Middle Men

6.5

2009

105 mins

DramaComedyCrime

Chronicles Jack Harris, one of the pioneers of internet commerce, as he wrestles with his morals and struggles not to drown in a sea of conmen, mobsters, drug addicts, and pornstars.

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Year : 1976Rating : ⭐ 7.0

Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a major gambling problem that has gotten him in trouble before. When Cosmo loses big-time at an underground casino run by mobster Mort, he isn't able to pay up. Mort then offers Cosmo the chance to pay back his debt by knocking off a pesky, Mafia-protected bookie.

Hustlers

Year : 2019Rating : ⭐ 6.5

A crew of savvy former strip club employees band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.

Get Shorty

Year : 1995Rating : ⭐ 6.5

Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent to L.A. to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, the romantic sparks fly. After pitching his own life story as a movie idea, Chili learns that being a mobster and being a Hollywood producer really aren't all that different.

The Ice Harvest

Year : 2005Rating : ⭐ 5.9

A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.

Harlem Nights

Year : 1989Rating : ⭐ 6.0

'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.

Donnie Brasco

Year : 1997Rating : ⭐ 7.5

An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

Hard Eight

Year : 1997Rating : ⭐ 6.8

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

Blood Simple

Year : 1985Rating : ⭐ 7.3

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

Sharky's Machine

Year : 1981Rating : ⭐ 6.2

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he has never met.

Wonderland

Year : 2003Rating : ⭐ 6.1

On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes.

Killer Joe

Year : 2012Rating : ⭐ 6.5

A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.

Thursday

Year : 1998Rating : ⭐ 6.9

A former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the suburbs. His old crime partner unexpectedly shows up with heroin and gangster business, attracting a slew of violent unsavory characters.

CrissCross

Year : 1992Rating : ⭐ 6.1

A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.

The Wolf of Wall Street

Year : 2013Rating : ⭐ 8.0

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

Casino

Year : 1995Rating : ⭐ 8.0

In Las Vegas, two best friends-a casino executive and a Mafia enforcer--compete for a gambling empire and a fast-living, fast-loving socialite.

War Dogs

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 7.0

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

Made

Year : 2001Rating : ⭐ 5.8

Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.

Collision

Year : 2022Rating : ⭐ 5.8

Over the course of one fateful day, a corrupt businessman and his socialite wife race to save their daughter from a notorious crime lord.

Suicide Kings

Year : 1997Rating : ⭐ 6.6

Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.

Death to Smoochy

Year : 2002Rating : ⭐ 5.9

Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.