Movies like Lucky Luciano: 20 to watch next

If you loved Lucky Luciano (1973) — a crime and drama film directed by Francesco Rosi — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Lucky Luciano most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like gangster. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Belly 1998★ 6.4
Shares: Crime, Drama
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Valachi Papers 1972★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Al Capone 1959★ 6.6
Shares: Crime, Drama
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
4
Hoodlum 1997★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
5
The Day of the Owl 1968★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Crime
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
6
Mafia Millionaires 2014★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
The rise and fall of a Neapolitan criminal clan through the story of a boss and his family, divided between the aspiration for a bourgeois life and the deep impulses of oppression. Thirty years of history of one of the most beautiful and discussed cities in the world, the dream of a boy who is overwhelmed by the desire for power as an end in itself, to become the nightmare of a man and those who live next to him.
Stream in India on Plex
7
Rulers of the City 1976★ 6.4
Shares: Crime
Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan. Together, they will con mob boss Manzari out of a fortune, after which they can retire and live in luxury. Manzari, however, is not about to let them go so easily.
Stream in India on Plex
8
Piranhas 2019★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Crime
A gang of teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding – until they decide to be the bosses themselves.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Absolution 2024★ 5.9
Shares: Crime
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
10
Boys Cry 2018★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Drama
Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex and money, of a better life to come. Then, after killing a man in a hit-and-run one night, they get involved with the local mafia and their lives change dramatically.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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One Hundred Days in Palermo 1984★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Crime
In 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 approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Alto Knights 2025★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, 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
13
The Outfit 1973★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Drama
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Run 1991★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Crime
When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mobsters 1991★ 6.3
Shares: Crime, Drama
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Across 110th Street 1972★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Drama
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. Will the mafia catch them first, or will the police?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman 2021★ 6.6
Shares: Crime
Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase ‘serial killer’.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
18
Juice 1992★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Grissom Gang 1971★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Drama
Violent crime caper set in 1930s Kansas in which a gang kidnap an heiress and attempt to recover a ransom. However, the scheme is jeopardised when the leader falls in love with their beautiful captive.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rise of the Footsoldier 2007★ 6.4
Shares: Crime
Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now