| Bound (1996) | 7.3 | |
| The Ruthless (2019) | 6.2 | |
| Casino (1995) | 8.2 | |
| Goodfellas (1990) | 8.7 | |
| The Traitor (2019) | 7.1 |
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, suspense, tense and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with italian mafia, mafia, gangster, mob boss, organized crime, crime family, italian gangster, mobster, murder and death plots mostly in Drama, Crime 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), Hope Lost (2015), The Hunter (2018), ZeroZeroZero (2019), Vincenzo (2021), The Ruthless (2019), The Most Beautiful Wife (1970), Black Souls (2014), The Traitor (2019), Corleone (2007).
Best films
New films
| Mafia Inc (2019) | 6.8 | |
| Capone (2020) | 4.7 | |
| The Hunter (2018) | 7.8 | |
| El Coyote (2019) | 2.8 | |
| Nostalgia (2022) | 6.7 |
List of italian mafia movies
107K
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, passion, sexual relations, lust, rich man poor woman, oral sex, strong sexual content, captive woman, stockholm syndrome ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
sicily, warsaw poland, italy
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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:
sexy, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
forced prostitution, illegal prostitution, italian mafia, torturer, sadist, teenage prostitute, prostitution, model, female protagonist, female masturbation, blackmail, leaving home ...
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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:
captivating, intense, talky, realistic, confusing
Plot:
italian mafia, mafia, cosa nostra, prosecutor, servant, justice, hotshot lawyer, judiciary, fighting crime, mob hit, frame up, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
switzerland
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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:
brutal, atmospheric, serious, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, italian mafia, cartel, drug cartel, cocaine, drug dealer, drug trade, drug dealing, drug smuggler, drug, brutality, gunfight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
africa, south america, mexico, italy
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39K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
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:
dorama, romantic, anime, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
italian mafia, mafia, lawyer, gang, mafioso, bandit, gang war, criminal gang, romantic relationship, outlaw gang, humour, criminal ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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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:
erotic, realistic, harsh, suspense, intense ...
Plot:
drug lord, mafia, italian mafia, gangster, bank robbery, gunfight, robbery, tough guy, mobster, life philosophy, organized crime, mob boss ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 60s, 2000s, 70s
Place:
italy, milan italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Based on the story of Franca Viola and Filippo Melodia. In Sicily, as a Mafia boss leaves for prison, he advises Vito, a young man who's his potential successor, to marry a virtuous and poor woman. Vito's eye settles on Francesca, only 15, ...
Style:
poliziottesco
Plot:
forced marriage, rape, marriage, italian mafia, cosa nostra, loss of virginity, brawl, father daughter relationship, rejecting a marriage proposal, prostitute, humiliation, teenage girl ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy, sicily
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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, rough, emotional, breathtaking ...
Plot:
drug dealing, italian mafia, mafia, crime boss, gangster, family relations, betrayal, family business, haunted by the past, homecoming, parents and children, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, milan italy
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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, suspense, captivating, intense, factual ...
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, gangster, trial, sex, mob boss, sicilian mafia, organized crime, italian history, assassination attempt, assassination ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, year 2000, year 1992, year 1984 ...
Place:
sicily, italy, rome italy, rio de janeiro, miami ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 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:
mafia, cosa nostra, criminal heroes, gangster, organized crime, sicilian mafia, italian mafia, bribery, notoriety, cat and mouse, corrupt politician, mobster ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
italy, sicily, palermo italy, southern italy
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 45 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:
disturbing, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, gang, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, italian mafia, gangster, strong violent content ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe, napoli italy, new mexico
Is relevant?
182K
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, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, coming of age, mentor, gangster, organized crime, gang leader, father son relationship, mobster, african american, friendship, mob boss, white male black female relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1993, 90s ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state, new jersey
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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, organized crime, female nudity, italian mafia, mafia, criminal heroes, gangster, drug dealing, law enforcement, police detective, dishonesty, violence ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
italy, rome italy
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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:
disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
italian mafia, mafia, corruption, war on drugs, investigation, fighting crime, crime solving, organized crime, crime investigation, drug, police investigation, criminal ...
