Italian mafia movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant italian mafia movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful and rough films and TV shows about / with italian mafia, mafia, gangster, organized crime, mob boss, murder, mobster, criminal, gang and mob plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres shot in Italy, USA, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as italian mafia: 365 Days (2020), The Hunter (2018), Hope Lost (2015), Vincenzo (2021), ZeroZeroZero (2019), The Ruthless (2019), Gomorrah (2008), Black Souls (2014), Corleone (2007), Bound (1996).

List of italian mafia movies

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 3.3
 98K
365 Days (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Laura, in order to save her relationship from falling apart, goes to Sicily, where she meets Massimo. A dangerous man, the head of a mafia family, kidnaps her and gives 365 days to love him.
Style: sexy, erotic, sexual, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: sex, sex scene, erotica, dangerous attraction, sexual relations, passion, rich man poor woman, lust, captive woman, oral sex, strong sexual content, abduction ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: sicily, warsaw poland, italy
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 7.8
 1K
The Hunter (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
TV show
Story: The story of Saverio Barone, a young prosecutor who in the early nineties became the protagonist of the “caccia alla Mafia” (Mafia-hunt) immediately following the Capaci and Via D'Amelio bombings. Inspired by the true story of the ...
Style: talky, realistic, captivating, intense, confusing
Plot: italian mafia, cosa nostra, prosecutor, servant, human spirit, justice, judiciary, fighting crime, hotshot lawyer, corruption, mob hit, investigation ...
Place: switzerland
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 3.8
 1K
Hope Lost (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A Romanian girl dreams of living the glamorous life she sees in Italian soap operas.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, sexy ...
Plot: forced prostitution, teenage prostitute, italian mafia, illegal prostitution, torturer, prostitution, prostitute, sadist, nude model, sadism, female protagonist, model ...
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 8.4
 27K
Vincenzo (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story: Vincenzo Cassano is an Italian lawyer and Mafia consigliere who moves back to Korea due to a conflict within his organization. He ends up crossing paths with a sharp-tongued lawyer named Cha-young, and the two join forces in using villainous methods ...
Style: romantic, anime, dorama, captivating, black comedy ...
Plot: italian mafia, mafia, lawyer, mafioso, gang, gang war, love and romance, criminal gang, criminal, homecoming, romantic relationship, humour ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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 8.1
 29K
ZeroZeroZero (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the book of the same name by bestselling author Roberto Saviano, ZeroZeroZero is an unforgettable exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade.
Style: atmospheric, brutal, serious, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: italian mafia, cartel, drug cartel, mafia, cocaine, drug dealer, drug dealing, drug trade, drug smuggler, drug, brutality, gunfight ...
Time: 2020s
Place: africa, italy, mexico
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 6.2
 7K
The Ruthless (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets ...
Style: realistic, harsh, suspense, serious, tense ...
Plot: drug lord, mafia, mob boss, italian mafia, bank robbery, gunfight, robbery, anti hero, mobster, life philosophy, organized crime, ambition ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 60s, 2000s
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 7.0
 51K
Gomorrah (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 137 min.
Story: An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have ...
Style: disturbing, tense, harsh, realistic, serious ...
Plot: juvenile delinquency, organized crime, gang war, mafia, gangster, camorra, italian mafia, danger, gang, character study, power, debt ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, southern italy, miami, venice ...
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 6.8
 3K
Black Souls (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A former narcotics trafficker now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son, in this darkly elegant gangster drama.
Style: captivating, serious, emotional, rough, breathtaking ...
Plot: italian mafia, drug dealing, mafia, gangster, family relations, family business, haunted by the past, betrayal, homecoming, parents and children, brother brother relationship, drug dealer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, milan italy
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 8.5
 4K
Corleone (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Il Capo dei Capi (The Boss of the Bosses) is a six-part Italian miniseries which debuted on Canale 5 between October and November 2007. It tells the story of Salvatore Riina, alias Totò u Curtu, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily. Riina is played ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cosa nostra, criminal heroes, gangster, mafia, organized crime, bribery, italian mafia, notoriety, mobster, corrupt politician, murder, corruption ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 1940s ...
Place: italy, sicily, palermo italy, southern italy
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 7.3
 60K
Bound (1996)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Corky, a tough female ex con and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.
Style: sexy, neo noir, erotic, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbianism, ex convict, mafia, seduction, femme fatale, heist, lesbian sex, female criminal, sex ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: usa, idaho, indiana, chicago
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 6.1
 1K
Wisegal (2008)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A drama centered around Patty Montanari, the widowed mother of two who went to work for her lover Frank Russo, a captain in a Brooklyn crime family.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: criminal heroes, fall in love, dishonesty, crime family, gangster, parents and children, unlikely criminals, love affair, mind game, organized crime, italian mafia, mafia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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The Sicilian Girl (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the ...
Style: tense, rough, suspenseful, serious, emotional ...
Plot: betrayal, murder, village, testimony, danger, family life, mafia, sicilian, whistleblower, family relations, youth, vengeance ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1985, year 1991
Place: sicily, palermo italy, europe, italy, rome italy
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Maltese: The Mafia Detective (2017)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 439 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Dario Maltese travels from Rome to the city of his birth, Trapani in Sicily, to attend his best friend's wedding. But tragedy strikes and he finds himself pulled into a murder investigation.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: mafia, corruption, war on drugs, italian mafia, organized crime, investigation, crime solving, fighting crime, crime investigation, drug, mafioso, crime boss ...
Place: sicily
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 7.8
 159K
A Bronx Tale (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his ...
