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La Piovra is a long-running Italian television series examining organized crime, primarily focusing on the Mafia. Beginning in the 1980s, it gained recognition for its detailed portrayals of Italian law enforcement and criminal organizations. The show’s distinctive soundtrack contributed to its endu...
Scarface (1932) is a seminal American gangster film directed by Howard Hawks. The story follows Tony Montana, portrayed by Paul Muni, an ambitious Cuban immigrant rising through the ranks of a Chicago mafia organization during Prohibition. Notably, it offers a stark portrayal of criminal ambition an...
Mario Puzo was an American author primarily known for his influential crime novels and screenwriting contributions. He co-wrote *The Godfather* with Francis Ford Coppola, a landmark film that redefined the gangster genre. His work explored themes of family loyalty, organized crime, and moral ambigui...
"The Mafia Kills Only in Summer" is a 2013 Italian comedy-drama film directed by and starring Pierfrancesco Diliberto, who is widely known by his stage name Pif. Set in Palermo, the movie blends dark comedy with historical tragedy by following a young boy's coming-of-age against the backdrop of real...
Hitman Reborn is a completed Japanese manga series published in Weekly Shonen Jump. It follows Ren Amamiya, a troubled youth who becomes the apprentice of Binzuka, a powerful mafia family. The story explores themes of redemption, loyalty, and combat skills within a stylized action setting. Primarily...
The Consequences of Love is a 2004 Italian crime thriller by Paolo Sorrentino, starring Toni Servillo and winner of five David di Donatello awards.
Piofiore: Fated Memories is an otome visual novel developed by Otomate and set in the fictional Italian city of Burlone during the 1920s. The story follows Liliana Adornato as she becomes involved with three competing criminal organizations, with player choices opening separate romance routes and mu...
Piofiore: Episodio 1926 is a sequel to Piofiore: Fated Memories, continuing its 1920s Italian mafia story after the first game's routes.
Nicholas Pileggi is an American author, journalist, and screenwriter known for his work in the crime genre. He co-wrote the screenplays for the films Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995) with director Martin Scorsese. Both scripts were adapted from Pileggi's own nonfiction books, which utilized his e...
Mafioso is a 1962 Italian black comedy film directed by Alberto Lattuada, starring Alberto Sordi as a Northern Italian factory supervisor who returns to his native Sicily for a vacation. While visiting his hometown, he is coerced by local Mafia leaders into performing a task that forces him to confr...
The Traitor is a 2019 Italian biographical crime drama directed by Marco Bellocchio. The film chronicles the real-life experiences of Tommaso Buscetta, a prominent Sicilian Mafioso who eventually became a state witness, or pentito. Pierfrancesco Favino stars as Buscetta, depicting his crucial role i...
The Clan of the Sicilians is Henri Verneuil's 1969 French-Italian gangster film, starring Jean Gabin, Alain Delon and Lino Ventura in a diamond-heist plot.
The Collaborator is a historical spy thriller exploring the moral compromises of wartime treason, focusing on an individual assisting enemy intelligence in fascist Italy.
The Day of the Owl is a 1968 Italian crime film directed by Damiano Damiani, recognized for adapting Leonardo Sciascia's Mafia novel to the screen. The narrative serves as an early cinematic exploration of organized crime in Sicily, following a determined police captain investigating a murder in a s...
The Sicilian Clan is a 1969 French crime film directed by Henri Verneuil and scored by composer Ennio Morricone. The story revolves around a master criminal who plots an audacious jewelry heist in Rome with the assistance of a Sicilian mafia patriarch planning to relocate his family to Paris. The fi...
"Murder, Inc." (1960) is an American crime film that dramatizes the real-life Brooklyn-based murder-for-hire organization that operated during the 1930s as part of the National Crime Syndicate. The film stars Stuart Whitman as a nightclub owner and Peter Falk as criminal Abe Reles, whose testimony h...
Suburra is a 2015 Italian neo-noir crime film directed by Stefano Sollima, based on the novel by Carlo Bonini and Giancarlo De Cataldo. The film intertwines the worlds of organized crime, corrupt local politics, and the Vatican over a seven-day period in Rome, leading up to the apocalypse prophesied...
Excellent Cadavers is a 1999 television crime film directed by Ricky Tognazzi, dramatizing anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone's campaign and assassination.
“Fear City: New York vs. The Mafia” meticulously examines the brutal turf war between the NYPD’s Organized Crime Control Bureau and the ruthless Italian Mafia families who dominated the city’s underworld in the 1970s and 80s.
The Hundred Days of Palermo is Giuseppe Ferrara's 1984 Italian political crime film about General Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa's final posting in Sicily.
Lucky Luciano is a 1973 crime docudrama directed by Francesco Rosi, notable for examining the deported American mob boss through investigative Italian cinema.
The Last Don is a 1997 CBS crime drama miniseries based on Mario Puzo's novel, following the fictional Clericuzio Mafia family across generations.
Nelson DeMille's 2008 sequel to The Gold Coast, returning to attorney John Sutter on Long Island as the Mafia family from his past resurfaces with deadly consequences.
Mafia Inc. is a 2019 Canadian crime drama directed by Podz, notable for adapting a nonfiction account of Montreal Mafia families and succession conflict.
Witness to the Mob is a 1998 American television crime film about Sammy Gravano, notable for tracing the Gambino family's John Gotti era from an insider view.
Crazy Joe is Carlo Lizzani's 1974 Italian-American crime film, with Peter Boyle portraying a fictionalized version of New York mobster Joe Gallo.
Honor Thy Father is a 1973 American television crime drama directed by Paul Wendkos and adapted from Gay Talese's nonfiction book about the Bonanno family.
Gangster Wars is Richard C. Sarafian's 1981 crime film, condensed from The Gangster Chronicles and starring Michael Nouri as Lucky Luciano.
Wise Guys is Brian De Palma's 1986 American black comedy, starring Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo as two low-level Newark mobsters marked for death.
