Movies like Election
If Election's mix of gangster, organized crime and hoodlum stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Election's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Public Enemy
1931 · Directed by William A. Wellman · 84 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, organized crime · Also crime and drama
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers.
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Little Caesar
1931 · Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · 78 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, organized crime · Also drama and crime
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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The Godfather
1972 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 175 min8.7
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, organized crime · Also drama and crime
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son,…
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The Godfather Part II
1974 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 202 min8.6
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, organized crime · Also drama and crime
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and…
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GoodFellas
1990 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 145 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, organized crime · Also drama and crime
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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The Departed
2006 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 151 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, organized crime · Also drama and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
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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The Dark Knight
2008 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 152 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: organized crime · Also thriller and crime · From the same decade (2000s)
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets.
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Killer's Kiss
1955 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 68 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: hoodlum · Also thriller and crime
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria.