Underworld movies and TV shows – page 2

List of underworld movies

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 8.3
 1.0M
Scarface (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style: exciting, serious, cult classic, breathtaking, rough ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: gangster, mafia, organized crime, drug lord, gunfight, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, violence, badass ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place: miami, miami beach, bolivia, cuba, florida ...
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Léon: The Professional (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Leon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, ...
Style: neo noir, touching, rough, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: hitman, mentor, revenge, friendship, murder, loneliness, organized crime, redemption, sniper, loner, life philosophy, dark hero ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place: new york, usa, france, paris france, manhattan new york city ...
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The Long Good Friday (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future ...
Style: neo noir, cynical, harsh, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: gangster, ira, organized crime, mafia, crime boss, terrorist, car bomb, danger, revenge, rivalry, criminal's revenge, murder ...
Time: 70s, year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place: england, ireland, london, britain, europe ...
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 8.3
 1.2M
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and ...
Style: dark comedy, cult classic, neo noir, talky, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: heist, crime gone awry, robbery, gangster, dark hero, organized crime, undercover cop, gang, psychopath, perfect crime, violent, mafia ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place: los angeles, usa, bolivia, southern california, california
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 7.8
 182K
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, 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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 8.6
 864K
City of God (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by ...
Style: rough, bleak, hood, sexy, stylized ...
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: gang, violence, ghetto, favela, coming of age, storytelling, gang war, gangster, society, juvenile delinquency, organized crime, journalism ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, future ...
Place: latin america, rio de janeiro, south america, brazil, africa
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 7.4
 326K
Corpse Bride (2005)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the ...
Style: gothic, dark fantasy, romantic, melancholic, gothic horror ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, date night, horror for children ...
Plot: stop motion, afterlife, corpse, goth, supernatural, wedding, marriage, love, death, disagreement, fear, loneliness ...
Time: 19th century, year 2005, 1800s, edwardian era, victorian era
Place: europe, england
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Like a Dragon: Yakuza (2024)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the fictional town of Kamurocho, the story unfolds across two intersecting timelines—1995 and 2005. In 1995, four friends eager to escape their restrictive lives in an orphanage dive into the yakuza-controlled underworld of 1995 Kamurocho. ...
Style: crime thriller, dark, tense, melancholic, grim ...
Plot: yakuza, underworld, organized crime, gangster, honor, loyalty, urban, brotherhood, moral ambiguity, friendship, violence, betrayal ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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You Can't Take From One Who Does Not Have (2010)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Greece
TV show
Story: You Can't Take From One Who Does No Have (Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos) is a Greek animated series that aired in the 2010-2011 season on Mega. Ouk an lavois para tou mi ehontos develops in modern Athens where Charos goes, wanting to ...
Style: entertaining, satirical, semi serious, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: satire, mythology, underworld, greek mythology, god, philosopher, greek god, afterlife, lifestyle, olympian, problem, misadventure ...
Time: 2010s
Place: greece, ancient greece
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 6.3
 4K
Furies (2024)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Seeking to avenge her father's death, a young woman becomes entangled in the web of the Fury, peacekeeper of the Paris criminal underworld.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, tense, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot: organized crime, crime boss, criminal, female protagonist, underworld, criminal underworld, revenge, problem, vigilante, corruption, anti hero, moral ambiguity ...
Place: paris france, france, europe
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 229 min.
Story: A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style: ambiguous ending, melancholic, epic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, betrayal, childhood friend, gunfight, murder, corruption, flashback ...
Time: 1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city, america, china ...
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Mission Manila (1988)
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Web is a desperate man with a dangerous mission. His young brother Tony has mysteriously vanished with a million dollars worth of heroin that belongs to the mob. The mob wants the drugs back...and Tony dead. In the back alleys of Manila, his search ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, detective, dark, neo noir ...
Plot: underworld, drug traffic, corruption, violence, missing person, revenge, gang, underground, investigation, rescue mission, rescue, brotherhood ...
Time: 80s
Place: the philippines, manila philippines
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 7.3
 39K
Get Carter (1971)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Michael Caine is Jack Carter, a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brothers death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends ...
Style: neo noir, tense, grindhouse, cult classic, grim ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, gangster, hitman, organized crime, investigation, british gangster, mafia, violent, murder, assassin, gangsta, vigilante ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1971
Place: england, northern england, britain, europe, london
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 7.1
 12K
Election (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A drama-thriller centered on a democratic election within an organized crime society.
Style: suspense, captivating, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Plot: organized crime, election, rise to the top, ego clash, rivalry, ambition, asian gangster, uninhibited rivalry, rules and policies, temperamental, merciless, elimination ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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 7.4
 7K
Election 2 (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok (Simon Yam) faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy (Louis Koo) looks to increase his business relations with mainland China.
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, rough ...
Plot: triad, organized crime, election, henchman, dishonesty, rivalry, rules and policies, gangster, criminal heroes, asian gangster, criminal, crime boss ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: china, hong kong, asia
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, hooligan, murder, criminal, drug abuse, violent, police investigation, betrayal, partners in crime, rivalry, criminal heroes, vicious ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1975, year 1995 ...
Place: england, london, united kingdom, britain, europe
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The Green Hornet (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), the heir to the largest newspaper fortune in Los Angeles, is a spoiled playboy who has been, thus far, happy to lead an aimless life. After his father (Tom Wilkinson) dies, Britt meets Kato (Jay Chou), a resourceful company ...
