Martin Scorsese directed the American epic Western crime drama movie ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ adapted from David Grann’s same-named 2017 book.
The plot focuses on the notorious Oklahoma murders that took place in the Osage Nation in the 1920s following the discovery of oil on tribal land.
The films serve as respectively the seventh and eleventh collaboration between Scorsese and cast member DiCaprio and Scorsese and other cast member De Niro respectively.
Killers of the Flower Moon was released at Cannes Film Festival on May 20, 2023, and is set to be released in the United States on 6th October this year.
Following is a list of other crime films that you might want to give a try.
Also Read: Top 10 Movies Like The Killer Netflix 2023.
Top 10 Films Like Killers of the Flower Moon:
J. Edgar (2011)-
Clint Eastwood directed this biographical drama film. The plot revolves around Edgar Hoover who goes through his life from the 1919 Palmer Raids recalling how he built the FBI and while doing that, became one of the most influential and powerful people in the history of America.
Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed the titular character J. Edgar Hoover in the movie. It premiered at AFI Film Festival on November 3, 2011, and was released in the United States on 9th November that year.
The Hateful Eight (2015)-
Quentin Tarantino directed the American Western mystery thriller movie the plot of which revolves around a bounty hunter and a fugitive whom he captured as they together get caught in a snowstorm. As they take shelter at a small lodge, they encounter a twisted turn of events at that lodge.
Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Demián Bichir, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, James Parks, and Channing Tatum are cast members of the movie. It was released on December 25, 2015, in the United States.
Gladiator (2000)-
Ridley Scott directed this epic historical drama movie the plot of which finds Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius getting reduced to slavery and eventually to a gladiator when Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ ambitious son Commodus murders his father to seize the throne.
Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix portrayed Maximus Decimus Meridius and Commodus respectively in the movie. It was released in the United States on May 5, 2000, and in the United Kingdom on 12th May that year.
The Irishman (2019)-
The plot finds Frank Sheeran, a truck driver, trying to become a top hitman after getting involved with the Pennsylvania crime family of Russell Bufalino. A powerful Teamster Jimmy Hoffa also comes to the scene.
Robert De Niro portrayed Frank Sheeran in the movie with Al Pacino and Joe Pesci starring as Jimmy Hoffa and Russell Bufalino.
Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Harvey Keitel, Stephanie Kurtzuba, and Kathrine Narducci are other cast members of the movie.
It was nominated for ten Academy Awards including Best Supporting Actor for Pesci and Pacino. ‘The Irishman’ was released at New York Film Festival on September 27, 2019, and was released in the United States on 1st November and on Netflix on 27th November that year.
Capone (2020)-
Josh Trank directed the biographical drama movie centering upon Capone following his eleven years long sentence at Atlanta Penitentiary.
The plot finds renowned Chicago gangster Alfonse Capone at the age of forty-seven when he is suffering from dementia. The movie primarily revolves around his struggle in recalling where he hid millions of dollars.
Tom Hardy portrayed Capone in the movie. Other cast members include Linda Cardellini, Jack Lowden, Noel Fisher, Kyle MacLachlan, and Matt Dillon. The movie was released on May 12, 2020.
The Score (2001)-
Frank Oz directed the American heist movie the plot of which revolves around a professional safe-cracker named Nick Wells who, on the verge of retirement, becomes forced by Max, his partner, to be engaged in a final heist of stealing a French scepter.
Robert De Niro portrayed Nick Wells in the movie with Marlon Brando as Max and Edward Norton as Jack Teller, the mastermind behind the theft. It was released on July 13, 2001.
City of Lies (2018)-
Johnny Depp starred in the crime thriller movie directed by Brad Furman, in the role of Russell Poole, the retired LAPD detective who joins hands with journalist Jack Jackson, played by Forest Whitaker, to unravel lies in the city of Los Angeles.
The movie was released at Noir in Festival on December 8, 2018, and was released in the United States on March 19, 2021.
American Hustle (2013)-
David O. Russell directed this historical black comedy crime movie the plot of which is inspired by the Abscam operation of the FBI that occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Cast members of the film include Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K., Michael Peña, and Alessandro Nivola. The film was released in the United States on December 13, 2013.
Inherent Vice (2014)-
Paul Thomas Anderson directed the period neo-noir mystery comedy movie adapted from Thomas Pynchon’s same-named 2009 novel and revolves around an inept but well-intentioned hippie, stoner, and private investigator Larry “Doc” Sportello, played by Joaquin Phoenix, who gets embroiled in the criminal underworld following the investigation of three cases all of which are interrelated by his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend’s disappearance.
The film was released at the New York Film Festival on October 4, 2014, and was released in the United States on 12th December that year.
The Iceman (2012)-
This American biographical crime movie is inspired by the life incidents of hitman Richard Kuklinski, portrayed by Michael Shannon in the movie.
It was released at Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2012, and was released in the United States on 3rd May the next year.
