Best Gangster Movies of 2025
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Best Gangster Movies of 2025
TOP Movies: She Rides Shotgun (2025), Sinners (2025), The Alto Knights (2025), Zootopia 2 (2025), Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025), Diablo (2025), Escobank (2025), Vattakhanal (2025), Ruthless Bastards (2025), Paanch Minar (2025), A Working Man (2025), Nobody 2 (2025), They Call Him OG (2025), Fighter Shiva (2025), Retro (2025), Good Bad Ugly (2025), L2: Empuraan (2025), Trap House (2025), Gangstas (2025), Play Dirty (2025).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Newly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs. With scant resources and no one to trust, Nate and Polly forge a bond under fire as he shows her ...
Style:
detective, intense, f word, tragic
Plot:
11 year old girl, school, dog, shootout, daughter, father, prison gang, on the run, father daughter relationship, estranged daughter, father and daughter, young girl ...
Place:
new mexico
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Music, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Style:
period piece, southern gothic, dark fantasy, gothic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, vampire, profanity, brother brother relationship, twins, ku klux klan, vampirism, loss of brother, eaten alive, native american, plantation, graphic violence ...
Time:
1930s, 90s, 20th century, year 1932, year 1992 ...
Place:
mississippi, chicago, north america
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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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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootopia and turns the mammal metropolis upside down.
Style:
3d animation, neo noir, buddy comedy, computer animated, surprise ending ...
Plot:
fox, anthropomorphic animal, furry, rabbit, animal, snake, guinea pig, police officer, zebra, rhinoceros, bear, metropolis ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Spain
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Big Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world's largest diamond exchange.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, twisted, fast paced, dark ...
Plot:
heist, diamond theft, organized crime, underworld, gangster, mafia, cat and mouse, violent, scheming, european, master criminal, plot twist ...
Place:
nice france, italy, france, belgium
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ex-con Kris Chaney seizes the daughter of a Colombian gangster to fulfill a noble promise to the young girl's mother. When her father enlists both the criminal underworld and a psychotic killer to exact his revenge, Kris relies on everything ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, brutal, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, psychopath, hitman, rescue mission, organized crime, gangster, redemption, mature, violent, criminal underworld, male protagonist ...
Place:
colombia, latin america
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A ragtag group of misfits, veterans and ex-cons embark on a perilous journey in the jungles of Colombia to find the buried barrels of cash left behind by legendary drug kingpin Pablo Escobar before his downfall.
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
criminal underworld, greed, treasure hunt, heist, gangster, betrayal, desperation, corruption, moral ambiguity, murder investigation, treachery, survival ...
Place:
colombia, latin america
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Kathiravan raises three orphans—Sathya, Surya, and Shiva—as his own, grooming them to unknowingly support his illegal mushroom drug empire. Despite being used as pawns, the trio remains loyal out of love. After killing his former boss and ...
Style:
crime drama, emotional, tense, dark
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, murder, violence, betrayal, revenge, family drama, loyalty, illegal drugs, drug lord, father son conflict, power struggle ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two former gangster enforcers, filled with hate for one another, partner to take on one last assignment that could cost their lives.
Style:
crime drama, crime thriller, neo noir, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
gangster, revenge, confrontation, underworld, organized crime, hitman, violence, betrayal, grudge, violent, partnership, corruption ...
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
When Chotu`s surprise party for his don father ends in tragedy, he inherits the criminal empire and uncovers his uncle Murthy`s deceit. Meanwhile, Kittu, a struggling cab driver pretending to be deaf, becomes entangled in danger after unknowingly ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspenseful, neo noir, dark comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gangster, murder, organized crime, betrayal, underworld, revenge, corruption, mafia, loyalty, double murder, rise to power, power struggle ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a ...
Style:
neo noir, surprise ending, absurd, f word
Plot:
kidnapping, kidnapped daughter, human trafficking, villainess, russian mafia, construction worker, missing person, vigilante, black ops, criminal conspiracy, one against many, hunted ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
chicago
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74K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Former assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a nostalgic vacation to a small-town theme park, only to be pulled back into violence when they clash with a corrupt operator, a crooked sheriff, and a ruthless crime boss.
Style:
fast paced, suspense, neo noir, surprise ending, black comedy ...
Plot:
russian mafia, one man army, revenge, assassin, violence, small town, hand to hand combat, corrupt sheriff, crime boss, corruption, male protagonist, vigilante ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
ohio
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
After vanishing from Mumbai's underworld for a decade, mob boss Ojas Gambheera resurfaces—feared, unstoppable, and with a single goal: to reclaim his empire and exact vengeance on the current tyrant, Omi Bhau. As loyalties fracture and ...
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, brutal, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
mob boss, underworld, gangster, crime boss, organized crime, betrayal, retribution, power struggle, violence, revenge, vendetta, rivalry ...
Place:
mumbai india
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Village dreamer Shiva comes to Hyderabad to become a director.Rejected and desperate, he joins the drug mafia to fund his film. As he rises, violence consumes him. With cops chasing and gangsters betraying him, Shiva chooses to fight back.
