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Once Upon a Time in America

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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

229 min - Drama, Crime - 23 May 1984
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A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Director:  Sergio Leone
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Black Rain

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Black Rain (1989)

125 min - Drama, Action, Thriller - 22 September 1989
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Two New York cops get involved in a gang war between members of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia. They arrest one of their killers and are ordered to escort him back to Japan. However, in Japan he manages to escape, and as they try to track him down, they get deeper and deeper into the Japanese Mafia scene and they have to learn that they can only win by playing the game—the Japanese way.

Director:  Ridley Scott
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Casino

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Casino (1995)

179 min - Crime, Drama - 22 November 1995
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In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.

Director:  Martin Scorsese
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The Untouchables

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The Untouchables (1987)

119 min - Crime, Drama, History, Thriller - 3 June 1987
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Young Treasury Agent Eliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jim Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.

Director:  Brian De Palma
Writers:  David Mamet
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