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1. Law & Order (1990– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
New York's finest police detectives and prosecutors fight to make the city a safer place. With integrity as the guiding force from investigation to verdict, the teams weigh every perspective in their commitment to finding justice.
Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina, Sam Waterston
Votes: 44,917
2. The Simpsons (1989– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
The satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner
Votes: 437,325
3. The Wire (2002–2008)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
Stars: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 379,623
4. The Godfather (1972)
R | 175 min | Crime, Drama
The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Diane Keaton
Votes: 2,020,849 | Gross: $134.97M
5. American Gangster (2007)
R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin
Votes: 453,879 | Gross: $130.16M
6. 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: 331,695 | Gross: $76.27M
7. Donnie Brasco (1997)
R | 127 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the Mafia life--at the expense of his regular one.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby
Votes: 333,392 | Gross: $41.91M
8. Cop Land (1997)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.
Director: James Mangold | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro
Votes: 106,757 | Gross: $44.89M
9. Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
This limited docu-series tells the true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice.
Stars: Paul Skolnick, Gil Carrillo, Frank Salerno, Pearl Carrillo
Votes: 30,498
10. Harlem Nights (1989)
R | 116 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
During the 1930s, a New York City illegal gambling house owner and his associates must deal with strong competition, gangsters, and corrupt cops in order to stay in business.
Director: Eddie Murphy | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, Danny Aiello
Votes: 24,870 | Gross: $60.86M
11. Hoodlum (1997)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama
Black gangsters in 1930 Harlem fights Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.
Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Vanessa Williams, Andy Garcia
Votes: 12,611 | Gross: $23.46M
12. Clockers (1995)
R | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Harvey Keitel, John Turturro, Delroy Lindo, Mekhi Phifer
Votes: 23,580 | Gross: $13.04M
13. Baretta (1975–1978)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The cases of maverick undercover New York City detective Tony Baretta (Robert Blake).
Stars: Robert Blake, Tom Ewell, Edward Grover, Michael D. Roberts
Votes: 2,873
14. Code of Silence (1985)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take down an irresponsible cop.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Chuck Norris, Henry Silva, Bert Remsen, Mike Genovese
Votes: 9,449 | Gross: $20.35M
15. The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992 Video)
R | 583 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The multigenerational saga of the rise and fall of the Corleone crime family.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro
Votes: 16,403
16. The Stone Killer (1973)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A top New York detective is sent to Los Angeles where he must solve a case involving an old Sicilian Mafia family feud.
Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Martin Balsam, Jack Colvin, Paul Koslo
Votes: 3,809 | Gross: $1.39M
17. Brooklyn South (1997–1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A realistic and gritty police drama centering on the lives of a group of close knit police officers and crime victims at a seedy police station in Brooklyn, New York City.
Stars: Jon Tenney, Michael DeLuise, Gary Basaraba, Titus Welliver
Votes: 2,346
18. Lucky Luciano (1973)
R | 105 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.
Director: Francesco Rosi | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi, Charles Cioffi
Votes: 1,583
19. Tequila and Bonetti (1992)
60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Nick Bonetti is a cop from New York who accidentally shot a twelve-year-old girl. His department felt that it would be best that he leave New York until all the excitement dies down. So he ... See full summary »
Stars: Jack Scalia, Mariska Hargitay, Charles Rocket, Brad Sanders
Votes: 407
20. Pay or Die! (1960)
Approved | 111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Between 1906-1909, NYPD Lieutenant Joe Petrosino heads the 'Italian Squad' and tries to stamp out organized crime from the city, often times amid assassination attempts by the Mafia.
Director: Richard Wilson | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin, Renata Vanni
Votes: 675
21. Golden Door (2006)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, History, Romance
A Sicilian peasant begins the journey to the promised land and meets a beautiful Englishwoman. But neither is prepared for the harsh realities of Ellis Island. Can they make it through the golden door to the America of their dreams?
Director: Emanuele Crialese | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato, Vincent Schiavelli, Aurora Quattrocchi
Votes: 5,202 | Gross: $1.06M
22. Bundy Reborn (2012)
Unrated | 87 min | Horror, Thriller
David O'Hara is a troubled medical student who kidnaps, rapes and murders women. He impregnates his victim, Melissa, in an attempt to replace his lost family. When Melissa escapes, he goes on a murderous rampage to get his family back.
