Some of the most legendary mobster movies were either based on actual mobsters or inspired by their legacies. Here are several prominent mobster movies based on real people.

The Alto Knights sees Robert De Niro returning to familiar territory, playing two rival mob bosses at the same time with the help of prosthetic makeup and CGI. De Niro’s new movie also involves ...

In his acting career, Robert DeNiro has portrayed a godfather, an Irishman, and a good fella. Now, he plays a pair of wise guys. In “The Alto Knights,” DeNiro plays not one, but two infamous mobsters: ...

For decades, audiences around the world have been drawn to the seductive, ultraviolent world of organized crime. Mob stories have become a genre filmmakers return to over and over again, despite the ...

Horror maestro James Wan hasn’t directed a movie since 2023 DC flop Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, but all that’s about to change because he’s taking on a remake of a fantastic but still largely ...

Martin Scorsese’s rueful, poignant 2019 film “The Irishman,” starring longtime collaborator Robert De Niro, was a reflection on (or perhaps even a eulogy for) the kind of gangster film that the pair ...

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