5 Movies Like Once Upon a Time in America to Watch

Best Movies Like Once Upon a Time in America

Here is our list of movies like Once Upon a Time in America that we are sure you will enjoy. About Once Upon a Time in America The defeated, penniless, and guilty former gangster David “Noodles” Aaronson returns to Manhattan haunted by the ghosts of his long-gone childhood friends Max, Patsy, and Cockeye, his ferociously loyal partners-in-crime during their rise to prominence on New York’s Lower East Side during Prohibition.

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The Untouchables

Year: 1987

Director: Brian De Palma

Famed crime boss Al Capone ruled Chicago with an iron fist after building an empire with bootleg alcohol.

Miller’s Crossing

Year: 1990

Director: Ethan Coen

The main character of the film, Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne), is the right-hand man and chief adviser of a mob boss named Leo (Albert Finney).

Hoodlum

Year: 1997

Director: Bill Duke

The film centers around a war between two gangs in 1930s Harlem for control of illegal gaming — one led by black strategic godfather Bumpy Johnson and another by white ruthless hothead Dutch Schultz.

Gangs of New York

Year: 2002

Director: Martin Scorsese

At the start of the American Civil War, in the god-forsaken Five Points district of Lower Manhattan, Bill “The Butcher” Cutting is the overlord of an area riddled with crime, prostitution, theft, and murder.

City of God

Year: 2002

Director: Kátia Lund

City of God, 1960s, Brazil. Motels and gas trucks are robbed by the Tender Trio.

The Best Movies Like Once Upon a Time in America

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