Movies Like Rulers of the City

If you liked Rulers of the City (1976), a crime and action movie directed by Fernando Di Leo, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Lucky Luciano (1973)
★ 6.4/10Also crime
Lucky 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…
2
The Valachi Papers (1972)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred…
3
Gotti (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion…
4
Boys Cry (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they…
5
Black Caesar (1973)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and action
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
6
Tony Arzenta (1973)
★ 6.1/10Also action and crime
A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and many bloody shootouts - ensue.
7
The Outfit (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed…
8
Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also action and crime
When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
9
Donnie Brasco (1997)
★ 7.5/10Also crime
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
10
The Day of the Owl (1968)
★ 7.1/10Also crime
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over…
11
Mafia Mamma (2023)
★ 6/10Also crime and action
A suburban American woman inherits her grandfather’s Mafia empire and, guided by the Firm’s trusted consigliere, defies everyone’s expectations, including her own, as the new head of the family business.
12
2 Guns (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also action and crime
A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing…
13
Piranhas (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
A gang of teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding – until they decide to be the bosses themselves.
14
Married to the Mob (1988)
★ 6/10Also crime
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and…
15
Mobsters (1991)
★ 6.3/10Also action and crime
The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
16
The Italian Connection (1972)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and action
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get…
17
Mafia Millionaires (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
The rise and fall of a Neapolitan criminal clan through the story of a boss and his family, divided between the aspiration for a bourgeois life and the deep impulses of oppression. Thirty years of history of one of the…
18
Code of Silence (1985)
★ 6/10Also action and crime
A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.
19
The Alto Knights (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
Two of New York's most notorious organized crime bosses, Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, vie for control of the city's streets. Once the best of friends, petty jealousies and a series of betrayals place them on a…
20
Suburra (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.