Nøgleord Mafia

Familien Corleone er en stor, varmhjertet slægt af italiensk herkomst. Samtidig er familiens overhoved, Don Vito, en ledende skikkelse i mafiaen, en "gudfar", hvis magt kun begrænses af hans konkurrenter.

I 1958 fejrer mafialederen Michael Corleone sin søns konfirmation med stor festivitas. Udadtil fremviser Corleone-familien en facade uden revner, men facaden dækker i virkeligheden over korruption, vold og mord.

Ray Liotta spiller Henry Hill, en ung fyr på den forkerte side af loven. Henry bliver venner med gangsterne Tommy DeVito og Jimmy Conway. Tingene udvikler sig hurtigt, og de tre venner begår snart store forbrydelser.

I 1980 ankommer cubanske Tony Montana og hans ven Manny til Miami, hvor de bluffer og myrder sig til en opholdstilladelse. Tony og Manny får job som opvaskere, men Tony har andre ambitioner. Med brutale midler går han i gang med at opbygge sit eget narkoimperium, og snart er han en af de helt store spillere i byens underverden. Men Tony kan ikke holde næsen fra sine egne varer, og hans ego og paranoia vokser i takt med hans imperium.

Den nyuddannede betjent Billy Costigan voksede op med kriminalitet. Det gør ham til den perfekte muldvarp til at infiltrere byens mafia, styret af bossen Frank Costello. Det er Billys opgave at vinde Costellos tillid og hjælpe sine foresatte med at fængsle Costello. Imens har specialdetektiv Colin Sullivan fået alles tillid. Ingen ved, at han er Costellos muldvarp i politiet. De fordækte liv, der krydser hinanden og kolliderer, er den eksplosive kerne i den meget roste The Departed.

Instruktøren Francis Ford Coppola har restaureret The Godfather: Part III med en ny begyndelse, og som han selv beskriver det, "en mere passende afslutning på The Godfather og The Godfather: Part II". Den aldrende mafialeder Michael Corleone har to ønsker: at gøre sit familiedynasti lovligt og at finde en efterfølger.

Politimanden Matt Scudder (Liam Neeson) bliver kontaktet af en narkobagmand, hvis kone er blevet kidnappet og dræbt. Nu vil manden have fundet de ansvarlige, så han kan straffe dem, og han overtaler Scudder til at tage sagen. Men under efterforskningen går det op for Scudder, at det bliver en farlig affære, da gerningsmændene er en sadistisk duo, som tidligere har bortført og myrdet en række kvinder - og de vil snart slå til igen.

Da de to Chicagomusikere Joe og Jerry ved et tilfælde bliver vidner til et gangstermord, springer de øjeblikkeligt på et sydgående tog på vej mod Florida, forklædt som Josephine og Daphne, de to nyeste – og knap så charmerende – medlemmer af et rent kvindejazzband. Deres dække er perfekt… indtil en elskovssyg sangerinde falder for "Josephine", en aldrende playboy falder for "Daphne", mens gangsterbossen nægter at falde for deres svindelnummer!

Bronx i 1960erne er et hårdt miljø at vokse op i for en ung knægt som Calogero, der ender med at blive fanget mellem to mænd. På den ene side hans far, buschaufføren Lorenzo, som ikke ejer andet end sin ære. På den anden side, mafiabossen Sonny, som ejer hele kvarteret. Efter Calogero ser Sonny skyde en anden mand, nægter han at vidne og vinder dermed Sonnys tillid. Hurtigt lokkes han ind i en verden på den forkerte side af loven. I løbet af de kommende år spreder mafiaens magt sig mere og mere i området, og Lorenzo kæmper en ulige kamp for at redde sin søn fra kriminaliteten. Men der kommer en dag, hvor Calogero må vælge mellem at fortjene respekt - som sin far – eller at tage den med magt - som Sonny!

Mød El Benny - en desperat mand, der efter at været blevet udvist fra USA kaster sig hovedkuls ud i livet som hardcore gangster i Mexicos beskidte underverden. El Bennys liv bliver en cocktail af sex, narko og mord, og det eneste, der kan ryste ham, er tanken om at han er ved at ende det samme sted som sin bror. Og det er en skæbne, Benny for alt i verden vil undgå! Luis Estrada har skrevet og instrueret denne rimelig barske komedie.

