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, rough, suspenseful, tense and captivating films and TV shows about / with italian mafia, mafia, gangsters, organized crime, murder, corruption, mob boss, suspense, gang and criminal 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: Vincenzo (2021), 365 Days (2020), ZeroZeroZero (2019), Il cacciatore (2018), Black Souls (2014), Hope Lost (2015), Gomorrah (2014), The Irishman (2019), Corleone (2007), The Valachi Papers (1972).

List of italian mafia movies

 8.4
 21K
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, captivating, dorama, political ...
Plot: korean, italian mafia, lawyer, mafia, mafioso, gang, criminal, murder, law firm, gang war, outlaw gang, romantic relationship ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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 3.3
 92K
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, passion, lust, dangerous attraction, sexual relations, mafia, rich man poor woman, strong sexual content, captive woman, oral sex ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: sicily, warsaw poland, italy
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 8.1
 27K
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, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: italian mafia, drug cartel, mafia, cartel, cocaine, drugs, gangsters, drug dealer, drug trade, drug dealing, drug smuggler, brutality ...
Place: africa
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Il cacciatore (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: confusing, intense, captivating, realistic, talky
Plot: italian mafia, mafia, cosa nostra, servant, gangsters, judiciary, justice, human spirit, hotshot lawyer, prosecutor, fighting crime, corruption ...
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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: serious, captivating, emotional, rough, breathtaking ...
Plot: italian mafia, drug dealing, mafia, gangsters, family relations, rivalry, criminal heroes, family business, haunted by the past, betrayal, parents and children, homecoming ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, milan italy
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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: tense, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, sexy
Plot: forced prostitution, teenage prostitute, italian mafia, suspense, torturer, prostitution, prostitute, model, teenage prostitution, illegal prostitution, sadist, female protagonist ...
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 8.7
 41K
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, captivating, tense, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: mafia, gangsters, camorra, rivalry, drug lord, mob boss, gang war, social decay, society, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, italian mafia ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, naples italy, napoli italy, europe
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 7.8
 397K
The Irishman (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 209 min.
Story: A mob hit man recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Style: captivating, exciting, tense, inspirational, thought provoking ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: mafia, organized crime, italian mafia, labor union, murder, gangsters, killer as protagonist, high society, prison, arrest, hitman, old man ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place: ireland, chicago illinois, philadelphia, pennsylvania, cuba ...
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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: rough, captivating, realistic, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangsters, cosa nostra, criminal heroes, organized crime, bribery, notoriety, cat and mouse, mafia, corrupt politician, murder, corruption, prison ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: italy, sicily, palermo italy, southern italy
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The Valachi Papers (1972)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura), he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: italian mafia, prison, gangsters, mafia, cosa nostra, hitman, organized crime, criminal, spy, murder, prohibition era, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, 60s, 50s, 1920s, 1930s
Place: europe, italy, new york
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Excellent Cadavers (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: gangsters, mafia, italian mafia, cosa nostra, organized crime, suspense, sicilian mafia, historical figure, italian history, state affairs, rivalry, investigation ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: sicily, italy, europe
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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, suspenseful, rough, serious
Plot: italian mafia, killer, prostitute, hitman, kidnapping, rivalry, single parent, vengeance, violence, suspense, murder, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, italy
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The Palermo Connection (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangsters, politics, italian mafia, mafia, wedding, against the odds, drug abuse, frame up, hip hop, political corruption, rebellion, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, italy, sicily, palermo italy
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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: tense, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangsters, mafia, hitman, rise and fall, murder, ambition, criminal heroes, master criminal, gang, undercover, going straight, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, florida
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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, realistic, epic, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, organized crime, gangsters, rise and fall, criminal heroes, mentor, drugs, suspense, friends, cosa nostra, drug traffic, gang ...
Time: 70s, 50s, year 1970, 80s, year 1963 ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, florida, usa ...
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 2.9
 155
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: exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, contemplative
Plot: mafia, car chase, gunfight, u.s. mexico border, violence, male protagonist, italian mafia, father son relationship, murder, society, family tradition, drug dealing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, miami
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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, serious, tense, intense ...
