American Gangster (2007) is a crime movie directed by Ridley Scott. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

★ 8.0 · 10,747 votes · Drama, Crime
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie and Sick Boy come knocking.
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★ 7.4 · 4,716 votes · Crime, Drama
The story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.
Movies like Blow →
★ 8.5 · 14,878 votes · Drama, Crime
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.
Movies like GoodFellas →
★ 6.8 · 512 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.
Movies like Year of the Dragon →
★ 6.9 · 11,048 votes · Action, Crime
Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord.
Movies like Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) →
★ 7.3 · 10,286 votes · Thriller, Action, Crime
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Movies like The Equalizer →
★ 8.2 · 13,553 votes · Action, Crime, Drama
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 state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
Movies like Scarface →
★ 8.0 · 6,801 votes · Crime, Drama
In Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Movies like Casino →
★ 7.5 · 2,235 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Movies like The French Connection →
★ 8.6 · 14,467 votes · Drama, Crime
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Movies like The Godfather Part II →
★ 6.4 · 1,328 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city’s secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.
Movies like District 13: Ultimatum →
★ 7.1 · 2,525 votes · Thriller, Drama, Crime
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
Movies like Traffic →
★ 6.9 · 2,493 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
Movies like Layer Cake →
★ 8.2 · 16,776 votes · Drama, Thriller, Crime
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
Movies like The Departed →
★ 7.5 · 6,920 votes · Action, Crime, Drama
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Movies like Training Day →
★ 7.5 · 5,022 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Movies like Donnie Brasco →
★ 7.7 · 12,676 votes · Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
Movies like The Batman →
★ 6.4 · 2,979 votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.
Movies like The Little Things →
★ 8.4 · 8,520 votes · Drama, Crime
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Movies like City of God →
★ 7.0 · 9,609 votes · Romance, Drama, Crime
A woman falls victim to a dominant mafia boss, who imprisons her and gives her one year to fall in love with him.
Movies like 365 Days →