Best MAFIA & Gangsters TV SHOWS
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- CreatorSteven KnightStarsCillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie RundleA gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
- CreatorTerence WinterStarsSteve BuscemiKelly MacdonaldMichael ShannonAn Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
- CreatorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoNew Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
- CreatorChris BrancatoPaul EcksteinStarsForest WhitakerIlfenesh HaderaLucy FryA gangster named Bumpy Johnson makes his way in Harlem during the 1960s. A TV prequel to the 2007 film, 'American Gangster', which centered on the criminal enterprise of Frank Lucas.
- CreatorGareth EvansMatt FlanneryStarsJoe ColeSope DirisuMichelle FairleyTells the story of London being torn apart by the turbulent power struggles of its international gangs and the sudden power vacuum that's created when the head of London's most powerful crime family is assassinated.
- CreatorLeonardo FasoliMauricio KatzStefano SollimaStarsAndrea RiseboroughDane DeHaanGiuseppe De DomenicoA cocaine shipment makes its way to Europe, starting from the moment a powerful cartel of Italian criminals decides to buy it, to its journeys through Mexico, to its shipment across the Atlantic Ocean.
- StarsClaudio GioèDaniele LiottiSalvatore LazzaroBased on the life of Salvatore Riina ('Totò u Curtu'), a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.
- CreatorLeonardo FasoliStefano BisesRoberto SavianoStarsSalvatore EspositoMarco D'AmoreIvana LotitoCiro disregards tradition in his attempt to become the next boss of his crime syndicate. The internal power struggle puts him and his entire family's life at risk.
- CreatorStuart CarolanStarsTom Vaughan-LawlorKillian ScottAoibhinn McGinnityThe story of the organized crime scene of Dublin is revealed, centered on Darren, who wants to stay out of trouble but ends up returning to his old habits and his old gang.
- StarsMarco RossettiRoberto CitranMiriam DalmazioItaly and the mafia were at war in the early 1990s. Saverio Barone, a determined young prosecutor, steps in to fight for the innocents caught up in the carnage.
- CreatorJonathan LiscoStarsShawn HatosyBen RobsonJake WearyCenters on a Southern California family, whose excessive lifestyle is fueled by their criminal activities.
- StarsAlessandro BorghiGiacomo FerraraFilippo NigroIn 2008, a fight over land in a seaside town near Rome spirals into a deadly battle between organized crime, corrupt politicians and the Vatican.
- CreatorEilif SkodvinAnne BjørnstadStarsSteven Van ZandtTrond FausaSteinar SagenA New York mobster goes into hiding in rural Lillehammer in Norway after testifying against his former associates.
- CreatorCarlo BernardChris BrancatoDoug MiroStarsPedro PascalWagner MouraBoyd HolbrookA chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.
- StarsVinicio MarchioniAlessandro RojaMarco BocciThis crime drama, set in Rome in the 1970s, tells the story of the Banda della Magia, a prolific Italian crime family responsible for some of the country's most violent crimes.
- StarsRobert StackWalter WinchellNicholas GeorgiadeSpecial Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptable agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
- CreatorKurt SutterStarsCharlie HunnamKatey SagalMark Boone JuniorA biker struggles to balance being a father and being involved in an outlaw motorcycle club.
- CreatorPaul HaggisBobby MorescoStarsJonathan TuckerTom GuiryOlivia WildeFour young Irish brothers are caught up in New York's underworld of organized crime.
- CreatorMitch GlazerStarsJeffrey Dean MorganOlga KurylenkoSteven StraitCenters on Miami mobsters and other characters from Miami Beach in the late 1950s.
- StarsIan BellCraig Thomas RivelaRich GraffMaking of the Mob, is an eight-part docudrama that begins in 1905 and spans more than 50 years, tracing the original five families that led to the modern American Mafia, including the rise of Charles Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky and Benjamin Bugsy Siegel.
