Movies like American Gangster

20 movies like American Gangster, ordered by similarity : The Big Heat(1953), Serpico(1973), A Walk Among the Tombstones(2014), The Godfather, Part II(1974), Goodfellas(1990), Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime(1922), Red Riding: 1980(2009), I Am the Law(1938), Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery(2008), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion(1970), A Conspiracy of Faith(2016), L.A. Confidential(1997) ...

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American Gangster

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

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The Big Heat

Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

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Serpico

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

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A Walk Among the Tombstones

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

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The Godfather, Part II

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

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Goodfellas

The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.

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Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime

Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.

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Red Riding: 1980

Detective Peter Hunter returns to Yorkshire to investigate the town's high murder rate. The local police have done little to find the killer, and he soon realizes corrupt police officers are doing everything they can to stop his progress.

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I Am the Law

Law professor John Lindsay is asked by a civic leader to become a special prosecutor to go after the racketeers in town.

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Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Tim Callahan, aide to New York Senator Lauren Platt, is disappointed that all of the $3 million funding has been pulled from his latest pet project, a safe zone for children and youth. His ... See full summary »

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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.

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A Conspiracy of Faith

Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present will require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer, while time is running out.

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L.A. Confidential

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

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Stray Dog

Two detectives (Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura) track one's stolen revolver into the underworld of late-1940s Tokyo.

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Gang Related

After murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.

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21 Bridges

An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.

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Breaking Point

A retired police detective reluctantly returns to action to stop a serial killer dubbed "The Surgeon".

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Alibi

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took ... See full summary »

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Psycho Raman

Ramanna, a maniac murderer, finds a soulmate in Raghavan, a policeman, who inspects his murder cases. He tries to make Raghavan realize how they both are similar.

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I Wake Up Screaming

Why is Inspector Ed Cornell trying to railroad Frankie Christopher for the murder of model Vicky Lynn?

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Capote

In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row.

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