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The Wolf of Wall Street(2013)

Κ-18
| 3h | Crime, Drama, Comedy
4.0/5 (with 11,232 votes)

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

Scarface(1983)

K-17
| 2h 50min | Action, Crime, Drama
4.1/5 (with 5,452 votes)

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

War Dogs(2016)

Κ-15
| 1h 54min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 2,276 votes)

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

American Gangster(2007)

16
| 2h 37min | Drama, Crime
3.8/5 (with 2,423 votes)

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.

Casino(1995)

16
| 2h 59min | Crime, Drama, History
4.0/5 (with 2,559 votes)

In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.

Gold(2016)

3.3/5 (with 713 votes)

Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

Blow(2001)

2h 4min | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 1,917 votes)

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.

BlackBerry(2023)

Follows the rise and fall of the BlackBerry, the once-ubiquitous device, exploring how its Canadian parent company lost its market advantage to competitors, and the business relationship between its co-founders.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye(2021)

2h 6min | Drama, History
3.3/5 (with 231 votes)

From the 1960's to the 1980's, evangelist Jim Baker and his ambitious wife, Tammy Faye, rose from humble beginnings to to build an empire based on big-time evangelical Christianity--only for the couple to fall from grace because of some all-too-human sins.

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films(2014)

1h 47min | Documentary
3.6/5 (with 64 votes)

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

That Hamilton Woman(1941)

3.6/5 (with 30 votes)

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Capone(1975)

1h 41min | Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 39 votes)

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.

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All the King's Men(1949)

13
| 1h 49min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 89 votes)

All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion.

The Bad and the Beautiful(1952)

1h 58min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 97 votes)

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.

Little Caesar(1931)

3.5/5 (with 105 votes)

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

Gangster No. 1(2000)

1h 43min | Action, Drama, Thriller
3.2/5 (with 87 votes)

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.

The Resurrection of Jake The Snake(2015)

1h 33min | Documentary
3.7/5 (with 24 votes)

A fallen professional wrestling superstar battles his past demons in a struggle to reclaim his life and the family that has given up on him.

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World(1988)

2h | Drama
3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy marriages.

The Scent of the Night(1998)

1h 40min | Drama, Crime
3.6/5 (with 88 votes)

A former policeman turns full-time robber and goes on a downward spiral of crime in 1970s Rome.

Harlow(1965)

2h 5min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 7 votes)

Hollywood drama loosely based on the life of film actress Jean Harlow, with Carroll Baker in the title role. One of two feature film biographies, both released in 1965 and both with the same title, about the '30s platinum blonde movie star.

Rise(2014)

1h 44min | Crime, Thriller, Drama
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

The true story of a young man falsely accused of rape and sentenced to six years in a maximum security prison. He must rely on survival skills and an unlikely bond with an infamous inmate to prove his innocence and regain his freedom.

Directed by Mack Lindon - With Martin Sacks

Michael Jackson: Man In The Mirror(2017)

1h 35min | Documentary, Drama, Music
4.4/5 (with 4 votes)

A biopic drama-documentary about the 'King of Pop', that mixes real footage and new interviews with people around him (most notably his mother Katherine Jackson) with re-enactments of times of Michael's life until his untimely death on the 25th of June in 2009.

The Karen Carpenter Story(1989)

1h 32min | Drama, Music
3.9/5 (with 9 votes)

Story of the meteoric rise and sudden fall of Karen Carpenter, who became a famous singer before battling anorexia and bulimia. This made-for-TV movie is the authorized version of the life of Karen Carpenter and was made with the approval of Richard Carpenter and the Carpenter family.

Directed by Joseph Sargent - With Cynthia Gibb

James Dean(1976)

1h 34min | Drama, TV Movie
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both were trying to break into films as actors, and was his lover for a time.

Directed by Robert Butler - With Michael Brandon

Nokia Mobile: We Were Connecting People(2017)

55min | Documentary
3.4/5 (with 5 votes)

Once upon a time there was a large Finnish company called Nokia that manufactured the world’s best and most innovative mobile phones. Nokia’s annual budget was larger than that of the Government of Finland and their phones spread everywhere and changed the whole culture of communication. But then something changed. Film portrays the rise and fall of Nokia and the Finnish mobile phone industry. Nokia engineers, designers and managers tell their story about the creation, success and downfall of the Finnish mobile phone.

The Match King(1932)

1h 19min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the matchstick market in several countries and becomes an influential international figure. Based on the true story of Ivar Kreuger.

Mass-market retailing: The end of a system?(2021)

1h 27min | Documentary, TV Movie
3.5/5 (with 3 votes)

The supermarket chains used to seem unbeatable, capturing the lion’s share of the grocery market. But for some years now they have been in crisis. In the wake of a fierce price war, retailers are resorting to increasingly aggressive commercial negotiation methods at the expense of suppliers, farmers and producers. Further competition is coming from the tech giants as Amazon and Alibaba invest in the food industry. What are the implications of all these changes on working conditions, the quality of our food and the future of our planet?

Will It Happen Again?(1948)

An account of Adolf Hitler's rise and fall, his relationship with Eva Braun and their days of leisure at the Berghof, their Bavarian residence.

After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped(2000)

1h | Drama
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

You've read the stories, you've seen the documentaries. Now see the movie that brings it all to life.

The Decline of the Century: Testament L.Z.(1994)

3h 21min | Documentary

An epic documentary of rise and fall of Ustasha regime in Croatia.

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