Movies like Hoffa
If Hoffa's mix of gangster, 1970s and trade union stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Hoffa's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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American Gangster
2007 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 157 min7.6
Why you'll like itWith Armand Assante · Shares: gangster, 1960s · Also drama and crime
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being…
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The Irishman
2019 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 209 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, 1970s, detroit, michigan · Also crime and drama
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino.
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The Bikeriders
2024 · Directed by Jeff Nichols · 116 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, 1970s, 1960s · Also crime and drama
After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his…
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The Departed
2006 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 151 min8.2
Why you'll like itWith Jack Nicholson · Shares: gangster, dreary · Also drama and crime
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise.
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Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Directed by Sergio Leone · 139 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, 1960s · Also drama and crime
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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A Bronx Tale
1993 · Directed by Robert De Niro · 121 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, 1960s · Also drama and crime · From the same decade (1990s)
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss.
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Carlito's Way
1993 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 144 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, 1970s · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (1990s)
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
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Gangs of New York
2002 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 168 min7.3
Why you'll like itWith John C. Reilly · Shares: gangster · Also drama and history
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader.
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Heat
1995 · Directed by Michael Mann · 170 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (1990s)
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest.
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The Untouchables
1987 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 119 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also crime and history
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
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Forrest Gump
1994 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 142 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: 1970s, 1960s · From the same decade (1990s)
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do.
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Miller's Crossing
1990 · Directed by Joel Coen · 115 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also drama and crime · From the same decade (1990s)
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.