Best Gangster Movies to Watch On Netflix

15 Dec,2023

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Starring Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal is a John Patton Ford crime drama that centers around the titular character. When Emily gets involved in a credit card scam, it ultimately leads her to the criminal underworld scene of L.A.

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'Emily the Criminal' (2022)

A Ruthless gangster, Ferry Bouman (Frank Lammers) is sent to his native region of Brabant by his boss Brink to avenge an attack on their gang.

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‘Ferry’ (2021)

In this high-rated Breaking Bad spinoff that is a Vince Gilligan neo-Western crime thriller movie, Aaron Paul steps into the shoes of his character Jesse Pinkman again, this time to run away from his captors, the law, and the past.

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'El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie' (2019)

In The Raid: Redemption, a SWAT team becomes trapped after their team’s cover is blown while invading the safe house of a powerful and dangerous drug lord Tama and his gang. Now, the surviving members must now engage in a fierce battle with limited ammunition to complete their mission.

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‘The Raid: Redemption’ (2011)

One of the best mafia movies on Netflix is this epic gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese, which follows a truck driver’s rise to become a top hitman and a loyal member of the Bufalino crime family. Now the last man standing, Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro) recounts all the nefarious activities he participated in as a member of the gang.

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‘The Irishman’ (2019)

In one of the most iconic mobster movies on Netflix, an incorruptible detective, Richie Roberts, is charged with the responsibility of taking down a drug empire led by Frank Lucas, a notorious heroin kingpin who smuggles drugs into the country using the coffins of soldiers returning from the Vietnam War.

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‘American Gangster’ (2007)

Directed by Brian De Palma, this American crime film tells the story of a Cuban refugee Tony Montana whose insatiable desires lead him to become one of Miami's most influential and ruthless drug lords.

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‘Scarface’ (1983)

In Quentin Tarantino's iconic debut as an auteur, Reservoir Dogs, six bandits are reunited to execute a simple jewelry heist — until it goes terribly wrong and the surviving criminals begin to question which one of them is actually a snitch.

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'Reservoir Dogs' (1992)

It would've been a crime not to talk about mob movies on Netflix without mentioning Heat. Set in Los Angeles, the 1995 film stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Val Kilmer, depicting a group of high-end professional thieves as they are hunted by the police in the aftermath of a heist that goes wrong.

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'Heat' (1995)

In this thrilling crime tale on Netflix, an undercover cop, Billy Costigan (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a mole (Matt Damon) in the police find themselves in a confusing situation where their loyalties are torn between serving two masters – the drug cartel and the police. 

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‘The Departed’ (2006)