Den nørdede Dave elsker superhelte så meget, at han vælger at gøre dem kunsten efter. At han ikke tilnærmelsesvist ejer skyggen af superkræfter, skal ikke stoppe ham. Med et sejt navn, et specialsyet kostume og en maske begiver han sig ud for at bekæmpe kriminalitet. Han får selskab af en anden nybegynder, Red Mist, samt den 11-årige sværdmester Hit Girl og hendes far, Big Daddy.

Den pyntesyge Øksebande hersker nærmest uindskrænket i en by i 1930'ernes Kina. Beboerne i én lille boligblok holder dog stand, men en skønne dag brydes freden, og snart er blodbadet i fuld sving. Herefter går det over stok og sten i et kæberaslende miks af slagscener, slapstick-sadisme og ekstatisk sort humor, og selv om figurerne blæser på tyngdekraften, ender mange af dem alligevel i en rød pøl - enten skudt, slået eller hakket ihjel!

Eks-bookmakeren Sam 'Ace' Rothstein bliver i starten af 1970'erne sendt til Las Vegas for at styre mafiakasinoet Tangiers. Korruptionen trives, Ace gør det godt, og han formår at holde en respektabel facade. Han gifter sig med luksusluderen Ginger og nyder det søde liv. Men i kulissen spøger problemerne. Ginger er stadig draget af en gammel elsker, mens Aces ven, gangsteren Nicky Santoro, sætter Vegas på den anden ende.

Frank Sheeran er en hustler og lejemorder, som arbejdede sammen med nogle af de mest berygtede personer i det 20. århundrede. Over flere årtier fortælles historien om et af de største uløste mysterier i amerikansk historie, nemlig forsvindingen af den legendariske fagforeningschef Jimmy Hoffa. Filmen viser den storslåede rejse gennem den organiserede kriminalitets indre systemer, stridigheder og politiske forbindelser.

Mød Clarence, Elvis-fan, kung-fu filmekspert og han sælger tegneserier, mød så Alabama, nybegynder i luderbranchen. De støder sammen i en regn af popcorn i biografen og der opstår umiddelbart sand kærlighed. De gifter sig med det samme, og Clarence giver Alabama en sød morgengave - han nakker hendes alfons! Og får en taske fyldt med kokain med i ved en fejltagelse... Med mafiaen i hælene flygter de i en lyserød cadillac mod Hollywood, hvor en ven af Clarence måske kan skaffe dem af med stofferne. I Hollywood havner de midt i mellem politiet, blodtørstige gangstere og gale bodyguards...

Da Robert render ind i en gammel bekendt, går hans liv i spåner. Vennen myrdes, men har givet Robert en videooptagelse af et mord, begået af National Security Agency, som jagter terrorister og ønsker ubegrænsede beføjelser til at udspionere alle. NSA sætter en hær af agenter og alle former for elektronisk overvågning ind mod Robert, som gang på gang undslipper på et hængende hår. Men hvor længe kan én mand klare sig mod verdens eneste supermagt?

Siden mafiabossen Giovanni Manzoni sladrede om sine gangsterkolleger til FBI, har hans familie været kastebold i vidnebeskyttelsesprogrammet. Senest er Manzoni, som nu kalder sig Fred Blake, flyttet til Normandiet med kone, teenagebørn og hund. Ingen af dem er særlig gode til at holde lav profil, så Freds gamle fjender kommer hurtigt på sporet af ham og sender en flok lejemordere til Frankrig.

Vi møder den unge FBI agent Joe Pistone, da han prøver at infiltrere mafiaen som den lille smarte juvel ekspert Donnie Brasco. Det garvede mafiamedlem Lefty Ruggieros, der altid er blevet overset, øjner muligheder i den unge knøs og påtager sig at blive Brascos protektor. Og så er helvede ellers løs i mafia-gade.

Atsushi Nakajima was kicked out of his orphanage, and now he has no place to go and no food. While he is standing by a river, on the brink of starvation, he rescues a man whimsically attempting suicide. That man is Osamu Dazai, and he and his partner Kunikida are members of a very special detective agency. They have supernatural powers and deal with cases that are too dangerous for the police or the military. They're tracking down a tiger that has appeared in the area recently, around the time Atsushi came to the area. The tiger seems to have a connection to Atsushi, and by the time the case is solved, it is clear that Atsushi's future will involve much more of Dazai and the rest of the detectives!

The 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.

Raku Ichijo is an average high school student. He also happens to be the sole heir to the head of a Yakuza Family called the Shuei-gumi. 10 years ago, Raku made a promise… a secret promise with a girl he met. They promised one another that they will “get married when they reunite.” Since then, Raku never let go of the pendant the girl gave him.

