Underworld movies and TV shows – page 3
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| Esref's Dream (2025) | 6.8 | |
| The Nice Guy (2025) | 6.6 | |
| Toxic (2026) | ||
| Mantis (2025) | 5.3 | |
| Coolie (2025) | 6.0 |
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
Sobharaj is the leader of an underworld gang. He gets killed in an encounter with the police. The DSP uses his lookalike brother to pose as him in order to capture the rest of his gang.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, tension, dramatic, noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, police, crime boss, underworld, law enforcement, undercover, covert operation, investigation, chase, betrayal, shootout, urban ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Kanno (Ken Takakura) is a Yakuza. He had to kill Matsuoka who betrayed their boss. Kanno knew Matsuoka had a 3-year-old daughter named Youko. Before he gave himself to the police, he asked his trusted man to take care of her. While in prison, Kanno ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, emotional, suspense, noir ...
Plot:
yakuza, betrayal, revenge, prison, organized crime, underworld, violence, father daughter relationship, crime family, moral ambiguity, honor, family drama ...
Place:
tokyo, brazil
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film follows underworld don Vincent Gomas (Mohanlal) and his rivalry against the Kerala Home minister N. Krishnadas (Ratheesh).
Style:
political thriller, tension, intense, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
gangster, anti hero, betrayal, crime boss, politics, underworld, corrupt politician, mob boss, corruption, power politics, power struggle, minister ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Rajesh Khanna plays the role of Amar an unemployed struggle in life, just because he believes in honesty. Ammar's eyes open when his mother dies in a car accident. He realizes that his mother could not be safe due to his honest ways. To improve ...
Style:
crime drama, masala, emotional, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
poverty, betrayal, gangster, crime boss, underworld, corruption, henchman, police, moral dilemma, family tragedy, revenge, friendship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
mumbai india
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud is a six-part New Zealand television mini-series. The series originally aired from 17 August 2011 to 21 September 2011. It was the first Underbelly series to be created outside of Australia, and depicts ...
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug traffic, drug lord, criminal underworld, smuggling, drug, drug trade, underworld, drug dealer, drug smuggling, gang member, drug cartel ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
Five years after becoming Chief Minister of Kerala, Jathin Ramdas' move to align with communal forces led by Balraj 'Baba' Bajrangi, triggers Stephen Nedumpally aka Khureshi Ab'raam to return with his Man Friday Zayed Masood to ...
Style:
political thriller, crime drama, dark, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot:
politics, power struggle, underworld, corruption, double life, conspiracy, manipulation, betrayal, moral ambiguity, organized crime, identity, gangster ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Morita, a man who never succeeds in anything, takes his anger out in gambling. He meets an underworld fixer named Ginji Hirai, who introduces him to the underworld trade, where billions of yen changes hands every moment, and speculators and other ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, crime thriller, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
money, gambling, greed, speculation, underworld, influencer, greedy man, misfit, gambler, criminal underworld, mishap, manipulation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The movie revolves around Chengiz, an underworld mafia from the 1970s to the mid-90s that ruled the streets of Calcutta.
Style:
dark, intense, retro, suspenseful, noir
Plot:
underworld, gangster, organized crime, rise and fall, corruption, violence, power, anti hero, mafia, power struggle, political corruption, lawlessness ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s
Place:
kolkata, india
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 166 min.
Story:
The opening scenes give you an indication of how the movie is going to shape up. NRI Krishna returns to his village with his wife and child to work for the upliftment of the village folk. However, when the family, along with his old father, is on ...
Style:
masala, thrilling, heroic, fast paced, emotional ...
Plot:
gangster, betrayal, vengeance, crime boss, underworld, revenge, family tragedy, father son relationship, power struggle, corruption, spectacle, anti hero ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime
Country: Greece
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An aged , above any suspicion, bourgeois by the nickname 'The Master', lives isolated in a luxurious beachfront villa with his teenage daughter. In reality, however, he is an illicit trade in antiquities, a loan shark and a black market ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
loan shark, hitman, prostitute, obsession, antique dealer, forbidden love, underworld, organized crime, fight, rescue, femme fatale, fall in love ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
greece, athens greece
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Nenad, Maras his little brother, wants to follow the ilegal footsteps of his brother and now Maras and Baca have to free him from the clutches of the bad guys.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, underworld, gang, breaking the law, crime boss, bandit, money problems, criminal underworld, criminal gang, money, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
balkan
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
A reformed gangster now taxi driver unwittingly draws the vengeance of a crime syndicate after aiding the police in busting a smuggling operation. Fueled by a burning desire for justice and to protect his adopted sister, he embarks on a relentless ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, revenge, organized crime, justice, underworld, gang, half brother half sister relationship, siblings, criminal gang, avenge, vengeance, sister ...
Place:
kolkata
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Zakir is a retired underworld don who is forced to come out of retirement and fight against creepy cops, corrupt politicians and crazy rivals.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
gangster, political corruption, revenge, underworld, vigilante, vigilante justice, police corruption, corrupt politician, criminal underworld, murder, battles, political conspiracy ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Set in the early 1990s, Michael, a simple yet daring boy from the south moves to Bombay with a personal strong motive, grow under the wings of Gurunath, a dreaded gangster. Michael is assigned with a task of killing the man involved in the attempted ...
Style:
crime drama, dark, period piece, suspense, romantic drama
Plot:
gangster, underworld, power struggle, revenge, ambition, love, rise to power, danger, coming of age, loyalty, hitman, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bombay india, delhi
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A child abandoned in a subway coin locker is sold to a ruthless and calculating loan shark and gangster boss dubbed “Mother” (Kim Hye-soo), who runs an organ-harvesting ring in Incheon’s Chinatown. Named Il-Young (Kim Go-Eun), the baby girl ...