Style: sentimental, intense, suspense, hood, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: mafia, gangster, coming of age, organized crime, mentor, mobster, loyalty, gang leader, cosa nostra, father son relationship, friendship, mob boss ...
Time: 60s, year 1960, 20th century, year 1993, 90s ...
Place: new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state
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 8.6
 44K
Gomorrah (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
Style: serious, tense, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, gangster, strong violent content, urban, urban ghetto life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, naples italy, europe
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 9.2
 2.0M
The Godfather (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Story: Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the ...
Style: serious, epic, dramatic, atmospheric, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot: mafia, organized crime, gangster, greed, revenge, mob boss, crime family, mobster, cosa nostra, wedding, pride and honor, corruption ...
Time: 1950s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1972 ...
Place: italy, new york, bronx new york city, europe, sicily ...
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Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
TV show
Story: Romanzo Criminale – La serie - is a television series Italian based on the eponymous novel by judge Giancarlo De Cataldo, and it is the second adaptation of the film Romanzo Criminale directed by Michele Placido. The first series quickly achieved ...
Style: serious, captivating, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: gang, mafia, organized crime, police, criminal heroes, gangster, law enforcement, drug dealing, police detective, dishonesty, violence, italian mafia ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place: italy, rome italy
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 8.7
 1.2M
Goodfellas (1990)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style: rough, suspense, realistic, epic, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: organized crime, mafia, gangster, rise and fall, mobster, cosa nostra, mentor, criminal, badass, friends, italian mafia, biopic ...
Time: 70s, 50s, 90s, year 1990, year 1970 ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, florida, usa ...
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 6.8
 2K
Bella Mafia (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a terrible price.
Style: captivating, serious, political thriller, tense, realistic ...
Plot: mafia, betrayal, incestuous relationship, gangster, italian mafia, filicide, organized crime, rivalry, family life, monastery, revenge, mobster ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, italy
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 7.2
 9K
Gotti (1996)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, ...
Style: serious, realistic, rough
Plot: italian mafia, mafia, crime boss, gangster, mobster, gangsta, organized crime, biopic, american mafia, mob boss, entrepreneur, criminal ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
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 9.2
 464K
The Sopranos (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home ...
Style: serious, cynical, clever, psychological, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, mafia, killings, mob boss, dark humor, criminal heroes, family life, gangster, violence, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family relations ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, year 1999, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new jersey, new york, usa
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Boss of Bosses (2001)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.
Style: serious, tense, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, hitman, rise and fall, murder, undercover, going straight, master criminal, rivalry, downfall, police corruption, gangster, organized crime ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1985, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, florida
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 2.8
 163
El Coyote (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Italian mafia takes on the Mexican cartel on the Mexican border. The cartel has captured the son of an ex-mobster in witness protection. He calls on his mob buddies to come to Arizona to help him.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: mafia, male protagonist, murder, car chase, u.s. mexico border, violence, father son relationship, italian mafia, gunfight, gangster, revenge, family values ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, arizona, phoenix arizona, miami
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 6.6
 950
The Bodyguards (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The film shows the difficulties of an honest, imperiled judge and his bodyguard of four men, trying to clean up a Sicilian town. Corrupt local politicians, working hand-in-hand with the Mafia, will stop at nothing to prevent exposure of their ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, tension
Audience: boys' night
Plot: italian mafia, italian politics, mafia, organized crime, assassination, politics, society, rebellion, legal, assassination attempt, dedicated lawyer, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: sicily, europe, italy
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 4.7
 978
Mob Town (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the country converged on the sleepy town to discuss upcoming ...
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, tense
Plot: cosa nostra, mafia, mob hit, organized crime, crime boss, gangster, conspiracy, social climbing, hitman, brutality, family relations, friendship ...
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 5.4
 10K
Mafia Mamma (2023)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A suburban American woman inherits her grandfather’s Mafia empire and, guided by the Firm’s trusted consigliere, defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
Style: tense, funny, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: mafia, funeral, italian mafia, female protagonist, gunfight, inheritance, cheating, weapons, adulterous husband, women, adultery, businesswoman ...
Place: italy, oregon, rome italy
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Journal of a Contract Killer (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Stephanie Komack was a high-class hooker and assassin for the Italian Mob. Now working in London as a waitress, and a single mother to her seven year old daughter, the Mob track Stephanie down and persuade her to do one last job. The hit goes wrong ...
Style: realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Plot: italian mafia, killer, prostitute, hitman, kidnapping, rivalry, single parent, vengeance, violence, murder, revenge, death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, italy
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Giovanni Falcone (1993)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The story of the first ever "anti-mafia judges pool" established in the '80s at the Palermo Courthouse, in Sicily, in the '80s, while two mafia families started a 10-year-long war to obtain the complete control of smuggles. ...
Plot: mafia, italian mafia, cosa nostra, judge, mob hit, justice, brutality, gangster, crime boss, mob boss, organized crime, mobster ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: italy, palermo italy, sicily
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 6.0
 274
Tainted Souls (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The lives of the tenants of a lower-class apartment building in the outskirts intersect on a backdrop of crime, drug dealing, confused feelings and tainted relationships, in a lucid portrait of contemporary Rome. Marcello, a bisexual former body ...
Style: touching, suspense, tense, disturbing, psychological
Plot: illegal drugs, relationships, murder, gay, bodybuilder, love, mafia, gangster, family business, friendship, friends, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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 7.1
 5K
Don't Be Bad (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio and Cesare, in their early twenties, act in search of their success.
Style: psychological, realistic, tense, captivating, hood
Plot: robbery, friendship, drug, murder, danger, rivalry, society, lgbt, gang, italian mafia, corruption, underground ...
Time: 90s, year 2015
Place: italy, rome italy
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