
Frank Adonis
Actor · 1935 – 2018 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Frank Testaverde Scioscia (October 27, 1935 – December 26, 2018) was an American actor. Adonis was a long-time character actor frequently cast in gangster roles, such as mobster Anthony Stabile in the 1990 film Goodfellas.
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Movie8.5DramaCrimeThe true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
GoodFellas
1990 · 14K votes
Movie8.0CrimeDramaIn Las Vegas, two best friends--a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.
Casino
1995 · 6.7K votes
Movie7.5ActionCrimeClarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
True Romance
1993 · 3.2K votes
Movie7.9DramaHistoryThe life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Raging Bull
1980 · 4.9K votes
Movie6.6ComedyCrimeHe's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. The Ace is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
1994 · 6.6K votes
Movie7.3CrimeDramaA Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999 · 1.5K votes
Movie7.0CrimeDramaWhile investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Bad Lieutenant
1992 · 989 votes
Movie7.2CrimeDramaA young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, who takes the youth under his wing.
Wall Street
1987 · 2.3K votes
Movie5.7ThrillerCrimeStruggling single mother Annie Laird impulsively agrees to serve on a jury, hoping for a little excitement in her humdrum life. But she gets far more than she bargained for when she's forced to sacrifice the truth to save her son from the mob's seductive, psychotic enforcer.
The Juror
1996 · 456 votes
Movie6.8ThrillerCrimeA former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
King of New York
1990 · 821 votes
Movie6.5ComedyCrimeBased on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Find Me Guilty
2006 · 568 votes
Movie5.9HorrorThrillerA New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
Wolfen
1981 · 264 votes
Movie4.6DramaRich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker Sam Donager, who sets out to chronicle it with her husband, Terry. But before Bower was a rapper, he was a gangster, and his criminal past comes back to haunt him and all those around him.
Black and White
1999 · 74 votes
Movie6.7DramaCrimeNew York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
The Gambler
1974 · 136 votes
Movie5.8MysteryThrillerA famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
Eyes of Laura Mars
1978 · 239 votes
Movie6.1CrimeThrillerJohn Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
Shaft's Big Score!
1972 · 86 votes
Movie6.3CrimeDramaLucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.
Lucky Luciano
1973 · 73 votes
Movie6.3ActionComedyTwo disillusioned New York policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
Cops and Robbers
1973 · 22 votes
Movie2.0ComedyThe Trouble with Cali
2012 · 2 votes
Movie6.7CrimeDramaThe rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Crazy Joe
1974 · 9 votes
Movie3.4DramaRobert and Edward are brothers involved in a web of adultery and deceit. They share Edward's wife and his mistress and a mission to deliver a package of jewels across the Canadian border, but the mission turns out to be deadly.
The Sister in Law
1975 · 15 votes
Movie3.2ComedyCrimeIn 1957 Brooklyn, small-time mobster George and his sidekick Dip realize they've forgotten the birthday of mob boss Joey, so they engage the services of prostitute Glorice. Joey's reaction to Glorice gives George a promotion, and he's installed as Joey's assistant. George makes the discovery that gender-bent Glorice is not exactly a woman after all. The problem gets worse: Joey intends to marry Glorice, but she plans to blackmail him after the wedding.
Mob Queen
1998 · 5 votes
Movie5.4ComedyDramaSpike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.
Spike of Bensonhurst
1988 · 12 votes
Movie3.6ThrillerHorrorWhen a group of young campers wander into the backwoods of upstate New York to see if Cappy's Cabin--a place they think exists only in urban legend--is real, they find themselves in a twisted game of predator and prey as night begins to fall. All they have to do is survive until dawn, but Cappy is very, very real, and night has only just begun...
The Woods Have Eyes
2007 · 10 votes
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TV7.6DramaThe third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · 387 votes
TV8.7CrimeDramaThe story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
The Sopranos
1999 · 3.7K votes
TV7.1Action & AdventureCrimeRobert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
The Equalizer
1985 · 69 votes