Dramatic, action or thriller films about criminal characters such as gangsters
- Godfather, The - 1972 movie, first of the trilogy recounting the story of the Corleone crime family
- On the Waterfront - 1954 movie, in which a young dock worker takes on the Mob-connected boss
- Z - 1969 Costa-Gavras thriller about the inquiry into the murder of a politician advocating nuclear disarmament