Gangster Movies on Netflix
Last updated January 22, 2025
Suicide Kings
1997 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsCharlie, a former mobster, is abducted by five men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Charlie plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.
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Layer Cake
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA seasoned British drug dealer (Daniel Craig) longs to ditch his illegal trade. But he can't do that without wrapping up just one more job involving the drug-addicted daughter of an influential criminal and a gargantuan stash of purloined ecstasy. The cache's original owners are after him as well, leaving him with no other choice but to run for his life. Matthew Vaughn directs this intricate drama, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Harlem Nights
1989 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSugar Ray, the proprietor of an illegal casino in 1920s Harlem, must contend with mobsters and corrupt cops who want to put him out of business. But with the help of his promising heir, he pulls out all the stops to stay afloat.
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Hoffa
1992 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsJack Nicholson stars as infamous Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa in this biopic that traces Hoffa's rise through labor's ranks to create the most powerful union in the country and posits a guess as to what happened to him when he vanished without a trace.
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Foolproof
2003 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsKevin, Samantha and Rob have long been playing a game called Foolproof, where they plan (but never carry out) complex heists. That changes when brutal gangster Leo shows up to case a future heist.
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Rumble in the Bronx
1995 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsVisiting the Bronx from Hong Kong, a martial arts expert helps out at his uncle's grocery store. But when a gang terrorizes the shop, the helpful visitor leaps into action and puts his formidable fighting skills to good use.
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Thieves by Law
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFormer heads of the Russian Mafia who have shrewdly transformed themselves into reputable businessmen reveal their past experiences influencing their nation's economy, building up immense wealth and strictly adhering to a private code of thieves. Granted unprecedented access and cooperation, director Alexander Gentelev presents an intriguing documentary that exposes a chilling chapter of Russia's hidden history.
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Shinjuku Incident
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFleeing mainland China to search for his lost love, Xiu Xiu, an illegal immigrant known as Steelhead travels to Tokyo -- where he reluctantly becomes a yakuza hit man after discovering that Xiu Xiu has married into the mob.
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Dead Man Running
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAn ex-con has 24 hours to pay a ruthless loan shark -- or else he's dead. To get his hands on as much cash as possible, he embarks on a wild adventure full of fights, shoot-outs, heists and other extreme ordeals.
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Johnny Dangerously
1984 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this gangster spoof set in the 1930s, Johnny Kelly (Michael Keaton) is forced into a life of crime to pay for his ailing mother's medical treatment. In an attempt to hide his new persona, Johnny takes the name Dangerously. But he becomes a little &NFi;too&NFi_; successful in the underworld ... and while Johnny's turning into a powerful mobster, his district attorney brother (Griffin Dunne) is threatening to ruin the Dangerously name.
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Outrage
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWriter, director and actor Takeshi "Beat" Kitano returns to his roots in this gripping gangster drama that details the intense rivalry between two powerful yakuza syndicates and the efforts of a small crew to prevent a full-brown war from erupting.
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A History of Violence
2005 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAs operators of a small-town diner, Tom Stall and his wife are the picture of normality. But when Tom foils a robbery and becomes a hero in the media, he attracts the wrong kind of attention from mobsters who think he's someone else.
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Lafangey Parindey
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe intense and often ruthless streets of Mumbai are the setting for this romance about One Shot Nandu, a boxer who fights blindfolded, and Pinky Palkar, a roller dancer whose career is threatened when she's blinded in an accident with Nandu.
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We Own the Night
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn 1980s Brooklyn, Bobby Green appears to have it all: a lovely girlfriend, powerful friends and a lavish lifestyle. In reality, Russian gangsters own the club he manages, and his brother, straight-arrow cop Joseph, is looking to bring them down.
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Don
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDon, a ruthless crime boss and drug lord, is nabbed and held captive by the authorities, who send his naïve look-alike, Vijay, to infiltrate the man's gang. But Vijay soon realizes he's caught in a double cross.
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Smokin' Aces
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter a sleazy Las Vegas magician (Jeremy Piven) agrees to testify against the mob, he embarks on one last hurrah in Lake Tahoe before entering protective custody. But can just one FBI agent (Ryan Reynolds) keep him safe from a slew of would-be assassins? Andy Garcia, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman and Alicia Keys co-star in this raucous cavalcade of con men, bad guys and bounty hunters.
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Cop Land
1997 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFollowing a controversial shooting involving a police officer, a small-town sheriff teams up with a New York City internal affairs investigator and uncovers a possible connection to the mob.
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Waist Deep
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsTrying to make an honest living for his son's sake, recently paroled O2 ends up on the wrong side of the law after a gang abducts the youngster and holds him for ransom. To get him back, O2 and a resourceful hooker set off on a string of bank heists.
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Bodyguard
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIrritated by her bodyguard, wealthy Divya invents a phony secret admirer to distract him with phone calls. But when her father becomes angry, believing Divya and the bodyguard are lovers, he sets off a chain of unexpected events.
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Budz House
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter finding a bag of pot that belongs to a dangerous drug dealer, a group of slackers hide it under their house -- and accidentally create a new "superweed" when it's fertilized. Now they must avoid rival gangs and save their stash.
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The Replacement Killers
1998 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHit man John Lee refuses an assignment to kill a police officer's 7-year-old son. His defiance doesn't sit well with his Chinatown drug lord boss, Mr. Wei, and Wei hires "replacement killers" to finish the job -- and take care of Lee.
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Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
2008 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAs a child, Lucky (Abhay Deol) aspired to get out of the West Delhi slum where his family lived. Starting out as a petty thief, he rises to become one of the city's biggest operators and carves out the kind of lifestyle he'd once only dreamed of. But despite his outrageous wealth and freewheeling ways, Lucky longs for something that he can't steal: respectability. Paresh Rawal and Neetu Chandra also star.
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Sexy Beast
2001 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsBen Kingsley is unforgettably menacing in this intense crime drama as sociopathic gangster Don Logan, who tries to recruit an ex-partner for a high-stakes heist and won't take no for an answer -- even when the retired criminal refuses.
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Crank
2006 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHit man Chev Chelios tears through the streets of Los Angeles in a race to save his own life and his girlfriend. Chelios has been poisoned, and the clock starts ticking when he learns he can elude death if he keeps his adrenaline pumping.
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Get Shorty
1995 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen Miami loan shark Chili Palmer travels to Los Angeles to get money from a "client," he ends up getting involved in the film business. His foot in the door is washed-up producer Harry Zimm, who owes the mob megabucks.
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