Gang warfare movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant gang warfare movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, tense, serious, captivating, suspense and dark films and TV shows about / with gang warfare, revenge, violence, gang, gang war, corruption, betrayal, gangster, organized crime and murder plots mostly in Drama, Action and Crime genres shot in USA, Japan, Italy and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as gang warfare: High & Low: The Movie (2016), The Warriors (1979), The Wrecking Crew (2000), 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982), Hill Street Blues (1981), The Outsiders (1983), A Shop for Killers (2024), Spring Breakers (2012), Gangs of New York (2002), American History X (1998).
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Genre: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
S.W.O.R.D. Chiku is a devastated and dangerous town with 5 gangs - Sannoh Rengokai, White Rascals, Oya Kohkoh, Rude Boys and Daruma Ikka - fighting fiercely. The name S.W.O.R.D. comprises of the first letter in each of these gangs. Before these 5 ...
Style:
suspenseful, action packed, realistic, rough, serious ...
Plot:
gang warfare, yakuza, gang, rivalry, criminal heroes, hand to hand combat, gang war, ambition, danger, fistfight, troublemaker, family business ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' ...
Style:
cult classic, neo noir, retro, grindhouse, grim ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, street gang, gang, gang war, gang member, subway, violence, warrior, gangster, chase, murder, graffiti ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1979, near future, 80s
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, usa, north america ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A high-level government hit squad is sent into the streets in order to complete a deadly mission.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, rival gang, working undercover, life is a bitch, undercover, urban ghetto life, rivalry, partners against crime, danger, partner, hip hop, gang war ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, detroit
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.
Style:
grindhouse, inspirational, grim, cult classic, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang warfare, street gang, biker, post apocalyptic, bike, gang war, wasteland, social decay, mafia, monster, motorcycle, throne ...
Time:
future, year 1982, 90s, year 1990, near future
Place:
new york, usa, new york state, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, detective, atmospheric ...
Plot:
police, law enforcement, cop, police protagonist, partner, fighting crime, workplace, police detective, partners against crime, workplace situations, police officer, urban ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, chicago, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When two poor greasers, Johnny, and Ponyboy are assaulted by a vicious gang, the socs, and Johnny kills one of the attackers, tension begins to mount between the two rival gangs, setting off a turbulent chain of events.
Style:
teen, homoerotic, melancholic, intense, hood ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
coming of age, gang, teen angst, dysfunctional family, street gang, teenager, book, brother brother relationship, small town, friendship, juvenile delinquent, rebellious teenager ...
Time:
60s, year 1964, 1900s, 1950s, future ...
Place:
oklahoma, oklahoma city, usa, north america
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A niece who lost her parents and grew up in the hands of an uncle who runs a shopping mall faces a new truth after her uncle's sudden death.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
shopping mall, victim, murder, gang war, gang warfare, gang, criminal gang, outlaw gang, bandit, gang of outlaws, thug life, surrounded ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After four college girls rob a restaurant to fund their spring break in Florida, they get entangled with a weird dude with his own criminal agenda.
Style:
sexy, sexual, cult classic, surreal, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
debauchery, spring break, juvenile delinquency, rapper, party, hedonism, murder, masked robber, beach party, danger, female killer, bad girl ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style:
tense, rough, bloody, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, gang, vengeance, gangster, organized crime, street gang, violence, betrayal, racism, courage, violent, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, 50s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style:
cerebral, rough, serious, clever, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
gang, skinhead, racism, prison, neo nazism, neo nazi, character change, nazism, juvenile delinquency, murder, politics, african american ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Warring teenage street gangs provide the fodder for this martial arts actioner. Things really heat up when each gang finds a martial arts experts to train them out to fight.
Style:
crime drama, splatter, independent film
Plot:
martial arts, gang, teenager, gang war, rivalry, revenge, violent, urban violence, exploitation, streetwise, bloodbath, love triangle ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tormented father witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang's crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life's mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
gunfight, shootout, revenge, christmas, gang warfare, murder, grieving father, criminal, murderer, bandit, christmas eve, martial arts ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
texas
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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:
organized crime, betrayal, mafia, corruption, gangster, shootout, irish mob, loyalty, love triangle, blackmail, mobster, prohibition era ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1990, 1920s
Place:
usa, new orleans, new york
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Tung/Torres, a vicious Filipino-Chinese drug dealer in Hong Kong, is caught by Chief Inspector Leung. Cynthia and Lung is tasked to deport him back to the Philippines for prosecution. But once they arrive, Dion is rescued by his boss/godfather, ...
Style:
action thriller, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, dark ...
Plot:
heroic bloodshed, organized crime, gang warfare, drug traffic, revenge, martial arts, hand to hand combat, violent, corruption, justice, urban, buddy cop ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hong kong, the philippines
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A yakuza gang gets driven out of Yokohama by a big gang from Tokyo. They relocate to Okinawa to violently start over.
Style:
crime drama, brutal, dark, period piece, tense ...
Plot:
yakuza, organized crime, crime family, gang warfare, violence, power struggle, underworld, loyalty, revenge, moral ambiguity, honor, machismo ...