- StarsDamon RunyanIan MatthewsAri CohenA gritty fact based drama series that tells the astonishing story of a drug dealer who was arrested then given a desperate ultimatum: serve over 20 years in jail, or go undercover inside one of America's most notorious biker gangs. Charles Falco opted to go undercover and for the next three years he led a crazy and dangerous life infiltrating the Vagos motorcycle gang, collecting evidence while faced with the constant risk that he might be discovered and become one of the gang's victims. Each episode unfolds a different step in Falco's covert investigation into their illegal activities, while across the series, the drama builds as carefully constructed character arcs unfold bitter personal rivalries. These tensions finally erupt when the gang's Vice President is killed in a motorcycle accident, unleashing a chain of unforeseen consequences that ultimately tear the gang apart. With suspicions about Falco's true identity mounting, the operation threatens to unravel, leading to a tense and dramatic conclusion. Drawing on the wealth of material from Falco's time under cover, along with broader documented historical research of inter gang rivalry, this series dramatically captures the reality of outlaw biker counter culture: a world where freedom is equated with the right to carry guns and trade drugs with impunity, and respect can be earned through fear... following the conclusion of his undercover operation with the Vagos, the reformed Falco goes into witness protection... but hooked on the adrenaline rush of undercover work he volunteers to go undercover inside not just one, but two more biker gangs...
- CreatorBill DubuqueMark WilliamsStarsJason BatemanLaura LinneySofia HublitzA financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.
- CreatorMichael KonyvesSimon BarryStarsKim CoatesLouis FerreiraSharon TaylorA dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
- StarsRonan SummersMichael BeachRide along for an uncompromising look at the lives of those who sell, use and wage a war on drugs in the U.S. and Mexico.
- StarsCecilia NaviaVicky HernándezChristian TappanThe exploits of the notorious drug lord, Pablo Escobar.
- StarsJosé SanchoAlicia BorracheroJuana AcostaCrematorio is the story of the Bertomeus, a family that has managed to amass a great fortune over several generations.
- CreatorMike ClattenburgStarsJohn Paul TremblayRobb WellsMike SmithThree petty felons have a documentary made about their life in a trailer park.
- StarsDanny AielloJoe MantegnaDaryl HannahSprawling Mario Puzo novel about an Italian family of gangsters draws the inevitable comparison to "The Godfather", but does find its own direction. Headed by Don Domenico Clericuzio, the family kills a rival gang on the night of the Don's daughter's wedding, including her new husband, the son of his rival. Unfortunately the daughter gets pregnant and the repercussions of the night drift into the future. Spanning 1964-1985, the film jumps forward with the growing up of the grandson who has grown ruthless and scheming. A co-rival in the family is a nephew who has been raised to take his father's place in the family as a hit man and has established his place by assassinating a man who killed a senator's daughter. However, he is proven to not be ruthless enough and moves into the family's casino business in Vegas. When the nephew falls in love with a beautiful actress, everything is set in place for the grandson to set up a coup to take over the family.
- CreatorGraham YostStarsTimothy OlyphantNick SearcyJoelle CarterEnforcing his own brand of justice, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, a strong-willed, quiet law-man haunted by his past, returns to his native town to see that justice is served to those in need.
- StarsKida Khodr RamadanVeysel GelinSami NasserBased in Neukölln, Berlin, Toni manages the daily business of dealing with the Arab gangs and ends up wanting to leave his old life behind for his family, but as expected, it's never that simple.
- CreatorVarun GroverStarsSaif Ali KhanNawazuddin SiddiquiNeeraj KabiA link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.
- CreatorBen KetaiStarsAdam BrodyEdi GathegiOtmara MarreroA desperate banker, a Haitian-American gang lord and a Cuban-American hacker are forced to work together to unwittingly create their version of the American dream - organized crime 2.0.
- CreatorNicholas PileggiGreg WalkerStarsDennis QuaidMichael ChiklisCarrie-Anne MossRalph Lamb, a former MP for the US Army, becomes sheriff. His brother, Jack, and his son, Dixon, are deputized. Meanwhile, Vincent Savino comes from Chicago to Vegas to run The Savoy hotel and casino.
- CreatorSilvana AguirreCarlos ContrerasStarsMarco de la OHumberto BustoDiego VásquezA look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power during the '90s as the head of the Sinaloa Cartel and his ultimate downfall in 2016.
- CreatorLina UribeDario VanegasRoberto StopelloStarsKate del CastilloHumberto ZuritaAlejandro CalvaTeresa Mendoza returns to Mexico after 8 years to fight with Mexican drug dealers.
- StarsSamuel ZuluagaManuel Antonio GómezJames LawrenceFollows the series of events that lead to the downfall of Colombia's infamous Cali drug cartel.
- CreatorLuis ZelkowiczStarsMauricio OchmannJulio BrachoItatí CantoralInspired by true events, This is the story of the most notorious drug kingpin the world had ever seen. A man known as El Chapo, the biggest international drug lord in history. The most important and influential man, in the history of Narcos. He changed the game with his spectacular escapes and innovative smuggling techniques.