Supposedly Japan's greatest swindler, Makoto Edamura gets more than he bargained for when he tries to con Laurent Thierry, a real world-class crook.

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Iraq has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands—and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance.

When Mikazuki Augus, a young member of a private security company known as the CGS, accepts a mission to protect a young woman seeking to liberate the Martian city of Chryse from Earth’s rule, he sets off a chain of events that threatens to send the galaxy back to war.

Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of the clan's godfather, Pietro Savastano.

For Brandon Heat, death doesn't matter. Driven by his need for revenge, he returns from beyond the grave to cripple Milleneon, the huge mafia organization which uses undead monsters as its enforcers. His ultimate goal is to destroy Harry MacDowel, the leader of Milleneon and, at one time, Brandon's best friend...

Based in the 1930's of Shanghai, China, this drama is a story about love, friendship, patriotism and desire. Shin Jung Tae (Kim Hyun Joong) is an outrageous and clumsy man, but has an unconditional love for his country and family. He was known as the best fighter in the alleys of Shanghai.

Miles Daly works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film with the help of washed-up filmmaker Rick Moreweather. Based on Elmore Leonard’s 1990 New York Times bestselling novel.

Rônin Akitsu Masanosuke is a skilled swordsman, but his personality often causes him to be let go from his job. One day he encounters Yaichi, the leader of a group calling itself "Five Leaves" and takes a job from him as a bodyguard. Though he is worried about their intentions, he feels there is something more to the group and agrees to work with them.

At the age of eight, Park Joo Hyeong left for Italy after being adopted. Now an adult, he is known as Vincenzo Cassano and employed by a Mafia family as a consigliere. Due to warring Mafia factions, he flies to South Korea where he gets involved with lawyer Hong Cha Young. She is the type of attorney who will do anything to win a case. Now back in his motherland, he gives an unrivalled conglomerate a taste of his own medicine—with a side of his own version of justice.

Jonah is a child soldier and the newest bodyguard for Koko, an international arms dealer with an entourage of hired guns. The cold-blooded kid hates Koko’s line of work, but following her into the darkest corners of the black market might be the only way he can find those responsible for his family’s slaughter. Besides, his employer isn’t like most merchants of death. She uses guile and cutthroat tactics to keep her clients armed to the teeth—all while cultivating her own warped plan for the future of world peace. With the CIA desperate for her capture, assassins eager to collect her head, and the potential for every contract to end in ultra-violence, Koko and her comrades in arms bring the boom to every corner of the world.

"No Good" Tsunayoshi Sawada is next in line to become boss of the powerful Vongola mafia family. The Vongolas' most powerful hitman, a cursed gun-toting infant named Reborn, is sent to teach Tsuna how to be a boss.

One night, a strange object falls on the head of Nitta, a member of the yakuza. Inside the box is a strange young girl named Hina. She has tremendous supernatural powers, and Nitta finds himself reluctantly taking her in. Her powers can come in handy for his yakuza business, but he also runs the risk of her using them on him! Not to mention, if she doesn't use her powers, she will eventually go berserk and destroy everything around her. Nitta and Hina's strange life together is just beginning...

The story follows a team of pirate mercenaries known as the Lagoon Company, that smuggles goods in and around the seas of Southeast Asia in the early to mid 1990s. Their base of operations is located in the fictional harbor city of Roanapur in southeast Thailand near the border of Cambodia.

The second son of a Mafia boss, Kinn Theerapanyakul, is fleeing from an enemy when he meets Porsche, an enterprising young bartender. Porsche agrees to help defend Kinn from his attackers for a price. Porsche's martial arts skills impress, and spurred on by his father, Kinn seeks to hire Porsche as one of his personal bodyguards. Porsche is opposed and rejects Kinn’s offer despite his attempts at intimidation. It isn't until Porsche's family home and his ability to care for his brother are threatened that he acquiesces and moves onto the Theerapanyakul property. It's not a smooth transition into the unorthodox, violent job, and his relationship with Kinn vacillates between strained and playful. When his feelings for Kinn take an unexpected turn, his work becomes even more high-stakes.

The story of Salvatore Riina, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.

The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.

Narumi Fujishima is an ordinary high school boy who remains isolated from his fellow classmates. One afternoon fellow classmate Ayaka Shinozaki invites Narumi to join the gardening club and introduces him to a reclusive detective named Alice. Alice hires Narumi as an assistant and puts him to work solving the strange mysteries of Angel fix, an illegal drug. Little does he know it could put him and Ayaka in serious trouble.