20 movies like Alphabet City, ordered by similarity : Grisbi(1954), Little Sister(2015), Hera Pheri(1975), No Questions Asked(1951), The Good Bad Girl(1931), The Drop(2014), The Delinquents(1957), The Public Enemy(1931), The Long Good Friday(1980), Birds of Passage(2018), Gone Baby Gone(2007), The Public Eye(1992) ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1984
85 Minutes
Vincent Spano Kate Vernon Michael Winslow Jami Gertz Zohra Lampert Raymond Serra Kenny Marino Daniel Jordano
drug dealer friend gangster mother sister girlfriend raw cool suspenseful outlandish manhattan, n.y. street apartment building nightclub car mobsters drug trade going straight kidnapping troubled youth
A New York City drug dealer decides to get out of the business, but has to flee from mobsters.
Crime, Drama
1954
95 Minutes
Jean Gabin René Dary Jeanne Moreau Dora Doll Paul Frankeur Denise Clair Lino Ventura
gangster best friend mistress rival barmaid nightclub owner somber engaging tense france apartment bank nightclub bedroom theft betrayal kidnapping retirement friendship one last job
An aging racketeer (Jean Gabin) must surrender his gold in order to save his kidnapped friend (René Dary).
Drama
2015
126 Minutes
Haruka Ayase Masami Nagasawa Kaho Suzu Hirose Kirin Kiki Shinobu Ohtake Ryô Kase Jun Fubuki
sister mother figure estranged father sibling half sister friend caregiver grandmother love interest romantic interest mother lighthearted emotional engaging endearing positive japan home family home family
After the death of their estranged father, three siblings (Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho) invite their half sister (Suzu Hirose) to live with them.
Crime, Comedy, Drama, Action
India
1975
164 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Saira Banu Kimi Katkar Vinod Khanna Sulakshana Pandit Deepa Sahi Shilpa Shirodkar
young man young woman friend best friend father girlfriend amusing gripping thrilling intense emotional moving india city house bungalow restaurant street friendship best friends
Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Barry Sullivan Arlene Dahl Jean Hagen George Murphy Richard Anderson Moroni Olsen Dan Dayton Dick Simmons Howard Petrie William Reynolds Mauritz Hugo
lawyer boss fiancée girlfriend detective gangster suspenseful gritty intricate thrilling new york city hotel apartment nightclub courtroom betrayal frame-ups mob law second chance
An insurance lawyer unhappy with his rate of company advancement becomes a middleman in deals to recover stolen property from the Mob, thus earning a nice living. But his actions attract police attention and set him up for a double-cross.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
67 Minutes
Mae Clarke James Hall Marie Prevost Nance O'Neil Edmund Breese James Donlan Paul Porcasi Paul Fix Wheeler Oakman George Berliner
girlfriend gangster son parent best friend detective melodramatic gripping intense nightclub houseboat apartment philadelphia prison gangsters murder marriage friendship reputation wealth
Marcia Cameron (Mae Clark), a gangster's moll, quits her racketeering boyfriend Dapper Dan Tyler (Robert Ellis) for a respectable rich man, Bob Henderson (Jmaes Hall), but after giving ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
2014
107 Minutes
Tom Hardy Noomi Rapace James Gandolfini Matthias Schoenaerts John Ortiz Ann Dowd Michael Aronov James Frecheville Elizabeth Rodriguez Tobias Segal Michael Esper
bartender mobster neighbor puppy abusive husband friend brooding dark intense new york city bar apartment alley car office mobsters money laundering animal rescue abuse love
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1957
75 Minutes
Tom Laughlin Peter Miller Richard Bakalyan Rosemary Howard Helen Hawley Leonard Belove Lotus Corelli James Lantz
teen boy girlfriend father mother friend gang leader gritty wild melodramatic cool kansas city, mo. bar street dance hall gas station drive-in theater troubled youth gangs peer pressure young love
A frustrated young man, separated from his younger girlfriend, gets involved in a juvenile gang.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
84 Minutes
James Cagney Jean Harlow Mae Clarke Edward Woods Beryl Mercer Donald Cook Joan Blondell
gangster bootlegger police officer veteran friend melodramatic brash gripping suspenseful prison chicago slum nightclub bar organized crime gangs prohibition great depression family dysfunction growing up
An Irish-American street punk tries to make it big in the world of organized crime.
Crime, Drama
1980
114 Minutes
Bob Hoskins Helen Mirren Eddie Constantine Dave King Bryan Marshall Derek Thompson Bruce Alexander Paul Barber Pierce Brosnan Charles Cork Billy Cornelius
crime boss girlfriend mobster intense suspenseful london car apartment pub casino organized crime business betrayal ambition fall rivalry transformation mystery 1970s
A Cockney crime czar (Bob Hoskins) and his mistress (Helen Mirren) answer a threat on the eve of his big deal with a U.S. mobster (Eddie Constantine).