Time:
70s
Place:
okinawa japan, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As Japan gears up for the 1964 Olympic games, the cops start to crack down under pressure from the public and the press, adding a new dimension in the war for power among the yakuza families of Hiroshima. Akira Kobayashi's Takeda tries to keep ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, period piece, suspenseful ...
Plot:
yakuza, power struggle, gang warfare, organized crime, violence, loyalty, brutality, betrayal, realism, machismo, honor, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
hiroshima japan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
New York City is torn apart by an all-out mafia war. With brother Peter at his side, Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll blasts his way from streetfighter to kingpin in the dangerous world of organized crime.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, gang warfare, crime family, rise and fall, criminal underworld, underworld, power struggle, urban violence, violent, corruption, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1992
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Michael and his right-hand man Scorpion, who find themselves embroiled in their father Ko's turf war against rival gangs in Taipei, setting off a conflict between old and new generations of gangsters. The film is the latest installment in the ...
Style:
crime drama, noir, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
gangster, gang warfare, organized crime, father son conflict, power struggle, betrayal, ambition, violence, revenge, loyalty, brotherhood, right hand man ...
Place:
taipei
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A ruthless Punjabi gangster and his friends clash with a rival gang protecting a corrupt politician.
Style:
tension, intense, brutal, crime drama, fast paced ...
Plot:
punjabi, gangster, gang warfare, political corruption, underworld, violence, organized crime, crime boss, corruption, lawlessness, street crime, hitman ...
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In order to conceal past corruption by the government, the Kyuryu group proceeds on a plan to destroy a street and build a casino. To stop the Kyuryu group, members of SWORD begin to move.
Style:
tense, captivating, disturbing, fast paced, action drama ...
Plot:
corruption, gang, gang warfare, secret past, criminal gang, crime boss, bandit, criminal, spectacle, urban, violent, brotherhood ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
An arrogant yet righteous man decides to get married to a woman, who has been suffering at the hands of her relatives. Little does he realize that an enmity from his past is going to invite trouble in his personal life.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
gangster, power struggle, conflict, village life, small village, villager, countryside, bandit, gang warfare, rural setting, village, combat ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 19th century, when the southern lands of Italy are bandit territory, Filomena escapes her wealthy but sad life to lead a risky treasure hunt.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, thrilling, crime drama, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
battles, bandit, treasure, changing lives, organized crime, female protagonist, lifestyle change, gang war, highwayman, criminal, gang warfare, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
southern italy
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A school appears peaceful from a distance, but a fierce gambling battle takes place once again. Yumeko Jabami is involved in the battle.
Style:
talky, disturbing, captivating, clever, tense ...
Plot:
gambling, school, strong female lead, casino, money, success, addiction, gambling house, club, gang warfare, loneliness, contest ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ukraine, Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story revolves around rebellious five-year-old Vitka, her teenage cousin Larysa and Larysa’s boyfriend, a young criminal Scar. After the death of her father, Larysa wants a different life, even if the entire community condemns her love for ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, gloomy, realistic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
symbolism, sex scene, outdoor sex, coming of age, abused woman, little girl, first love, misery, surrealism, widow, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Place:
ukraine
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Da Hua, Ah Chun and a few others find themselves involved in wild and dangerous adventures when they get caught in a showdown between the China Mainland Police and Hong Kong bandits.
Style:
tense, bleak, crime drama, crime thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
showdown, covert operation, undercover cop, gang warfare, gang of outlaws, police, peril, gang, trapped, bandit, danger, adventure hero ...
Place:
hong kong, china
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After her stagecoach is ambushed, a woman is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries to free him
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
stagecoach, ex soldier, female soldier, gang, gang warfare, highwayman, gang war, bandit, assignment, captivity, captive, stagecoach robbery ...
Place:
new mexico
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Hell bent on avenging the death of his father, Johnny Black vows to gun down Brett Clayton and becomes a wanted man in the process while posing as a preacher in a small mining town that's been taken over by a notorious Land Baron.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, humorous, neo western ...
Plot:
revenge, small town, mining town, blaxploitation, outlaw, avenge, cowboys and indians, cowboy, gang warfare, cowboys and outlaws, vengeance, shooting ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An ex-special forces operative wages a one man war through the streets of Amsterdam to rescue his friend's daughter from the local crime syndicate.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, serious, bleak
Plot:
one man army, martial arts, karate, one against many, outlaw gang, hand to hand combat, gang war, officer, bandit, combat, gang of outlaws, militant ...
Place:
amsterdam
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
Pacto de Sangue is about Silas Campello, a news reporter who sees an opportunity to get big TV ratings through raw, violent content after he starts to cover the murders and gang wars playing out deep in the Amazon jungle between two rival drug lords.
Style:
tense, dark, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
amazon, journalism, gang war, corruption, police corruption, ambition, tv host, organized crime, violence, danger, murder, drug traffic ...
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Olga, a "self-made woman" who’d rather not gain than lose, she avoids risks and contact with the criminal world and law enforcement, seeing them as interfering freeloaders. The price of her company rises when mineral water is found on ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, captivating, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
organized crime, murder, female protagonist, kidnapping, crime boss, woman in danger, money, criminal, bandit, threat, son, gang warfare ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
russia
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