Style: funny, satirical, buddy comedy, entertaining, action thriller ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: violence, revenge, vigilante, superhero, inheritance, buddy, martial arts, gunfight, chase, fight scenes, justice, good versus evil ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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 7.2
 63K
Animal Kingdom (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Following the death of his mother, J finds himself living with his estranged family, under the watchful eye of his doting grandmother, Smurf, mother to the Cody boys. J quickly comes to believe that he is a player in this world. But, as he soon ...
Style: tense, disturbing, bleak, visually appealing, neo noir ...
Plot: violence, organized crime, gangster, mafia, bad mother, investigation, justice, complex characters, vengeance, character study, drug dealer, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: australia, peru, melbourne, oceania, new zealand
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 6.8
 16K
Outrage (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The story begins with Sekiuchi, boss of the Sannokai, a huge organized crime syndicate controlling the entire Kanto region, issuing a stern warning to his lieutenant Kato and right-hand man Ikemoto, head of the Ikemoto-gumi. Kato orders Ikemoto to ...
Style: serious, tense, cynical, realistic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, gang member, gang, organized crime, gangster, hanging, criminal heroes, gang war, danger, rivalry, gory, merciless ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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The Man from Nowhere (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 119 min.
Story: His only friend called him 'the man from nowhere'... Taesik, a former special agent becomes a loner after losing his wife in a miserable accident and lives a bitter life running a pawnshop. He only has a few customers and a friend named ...
Style: brutal, bloody, touching, emotional, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, girls' night, teens
Plot: revenge, one man army, violent, martial arts, lone hero, kidnapping, gang, rivalry, child in peril, assassin, master warrior, drug lord ...
Time: year 2010, y2k, 21st century
Place: korea, south korea, east asia, asia, seoul
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 6.4
 114K
Colombiana (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, action thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: revenge, hitman, female assassin, vengeance, assassin, female killer, strong female lead, vigilantism, vigilante, female protagonist, haunted by the past, kick-butt women ...
Time: year 2011, year 1992, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
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 6.4
 72K
Dead Man Down (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, neo noir, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, secrets, gangster, blackmail, mob boss, vengeance, mafia, guilt, deception, vigilantism, death of wife, mystery woman ...
Time: year 2013, year 2012, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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 7.0
 6K
Trese (2021)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
Duration: 33 min.
TV show
Story: In Manila, where dark supernatural forces pervade the criminal underworld, it’s up to Alexandra Trese to keep the peace — but there’s a storm brewing.
Style: anime, adult animation, gothic, dark, exciting ...
Plot: supernatural, society, threat, underworld, supernatural power, female protagonist, violence, ghost, killing, paranormal investigation, good versus evil, hunting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines, manila philippines
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 5.1
 637
Love Shot (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A hitman in Koreatown meets a Karaoke hostess only to find out she is his next target.
Style: crime thriller, humorous, romantic, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: hitman, underworld, contract killing, woman, relationships, club, criminal, in love, murder, love, fall in love, target ...
Place: los angeles
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The Alto Knights (2025)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course ...
Style: crime thriller, historical drama, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: mafia, crime boss, biopic, organized crime, betrayal, gangster, underworld, corruption, power struggle, betrayal of trust, gang warfare, conflict ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, year 1957, 70s, 60s ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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 6.3
 556
Hells (2008)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Amagane Rinne had an accident and died while hurrying to school. She suddenly arrived in an awkward school... in Hell, filled with demons. While she is struggling and wishing to go back to the world whence she came from, she makes friends with her ...
Style: anime, humorous, atmospheric, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: supernatural, teenage life, dark humor, danger, escapades, school, underworld, demon, death, rivalry, friendship, trippy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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Confessions of a Hitman (2022)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A paid assassin working for the biker gangs of Quebec outsmarts both the police and the underworld for decades, committing 28 hits over 25 years.
Style: suspenseful, dramatic, tense, bleak, serious ...
Plot: hitman, underworld, assassin, killing, murder investigation, brutality, extreme violence, murderer, bloodbath, killer, attempted murder, murder ...
Place: quebec
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Happy Birthday, Türke! (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Kemal Kayankaya, a private detective, was hired by a Turkish women, Ilter, to search for his husband, Amend, who has been missing since the death of her father, Vassif. Unknownst to him, he was about to unravel the secrets of his client's ...
Style: neo noir, crime drama, dark, noir, suspenseful ...
Plot: private detective, underworld, missing person, investigation, family secret, identity, secrets, social commentary, moral ambiguity, identity crisis, ethnicity, dual identity ...
Time: 90s
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe
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The Rise and Fall of Their American Dream (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: "The Rise and Fall of Their American Dream" revolves around Carlos, Vijay and Mike; three fearless strangers whose relentless pursuit of the fabled "American Dream" coincides. Their fateful meeting forever alters the course of ...
Style: crime drama, dark, crime thriller, tense, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: organized crime, violence, american dream, rise and fall, underworld, betrayal, friendship, immigration, exploitation, ambition, loyalty, moral ambiguity ...
Place: usa, india, mexico
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Vandhaan Vendraan (2011)
Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Vanthaan Vendraan (Tamil: வந்தான் வென்றான்; English: He Came He Won) is an upcoming Indian Tamil crime-thriller film, written and directed by R. Kannan that stars Jeeva, Nandha and Taapsee Pannu in lead roles. Principal ...
Style: crime thriller, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience: adult
Plot: gangster, underworld, male female relationship, love affair, love and romance, relationships, mafia, mafioso, secret, relationship problems, love interest, brothers ...
Time: 2010s
Place: india, mumbai india
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