Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "alcohol-prohibition"

1. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama

An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.

Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 203,101

2. The Untouchables (1987)

R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

During Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith

Votes: 330,745 | Gross: $76.27M

3. When Flowers Bloom, I Think of the Moon (2021–2022)

70 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Set during the late Joseon period, when a strict alcohol prohibition has been enacted.

Stars: Yoo Seung-ho, Lee Hyeri, Choi Won-young, Im Chul-hyung

Votes: 361

4. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

R | 125 min | Biography, Drama

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

Director: Alan Rudolph | Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher

Votes: 4,889 | Gross: $2.14M

5. Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023 TV Movie)

Documentary, Crime, History

With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.

Director: David Harvey | Stars: Chuck Granata, Lenny Luizzi, Robert Foster, Robbyn Swan

Votes: 57

6. Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )

TV-14 | Documentary, Action, Crime

Violence and corruption pulsed through the soul of the Gangster Empire during the heyday of Prohibition and the Atlantic City Boardwalk.

Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke

Votes: 31

7. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Homer vs. the 18th Amendment (1997)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

After alcohol is banned in Springfield, Homer adopts the moniker of the "Beer Baron" to bootleg liquor, prompting an investigation from an uptight Treasury agent.

Director: Bob Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,637

8. America in Color (2017– )
Episode: Organized Crime (2018)

TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, History

It's the 1920s. America is on the rise, and so is a dark underworld run by a new kind of criminal, one that is organized, sophisticated, and ruthless. For the next 40 years, legendary ... See full summary »

Stars: Eric Meyers, Tony Accardo, Max Beesley, Al Capone

Votes: 17

9. Scary Tales of New York (2023– )
Episode: Haircut for a Mob Boss (2023)

Crime

Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, once the chief of the notorious "Murder Incorporated" crime firm, winds up the target of a mob hit in a barber shop chair.

Director: Steve Maher | Stars: Frank DiMatteo, Michael Cannell, Colm Meaney, Shane Serrano

10. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Chicago, trois notes de blues (2012)

Documentary

A nice journey of Sophie from the center of Chicago (the meeting with Greg Borzo, the travel in the Loop, the brick houses, the bike tour, the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago river-the ... See full summary »

Director: Frédéric Mianne | Star: Sophie Jovillard

11. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (2012)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Charles "Lucky" Luciano was the number one gangster of all time. He put the "Organised" into organised crime and invented the modern Mafia.

Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Selwyn Raab, Joseph Coffey, Douglas Valentine, Thomas Reppetto

Votes: 20

12. The Great War in Numbers (2017)
Episode: The Home Front (2017)

45 min | Documentary, History, War

The state of the Home Fronts of the belligerents of World War I is explored.

Stars: John Heffernan, Sascha Auerbach, Sarah Badcock, Alexandra Churchill