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Little Caesar(1930): A small-time hood rises to criminal fame and power. Smart money(1931): A small-town barber who fancies himself a big-time gambler travels to the big city in the company of his younger brother, and they are soon running their own high-stakes racket .SMART MONEY (1931) In their only screen teaming, Little Caesar's Edward G. Robinson leads the way and The Public Enemy's James Cagney rides shotgun in this brisk tale of barbers who...

A mob lawyer has a professional crisis of conscience after he begins a romantic relationship with a naive showgirl.

Public enemy (1931): A story of two brothers, one an honorable war veteran, the other a high-class gangster that sold alcohol during the prohibition. Roaring twenties(1939): Three WWI buddies work for a bootlegging racket after returning to New York City.

In the 1930s, a private investigator teams up with his old partner to fight the mob, but they can't stand each other.

In a ruthless battle for power, several yakuza clans vie for the favor of their head family in the Japanese underworld. The rival bosses seek to rise through the ranks by scheming and making allegiances sworn over sake. Longtime yakuza Otomo has seen his kind go from elaborate body tattoos and severed fingertips to becoming important players on the stock market.

"You know how it is. You hit us. We hit you." Career thief Earl Macklin pays no mind to the mobster's threat. He intends to put a big hurt on an L.A crime outfit. He, his girlfriend, and his partner will avenge the murder of Macklin's brother by cutting down gangland operations bit by violent bit.

Chicago police lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the UK to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the USA but Larkin's hit men prepare an ambush for Brannigan.

Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in one of the most tumultuous eras in Newark's history, becoming a man just as rival gangsters begin to rise and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family's hold over the increasingly race-torn city. Caught up in the changing times is the uncle he idolizes, Dickie Moltisanti, who struggles to manage both his professional and personal responsibilities, and whose influence over his nephew will help make the impressionable...

A small-time gangster journeys to Newcastle to investigate and avenge his brother's killing. Once there he finds himself drawn into the local underworld where he encounters the full spectrum of violence and corruption.

Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect him. Qiao gets five years in prison for this act of loyalty. Upon her release, she goes looking for Bin to pick up where they left off