Cosa nostra movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant cosa nostra movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, rough and captivating films and TV shows about / with cosa nostra, mafia, organized crime, gangster, murder, mob boss, betrayal, crime family, mobster and corruption plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, Italy, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as cosa nostra: Boss Hunt (2015), The Traitor (2019), The Hunter (2018), Corleone (2007), Billy Bathgate (1991), This Thing of Ours (2002), Lucky Luciano (1973), The Octopus (1984), Goodfellas (1990), Joe Petrosino (2006).
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List of cosa nostra movies
Genre: Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Style:
crime drama, serious, factual, brutal, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
camorra, cosa nostra, organized crime, mafia, mob boss, true crime, crime boss, police procedural, investigation, law enforcement, italian mafia, bandit ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
naples italy, southern 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: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Plot:
mafia, betrayal, cosa nostra, loyalty, survival, human spirit, federal bureau of investigation, fbi, convention
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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: 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
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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:
erotic, stylized, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, nudity, teenage boy, lake, mafia, waterfall, great depression, jewish mob, coming of age, lawyer, murder ...
Time:
1930s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Using the Internet and global satellites, a group of gangsters pull off the biggest bank heist in the Mafia's history.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mafia, gangster, organized crime, cosa nostra, chases and races, master criminal, crime gone awry, dishonesty, betrayal, criminal heroes, bank, cons and scams ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, miami
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins ...
Style:
poliziottesco, historical drama, contemplative, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, mobster, ambition, organized crime, american mafia, intelligence agency, crime family, mafioso, democrat, gangster, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 50s, 20th century, post world war two ...
Place:
italy, sicily, usa, europe, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, Austria, France, UK, Germany, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 384 min.
TV show
Story:
Corrado Cattani is a police inspector whose life is devoted to fighting the Italian mafia (known here as "La Piovra" or "The Octopus").
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, bleak, bad ending ...
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, murder, law enforcement, society, fighting crime, family relations, family life, police investigation, organized crime, smuggling, gangster ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
sicily, palermo italy, italy, europe, southern italy
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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 ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: Italy
Story:
Italian drama starring Beppe Fiorello, Sebastiano Lo Monaco and Anna Ammirati
Style:
serious, detective, period piece, heroic, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, historical figure, investigation, biopic, law enforcement, police procedural, justice, corruption, organized crime, assassination, courage ...
Time:
90s, turn of the century, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, new york, palermo italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark, N.J., history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters start to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle ...
Style:
captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense, dramatic ...
Plot:
mafia, criminal, gang, gangster, gang war, mobster, bandit, organized crime, criminal underworld, crime boss, mafioso, fight for supremacy ...
Time:
60s, year 1967, 70s, year 1972, year 1971
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Docu-fiction that tells the story of Libero Grassi, the months in which he broke the silence, the silence in which he found himself isolated, until he became an easy target for a mafia clan.
Style:
suspense, exciting, unusual plot structure, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, death, society, rivalry, organized crime, crime boss, betrayal, criminal heroes, crime family, mob boss, murder ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra's bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of "Il professore" (the professor). He is in prison, and by there he is able to build, step by step, an ...
Style:
poliziottesco, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cosa nostra, mafia, camorra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, female nudity, police, gulag, mobster, nazi, nude girl ...
Time:
year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place:
italy, naples italy, new york, napoli italy
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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:
suspense, independent film, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
mafia, cosa nostra, italian mafia, italian gangster, crime family, organized crime, law, historical figure, italian history, law enforcement, fighting crime, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
sicily, europe, italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The Gamache, tailors from father to son, have been dressing the Mafia family Paternò for three generation. Vincent "Vince" Gamache works on behalf of Frank the godfather with his eldest son Giaco. Vince, reckless and rash, seeks to earn ...
Style:
tense, suspense, contemplative, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
mafia, violence, gangster, murder, mob boss, crime boss, gang war, family business, organized crime, brutality, family relations, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 2010s, year 1994, year 1980 ...
Place:
canada, venezuela, quebec, montreal, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, realistic, disgusting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, brutality, godfather, federal bureau of investigation, organized crime, mobster, criminal heroes, cosa nostra, father son relationship, american mafia, mafia, family relations ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 2002 ...
Place:
columbus ohio, new york, usa
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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: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two brothers, Carmelo and Gino, are raised by their mob boss grandfather Salvatore Gianni. After the murder of their grandfather the two must join forces to track down the killer. No one is ruled out as a suspect, including one of the family. How ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
murder, organized crime, mafia, family relations, drug abuse, crime family, mob boss, crime boss, cosa nostra, brothers, family drama, criminal underworld ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 125 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:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
italian mafia, prison, mafia, mobster, hitman, organized crime, crime family, criminal, cosa nostra, good guy, professional killer, italian gangster ...
Time:
1940s, year 1972, 1920s, 1950s, 1930s ...
Place:
bronx new york city, europe, italy, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Saro, a young Sicilian thug, that from jobs assigned by his godfather, won the favor of leaders of Cosa Nostra, becoming a "man of honor".
Style:
romantic, captivating, crime thriller, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
mafia, gangster, tragic romance, cosa nostra, organized crime, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, male female relationship, love and romance, romantic relationship, relationships, criminal ...
Place:
sicily, palermo italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 583 min.
Story:
The multigenerational saga of the rise and fall of the Corleone crime family.
Style:
epic, surprise ending
Plot:
sicilian mafia, crime boss, cosa nostra, mafia, boys' choir, sex show, mob hit, horse, mobster, gangsta, perjury, first communion ...
Time:
1910s, 1900s, 1950s, 1940s, 1920s ...
Place:
miami, sicily, las vegas, los angeles, southern italy ...
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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, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, casino, rise and fall, gangster, betrayal, money, gambling, greed, criminal heroes, mobster, cosa nostra ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s, year 1973 ...
Place:
las vegas, chicago, missouri, israel, usa ...
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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, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, detective, hood, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, organized crime, gangster, mafia, drug lord, murder, cocaine, mob boss, violence, redemption, prison, subway ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
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190K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc ...
Style:
realistic, cult classic, costume drama, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
old west, cowboy, vengeance, gunfight, gunslinger, criminal, shootout, friendship, sheriff, western hero, wild west, revenge ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 90s, 1880s
Place:
arizona, america, usa, tucson arizona, mexico ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the ...
Style:
witty, funny, clever, humorous, dark comedy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
heist, caper, organized crime, gambling, gangster, sarcasm, underground fighting, twists and turns, group of criminals, cons and scams, master criminal, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, britain, antwerp, belgium ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After five (or six) years of vanilla-wedded bliss, ordinary suburbanites John and Jane Smith are stuck in a huge rut. Unbeknownst to each other, they are both coolly lethal, highly-paid assassins working for rival organisations. When they discover ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, romantic, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
secret agent, hitman, spy, secret identity, secret service, couples, battle of the sexes, cia, strong female lead, female killer, tough girl, female assassin ...
Time:
year 2005, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, iran, italy, coney island brooklyn new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A businessman in a phone-booth is held hostage by a sniper.
Style:
exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
criminal heroes, journalism, vigilantism, dishonesty, extortion, infidelity, murder, telephone call, bomb, cosa nostra, die hard, hostage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Nino Scotellaro, a Sicilian public prosecutor who devoted his entire life to fighting against the mafia and is suddenly accused of being one of the very men he has always fought against. After being condemned, and with nothing left to ...
Style:
thrilling, satirical, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prosecutor, organized crime, mafia, attorney, corruption, crime boss, criminal, mob hit, satire, gang, mob boss, lawyer ...
Place:
sicily
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