Highest-Rated Movies about 'Criminal Underworld'

The Dark Knight Rises (2012), M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931), Infernal Affairs (2002), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Company (2002), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Man from Nowhere (2010), Baby Driver (2017) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Criminal Underworld movies.

#16. Black Caesar (1973)

Storyline: Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in New York City's Harlem. Angry at the racist society around him, both criminal and straight, he sees the acquisition of power as the solution to his rage. He performs a free-lance hit on a Mob contract to attract the attention of the head of a Mafia family. Reluctantly accepted into 'The Family,' he grows increasingly autonomous and aggressive, eventually starting a gang war.—Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>

Plot Keywords: blaxploitation, social commentary, harlem manhattan new york city, blood, violence, underworld, swimming pool ...

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#17. Yardie (2018)

Storyline: Set in '70s Kingston and '80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother Jerry Dread (Everaldo Creary). D grows up under the wing of a Kingston Don and music producer named King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd). Fox dispatches him to London, where he reconnects with his childhood sweetheart, Yvonne (Shantol Jackson), and his daughter who he's not seen since she was a baby. He also hooks up with a soundclash crew, called High Noon. But before he can be convinced to abandon his life of crime and follow "the righteous path", he encounters the man who shot his brother 10 years earlier, and embarks on a bloody, explosive quest for retribution - a quest which brings him into conflict with vicious London gangster Rico (Stephen Graham).—Studiocanal

Plot Keywords: based on novel, smoking a joint, marijuana joint, smoking marijuana, drug dealer, drug trafficking, drug trade ...

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#18. A Better Tomorrow (2010)

Storyline: Arms trafficker Hyuk and Young-chun are practically brothers and nothing can separate them. When the two managed to escape from North Korea, they left behind Hyuk's younger brother Chul. Hyuk can never shake off the guilt as his family was punished for his treason and his mother died in prison. Three years later, Chul finally makes his way to South Korea and join the police force. Hyuk tries to earn the trust and love of his younger brother, but abandonment and betrayal are hard things to forget. Things come to a head when Young-chun pulls Hyuk into doing one last gig for the gang. It happens to be the case that Officer Chul is in charge of. The three brothers meet again one final time.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: anti hero, heroic bloodshed, police officer, criminal underworld, villain, organized crime, south korea ...

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