Place:
sicily
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Titta di Girolamo has been living in a small hotel in Lugano for ten years, he leads a dull and rigid live and has apparently lost his capability to feel human emotion. This all changes when he decides to talk to Sofia, the Barmaid.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, tense, suspenseful, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mafia, loneliness, fall in love, insomnia, age difference, haunted by the past, unlikely couple, couples, dishonesty, love and romance, manipulation, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
sicily, europe, italy, switzerland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
TV show
Story:
Sprawling Mario Puzo novel about an Italian family of gangsters draws the inevitable comparison to "The Godfather", but does find its own direction. Headed by Don Domenico Clericuzio, the family executes a rival gang on the night of the ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, mobster, daughter, honeymoon, family relations, criminal, rivalry, hired killer, mob boss, grandfather ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, usa
Is relevant?
565K
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, dramatic, clever, cynical, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, dark humor, family life, criminal heroes, mob boss, parents and children, criminal, dysfunctional family, family relations, introspection ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, year 1999, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, north america
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on a true tale of power, corruption and murder, Christopher Walken stars in the story of the largest lynching in American history...
Style:
independent film, captivating, sincere, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, mafia, lynching, ancient, biopic, political intrigue, italian mafia, intrigue, italian gangster, immigrant, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1890s
Place:
new orleans, usa
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1.4M
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, homoerotic, realistic, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, rise and fall, violence, mentor, mobster, drug traffic, cosa nostra, italian mafia, murder, psychopath ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 90s, year 1990, year 1980 ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, florida, italy, usa ...
Is relevant?
354K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Style:
neo noir, clever, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, undercover, organized crime, mobster, mentor, fbi, working undercover, italian mafia, fbi agent, undercover agent, law enforcement, friends ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1978
Place:
new york, new jersey, miami, florida, usa ...
Is relevant?
1K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A hitman for the Sicilian Mafia, Salvo is solitary, cold and ruthless. When he sneaks into a house to eliminate a man, he discovers Rita, a young blind girl who powerlessly stands by while her brother is assassinated. Salvo tries to close those ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
hitman, mafia, gang war, blind girl, murder, danger, sicilian mafia, fall in love, blind woman, couples, girl, professional killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, sicily
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The story of Santo Bastucci, a local banker with a rare gift for memorizing numbers; he is unwittingly cast into the forefront of an aging wiseguy's bid for power, Manny "The Hand" Mistera. Santo is caught between the loyalty he has ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, exciting, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
italian mafia, mobster, pastor, gangster, mafia, mob boss, banker, con artists, gang, mafioso, bandit, organized crime ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 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, incestuous relationship, betrayal, illicit affair, italian mafia, filicide, gangster, organized crime, rivalry, family life, accidental incest, monastery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An English auctioneer proposes to the daughter of a mafia kingpin, only to realize that certain "favors" would be asked of him.
Style:
humorous, clever, romantic comedy, hilarious, witty ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, marriage proposal, mistaken identity, fish out of water, fbi, family relations, fall in love, comedy of errors, dishonesty, love and romance, disorder ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, kansas city, manhattan new york city, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
While playing outside one day, nine-year-old Michele discovers Filippo, who is chained to the ground at the bottom of a hole. Michele witnesses town baddie Felice nearby and suspects something bad is happening. Michele is unsure whom he should tell ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
childhood, kidnapping, boy, coming of age, rescue, friendship, father son relationship, uncover truth, children, captivity, life is a bitch, bullying ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, year 1978, 21st century
Place:
italy, southern italy, milan italy, europe, brazil ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Style:
tense, stylized, suspense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, outsmarting, courtroom, mafia, lawyer, jury, gangster, court case, court, mobster, legal, justice ...
Time:
year 2006, y2k, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
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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, hitman, killer, prostitute, kidnapping, rivalry, vengeance, single parent, sexual content, professional killer, violence, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, italy
Is relevant?
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:
serious, tense, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
betrayal, mafia, sicilian, village, murder, danger, testimony, family life, youth, rivalry, criminal's revenge, dishonesty ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1991, year 1985
Place:
sicily, palermo italy, europe, italy, rome italy
Is relevant?
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:
suspense, touching, disturbing, tense, psychological
Plot:
gay, illegal drugs, relationships, murder, love, bodybuilder, mafia, gay husband, gangster, society, gang war, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Is relevant?
179
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:
suspense, captivating, contemplative, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
mafia, father son relationship, italian mafia, u.s. mexico border, gunfight, violence, male protagonist, car chase, murder, gangster, criminal heroes, smuggling ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, phoenix arizona, arizona, miami
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