Crime, Drama
Colombia|Denmark|Mexico|Germany|Switzerland|France
2018
125 Minutes
Cristina Gallego Carmina Martinez Natalia Reyes José Acosta Jhon Narváez Jose Vicente Greider Meza Juan Bautista Martínez Miguel Viera Sergio Coen Aslenis Márquez
grandmother drug dealer trader family member tribesman tribeswoman bleak brash brutal disheartening tense suspenseful colombia village house airplane air field drug trade drug smuggling greed
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
115 Minutes
Casey Affleck Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman Ed Harris John Ashton Amy Ryan Amy Madigan Titus Welliver Michael Kenneth Williams Edi Gathegi
private investigator girlfriend aunt cop drug dealer mother dark gripping suspenseful boston household hospital funeral kidnapping investigation death deception missing persons quest mystery
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
Crime, Drama
USA
1992
98 Minutes
Joe Pesci Barbara Hershey Stanley Tucci Jerry Adler Jared Harris Gerry Becker Dominic Chianese Del Close Richard Foronjy Tim Gamble Bob Gunton
photographer widow mobster detective friend cool gritty suspenseful new york city nightclub office police station apartment building street photography organized crime death tabloid journalism love exploitation
Story of a 1940s photographer who specializes in crime and is not getting involved until this time.
Crime, Drama
UK
2019
91 Minutes
Stephen Odubola Micheal Ward Rohan Nedd Kadeem Ramsay Khali Best Junior Afolabi Salokun Karla-Simone Spence Eric Kofi Abrefa Jo Martin
friend rival gang member teenage mother love interest best friend bleak dreamy gripping intense uneasy gritty london inner city high school neighborhood street subway city life gang war
Feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.
Crime, Drama
Iran
1997
108 Minutes
Alain Chabat Patrick Timsit Samuel Le Bihan Caroline Proust Marie Trintignant Agnès Jaoui
detective police officer informant drug dealer friend father tense gritty emotional paris slum police station street france drug trade double life suicide friendship police corruption family dysfunction
Crime, Drama
USA
2007
118 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Mark Wahlberg Eva Mendes Robert Duvall Antoni Corone Moni Moshonov Alex Veadov Tony Musante
club owner drug lord father police chief girlfriend friend brooding suspenseful brooklyn, n.y. club death pursuit drugs police work revenge pursuit revenge transformation 1980s
A New York City nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian Mafia hitmen.
Crime, Drama
UK|France
1991
119 Minutes
Christopher Eccleston Paul Reynolds Tom Courtenay Tom Bell Eileen Atkins Clare Holman Mark McGann Michael Gough Michael Elphick Murray Melvin Ronald Fraser
teen boy friend father mother sister police officer bleak disturbing england family home court prison suburbia murder case troubled youth trial injustice rebellion quest fall
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster movies. Chris and Derek's ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
UK|Ireland
2006
93 Minutes
Vinnie Jones Patrick Bergin Eriq La Salle Samantha Mumba Lennox Lewis Roger Daltrey Laurence Kinlan Wilson Jermaine Heredia Mark Asante Sam Sarpong Charles Porter
criminal mentor drug dealer girlfriend gritty suspenseful london safe house club street rehabilitation drug trade peace race relations loyalty quest forbidden love underdog 2000s
Johnny Doyle escapes a violent past in Ireland to lie low in London, until his former mentor Flynn breaks out of Brixton Prison, hell bent on derailing the Irish peace process with a few ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1993
144 Minutes
Al Pacino Sean Penn Penelope Ann Miller Luis Guzman John Alberto Leguizamo Ingrid Rogers James Rebhorn Joseph Siravo Viggo Mortensen Richard Foronjy Jorge Porcel
ex-convict lawyer friend dancer girlfriend gangster tense gritty emotional new york city nightclub courtroom big city criminal underworld crime shady dealings drugs gangsters murder ex-convicts
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
Crime, Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA|West Germany
1980
106 Minutes
Al Pacino Paul Sorvino Karen Allen Richard Cox Don Scardino Joe Spinell Jay Acovone Barton Heyman Sonny Grosso Larry Atlas James Remar
police detective girlfriend police captain playwright homosexual killer hedonistic shocking outlandish brutal new york city nightclub apartment park street working undercover serial murders sadomasochism homophobia sexual awakening
A police detective goes undercover in the underground S&M gay subculture of New York City to catch a serial killer who is preying on gay men.
Crime, Drama
USA
2001
85 Minutes
Kerry Washington Khari Streeter Lonette McKee Eugene Byrd Barbara Montgomery Sticky Fingaz Samantha Brown Todd Williams Jacqui Parker Naheem Allah Susan Alger
shoplifter mother grandmother boyfriend gangster manager suspenseful raw emotional boston department store inner city salon heist mother/daughter relationship african-americans fashion struggle inner-city life wretched excess
Niecy lives in inner-city Boston snd works at an upscale mall. Ambitious, intelligent, stylish, and a proficient shoplifter of clothes & credit cards, she's lured into a diamond heist. She'll find that crime pays - 'til the payback.