Prohibition movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant prohibition movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, stylized, melancholic, clever, talky and serious films and TV shows about / with prohibition, gangsters, storytelling, brutality, mentor, dialogue, corruption, runaway, murder and violence plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as prohibition: Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Live by Night (2016), The Untouchables (1987), Boardwalk Empire (2010), Lawless (2012), Pocketful of Miracles (1961), Last Man Standing (1996), The Cotton Club (1984), Capone (1975), The Saddest Music in the World (2003).
Best films
List of prohibition movies
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style:
melancholic, epic, ambiguous ending, atmospheric, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, friendship, mafia, prohibition, gunfight, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, criminal heroes, corruption, flashback ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1920s, year 1984, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, usa, italy, miami, florida
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A story set in the Prohibition Era and centered around a group of individuals and their dealings in the world of organized crime.
Style:
neo noir, stylized, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
organized crime, gangsters, mafia, prohibition, betrayal, chase, revenge, criminal, friendship, police, murder, suspense ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
florida, boston, massachusetts, miami, cuba
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, clever, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, organized crime, corruption, smuggling, tough cop, tough law enforcer, gunfight, suspense, prohibition, tax evasion, prohibition era ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), a political figure who rose to prominence and controlled Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the ...
Style:
serious, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangsters, mob boss, organized crime, prohibition, criminal heroes, corruption, smuggling, businessman, americana, ambitious, elimination ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa, atlantic city, new york, chicago illinois ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.
Style:
intense, harsh, stylized, entertaining, brutal ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, gang, bootlegging, smuggling, greed, prohibition, suspense, robbery, corruption, great depression ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1931, year 1940, 1940s
Place:
virginia, usa, appalachia, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Damon Runyon's fairytale, sweet and funny, is told by director Frank Capra. Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, touching, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gangsters, prohibition, high society, deception, christmas, couples, disorder, dishonesty, social differences, aging, gangster boss, class differences ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s, 60s
Place:
new york, spain, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith ...
Style:
neo noir, stylized, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
mafia, small town, gang war, gangsters, violence, betrayal, gunfight, tough guy, gang, prohibition, organized crime, hitman ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s, year 1932
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, austin texas, latin america
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The story of the people that frequented Harlem's famous nightclubs, 'The Cotton Club', and those that ran it.
Style:
intense, captivating, realistic, atmospheric, entertaining ...
Plot:
jazz, mafia, music, nightclub, prohibition, gangsters, gang war, dancing, love triangle, ambition, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 80s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, harlem, new york city, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of the rise and fall of the infamous Chicago gangster Al Capone and the control he exhibited over the city during the prohibition years.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, murder, rise and fall, police investigation, mafia, prohibition, brutality, gunfight, jail, female nudity, rivalry, gang ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000. Contestants flock in from around the globe. Representing America is Chester Kent, a theatre producer who ...
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, breathtaking, lyrical, light ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
beer, surrealism, music, dysfunctional family, musician, love triangle, contest, great depression, rivalry, tragic hero, couple relations, jazz ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
canada, new york, serbia, sarajevo, albania ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Style:
intellectual, talky, witty, clever, sexy ...
Plot:
loveless marriage, female nudity, poetry, prohibition, nude, women, friendship, hotel, addiction, writers, female writer, relationships ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, victorian era, 50s ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Set in the early ’80s and ’90s in Gujarat, India, ‘Raees’ is a fictitious story of a crime lord named Raees, who builds an entire empire from scratch, and a police officer who is determined to bring him down.
Style:
tense, captivating, epic
Plot:
bootlegging, smuggler, organized crime, police officer, corruption, smuggling, prohibition, marital problem, criminal, suspense, financial problem, relationship problems ...
Time:
80s
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
A reporter is drawn into the dark side of post-war Copenhagen as he attempts to uncover a crime syndicate on an unprecedented level.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious
Plot:
reporter, crime boss, organized crime, police corruption, revenge, murder, police, mafia, brotherhood, prohibition, threat, police officer killed ...
Time:
50s
Place:
copenhagen, denmark
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the ...
