifford may have told Mark where a Louisiana senator who was murdered by Muldanno is buried., 2h10
Directed by John HustonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Mafia films,
Musical films,
Children's films,
Gangster filmsActors Jack Nicholson,
Kathleen Turner,
Robert Loggia,
Anjelica Huston,
Lee Richardson,
William HickeyRating66%
Charley Partanna is a hit man for a New York crime organization headed by the elderly Don Corrado Prizzi, whose business is generally handled by his sons Dominic and Eduardo and by his longtime right-hand man, Angelo, who is Charley's father., 1h42
Directed by David MametGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeThemes Heist filmsActors Lindsay Crouse,
Joe Mantegna,
Lilia Skala,
Ricky Jay,
Mike Nussbaum,
J. T. WalshRating71%
Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse) is a psychiatrist who has achieved success with her recently published book, but who feels unfulfilled. During a session one day, Billy Hahn (Steven Goldstein), a patient, informs her that his life is in danger because he owes money to a criminal figure named Mike (Joe Mantegna) and brandishes a gun, threatening to kill himself. Margaret persuades him to surrender the chrome weapon to her and promises that she will help., 1h47
Directed by Danny CannonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Gangster filmsActors Ray Liotta,
Anjelica Huston,
Anthony LaPaglia,
Daniel Baldwin,
Jeremy Piven,
Tom NoonanRating62%
In Phoenix, Arizona, Harry Collins is a cop whose compulsive gambling has indebted him to a local gangster, Chicago. As his losses mount and time counts down, Collins resorts to exploiting a young woman, Veronica, that he has picked up to distract his friends in a poker game. Despite the successful distraction, he still loses, and he rejects Veronica's sexual advances, as he considers her to be bad luck. When Collins drops her off at her house, Veronica's mother sees her daughter in tears and glares at Collins. Collins later tracks down Veronica's mother, Leila, and defends himself, stating that he did not have sex with her. Unimpressed, Leila rebukes him, which causes him to reassess his behavior and offer a sincere apology. Surprised by his apology, Leila slowly warms to Collins, and they begin a romance. Having lost his lucky lighter, Collins asks her for a keepsake, but Leila tells him that he must make his own luck and avoid whatever trouble in which he's become involved., 2h20
Directed by Danny DeVitoOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Biography,
Action,
Historical,
CrimeThemes Mafia films,
Transport films,
Films about the labor movement,
Trucker films,
L'Outfit de Chicago,
Political films,
Road movies,
Children's films,
Gangster filmsActors Jack Nicholson,
Danny DeVito,
Armand Assante,
J. T. Walsh,
John C. Reilly,
Frank WhaleyRating65%
Jimmy Hoffa and Bobby Ciaro are impatiently waiting in the parking lot of a roadhouse diner on July 30,1975. Others are late for a meeting. Asked if he wants to leave, Hoffa gives Ciaro a scornful glance. The first flashback to 1935 then occurs:, 1h53
Directed by Stephen FrearsOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors John Cusack,
Iben Hjejle,
Jack Black,
Todd Louiso,
Tim Robbins,
Joan CusackRating73%
The film centers on Rob Gordon (John Cusack), a self-confessed music lover with a poor understanding of women. After getting dumped by his latest girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle), he decides to look up some of his old partners in an attempt to figure out where he keeps going wrong in his relationships., 1h38
Directed by Woody AllenOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about writers,
Mafia films,
Films about television,
Théâtre,
Gangster filmsActors John Cusack,
Dianne Wiest,
Jennifer Tilly,
Chazz Palminteri,
Mary-Louise Parker,
Jack WardenRating73%
In 1928, David Shayne (John Cusack) is an idealistic young playwright newly arrived on Broadway. In order to gain financing for his play, God of Our Fathers, he agrees to hire Olive Neal (Jennifer Tilly), the actress/girlfriend of a gangster. She is demanding and talentless, but her gangster escort Cheech (Chazz Palminteri) turns out to be a genius, who constantly comes up with excellent ideas for revising the play., 2h15
Directed by Barry LevinsonOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Mob film,
Action,
Adventure,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Mafia films,
Gangster filmsActors Warren Beatty,
Annette Bening,
Harvey Keitel,
Ben Kingsley,
Elliott Gould,
Joe MantegnaRating67%
Gangster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, who works for the New York mob, goes to California and instantly falls in love with Virginia Hill, a tough-talking Hollywood starlet. The two meet for the first time when Bugsy visits his friend, actor George Raft, on a film set. He buys a house in Beverly Hills from opera singer Lawrence Tibbett, planning to stay there while his wife and two daughters remain in Scarsdale., 1h50
Directed by Sidney LumetOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about families,
Heist films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Sean Connery,
Dustin Hoffman,
Matthew Broderick,
Rosanna DeSoto,
Janet Carroll,
Victoria JacksonRating57%
Jessie McMullen (Sean Connery) is a Scotch-Irish American widower who emigrated with his Sicilian wife to New York in September 1946. A lovable rogue, incorrigible womaniser and tough guy, Jessie is proud of his criminal past and lifestyle. He raised son Vito (Dustin Hoffman) to follow in his footsteps, but Vito went straight at 21 when his son Adam was born. Vito now runs a thriving wholesale Twelfth Avenue meat-packing warehouse and has left his criminal life behind., 1h37
Directed by John IrvinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Transport films,
Films about automobiles,
Road movies,
Heist films,
Chase films,
Gangster films,
EscroquerieActors Harvey Keitel,
Stephen Dorff,
Timothy Hutton,
Lucy Liu,
Famke Janssen,
Michael Jai WhiteRating60%
Retired thief, Roy Egan (Harvey Keitel), comes out of retirement to help his youngest brother, Lee (Timothy Hutton), with a jewelry heist in Palm Springs. Along for the job are hired muscle, Jorge Montana (Wade Dominguez), and wheelman, Skip Kovich (Stephen Dorff), but Skip is running late. While they wait for Skip, the three men prepare for the heist by surveying the jewelry store they're planning to rob. Elsewhere, Skip is doing business with gunrunner, Odell Williams (Michael Jai White), who offers Skip his services, in case he needs anything. Once Skip finally arrives to the rendezvous spot, a trailer park, he joins the crew and the heist happens, the next day. Everything went down without a hitch, thanks to Jorge's scrambling of the police monitors and traffic signals.