Movies like How I Fell in Love with a Gangster (2022)
The best movies like How I Fell in Love with a Gangster (2022) are Mumbai Saga (2021), Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988) and Ibrahim El-Abyad (2009). If How I Fell in Love with a Gangster hooked you with its crime and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Godfather (1972)8.7/10 from 23,975 votes
- NewestInside Furioza (2025)Released 2025
Mumbai Saga (2021)
The film, set in the 1980s and 90s, chronicles the transformation of Bombay to Mumbai. The story is a cat and mouse game between a deadly don, Amartya Rao, who doesn’t think twice before killing, and there’s nobody who could stop him and a cop, who is dogging his every step.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988)
Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti's rise to the top of the Windy City's underworld, amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life in the early 20th century.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Ibrahim El-Abyad (2009)
After witnessing the murder of his father as a child, Ibrahim is drawn into the criminal underworld of Egypt. While making a name for himself with his best friend Ashri, he finds his high school sweetheart Houria and manages to rekindle their love, but paths intertwine with Abdel Malik Zarzor, the city's crime lord, who is connected somehow to Houria.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCarlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)
Seduced by the brutal New York underworld, future gangster legend Carlito Brigante enters a deadly circle of greed and retribution. Assisted by his two brothers-in-crime, Carlito is on the fast track to becoming Spanish Harlem's ultimate kingpin. He quickly learns, however, that the only way to survive at the top is through loyalty to his friends and respect for the rules of the street.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisRob the Mob (2014)
The true-life story of a crazy-in-love Queens couple who robbed a series of mafia social clubs and got away with it… for a while… until they stumble upon a score bigger than they ever planned and become targets of both the mob and the FBI.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLansky (1999)
Organized crime boss Meyer Lansky remembers his life as he is moving about the world looking for some country that will take him in since the USA have put out an extradition order for him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Capone (2020)
The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisDirty Deeds (2002)
Set in 1960s Sydney, this is the story of an Australian gangster whose booming business, buoyed by the influx of U.S. soldiers in town for R&R during their tours in Vietnam, attracts the attention of first the Chicago mafia, and then their East Coast competitors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisDaddy (2017)
This is the gritty and sensational true story of Arun Gulab Gawli, a mill worker’s son who grew up in Mumbai’s impoverished Dagdi Chawl, to become an infamous don, politician and chief rival of the most powerful crime boss of the day, Dawood Ibrahim. Daddy realistically charts Mumbai’s true crime history from the 1970s and 1980s until 2012, when Gawli was finally sentenced to life imprisonment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
The Krays (1990)
Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two become notorious crime lords who rule over the East End club scene. But at the height of their power, the brothers veer into different lives, giving the older crime bosses a chance to reclaim what the Krays took from them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCarlito's Way (1993)
Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisScarface (1983)
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisGomorrah (2008)
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to obey the rules of the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCity of God (2002)
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisHow I Became a Gangster (2019)
The action of the film begins in the 1970s – even then, the young protagonist knows that adrenaline tastes better than powdered milk. Over time, he also discovers a desire for money, power, and being above the law. A transformation begins, and his gangster talent blossoms. Together with a friend, they build their own army.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGoodFellas (1990)
The 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisOnce Upon a Time in America (1984)
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Godfather (1972)
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Long Good Friday (1980)
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Untouchables (1987)
Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGotti (2018)
John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisMalik (2021)
A past ridden with crime, death and pain is recounted to Freddy, a juvenile criminal, who has been assigned to eliminate his estranged uncle Sulaiman, an aging patriarch, while behind bars.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDonnie Brasco (1997)
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Informer (2019)
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLegend (2015)
Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFurioza (2021)
A policewoman makes her ex-boyfriend an offer he can't refuse: either he infiltrates and informs on a gang of hooligans, or his brother goes to jail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInside Furioza (2025)
In the wake of murder, new Furioza leader Golden claims the reins of his violent and formidable hooligan gang and takes on a new focus across borders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA.C.A.B. - All Cops Are Bastards (2012)
A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRevenge of the Green Dragons (2014)
A true immigrant story set against the vibrant backdrop of Flushing, N.Y. in the 1980s and 1990s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & action
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What are the best movies like How I Fell in Love with a Gangster?
The closest matches to How I Fell in Love with a Gangster are Mumbai Saga (2021), Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988) and Ibrahim El-Abyad (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after How I Fell in Love with a Gangster?
People who watched How I Fell in Love with a Gangster most often go on to Mumbai Saga (2021), Frank Nitti: The Enforcer (1988) and Ibrahim El-Abyad (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like How I Fell in Love with a Gangster?
The Godfather (1972), rated 8.7/10 by 23,975 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like How I Fell in Love with a Gangster?
Inside Furioza (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to How I Fell in Love with a Gangster chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside How I Fell in Love with a Gangster, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.