Movies like City Hall: 20 to watch next
If you loved City Hall (1996) — a drama and thriller film directed by Harold Becker — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of City Hall most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like drug dealer, new york city and corruption. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Safe 2012★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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The Alto Knights 2025★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a deadly collision course that will reshape the Mafia (and America) forever.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Cop Land 1997★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Thriller
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Gotti 1996★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Broken City 2013★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller, Drama
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force - and the mayor's worst nightmare.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Clockers 1995★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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F/X 1986★ 6.6
Shares: Thriller
A movies special effects man is hired by a government agency to help stage the assassination of a well known gangster. When the agency double cross him, he uses his special effects to trap the gangster and the corrupt agents.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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We Own the Night 2007★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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New Jack City 1991★ 6.7
Shares: Thriller, Drama
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Yards 2000★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Thriller
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Night Falls on Manhattan 1997★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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American Gangster 2007★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
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 detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Shaft 2000★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Q & A 1990★ 5.9
Shares: Thriller
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Donnie Brasco 1997★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Thriller
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sonyliv Amazon Channel
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Serpico 1973★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Once Upon a Time in America 1984★ 8.4
Shares: Drama
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.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Relay 2025★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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The Siege 1998★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Thriller
The secret US abduction of a suspected terrorist from his Middle East homeland leads to a wave of terrorist attacks in New York. An FBI senior agent and his team attempt to locate and decommission the enemy cells, but must also deal with an Army General gone rogue and a female CIA agent of uncertain loyalties.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fresh 1994★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Thriller
Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now