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Movies by Lists - Italian Mafia Movies (39 [43])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Bankers of God - The Calvi Affair, TheThis movie attempts to reconstruct the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through the story of its President Roberto Calvi (Omero Antonutti), who was notoriously found dead under the 2002Giuseppe FerraraBiography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller6.3 (446 votes)12520211228
Black Lemons [E venne il giorno dei limoni neri]After being framed for a crime he didn't commit, being a mob boss, and narrowly avoiding being murdered in prison, I'm unsure why Antonio Sabato thought his wife had died naturally.1970Camillo BazzoniAction, Crime, Drama5.6 (68 votes)9920211228
Black Souls [Anime Nere]The story of three brothers, the sons of a shepherd, close to the ndrangheta and of their divided soul.2014Francesco MunziCrime, Drama6.8 (2.9K votes)10920211228
Blood Ties [Il cugino americano]An innocent American engineer is blackmailed by gangsters into a plot to assassinate his cousin, who is a judge in Sicily fighting the Mafia.1986Giacomo BattiatoCrime, Drama6.1 (128 votes)12520211228
BorsalinoDuring the 1930s, in Marseilles, France, two small time crooks work for local crime bosses until they decide to go into business for themselves.1970Jacques DerayCrime, Drama6.9 (4K votes)12520211228
Boss, TheA hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.1973Fernando Di LeoAction, Crime, Thriller7.0 (1.9K votes)10020211228
Caliber 9 [Milano calibro 9]A former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.1972Fernando Di LeoAction, Crime, Thriller7.5 (3.8K votes)8820211228
Callbre 9 [Milano Calibro 9]A former gangster is forced to resume his old lifestyle when his violent, jealous ex-colleagues and the police believe that he knows the location of a stolen cache of $300,000.1972Fernando Di LeoAction, Crime, Thriller7.5 (3.8K votes)8820211228
Cento giorni a PalermoIn the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approac1984Giuseppe FerraraBiography, Crime, Drama6.6 (616 votes)10720211228
Confessions of a Police Captain [Confessione di un commissario di polizia al procuratore della repubblica]A police captain realizes that the whole city is rotten with corruption.1971Damiano DamianiCrime, Drama7.2 (1.4K votes)10120211228
Consequences of Love, The [Le Conseguenze dell Amore]An introverted man's life changes completely when he finds himself attracted to a young barmaid.2004Paolo Sorrentino (*)Crime, Drama, Romance7.5 (16.9K votes)10020211228
CorleoneTwo friends grow up together in the Sicily of the '50s. Two different destiny, two different way of life. Could their friendship survive to the mafia shadow?1978Pasquale SquitieriCrime, Thriller5.9 (221 votes)10820211228
Escort, The [La Scorta]A dedicated, tightly-knit group of bodyguards take on additional duties while safeguarding an honest judge designated to investigate official corruption in Sicily.1993Ricky TognazziAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.6 (907 votes)9620221116
Excellent Cadavers [Falcone]Fact based story about the political battle that was waged against the Mafia in Sicily during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Chazz Palminteri plays Giovanni Falcone, a crusading prosecutor who tried to use money trails as a way to1999Ricky TognazziCrime, Drama, Thriller6.6 (1.2K votes)8620211228
Fort Apache Napoli [Fortapàsc] The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.2009Marco RisiBiography, Crime, Drama7.2 (1.2K votes)10820240715
From Corleone to Brooklyn [Da Corleone a Brooklyn]Italian mobster, Michele Barresi heads for the safer climate of Brooklyn after his chief rival is gunned down in the small Sicilian town of Corleone. Commissioner Berni learns of his involvement so Barresi takes out a contract on the1979Umberto LenziCrime, Thriller6.5 (389 votes)9520211228
Giovanni FalconeThe story of the first ever "anti-mafia judges pool" established in the '80s at the Palermo Courthouse, in Sicily, in the '80s, while two mafia families started a 10-year-long war to obtain the complete control of smuggles. Giovanni 1993Giuseppe FerraraBiography, Crime, Drama7.0 (307 votes)12420211228
GomorrahScampia Vele is the corbusian architecture which has become a stronghold for Mafia of Naples, Italy.2008Matteo GarroneCrime, Drama7.0 (48.4K votes)13720211228
High Crime [La polizia incrimina la legge assolve]An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. As he comes closer to the top of the underworld organization, his odds of survival decrease.1973Enzo G. CastellariCrime, Drama, Thriller7.1 (818 votes)10020211228
How to Kill a JudgeThe latest success by film-maker Giacomo Solaris is a crime thriller about a judge who gets too friendly with the Mafia and is murdered. A resentful Sicilian magistrate orders the film seized, but then he winds up dead, in a fashion 1975Damiano DamianiCrime, Drama6.6 (505 votes)11020211228
