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Movies: Best "crime boss" Movies

Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary.Chinatown would be an example of a film that is a drama (film type) crime film (super-genre) that is also a noir (pathway) mystery (macro-genre). ()

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Due Justice(2023)

R
| 1h 37min | Crime, Thriller, Action

An attorney with a military past hunts down the gang who killed his wife and took his daughter.

Pulp Fiction(1994)

R
| 2h 34min | Thriller, Crime
4.2/5 (with 12,727 votes)

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

Directed by Quentin Tarantino - With Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Rosanna Arquette, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Walken, ...
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Wrath of Man(2021)

R
| 1h 58min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 2,148 votes)

A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score.

Directed by Guy Ritchie - With Jason Statham, Scott Eastwood, Josh Hartnett, Holt McCallany, Lyne Renée, Jeffrey Donovan, ...
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Baby Driver(2017)

R
| 1h 53min | Action, Crime
3.7/5 (with 7,221 votes)

After being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.

Directed by Edgar Wright - With Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, ...
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Extraction(2020)

1h 56min | Drama, Action, Thriller
3.7/5 (with 2,444 votes)

Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord.

Directed by Sam Hargrave - With Rudhraksh Jaiswal, Randeep Hooda, David Harbour, Golshifteh Farahani, Priyanshu Painyuli, Shataf Figar, ...
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The Departed(2006)

R
| 2h 31min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
4.1/5 (with 6,971 votes)

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, ...
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Bound(1996)

R
| 1h 45min | Drama, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 393 votes)

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

Directed by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski - With Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, Christopher Meloni, Richard C. Sarafian, Kevin Michael Richardson, ...
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The Way of the Dragon(1972)

R
| 1h 40min | Action, Crime
3.7/5 (with 471 votes)

Tang Lung arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off.

Directed by Bruce Lee - With Nora Miao, Chuck Norris, Hwang In-shik, Robert Wall, Paul Wei Ping-ao, Bruce Lee, ...
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The Drop(2014)

R
| 1h 46min | Drama, Crime
3.4/5 (with 967 votes)

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

Directed by Michaël R. Roskam - With Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, James Frecheville, ...
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The Raid(2011)

R
| 1h 41min | Action, Thriller, Crime
3.7/5 (with 1,563 votes)

Deep in the heart of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable safe house for the world's most dangerous killers and gangsters. Until now, the run-down apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the bravest of police. Cloaked under the cover of pre-dawn darkness and silence, an elite swat team is tasked with raiding the safe house in order to take down the notorious drug lord that runs it. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and news of their assault reaches the drug lord, the building's lights are cut and all the exits blocked. Stranded on the sixth floor with no way out, the unit must fight their way through the city's worst to survive their mission. Starring Indonesian martial arts sensation Iko Uwais.

Directed by Gareth Evans - With Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian
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Shottas(2002)

R
| 1h 35min | Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama
3.8/5 (with 131 votes)

A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom. They remain bound to each other by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld.

Directed by Cess Silvera - With Ky-Mani Marley, Spragga Benz, Paul Campbell, Louie Rankin, Wyclef Jean, Lennox Lewis, ...

Out for Justice(1991)

R
| 1h 31min | Action, Crime
3.0/5 (with 190 votes)

Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake... because he's now out for justice.

Directed by John Flynn - With Steven Seagal, William Forsythe, Jerry Orbach, Dominic Chianese, Jo Champa, Gina Gershon, ...
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Raw Deal(1986)

R
| 1h 46min | Action, Crime, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 330 votes)

Mark Kaminsky is kicked out of the FBI for his rough treatment of a suspect. He winds up as the sheriff of a small town in North Carolina. FBI Chief Harry Shannon, whose son has been killed by a mobster named Patrovina, enlists Kaminsky in a personal vendetta with a promise of reinstatement into the FBI if Patrovina is taken down. To accomplish this, he must go undercover and join Patrovina's gang.

Directed by John Irvin - With Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kathryn Harrold, Darren McGavin, Sam Wanamaker, Paul Shenar, Steven Hill, ...
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Watch Out, We're Mad(1974)

G
| 1h 42min | Action, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 347 votes)

After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster destroys the car, they are determined to get it back.

Directed by Marcello Fondato - With Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, John Sharp, Manuel De Blas, Luis Barbero, Donald Pleasence, ...
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Lansky(2021)

R
| 1h 59min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 48 votes)

When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.

Directed by Eytan Rockaway - With Harvey Keitel, John Magaro, Sam Worthington, AnnaSophia Robb, Jackie Cruz, David James Elliott, ...

9 Bullets(2022)

1h 31min | Action, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 38 votes)

A former burlesque dancer turned author discovers a second chance at life and redemption when she risks everything to rescue her young neighbor after he witnesses his parents’ murder. Now on the run from the local crime boss, who happens to be her longtime ex, she makes a desperate attempt to get the boy to safety.

Directed by Gigi Gaston - With Lena Headey, Sam Worthington, Martin Sensmeier, Cam Gigandet, La La Anthony, Marlene Forte, ...

The Long Good Friday(1980)

R
| 1h 54min | Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama
3.6/5 (with 132 votes)

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.

Directed by John Mackenzie - With Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Bryan Marshall, Eddie Constantine, Paul Freeman, Pierce Brosnan, ...

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover(1989)

NC-17
| 2h 4min | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 249 votes)

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

Directed by Peter Greenaway - With Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciarán Hinds, ...

Precious Cargo(2016)

1h 39min | Action, Crime, Thriller
2.6/5 (with 123 votes)

After a botched heist, Eddie a murderous crime boss, hunts down the seductive thief Karen who failed him. In order to win back Eddie’s trust, Karen recruits her ex-lover and premier thief Jack to steal a cargo of rare precious gems. But when the job goes down, allegiances are betrayed and lines are crossed as Jack, Karen, and Eddie face off in a fateful showdown.

Directed by Kurt Wimmer - With Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Bruce Willis, Claire Forlani, Daniel Bernhardt
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The Air I Breathe(2007)

R
| 1h 35min | Thriller, Crime
3.2/5 (with 152 votes)

A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman bets his life on a horse race; a gangster sees the future; a pop star falls prey to a crime boss; a doctor must save the love of his life.

Directed by Jieho Lee - With Kevin Bacon, Julie Delpy, Brendan Fraser, Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Clark Gregg, ...

The Bag Man(2014)

R
| 1h 48min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 145 votes)

A criminal waits in a seedy motel for his boss after killing several men to steal a bag.

Directed by David Grovic - With Martin Klebba, Dominic Purcell, John Cusack, Crispin Glover, Robert De Niro, Sticky Fingaz, ...
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King Creole(1958)

1h 56min | Drama, Action, Music, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 41 votes)

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at his night club The Blue Shade. Danny refuses, but Fields won't take no for an answer.

Directed by Michael Curtiz - With Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, Vic Morrow, ...
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Force of Execution(2013)

R
| 1h 38min | Action, Crime
2.5/5 (with 34 votes)

Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. For a simple prison hit, he sends his best enforcer and protégé Roman Hurst (Foster). When the hit goes wrong, Hurst is forced to pay the price of his failure: banishment in the city that he almost once ruled. But a war is brewing for the soul of the city between Alexander, a cold-blooded gangster known as 'The Iceman" (Rhames) and a merciless Mexican cartel. Hurst, with the help of an ex-con restaurant owner (Trejo) who has a few hidden moves of his own, will rediscover his own will to survive the coming conflict and to wreak vengeance on those who have wronged him.

Directed by Keoni Waxman - With Steven Seagal, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Bren Foster, Ivan G'Vera, Noel Gugliemi, ...
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Black Dog(1998)

PG-13
| 1h 28min | Action
3.1/5 (with 110 votes)

An ex-con takes a job driving a truck cross country. What he doesn't know is that the truck is filled with illegal weapons and now he must fight to survive and save his family.

Directed by Kevin Hooks - With Patrick Swayze, Randy Travis, Meat Loaf, Graham Beckel, Brenda Strong, Charles S. Dutton, ...
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre(1967)

NR
| 1h 40min | History, Crime
3.2/5 (with 43 votes)

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.

Directed by Roger Corman - With Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker, Jack Nicholson, Frank Silvera, Richard Bakalyan, ...

Never Die Alone(2004)

R
| 1h 28min | Action, Crime, Drama
2.8/5 (with 50 votes)

A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.

Directed by Ernest Dickerson - With David Arquette, DMX, Clifton Powell, Drew Sidora, Art Evans, Henry Gibson, ...
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Little Caesar(1931)

1h 19min | Drama, Action, Crime, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 105 votes)

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy - With Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell, Sidney Blackmer, George E. Stone, Stanley Fields, ...
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Gotti(1996)

1h 56min | Crime, Drama, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 32 votes)

John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.

Directed by Robert Harmon - With Armand Assante, Anthony Quinn, Vincent Pastore

Q & A(1990)

R
| 2h 12min | Action, Thriller, Crime
2.9/5 (with 71 votes)

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.

Directed by Sidney Lumet - With Timothy Hutton, Nick Nolte, Armand Assante, Patrick O'Neal, Luis Guzmán, Charles S. Dutton, ...
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Sara(1997)

1h 50min | Action, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 35 votes)

Forty-something Leon is an alcoholic, ex-special forces barely scraping by when he's hired by a mobster to protect his 16 year old daughter. Not only does Leon have to clean up his act, but also handle the romantic advances of his ward and the keen attention of his dangerous employers.

Directed by Maciej Ślesicki - With Bogusław Linda, Agnieszka Włodarczyk
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