Director: Matthan Harris | Stars: Matthan Harris, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Doug Bradley
Votes: 210
23. Little Italy (1978)
91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Undercover cop Nico Giraldi travels to New York and Las Vegas to find a crooked cop who gave his squadron back in Italy a bad name.
Director: Bruno Corbucci | Stars: Tomas Milian, Enzo Cannavale, Bombolo, Margherita Fumero
Votes: 434
24. Tequila & Bonetti (2000–2001)
60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
In this soft reboot of Tequila and Bonetti (1992), a tough Italian American cop arrives through an international police exchange program in Rome, Italy, where he is teamed up with his new partner, a sentient local police dog with a cool attitude.
Stars: Milena Miconi, Carrie Barton, Michel Vigné, Fabiana Udenio
Votes: 151
25. The Black Hand (1973)
90 min | Crime
Antonio, an Italian immigrant in New York, finds himself drawn into the Mob when his options are limited and his desire to make a new life for himself becomes increasingly difficult.
Director: Antonio Racioppi | Stars: Lionel Stander, Rosanna Fratello, Michele Placido, Corrado Gaipa
Votes: 87
26. Joe Petrosino (1972– )
Crime
The story of Italian American N. Y. C. Police officer Joe Petrosino, who fought against "The Black Hand", a criminal organization which terrorized Italian immigrants in New York in the early 1900's.
Stars: Adolfo Celi, Elio Zamuto, Gino Pernice, Maria Fiore
Votes: 15
27. Joe Petrosino (2006 TV Movie)
Crime
Director: Alfredo Peyretti | Stars: Giuseppe Fiorello, Sebastiano Lo Monaco, Marietta Melrose, Anna Ammirati
Votes: 34
28. The Adventures of Lieutenant Petrosino (1912)
47 min | Drama
The story of Lt. Joseph Petrosino, an Italian-American New York City police detective, who was assigned to investigate the Sicilian Mafia, which was beginning to become a major problem in ... See full summary »
Director: Sidney M. Goldin
Votes: 42
30.
Get Christie Love! (1974–1975)
Episode:
For the Family Honor
(1974)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A mob hitman is captured after he shoots but fails to kill his boss' rival. His boss, Rico Cesari, happens to be a childhood friend of Caruso's father. Casari pressures his old friend to ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Grasshoff | Stars: Teresa Graves, Charles Cioffi, Robert Alda, Andy Romano
Votes: 13
31.
NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Episode:
Nude Awakening
(2003)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sipowicz and Clark investigate when Julian Pisano is wounded in a shooting incident; McDowell and Ortiz assist a woman who doggedly pursues justice when she's conned out of $100; Clark ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Tinker | Stars: Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gordon Clapp, Charlotte Ross
Votes: 132
32.
Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode:
Zodiac Killer: I Am the Zodiac Part 2
(2019)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History
He terrorized Northern California in the late 1960s, killing young couples at secluded lover's lanes. Not satisfied with just the murders, he also taunted the public with cryptic clues, ... See full summary »
Director: Renee Cullen | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Butterfield, Pierre Bidou, Tom Voigt
Votes: 49
33.
Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode:
Son of Sam Part 1: The Duke of Death
(2020)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History
From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorized New York City - under his creepy self-given moniker: "the Son of Sam"; he is among the most infamous serial killers in American history.
Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Antoinette Collarini-Schlossberg, Steve Wax, Mark Jay Heller
Votes: 30
34.
Inside the American Mob (2013– )
Episode:
Rise & Fall of Gotti
(2013)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
It is 1986, and with most of the mafia family bosses in jail, it's every man for himself. One gangster sees chaos as an opportunity, John Gotti.
Stars: Robert Arensen, Kenneth Carrella, Anthony Congiano, Albert Gomez
Votes: 36
35.
Drug Lords (2018)
Episode:
Frank Lucas & The Country Boys: Heroin Kings of New York
(2018)
TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Frank Lucas does whatever it takes to become and remain the heroin king of New York. Meanwhile, three dedicated cops vow to bring him down.
Stars: Frank Lucas, Dickie Lucas, Benny Abruzzo, Lew Rice
Votes: 120