Il Divo [Il divo - La spettacolare vita di Giulio Andreotti]The story of Italian politician Giulio Andreotti, who has served as Prime Minister of Italy seven times since the restoration of democracy in 1946.2008Paolo Sorrentino (*)Biography, Drama7.3 (17.3K votes)11020211228
In the Name of the Law [In nome della legge]A young, by-the-book judge is appointed to a Sicilian village controlled by corrupt leaders and the Mafia.1949Pietro GermiCrime, Drama7.5 (501 votes)10020211228
Italian Connection, TheA Milanese pimp is pursued by - and then pursues - a pair of New York hitmen and the gangsters who framed him for stealing a shipment of heroin.1972Fernando Di LeoAction, Crime, Thriller7.2 (2.3K votes)9520211228
Johnny StecchinoA kindhearted but bumbling idiot who likes to steal bananas, is passed off for a snitch hiding from the mob.1991Roberto BenigniComedy, Crime, Romance7.2 (10.6K votes)10220211228
Mafia [Il giorno della civetta]Following a murder in a small Sicilian town, the new chief of the Carabinieri must fight corrupt officials, the frightened silence of witnesses and the local Mafia boss in order to solve the case.1968Damiano DamianiCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller7.0 (1.4K votes)10820211228
Mafia Only Kill in Summer, The [La Mafia Uccide Solo D'Estate]Inspired by real events, this is a black comedy about 20 years of history of Sicily from 1970s to 1990s, mocking Mafia Bosses and restoring the generosity of the heroes of Antimafia. It's focused on Arturo, a young boy who grows up i2013PifComedy, Crime7.1 (8.1K votes)9020211228
MafiosoWhen a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades'-old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.1962Alberto LattuadaComedy, Crime, Drama7.7 (2.5K votes)10520211228
Most Beautiful Wife, The [La moglie piu bella]A young poor girl receives a marriage proposal from a mafia novice. She's going to refuse, but he's going to insist - at all cost.1970Damiano DamianiCrime, Drama7.1 (794 votes)10820211228
No Way Out [Tony Arzenta - Big Guns]A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications--and many bloody shootouts-ensue.1973Duccio TessariAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller6.7 (1.7K votes)9020211228
One Hundred Steps [I cento Passi]"I cento passi" (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos' house and the house of Tano Badalamenti, an important Mafia boss, in the small Sicilian town of Cinisi. The movie is the story of Peppino Impastato, a young2000Marco Tullio GiordanaBiography, Crime, Drama7.6 (5.7K votes)11420211228
Palermo Connection, The [Dimenticare Palermo]A candidate for the Mayor of New York City promises to legalize drugs. The mafia, making insane money on illegal drug trade, is about to dissuade him - at all cost.1990Francesco Rosi (*)Crime, Drama, Thriller5.6 (508 votes)10020211228
Professor, The [Il camorrista]Rise and fall of an Italian crime empire.1986Giuseppe Tornatore (*)Crime, Drama7.2 (1.5K votes)17120211228
Quiet Life, A [Una Vita Tranquilla]The story of a man who murdered thirty-two people, gained power, and then got afraid because too many people wanted to kill him. One August morning, he disappeared. For fifteen years, everyone believed him dead. Instead, he was livin2010Claudio CupelliniCrime, Drama6.8 (2.4K votes)10520211228
Romanzo CriminaleSet in the 1970s, it's the story of three lifelong friends who take control of organized crime in Rome.2005Michele PlacidoCrime, Drama7.2 (9.1K votes)15220211228
Salvatore GiulianoThe unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.1962Francesco Rosi (*)Crime, Drama, History, Mystery7.4 (3.2K votes)12520211228
Sicilian Girl, TheThe true story of 17-year-old Sicilian Rita Atria (Veronica D'Agostino) -- who broke the Sicilian Mafia's code of silence and testified against the "family business" after both her father and then her brother are both murdered -- is 2008Marco AmentaCrime, Drama6.9 (1.8K votes)11520211228
Sicilian, TheEgocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.1987Michael Cimino (*)Action, Crime, Drama5.4 (4.9K votes)11520211228
SuburraA gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.2015Stefano SollimaCrime, Drama, Thriller7.4 (19.8K votes)13020211228
We Still Kill the Old Way [A ciascuno il suo]A leftist professor wants the truth about two men killed during a hunting party; but the mafia, the Church and corrupt politicians don't want him to learn it.1967Elio PetriCrime, Drama, Mystery7.0 (1.5K votes)9920211228
Giovanni Falcone, l'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra2006Andrea Frazzi, Antonio FrazziBiography, Drama7.3 (Unkn) Excluded
Paolo Borsellino - I 57 giorni2012Alberto NegrinDrama, History6.8 (Unkn) Excluded
Paolo Borsellino2004Gianluca Maria TavarelliCrime, Drama7.7 (Unkn) Excluded
Biùtiful cauntri2007Esmeralda Calabria, Andrea D'AmbrosioDocumentary7.4 (Unkn) Excluded