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TV Shows & Series: Best "organized crime" TV Shows/Series

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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Sons of Anarchy(2008-2014)

TV-MA
| 45min per episode | Crime, Drama
4.2/5 (with 1,332 votes)

An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. The MC must confront threats from drug dealers, corporate developers, and overzealous law officers. Behind the MC’s familial lifestyle and legally thriving automotive shop is a ruthless and illegal arms business driven by the seduction of money, power, and blood.

Hunter x Hunter(2011-2014)

4.3/5 (with 784 votes)

Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss one day discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was alive. His Father, Ging, is a Hunter — a member of society's elite with a license to go anywhere or do almost anything. Gon, determined to follow in his father's footsteps, decides to take the Hunter Examination and eventually find his father to prove himself as a Hunter in his own right. But on the way, he learns that there is more to becoming a Hunter than previously thought, and the challenges that he must face are considered the toughest in the world.

Law & Order: Organized Crime(2021-)

TV-14
| 42min per episode | Crime, Drama
4.0/5 (with 101 votes)

Detective Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. Stabler journeys to find absolution and rebuild his life, while leading a new elite task force that is taking apart the city’s most powerful criminal syndicates one by one.

Mayans M.C.(2018-2023)

TV-MA
| 52min per episode | Crime, Drama
4.0/5 (with 357 votes)

Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.

Batman: The Animated Series(1992-1995)

TV-PG
| 22min per episode | Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama, Mystery
4.3/5 (with 741 votes)

Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

The Sopranos(1999-2007)

TV-MA
| Drama
4.3/5 (with 1,215 votes)

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex(2002-2005)

TV-MA
| 25min per episode | Animation, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.1/5 (with 172 votes)

In the future when technological enhancements and robotics are a way of life, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9 take care of the jobs that are too difficult for the police. Section 9 employs hackers, sharpshooters, detectives and cyborgs all in an effort to thwart cyber criminals and their plans to attack the innocent.

Pablo Escobar: The Drug Lord(2012)

TV-MA
| 45min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.8/5 (with 1,710 votes)

Pablo is a man with a natural ability for business. Early in his life, Pablo is introduced to the business of cocaine and the power it yields. A young life of crime lands Pablo in and out of jail as he builds his criminal empire. Pablo expands his power through politics but it is not long before his conflicts as a Congressman and a drug lord collide. Pablo has his enemies executed, but not before the United States activates its own war on the Medellin cartel.

Mayor of Kingstown(2021-)

TV-MA
| Drama, Crime
4.0/5 (with 155 votes)

In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain.

Underbelly(2008-2013)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Drama
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series, each series is a stand alone story based on real-life events.

Gomorrah(2014-2021)

TV-MA
| Crime, Drama
4.0/5 (with 218 votes)

Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of the clan's godfather, Pietro Savastano.

Directed by Stefano Sollima - With Andrea Di Maria

Un giorno in pretura(1988-)

NR
| 1h 10min per episode | Talk-Show, Reality-TV
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

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Buddy Daddies(2023)

TV-14
| 24min per episode | Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Crime
4.0/5 (with 19 votes)

When two hit men take out a dangerous mobster, the last thing they expect is for him to have a four-year-old daughter - now an orphan. But when they decide to take custody of the child, their life turns upside down! Between a mission here and a shootout there, the two hired killers will have to find time to prepare nutritious meals, stimulate the child's intellectual growth, and take the little one to daycare!

Directed by Yoshiyuki Asai

Romanzo criminale(2008-2010)

TV-MA
| 50min per episode | Drama, Crime, Action & Adventure
4.1/5 (with 55 votes)

Follows a criminal gang in Rome that has a near monopoly of the city's heroin trade. Besides their internal feuding, the gang has to deal with the Camorra and Sicilian Mafia that both supply its heroin, the police led by Commissioner Scialoja and the Italian secret services.

Cain's Hundred(1961-1962)

1h per episode | Drama
1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.

Love/Hate(2010-2014)

TV-MA
| 50min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.8/5 (with 19 votes)

Modern-day underworld characters Nidge and John Boy wrestle for control of Dublin's illicit drug trade in this forceful crime drama.

Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger(2018-2019)

25min per episode | Comedy, Crime, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
4.4/5 (with 5 votes)

The Ganglar have stolen the Lupin Collection, treasures left behind by the famous phantom thief, Arsène Lupin. Phantom thieves are fighting to take back what was lost. Police are fighting to protect the peace.