Style:
bleak, tense, atmospheric, dark, crime drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
revenge, survival, dysfunctional family, murder, loan shark, organ trafficking, group of criminals, mother daughter relationship, underworld, violence, gangster, siblings relations ...
Place:
east asia
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A local village rowdy arrives in the city to earn money by any means and participates in a brawl between two rivals that brings him to their attention.
Style:
intense, crime drama, masala, fast paced, twist ending
Plot:
revenge, mafia, underworld, anti hero, violence, gangster, showdown, vigilante, power struggle, rise and fall, urban, heroism ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The fate of four friends, who work at a garage, witness drastic changes after they lock horns with a dreaded gangster in town
Style:
suspense, crime drama, tense, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
car chase, murder witness, car, car thief, underworld, gangster, criminal underworld, criminal gang, criminal, car theft, hijacker, bandit ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
In a world ruled by crime and betrayal, mafia kingpin Sakthivel and his brother Manikkam rescue a young boy, Amaran, during a violent police shootout and raise him as their own. Years later, when an assassination attempt shakes Sakthivel's ...
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, emotional, tragic
Plot:
organized crime, gangster, mafia, betrayal, underworld, shootout, gang war, revenge, power struggle, loyalty, assassination, violent ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
A young carrom player in North Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two feuding gangsters.
Style:
crime drama, atmospheric, bleak, harsh, noir ...
Plot:
violence, betrayal, criminal syndicate, underworld, gang, gangster, character study, realism, urban, power struggle, working class, survival ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As befits a full-blooded Jiang Hu (underworld) antic, COTL takes place over the course of a short, frenetic period, feeling to all intents and purposes like one night. It encompasses plenty of gore and cadavers (unless you get the sanitized, ...
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, tense, suspenseful, intense ...
Plot:
triad, power struggle, assassination, criminal underworld, underworld, loyalty, organized crime, violence, gang warfare, betrayal, corruption, mafia ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A former basketball player bonds with a robber and becomes attracted to a dark lifestyle.
Style:
tense, dark, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
shootout, martial arts, bank robbery, underworld, moral ambiguity, gunfight, bandit, criminal, fight, problem, life is a bitch, battles ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Triad leader Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters, a brutal war begins in the world of jiang-hu. Meanwhile, an internal conflict begins between Hung and his best man, Left-Hand.
Style:
tense, crime drama, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, rivalry, triad, criminal heroes, right hand man, heroic bloodshed, chinese mafia, underworld, brotherhood, organized crime, power struggle, betrayal ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, china, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The notorious Bimal Mandal, who ruled the Rishra-Hindmotor-Konnagar area for years, gets arrested by Dibakar Sen. However, he gets away due to lack of evidence. Soon, Dibakar and Hubba, seem to become alter egos of one another and morality gets ...
Style:
crime drama, thrilling, captivating, dark, tense ...
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, underworld, anti hero, moral ambiguity, bandit, criminal, gangster boss, extortion, power struggle, corruption, violence ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ekin Cheng stars in this gritty triad action drama as Dragon, a talented former hitman who has reformed and is now a waiter at a blue collar cafe. However, when his ex-girlfriend becomes the queen of the Underworld, she becomes determined to entice ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
triad, organized crime, criminal underworld, underworld, chinese mafia, changing lives, social problems, life is a bitch, criminal, bandit, street gang, ex convict ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Aarumugam, nicknamed Aaru, is a thug and dealmaker with a band of boys handpicked from the slums of Chennai. Aaru’s mentor Viswanathan protects him, because Aaru gives him the violent undercover he needs. When Vishwanthan declares war on his ...
Style:
masala, brutal, emotional
Plot:
gangster, betrayal, revenge, violence, crime boss, loyalty, underworld, vendetta, corruption, vigilante, one man army, anti hero ...
Time:
2000s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, India
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
When a clever, carefree gangster is recruited to help an overseas crime lord take down a rival, he is caught off guard by the moral dilemmas that follow.
Style:
crime drama, light, captivating, intense, tense ...
Plot:
gangster, crime boss, organized crime, immigrant, underworld, moral ambiguity, anti hero, moral dilemma, criminal, partners in crime, escapades, master criminal ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
london, india
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style:
tense, realistic, clever, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, organized crime, gangster, drug lord, mob boss, drug traffic, heroin, violence, smuggling, crime boss, ghetto, police ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 1968, year 1970, year 2007 ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, vietnam, brooklyn new york city, cuba ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, humorous, atmospheric, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
dark humor, hitman, redemption, haunted by the past, guilt, death, tourist, dialogue, shooting, dwarf, friendship, suicidal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, future, medieval times, 21st century
Place:
bruges, europe, ireland, london, amsterdam ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Sentenced to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) is alone in the world and can neither read nor write. On his arrival at the prison, he seems younger and more brittle than the others detained there. At once he falls under the sway of ...
Style:
tense, harsh, rough, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
prison, mafia, prison life, gangster, cruelty, male nudity, organized crime, male objectification, convict, prison gang, prison escape, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 90s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, marseille, europe, paris france, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia.
Style:
tense, period piece, cerebral, suspense, cynical ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
partners in crime, mafia, scam, fbi, cons and scams, organized crime, fbi investigation, deception, con artists, politics, twists and turns, strip club ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1978, year 2013, 90s ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, boston, atlantic city new jersey, new york ...
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