Plot: drug lord, mafia, gangsters, mob boss, gunfight, robbery, bank robbery, life philosophy, organized crime, suspense, society, dishonesty ...
Time: 60s, 90s, 80s, 2000s
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 7.1
 12K
The Traitor (2019)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Germany, Brazil
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to ...
Style: realistic, intense, captivating, factual
Plot: mafia, gangsters, cosa nostra, informant, organized crime, judge, assassination attempt, assassination, murder, death threat, court, italian history ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 2000s, 90s, year 1980 ...
Place: sicily, italy, rome italy, miami, rio de janeiro ...
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 7.0
 50K
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, gang, camorra, character study, power, debt, social decay, death, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: italy, rio de janeiro, europe, naples italy, manhattan new york city ...
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Fort Apache Napoli (2009)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.
Style: serious, realistic, rough, tense, gloomy
Plot: journalism, mafia, investigation, uncover truth, gangsters, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, idealism, italian mafia, corruption, murder ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: italy, europe, southern italy, naples italy
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 6.6
 917
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: serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience: boys' night
Plot: italian mafia, gangsters, organized crime, assassination, politics, police corruption, political conspiracy, life turned upside down, political corruption, dedicated lawyer, legal, state affairs ...
Time: 90s
Place: sicily, europe, 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, judge, police officer killed, police officer, italian police, heroes, carabinieri, mob hit, brutality, justice, police ...
Place: sicily, italy, palermo italy
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 6.9
 2K
The Boss (1973)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A bomb attack in a cinema in Palermo kills all the fellows of Attardi's clan a part from Cocchi. He immediately understands that the author of the bomb attack is Daniello from Don Corrasco's clan. Cocchi is determined to revenge. His ...
Style: perverse, noir, cynical, realistic, serious ...
Plot: gangsters, mafia, exploitation, police, italian mafia, organized crime, police officer, martial arts, hitman, kidnapping, confined, criminal heroes ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: italy, sicily, europe, palermo italy
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Romanzo Criminale (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story: The Lebanese has a dream: to conquer the underworld of Rome. To carry out this feat without precedent he puts together a ruthless and highly organized gang. Their progress and changes in leadership take place over 25 years, from the 1970s into the ...
Style: serious, stylized, captivating, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangsters, gang, police investigation, criminal heroes, partners, leadership, rivalry, law enforcement, ransom, drug dealing, inspector, italian mafia ...
Time: 80s, 60s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, rome italy
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 5.4
 5K
The Sicilian (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Egocentric bandit Salvatore Guiliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
Style: intense, serious, realistic, campy, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mafia, betrayal, gangsters, sicilian, gunfight, leadership, ambition, political unrest, politics, society, dishonesty, class differences ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
Place: sicily, italy, europe
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 8.2
 528K
Casino (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 178 min.
Story: The life of the gambling paradise – Las Vegas – and its dark mafia underbelly.
Style: realistic, clever, rough, captivating, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: organized crime, mafia, casino, gangsters, rise and fall, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, betrayal, suspense, fbi, money ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1973, year 1980 ...
Place: las vegas, usa, midwest, kansas city, costa rica ...
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 4.7
 870
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: captivating, tense, suspenseful, exciting
Plot: cosa nostra, mafia, gangsters, organized crime, crime boss, social climbing, mob hit, conspiracy, family relations, violence, bribery, american politics ...
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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, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot: betrayal, village, murder, testimony, family life, sicilian, whistleblower, family relations, vengeance, rivalry, criminal's revenge, legal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1991, year 1985
Place: sicily, palermo italy, europe, rome italy, italy
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The Godfather Part III (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
Style: epic, visually appealing, serious, stylized, sad ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mafia, gangsters, organized crime, revenge, violence, guilt, murder, assassination, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, catholic church, psychology ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 60s, 20th century, year 1979 ...
Place: italy, new york, palermo italy, sicily, atlantic city new jersey ...
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 7.8
 146K
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, realistic, touching, reflective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangsters, mafia, coming of age, organized crime, mentor, loyalty, gang leader, father son relationship, friendship, african american, gang, brutality ...
Time: 60s, year 1960, 20th century, year 1968
Place: new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state, new jersey
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