Style:
crime thriller, dark, tense, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
underworld, moral ambiguity, gangster, ambition, anti hero, organized crime, filmmaking, betrayal, violence, corruption, film industry, power struggle ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Raised by a criminal father, Paarivel Kannan leaves behind his adoptive family to build a quiet life with his love, Rukmini. But his violent past won't let him go.
Style:
dark, crime drama, tense, intense, emotional ...
Plot:
revenge, moral ambiguity, mature, gangster, betrayal, father son relationship, redemption, retribution, anti hero, violent, family drama, character study ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
AK, a powerful gangster, surrenders to the police, in hopes that his wife and son will live a peaceful life. When he is released 17 years later, he learns that his son is falsely accused of serious crimes. To protect him, he is forced to go back to ...
Style:
crime thriller, tense, action drama, emotional, suspense ...
Plot:
protective father, family drama, father son relationship, gangster, prison, underworld, organized crime, male protagonist, reformed criminal, violence, police, revenge ...
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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: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An undercover DEA agent and his partner embark on a game of cat and mouse with an audacious, and surprising group of thieves - their own rebellious teenagers, who have begun robbing from a dangerous cartel, using their parents' tactics and ...
Style:
suspenseful, twist ending, noir, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
undercover, organized crime, dea, heist, drug trade, cat and mouse, cartel, informant, betrayal, double life, family drama, law enforcement ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
mexico, el paso texas
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
On the streets of Antwerp, Badia, Junes and Volt are trying to tear themselves away from their past, but the underworld is inexorably pulling them back in. Adamo has worked his way up to become one of the most influential figures in the Antwerp drug ...
Style:
crime thriller, dark, suspenseful, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
drug trade, gangster, underworld, violence, betrayal, gang violence, power struggle, street life, danger, loyalty, organized crime, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
antwerp, belgium
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.
Style:
tension, fast paced, suspenseful, reflective, neo noir ...
Plot:
thief, heist, organized crime, dictator, billionaire, anti hero, criminal underworld, team, mastermind, conspiracy, underworld, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new york, south america, brooklyn new york city, indiana
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Four Boys come to Mandya from Different place of India to start their career in crime and extortion from builders and high profiles peoples and they succeed...One day things take a turn when one of them (ganpat) missing.
Style:
crime drama, dark, tense, suspenseful, tragic
Plot:
extortion, gangster, violence, moral ambiguity, corruption, organized crime, missing person, streetwise, realism, rise and fall, criminal syndicate, betrayal ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Kannan, with a past comes to Malaysia to turn over a new leaf. But when he realises that the girl he loves needs money to get out of a difficult situation, he commits a robbery that makes him the target of a fearsome gangster and the girl’s ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
corrupt cop, heist, redemption, heist gone wrong, underworld, moral ambiguity, second chance, corruption, anti hero, organized crime, gangster, desperation ...
Place:
malaysia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Ajesh,a jewellery agent lends 25 sovereigns of gold to Bruno for his sister Steffi's wedding, only to recover just half. When he demands the rest, he’s drawn into a tense comeback battle with Steffi's husband Mariano, an infamous prawn ...
Style:
tension, suspense, dark
Plot:
gold, family drama, outsmarting, betrayal, greed, confrontation, crime boss, small town, power struggle, cat and mouse, ruse, debt ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A detective goes against the successor to a drug-trafficking crime syndicate, who aspires for a society free of drugs by orchestrating anarchy in Hong Kong.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
chinese mafia, drug crime, drug, criminal, danger, criminal underworld, gangster, drug dealing, battles, criminal's revenge, youth, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A violent outlaw takes a job as a personal driver in order to protect the life of a little girl.
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, emotional
Plot:
outlaw, anti hero, criminal underworld, violent, revenge, survival, gangster, violence, power struggle, showdown, moral ambiguity, protector ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Car genius Lino returns to conclude his vendetta against Areski and the corrupt commander who ruined their lives in this turbo-charged trilogy finale.
Style:
fast paced, neo noir
Plot:
revenge, vendetta, corruption, police corruption, ex convict, heist, anti hero, gangster, cat and mouse, loyalty, moral ambiguity, master criminal ...
Place:
south of france, french riviera
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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, Adventure, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A rag-tag team of divers attempting to salvage a sunken car from a river are thwarted by a highly aggressive bull shark.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
shark attack, shark, underwater, gangster, stolen gold, sea creature, diver, monster, reward, car, world war two veteran, pistol ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
australia
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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, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Mantis, an ace assassin, returns to the contract killer industry after a hiatus, encountering his trainee friend Jae-yi and a retired legendary killer Dok-go, who now runs the organization.
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, tense, dark, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
assassin, hitman, contract killer, gunfight, underworld, anti hero, moral ambiguity, violence, mature, ruse, training, redemption ...
Place:
seoul, east asia
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