- StarsBernard O'MahoneyFrankie FraserPaul FerrisVillains, gangsters or "Faces" as they prefer to be called, are the men, gang and family members who have made headlines over the past 50 years for all the wrong reasons. Some are household names: the Krays, the Richardsons, Paul Ferris, Frankie Fraser, Arthur Thompson and Vic Dark. Many you will not recognise, but the mere mention of these people has struck fear into individuals and entire communities. Despite their notoriety, the faces of Britain's most feared criminals remain largely unknown. That is until now. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld gives a unique insider's insight into these men. Presented by Bernard O'Mahoney, best-selling true crime author and former member of the Essex Boys Firm, Britain's most infamous and influential 'faces' are interviewed for the first time, many of whom have never appeared on camera before.
- CreatorRonan BennettStarsAshley WaltersKanoJasmine JobsonTwo London drug dealers ply their lucrative trade at a public housing estate in East London.
- CreatorCarlo BernardChris BrancatoDoug MiroStarsScoot McNairyJosé María YazpikAlejandro EddaThe rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in Mexico.
- StarsDave B. MitchellDamon O'DanielJudy HoDeep Undercover is a true crimes series from writer and producer Joe Pistone, the real "Donnie Brasco." Each episode tells the story of a different undercover operation from the POV of the undercover officers involved.
- CreatorTeodora MarkovaGeorgi IvanovStarsIvaylo ZaharievZachary BaharovVladimir PenevTrained young policeman goes undercover in the gang of the most dangerous mafia boss in Bulgaria.
- StarsMaurice ColbourneAhmed KhalilElizabeth CassidyHard-hitting drama in which Maurice Colbourne plays John Kline, a former SAS operative and convicted criminal who is released from prison and recruited to act as an undercover agent within Birmingham's underworld.
- StarsJuan Pablo UrregoAmparo GrisalesNatasha KlaussAs the Medellin Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No.1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.
- CreatorAndrés LópezStarsPaulina GálvezVivian OssaJesus ChaverTwo good friends join the underground world of drug trafficking to make quick money and improve their lifestyles.
- CreatorPuneet KrishnaKaran AnshumanStarsPankaj TripathiAli FazalShweta TripathiA shocking incident at a wedding procession ignites a series of events entangling the lives of two families in the lawless city of Mirzapur.
- CreatorPietro ValsecchiStarsStefano AccorsiGiuseppe ZenoFrancesca BeggioStory of one of the most ruthless mafia and criminal organizations that Italy has ever known, but also the story of an Italy that responded with dignity and moral rigor against the Camorra.
- StarsAna De los RiscosOdín AyalaAndrés PalaciosTwo families collide around the figure of their patriarch: Mexico's gambling tzar.
- CreatorCorinne MarrinanEd McCardieStarsMarc-André GrondinDenis MénochetMiranda RaisonThe law-abiding owner of a crime scene cleaning service is forced into business with a powerful mob boss thanks to his irresponsible older brother.
- StarsKate del CastilloJessica MaldonadoMarianne SauvageFamed Mexican actress Kate del Castillo introduces a Hollywood star to a fugitive drug lord. What could go wrong? For her: a lot.
- StarsJavier ReyTristán UlloaAntonio Durán 'Morris'In 1980s Galicia (Spain), the fishing sector was transformed and many of the shipowners became indebted. This situation will be favorable for the start of activities such as contraband and drug trafficking.
- StarsJason Chad RothDiego Martín VásquezWill RodriguezFollows the lives of five young women in Colombia and each of their ties with drug traffickers and trafficking.
- StarsKate del CastilloWayne LeGetteJorge ZabaletaIn a world of crime, violence and dangerous alliances, a betrayed woman rises as its ruthless queen. Anastasia Cardona will make of paradise a territory of her devise, her whims and her orders.
- StarsMike SecherAlex Cameron DimezDerrick HesseleinDocumentary style show that explores in depth how drugs in modern day society are sold, processed, and how police are cracking down on it.
- StarsAna SerradillaJulián RománJuan Pablo Gamboa"The Black Widow" is based on the life of Griselda Blanco. This Colombian novela walks you through the life of the infamous Griselda Blanco, a Cocain Kingpin in the early 1980's.
- CreatorCourtney A. KempStarsOmari HardwickLela LorenNaturi NaughtonJames "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York nightclub owner who has it all; dreaming big, catering to the city's elite, and living a double life as a drug kingpin.
- CreatorSimon BeaufoyStarsHarris DickinsonDonald SutherlandHilary SwankIn 1973 Rome, John Paul Getty III, the heir and younger member of an oil tycoons' clan, is kidnapped by the Italian Mafia in order to get a ransom.
- StarsLouis FerranteInside The Gangsters' Code follows ex-mafia street boss Lou Ferrante as he explores different gang cultures, their characters, and their inner workings. Lou travels the globe - from Naples to New Mexico - and immerses himself in their respective cultures, both inside and outside of prisons. He lives alongside prisoners, talk to guards, get under the skin of gang members, and meets top tier 'soldiers', following the trail of gang power from prison to the outside world, meeting key figures and family to provide an insider's perspective of a notoriously clandestine world. These gangs rule the streets from inside prison walls, while running activities from behind bars and controlling the communities living outside. Lou will set out to explain their origins, history, partners, motivations and political sway in more personal detail and with an insight and passion never before applied to the subject.
- StarsJason IsaacsMichelle BurkeConrad DunnUpon the death of the old don, his young heir steps into the position. He quickly proves to be just as ruthless in trying to discover who has launched a plot to overthrow his government and may be infiltrating other families.
- CreatorChuck AdamsonGustave ReiningerStarsDennis FarinaBill SmitrovichTony DenisonThe saga of a Chicago police detective's efforts to stop a young hood's ruthless rise in the ranks of organized crime.
- CreatorCésar BenítezAitor GabilondoStarsJose CoronadoÁlex GonzálezHiba AboukAn intelligence agent is sent to El Principe, on the border with Morocco, to investigate a possible police collaboration with a terrorist cell, but finds unexpected love with the least suitable person: a drug baron's sister.
- CreatorM.A. FortinJoshua John MillerStarsAlice BragaHemky MaderaPeter GadiotTeresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
- StarsFabián RíosCarolina GaitanMajida IssaA girl goes on to live difficult times when she chooses to step outside the path her parents had laid out for her.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellFrank LupoStarsJonathan BanksJim ByrnesKen WahlVincent Terranova is an agent with the Organized Crime Bureau infiltrating dangerous criminal organizations, struggling to remain true to himself while becoming close to the criminal leaders he is sworn to bring down.
- DirectorBabak NajafiStarsTaraji P. HensonBilly BrownJahi Di'Allo WinstonMary is a hit woman working for an organized crime family in Boston, whose life is completely turned around when she meets a young boy whose path she crosses when a professional hit goes bad.
- CreatorFrank DarabontStarsJon BernthalMilo VentimigliaNeal McDonough1947, Los Angeles. Cop Joe Teague walks the line between the LAPD, led by William Parker, and the mob, led by Bugsy Siegel.
- CreatorEdward BurnsStarsEdward BurnsMichael RapaportElizabeth MasucciSet in the early 1960's in New York City's Public Morals Division, where cops walk the line between morality and criminality as the temptations that come from dealing with all kinds of vice can get the better of them.
- CreatorMariano CalassoLuis ZelkowiczStarsRafael AmayaCarmen AubWayne LeGetteThe most powerful drug dealer of his time, Amado Carrillo Fuentes was a man who became the head of the Juarez Cartel. He was nicknamed the lord of the skies for his fleet of planes he used to transport drugs.
- CreatorFlavio González MelloLuis Mario MoncadaStarsAlfonso HerreraDamián AlcázarGabriela RoelInspired by the 1997 American drama Donnie Brasco, El Dandy tells the story of a law professor hired by the Attorney General to participate in a program of special operations; he must infiltrate one of the most notorious drug cartels of Mexico City. Under the false name Daniel "El Dandy" Bracho, he begins the task of identifying all the members of this clandestine network. However, he quickly finds that his acute ability to police work is only comparable with the exciting sense of danger that experiences living life to the fullest. Along the way, he is helped by El Chueco, a loyal, corrupt petty criminal who quickly befriends him and comes dangerously closer to discovering his true identity. The more deeply Bracho gets involved in the Mafia, the more difficult getting out becomes, and the once-incorruptible professor must choose between returning to a normal life as a respectable citizen and fully embracing his criminal life.
- Meet the villains, gangsters or 'faces' - as they prefer to be known - who have made headlines over the past 50 years for all the wrong reasons. The mere mention of their names has struck fear into entire communities but, despite their ruthless reputations, the faces of Britain's most infamous criminals have remained largely unseen... until now.