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, dark fantasy, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, chick flick
Plot:
magic, witch, fantasy world, wizards, friendship, magical creature, good versus evil, magic wand, chase, sorcerer, teleportation, magician ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
new york, england, arizona, london, usa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
By 1933, Prohibition has proven a booming enterprise, where average citizens break the law, hide in the shadows and operate at night. The new world order has even lined the pockets of corrupt cops like Jack Malone. He collects a 'luxury ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, scary, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, speakeasy, prohibition era, supernatural power, fear, mission, chase, rivalry, evil, rescue, loss ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Samuel is a paraplegic young boy living with his mother Elena in "Lake manor," an isolated mansion surrounded by woods. With the strict prohibition to walk away from the mansion, stuck in a family routine, Samuel grows serene but ...
Style:
gothic, psychotronic, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
disabled child, suspense, overprotective mother, boy girl relationship, isolated house, family secret, mansion, doctor, zombie, runaway, teenage girl, evil mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing professional football. Everyone see the chance to make some big money, but when a reporter digs up ...
Style:
feel good, witty, humorous, stylized, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
american football, football, sport, underdog, sport team, vengeance, life philosophy, justice, redemption, rivalry, cheerleader, hopes ...
Time:
1920s, post world war one, 1930s, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, chicago illinois, minnesota, usa, france ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Set in 1920's New York City, this movie tells the story of idealistic young playwright David Shayne. Producer Julian Marx finally finds funding for the project from gangster Nick Valenti. The catch is that Nick's girl friend Olive Neal ...
Style:
light, humorous, funny, atmospheric, talky ...
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, broadway, murder, actor, writers, playwright, rehearsal, actress, satire, backstage, friendship ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their eyes on the club while his piano player and partner Percival must choose between his love, Angel or ...
Style:
erotic, stylized, serious, realistic, sexy ...
Plot:
gangsters, hip hop, african american, nightclub, musician's life, artists and showbiz, love and romance, rivalry, music, blaxploitation, husband wife relationship, jazz ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Style:
talky, light, humorous, witty, sexy ...
Plot:
newspaper, reporter, journalism, workplace, journalist, media, friends, media satire, workplace situations, writers, satire, suspense ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Style:
intense, talky, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, friendship, betrayal, vengeance, gang, greed, suspense, murder, criminal heroes, tough heroes ...
Time:
1920s, 1910s, 1930s, year 1917
Place:
new york, las vegas, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A pint-sized cast illuminates this musical that is unlike any other ever made. Set in 1929 New York City, Bugsy Malone captures a flashy world of would-be hoodlums, showgirls, and dreamers - all played by child actors! As Tallulah, the sassy ...
Style:
humorous, stylized, melancholic, talky, campy ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
gangsters, gang, mafia, children, childhood, unlikely friendships, rivalry, disorder, partners, criminal heroes, ambition, friends ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 1920s ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, tense, stylized, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, corruption, irish mob, blackmail, love triangle, violence, gang, betrayal, twists and turns, mayor ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Style:
stylized, intense, harsh, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, gang, drugs, mafia, ghetto, chase, betrayal, hip hop, addiction, gang war, drug dealing ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, california, new jersey ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, psychological, atmospheric, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gang, betrayal, irish, undercover, suspense, homecoming, friendship, gangsters, gunfight, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, ireland, boston, manhattan new york city, usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, intense, talky, tense ...
Plot:
mafia, gambling, casino, organized crime, gangsters, hollywood, jewish, suspense, ambition, rise and fall, love affair, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1945, 70s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
Style:
stylized, sexy, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, light ...
Plot:
gangsters, organized crime, mafia, gang, teenage boy, lake, waterfall, great depression, coming of age, murder, death, lawyer ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 1930s, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangsters, chase, rivalry, cons and scams, rise to the top, goofy hero, dishonesty, disorder, satire, doctors ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 80s, year 1935, 1910s
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
"Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and corrupt policemen who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organized crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any ...
Style:
funny, stylized, humorous, entertaining, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangsters, nightclub, mafia, organized crime, fight scenes, african american, corruption, gang, bully, friends, rivalry, violence ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running "the numbers". When, Madam Queen, the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem, is arrested. Ellsworth "Bumpy" Johnson takes over the business and must ...
Style:
stylized, intense, melancholic, factual, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, mafia, organized crime, african american, gunfight, violence, betrayal, corruption, death, destiny, prison, greed ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, harlem, california, illinois, usa
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