Gangster Fiction

An index of fictional works that star (or revolve around) gangsters and mobsters, and the underworld of organized crime.

See also Hood Film, a subgenre that focuses on Black or Hispanic Gangbangers in inner-city neighborhoods. Works featuring outlaw biker gangs will also overlap with Biker Media. Frequently overlaps with Heroic Bloodshed, a genre of Hong Kong action films that usually (but not always) have The Triads and the Tongs as antagonists and/or protagonists. "Rise and Fall" Gangster Arc is a common plot in these works.

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Examples:

Category:

• Gangsta Rap
• Hood Film

Multimedia Franchises

• Batman (the title character fights a lot of criminal organizations)
• Breaking Bad
• Daredevil
• The Punisher
• The Sopranos

Anime & Manga

• 91 Days
• Acid Town
• Akagi
• Akiba Maid War
• Banana Fish
• Begin
• Bi no Kyoujin
• Black Lagoon
• Bungo Stray Dogs
• Cowboy Bebop
• Crying Freeman
• Finder Series
• A Foreign Love Affair
• Gangsta.
• The Geek Ex-Hitman
• Gokusen
• Haou Airen
• Heat
• Hunter × Hunter
• Ichi the Killer
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind
• Kasei Yakyoku
• Kizuna
• My Bride is a Mermaid
• My Home Hero
• Nisekoi
• Noir
• Reborn! (2004)
• Sanctuary
• Sun-Ken Rock
• Tokyo Crazy Paradise
• Tokyo Revengers
• Tokyo Tribe
• trash.
• Twittering Birds Never Fly
• The Way Of The House Husband
• W-Change!!
• Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun if: Episode of Mafia
• Wild Ones
• The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting

Comic Books

• Al's Baby
• Back to Brooklyn
• Batman
• Daredevil
• The Darkness
• Family
• Get Jiro!
  • Get Jiro: Blood and Sushi
• Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths
• The Goon
• Hotline Miami: Wildlife
• Marvel Noir
  • Spider-Man Noir
  • Punisher Noir
  • Luke Cage Noir
• The Punisher
  • The Punisher MAX
• Volcanic Revolver

Fan Works

• SlifofinaDragon's Sengoku Basara modern day fanfics (as the Dates and Toyotomis are Yakuza syndicates)
  • The Beginning of it all
  • The Start of an Adventure
  • Is this a Dream or is this really Happening?
  • A New Life or A Nightmare
  • Having fun while you can
  • The Battle of the Century Finally Begins
  • Has Peace Finally Returned at Long Last?

Films — Animation

• All Dogs Go to Heaven
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
• Batman: Under the Red Hood
• Oliver & Company
• Shark Tale
• Sing
• Sing 2

Films — Live-Action

• 22 Bullets
• 365 Days (combined with Erotic Film)
  • This Day (sequel)
• 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag
• American Gangster
• Analyze This
• Angels with Dirty Faces
• Batman (1989)
• The Batman (2022)
• Battles Without Honor and Humanity
• The Black Godfather
• Black Mass
• A Better Tomorrow
• The Boondock Saints
• A Bronx Tale
• Brooklyn Rules
• Brother
• Bugsy
• Bugsy Malone
• BuyBust
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
• The Candy Tangerine Man
• Capone
• Carlito's Way
• Carry On Matron
• Cartouche
• Casino
• Code of Silence
• Contraband (1980)
• The Counselor
• Daredevil (2003)
• The Departed
• The Dark Knight Trilogy
  • Batman Begins
  • The Dark Knight
• Dick Tracy
• Dogville
• Donnie Brasco
• Drunken Angel
• Eastern Promises
• The Emperor of Paris
• The Friends of Eddie Coyle
• Gangster No. 1
• Gangland Odyssey
• The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
• Gangs of New York
• Gangster Squad
• The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil
• The Gentlemen
• Get Carter (1971)
• Get Carter (2000)
• Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
• G Men
• The Godfather
• GoodFellas
• Gomorrah
• Gotti
• A History of Violence
• Hoffa
• Hoodlum
• La Horse
• Human Cargo (1936)
• In Bruges
• The Irishman
• The Infernal Affairs Trilogy
• Innocent Blood (combined with Horror)
• The Italian Job (1969)
• Jane Austen's Mafia!
• John Wick
  • John Wick
  • John Wick: Chapter 2
  • John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
  • John Wick: Chapter 4
• Johnny Dangerously
• Kiler
• Kill Boksoon
• The Killer (1989)
• Kill the Irishman
• King of New York
• Kung Fu Hustle
• The Last Gangster
• Last Man Standing (1996)
• Layer Cake
• Legend (2015)
• Le Samouraï
• Little Caesar
• Little Odessa
• Live by Night
• Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
• The Long Good Friday
• Lucky Number Slevin
• The Machine (2023)
• Malavita
• Malik
• The Many Saints of Newark: A Sopranos Story
• Married to the Mob
• Mean Streets
• Mesrine
• Milano Calibro 9
• Miller's Crossing
• The Mexico Trilogy:
  • El Mariachi
  • Desperado
  • Once Upon a Time in Mexico
• Mobsters
• My Blue Heaven
• New Jack City
• The Musketeers of Pig Alley
• The Newyon Boys
• No Country for Old Men
• Once Upon a Time in America
• Once Upon a Time in London
• The Outfit
• Outlaw: Gangster VIP Film Series
  • Outlaw: Gangster VIP (1968)
  • Outlaw: Gangster VIP 2 (1968)
  • Outlaw: Heartless (1968)
  • Outlaw: Goro the Assassin (1968)
  • Outlaw: Black Dagger (1968)
  • Outlaw: Kill! (1969)
• Outrage
• The Popeof Greenwich Village
• Prizzi's Honor
• Ang Probinsyano
• The Professional
• The Public Enemy (1931)
• Public Enemies
• Pulp Fiction
• The Punisher (2004)
• Reservoir Dogs
• Road to Perdition
• Romeo is Bleeding
• Romeo Must Die
• Satya
• Scarface (1932)
• Scarface (1983)
• La Scoumoune
• Sexy Beast
• She's Dating the Gangster
• Solo (a Space Opera variant)
• Some Like It Hot
• Snatch.
• Taken
• The Thieves
• Tigers Are Not Afraid
• Les Tontons flingueurs
• Tough Guy
• Touchez pas au grisbi
• The Tribe
• The Turning Point (1952)
• Underworld (1927)
• The Untouchables (1987)
• The Valachi Papers
• The Villainess
• Wasabi
• West Side Story (1961)
• West Side Story (2021)
• The Whole Nine Yards
• Yojimbo
• Young and Dangerous
• Youth of the Beast
• Zatoichi (2003)

