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1. The Hurricane (1999)
directed by Norman Jewison
featuring Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber, John Hannah
In 1966, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was a top-ranked middleweight boxer whom many fight fans expected to become world champion. When three people were ... More
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2. Kill the Irishman (2011)
directed by Jonathan Hensleigh
featuring Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken, Linda Cardellini
Based on author Rick Porrello's book To Kill the Irishman: The War that Crippled the Mafia, director Jonathan Hensleigh's richly detailed biopic ... More
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3. Gotti (1996)
directed by Robert Harmon
featuring Armand Assante, Anthony Quinn, William Forsythe, Richard Sarafian, Vincent Pastore
Gotti is the semi-biographical tale of John Gotti, the infamous crime boss of the Gambino mob family. This drama chronicles not only the bloody rise ... More
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4. Carlos (2010)
directed by Olivier Assayas
featuring Edgar Ramirez, Alexander Scheer, Nora von Waldstatten, Ahmad Kaabour, Christoph Bach, Rodney El Haddad, Julia Hummer, Rami Farah, Zeid Hamdan
Arthouse favorite Olivier Assayas followed up his critical darling L'Heure d'Été (2008) with this wildly different chronicle -- a biopic of the ultra ... More
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5. Bronson (2009)
directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
featuring Tom Hardy, Hugh Ross, Juliet Oldfield, Jonny Phillips, James Lance
The notorious life of the U.K.'s "most violent prisoner" serves as the subject of Pusher Trilogy director Nicolas Winding Refn's brutal biopic. Born ... More
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6. Veronica Guerin (2003)
directed by Joel Schumacher
featuring Cate Blanchett, Gerard McSorley, Ciarán Hinds, Brenda Fricker, Barry Barnes
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Joel Schumacher take on the real-life story of an assassinated Irish journalist in the dramatic thriller ... More
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7. Monster (2003)
directed by Patty Jenkins
featuring Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Scott Wilson, Pruitt Taylor Vince
Model-turned-actress Charlize Theron leaves her glamorous image behind for this gritty drama, in which she plays a disturbed prostitute who becomes a ... More
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8. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
directed by John Ford
featuring Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Pauline Moore, Richard Cromwell
John Ford's fine direction distinguishes this highly fictionalized account of the early life of Abraham Lincoln. The film shows Lincoln (Henry Fonda) ... More
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9. Domino (2005)
directed by Tony Scott
featuring Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Delroy Lindo
The (mostly) true story of a Hollywood princess turned bounty hunter is told in this witty action-drama from director Tony Scott. Domino Harvey ... More
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10. The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
directed by Milos Forman
featuring Brett Harrelson, Burt Neuborne, James Carville, Richard Paul, Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, James Cromwell, Crispin Glover
"If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it'll protect all of you -- 'cause I'm the worst," declares Hustler Magazine publisher ... More
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11. I Want to Live! (1958)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel, Wesley Lau
Grim, almost unbearably intense, I Want To Live is the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) a perjurer, prostitute, liar ... More
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12. Bugsy (1991)
directed by Barry Levinson
featuring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel, Ben Kingsley, Elliott Gould, Bebe Neuwirth
Bugsy is a character study of mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel wrapped up in a gangster movie. Siegel (Warren Beatty in a flashy performance) arrives ... More
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13. Midnight Express (1978)
directed by Alan Parker
featuring Brad Davis, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Irene Miracle, Paul L. Smith
Midnight Express is a harrowing tale of a naïve American caught in a nightmare of his own making thousands of miles from his home. Billy Hayes (Brad ... More
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14. Capote (2005)
directed by Bennett Miller
featuring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins, Jr., Chris Cooper, Bruce Greenwood
The creation of one of the most memorable books of the 1960s -- and the impact the writing and research would have on its author -- is explored in ... More
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15. Redemption (2003)
directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall
featuring Jamie Foxx, Lynn Whitfield, Lee Thompson Young, Brenden Jefferson, Brenda Bazinet
Jamie Foxx once again brilliantly demonstrates his acting chops as Stan "Tookie" Williams, the South Central Los Angeles native who, at the age of 17 ... More
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16. Infamous (2006)
directed by Douglas McGrath
featuring Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels
Douglas McGrath's Infamous represents the second major biopic about the avant-garde belletrist Truman Capote to be released within a year. It thus ... More
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17. The Krays (1990)
directed by Peter Medak
featuring Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Charlotte Cornwell, Susan Fleetwood
Peter Medak directed this fact-based drama, chronicling the lives of the infamous Kray Brothers, notorious celebrities in 60s London. The Krays were ... More
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18. L'ennemi Public No. 1 (2010)
directed by Jean-François Richet
featuring Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Gérard Lanvin, Samuel Le Bihan, Olivier Gourmet
The true story of one of Europe's most infamous and charismatic criminals comes to a close in this drama based on the life and crimes of Jacques ... More
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19. The General (1998)
directed by John Boorman
featuring Brendan Gleeson, Adrian Dunbar, Jon Voight, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Angeline Ball, Sean McGinley
John Boorman, who won the 1998 Cannes Film Festival's Direction award for this film, previously won the same Cannes award almost three decades ... More
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20. Citizen Gangster (2012)
directed by Nathan Morlando
featuring Scott Speedman, Kelly Reilly, Kevin Durand, Joseph Cross, William Mapother, Brendan Fletcher
The true story of one of Canada's most famous bandits comes to the big screen in this drama from writer and director Nathan Morlando. In 1949, Edwin ... More
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21. Getting Gotti (1994)
directed by Roger Young
This made-for-TV crime drama follows the actions of the courageous, determined prosecutor who attempted to put notorious Mafioso John Gotti behind ... More
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22. Witness to the Mob (1998)
directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan
featuring Nicholas Turturro, Tom Sizemore, Debi Mazar, Abe Vigoda, Philip Baker Hall
The key figure in this two-part TV mob miniseries is Mafia snitch Sammy "The Bull" Gravano (Nicholas Turturro). Gravano ratted on John Gotti (Tom ... More
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23. King of the Roaring '20s: The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
directed by Joseph Newman
featuring Dan O'Herlihy, David Janssen, Dianne Foster, Jack Carson, Diana Dors, Mickey Shaughnessy, Mickey Rooney
David Janssen is hardly perfect casting for the role of 1920s gambling king Arnold Rothstein (Rod Steiger or Gene Barry may have been better choices) ... More
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24. Al Capone (1959)
directed by Richard Wilson
featuring Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Martin Balsam, Nehemiah Persoff
Rod Steiger is the screen's first "method mobster" in the title role of Al Capone. The film traces Big Al's progress from a torpedo in the hire of ... More
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25. Eichmann (2010)
directed by Robert Young
featuring Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity, Franka Potente, Stephen Fry, Delaine Yates, Tereza Srbova, Judit Viktor
The man responsible for the destruction of more than six million lives accounts for his role as the architect of Adolf Hitler's final solution in ... More
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