- CreatorStefano BisesLeonardo FasoliStarsGiulia MicheliniPaolo PierobonGiordano De PlanoLed by Deputy Inspector Claudia Mares, the Anti-Mafia Squad fights crime and corruption in the troubled Sicilian capital of Palermo. In a region that is by turns gritty and gorgeous, the team works to combat the longstanding and pervasive influence of the Mafia.
- StarsMarco BocciPeppino MazzottaRenato CarpentieriSolo (Mafia Undercover) stars Marco Bocci as Marco Pagani. Marco is an undercover cop code named Solo who has infiltrated the Italian Mafia in Rome. By twice saving Bruno Corona (Peppino Mazzotta), whose deal with a Ukrainian arms dealer goes bad he is able to ingratiate himself into his trust.
- CreatorElgin JamesKurt SutterStarsJD PardoClayton CardenasSarah BolgerSet in a post-Jax Teller world, "Mayans MC" sees EZ Reyes, a former golden boy now fresh out of prison, as a prospect in the Mayan MC charter on the California-Mexico border who must carve out his new outlaw identity.
- StarsQuinn DaltonRazor RizzottiJordan LawsonDocumentary series examining drug cartels and kingpins from around the world.
- StarsDiego CadavidRobinson DíazPatricia ManterolaNow Pepe Cadena finishes telling the story in which the most powerful drug traffickers in Colombia are strengthened but later fall while he and others dedicate themselves to the dangerous task of exposing them to collaborate with justice.
- CreatorEric EvangelistaShannon EvangelistaStarsJolinLebanon LeviMerlinUntrusting of outside law enforcement, some Amish in Lancaster County, PA have for many years regularly turned to a small organized group of men for protection and justice. The series provides a first-ever look at the men who protect and maintain peace and order within the Amish community in Lancaster. The 2006 School shootings in Lancaster County during which five young Amish girls were killed and five more seriously injured by a non-Amish milk truck driver brought to the nation's attention the vulnerabilities of the Amish community, and their need for continued protection.
- DirectorMilos AvramovicStarsMilos BikovicMiodrag RadonjicDragan BjelogrlicA young member of an underground gang in Belgrade puts himself and his family in danger when he crosses a mafia leader who works for the chief of police.
- CreatorTony JordanIgor StoimenovStarsRadivoje BukvicArben BajraktarajMilos TimotijevicUros Peric is a small business man from Belgrade. He kills a daughter of an Albanian mob boss in a car accident. In order to save his family, he is forced to commit crimes for the mafia.
- StarsMatt O'TooleKaren GravanoKarina SeabrookStaten Island: the smallest city in New York and the one with the largest mafia presence. Over the course of two years, MTV made its way to Staten Island to follow the real life of the mob.
- CreatorDavid SimonStarsDominic WestLance ReddickSonja SohnThe Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
- CreatorBlake MastersStarsJason IsaacsJason ClarkeAnnabeth GishSet in an Irish neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, the series revolves around two brothers on opposite sides of the law: one a gangster (Jason Isaacs) and the other a state politician (Jason Clarke).
- StarsDougray ScottSophie OkonedoIan HartEx Manchester gangland boss Michael O'Connor, who is now happily settled in rural Ireland, is forced to go back to Manchester when his son Sean is found guilty of the murder of a gang member.
- StarsJohn AliteMichael FranzeseJim KosslerFive Mafia families ruled New York with a bloody fist in the 1970s and '80s, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.
- CreatorHossein AminiJames WatkinsStarsYoalah BrinsonJames NortonMerab NinidzeAlex Godman has spent his life trying to escape the shadow of his family's past. But when a murder unearths their past, Alex is drawn into the criminal underworld where he must confront his values to protect those he loves.
- CreatorTaylor SheridanStarsSylvester StalloneAndrea SavageMartin StarrFollowing his release from prison, Mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is exiled to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he builds a new criminal empire with a group of unlikely characters.
- CreatorRandy HugginsStarsDa'VinchiMichole Briana WhiteDemetrius 'Lil Meech' FlenoryTwo brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.
- CreatorLeslie GreifMichael TolkinStarsMiles TellerMatthew GoodeDan FoglerOscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's never-before-revealed experiences of making The Godfather (1972).
- CreatorCarlo BernardIngrid EscajedaDoug MiroStarsSofía VergaraAlberto GuerraJuliana Aidén MartinezFleeing from Medellín to Miami, Griselda Blanco creates one of the most ruthless cartels in history.