The Lawless Years(1959-1961)

30min per episode | Crime, Drama

The Lawless Years is an American crime drama series that aired on NBC from April 16 1959, to September 22, 1961. The series is the first of its kind set set during the Roaring 20s, having predated ABC's far more successful The Untouchables by six months. The series stars James Gregory and Robert Karnes.

The Edge of Night(1956-1984)

30min per episode | Crime, Mystery, Soap / Telenovela
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

The Edge of Night was an American television mystery series/soap opera produced by Procter & Gamble. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956, and ran as a live broadcast on that network until November 28, 1975; the series then moved to ABC, where it aired from December 1, 1975, until December 28, 1984. There were 7,420 episodes, with some 1,800 available for syndication.

StartUp(2016-2018)

TV-MA
| 45min per episode | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 97 votes)

A desperate banker needs to conceal stolen money. A Haitian-American gang lord wants to go legit. A Cuban-American hacker has an idea that will revolutionize the very future of money itself. Forced to work together, they unwittingly create their version of the American dream - organized crime 2.0.

Wiseguy(1987-1990)

TV-14
| 1h per episode | Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure
3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.

Power(2014-2020)

TV-MA
| 1h per episode | Crime, Drama
3.9/5 (with 577 votes)

A successful New York entrepreneur lives a double life as the head of a drug empire that serves only the rich and influential, all while wanting to escape the underworld and keep his family safe.

M Squad(1957-1960)

TV-PG
| 30min per episode | Crime, Drama, Mystery
2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.

Snatch(2017-2018)

TV-MA
| 43min per episode | Comedy, Crime
3.3/5 (with 33 votes)

A group of up-and-coming hustlers stumble upon a truckload of stolen gold bullion and are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime.

Hunter × Hunter(1999-2001)

4.2/5 (with 71 votes)

Gon Freecss discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was actually alive the whole time. Ging is a famous Hunter: an individual who has proven themself an elite member of humanity. Gon becomes determined to follow in his father's footsteps, pass the rigorous Hunter Examination.

Directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi

Sinister Beings(2021)

42min per episode | Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama
4.2/5 (with 2 votes)

Hui Chun-sum is an elite OCTB officer. He is fearless and competent. His boss thinks highly of him, and his colleagues really admire him. But his ultimate dream is to join SDU. Another elite OCTB officer Shum Wai-lik has a shrewd mind and extensive experience. Although the duo have different approaches, but they are like-minded and ideally complement each other. Police suffer heavy casualties as they are ambushed by thugs. To catch the culprit, Chun-sum forgets his dream and stays with OCTB. Moreover, Chun-sum and Wai-lik are faced with successive nasty cases that are tortuous, surreptitious, tricky and baffling. The duo use reverse thinking, psychological game theory and meticulous analysis to decipher the criminals’ thoughts and motives. No crook can escape the long arm of the law!

Crime Story(1986-1988)

TV-14
| 44min per episode | Crime, Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery
4.0/5 (with 29 votes)

The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.

Game of Silence(2016)

TV-14
| 43min per episode | Drama
2.6/5 (with 18 votes)

A successful Atlanta attorney's long-lost childhood friends unexpectedly reappear after 25 years. When a dark secret they thought they'd buried resurfaces, the brotherhood bands together to right the wrongs of their shared past - a journey that will push the limits of their loyalty and quench their thirst for revenge.

Kingpin(2003)

1h per episode | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 9 votes)

Kingpin is an American crime drama television series which debuted on the NBC network in the U.S. and CTV in Canada on February 2, 2003 and lasted 6 episodes. NBC's answer to The Sopranos and also influenced by The Godfather, Macbeth and Traffik, the story was about a Mexican drug trafficker named Miguel Cadena and his family life. It was to be followed by a television series, but low ratings canceled those plans. Commercials for the mini-series on NBC featured the song "Más" by the Mexican band Kinky.

Red Widow(2013)

TV-PG
| 1h per episode | Drama, Crime
2.9/5 (with 13 votes)

When Marta Walraven's mob husband is brutally murdered, she takes on gangsters and the FBI to unveil the truth about his death. As she digs into this dark underworld, she'll test her own strength, relying on her resourcefulness, determination and family ties like never before. To get out of this mob, she needs to beat the bad guys at their own deadly game.

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