Literature

• 365 Days (combined with Erotic Literature)
• 9 Dragons
• Baccano!
• Birthright
• Brighton Rock
• The Cartel
• The Coughlin Trilogy:
  • The Given Day
  • Live by Night
  • World Gone By
• The Cutie
• Down and Dirty
• Durarara!!
• The Family Corleone
• The Friends of Eddie Coyle
• Good Fae
• Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
• Jade City
• The Last Don
• No Country for Old Men
• Parker
• Literature/Pronto
• Red Harvest
• S
• The Saint
• The Sicilian
• Somebody Owes Me Money
• Son of the Mob

Live-Action TV

• The Black Donnellys
• Boardwalk Empire
• The Book of Boba Fett
• Breaking Bad
  • Better Call Saul
• Brotherhood
• The Continental
• Copper
• Fargo
  • Fargo: Season Two
  • Fargo: Season Four
• Godfather of Harlem
• Gotham
• Law & Order: Organized Crime
• Love/Hate
• Lilyhammer
• Marvel Cinematic Universe
  • Daredevil
  • The Punisher
  • Hawkeye
  • Echo
• My Name
• Narcos
• Oz (focused on various prison gangs)
• Peaky Blinders
• The Penguin
• Ang Probinsyano (2015)
• La reina del sur
  • Queen of the South (American remake)
• Sons of Anarchy
  • Mayans M.C.
• The Sopranos
• Snowfall
• Tulsa King
• Underbelly
• The Untouchables
• The Wire
• Wiseguy

Pinball

• Kingpin

Tabletop Games

• Blades in the Dark

Theatre

• The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
• West Side Story

Video Games

• 25 to Life
• Arcana Famiglia
• Assassin's Creed Syndicate
• Blue Estate
• Call of Juarez: The Cartel
• Constructor
• The Darkness
• Dead Connection
• Empire of Sin
• Fading Afternoon
• Gangstar Vegas
• Gangland
• Gangsters
• Grand Theft Auto
  • Grand Theft Auto (Classic)
    • Grand Theft Auto: London 1969
    • Grand Theft Auto: London 1961
  • Grand Theft Auto 2
  • Grand Theft Auto III
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  • Grand Theft Auto Advance
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
  • Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
  • Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
  • Grand Theft Auto IV
    • Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
    • Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
    • Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
  • Grand Theft Auto V
• The Getaway
• The Godfather
• Guns, Gore & Cannoli
• Hogan's Alley
• Hotline Miami
  • Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
• Kingpin: Life of Crime
• Like a Dragon
  • Yakuza
    • Yakuza Kiwami (remake of Yakuza)
  • Yakuza 2
    • Yakuza Kiwami 2 (a remake of Yakuza 2)
  • Yakuza 3
  • Yakuza 4
  • Yakuza 5
  • Yakuza 0
  • Yakuza 6
  • Yakuza: Like a Dragon
  • Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Made Man
• Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven
  • Mafia II
  • Mafia II: The Betrayal of Jimmy
  • Mafia III
• Mafia Wars
• Max Payne
  • Max Payne
  • Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
  • Max Payne 3
• Milanoir
• Mob Enforcer
• Mother Russia Bleeds
• Omerta: City of Gangsters
• Red Steel
• Saints Row
  • Saints Row
  • Saints Row 2
  • Saints Row: The Third
• Scarface: The World Is Yours
• Sleeping Dogs (2012)
• Sniper: Path of Vengeance
• The Sopranos: Road to Respect
• Spider-Man (PS4)
• Stranglehold

Visual Novel

• Gangsters in Love
• Lucky Dog 1
• Ozmafia!!

Webcomics

• Dirty Healings
• Fish Bones
• For Love Nor Money
• Lackadaisy
• Mob Ties
• Niels
• Problem Sleuth and the Midnight Crew intermission of Homestuck
• Shutline
• Wet Sand

Web Animation

• Hellbent For Whiskey
• Lackadaisy

Western Animation

• Batman: The Animated Series
• The Boondocks:
  • "The Story of Gangstalicious"
  • "The Fundraiser"
• Bugs and Thugs
• Bugsy and Mugsy
• Fugget About It
• Racketeer Rabbit
• The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
• The Unmentionables
• Thugs With Dirty Mugs

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