20 best movies like Middle Men (2009)

List of the best movies like Middle Men (2009): The Godfather: Part III, Let's Be Cops, Stiletto, Homegrown, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Trust, A Most Violent Year, Feeling Minnesota, Harlem Nights, Driven.

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Markimdb: 7.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:50

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But when these newly-minted “heroes” get tangled in a real life web of mobsters and dirty detectives, they must put their fake badges on the line.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:42

Three laborers on a Northern California marijuana plantation become increasingly paranoid when they learn that their boss has been murdered. They know enough to run, taking with them enough of the crop to pay them for services rendered. Hooking up with go-between Lucy in the next town, they plot their next move.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration03:00

    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.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    A pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble upon a mysterious bank vault.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
    Duration02:05

    A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on a the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    Sam Clayton's marriage to ex-stripper Freddie comes about when she's strong-armed into the match by Red, a club proprietor who once did her a favor. But Freddie falls in love with Jjaks, Sam's brother, and the pair tries to escape the situation together. It isn't long before both Sam and Red catch up with them, resulting in threats against the two of them -- although tension also starts to build between Sam and Red.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    '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.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Puerto Rico

    FBI informant Jim Hoffman lures troubled automobile magnate John DeLorean to an undercover sting for cocaine trafficking.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:30

    A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

      Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      A rising Boston gangster (Ben Barnes) endangers those around him when he starts to make moves without the knowledge of his boss (Harvey Keitel).

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:24

      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.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:50

      After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      Based on a stranger than fiction true story, King Cobra is a deliciously dark, twisted plunge into the behind-the-scenes world of the pornography industry. A young Sean Paul Lockhart (using the stage name 'Brent Corrigan') is a fresh-faced wannabe adult video performer. He is moulded into a star by Stephen (aka Bryan Kocis), a closeted gay porn mogul who runs the skin flick empire Cobra Video from his seemingly ordinary suburban home. But as Brent’s rise and demands for money put him at odds with his boss, he also attracts the attention of a rival producer, Joseph Kerekes, and his unstable lover, Harlow Cuadra, who will stop at nothing to squash Cobra Video and steal its number one star.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA

      A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Boomer (Wiper) is a rookie cop based in the urban hellhole that is downtown Chicago. After his involvement in a drug bust operation which results in the death of Carlos (Carmen Argenziano), his mentor and father figure, Boomer becomes disillusioned with the brutal and inhumane nature of his job. Consequently, he decides to hand in his resignation to the Chicago Police Department and return to his home town of Joliet, where his fiancé, Kelly (Natasha Henstridge), awaits.While en route back to Joliet, however, Boomer makes a grievous error in judgment when he stops for, and assists, an unfortunate motorist whose vehicle appears to have broken down; the naive ex-cop is swiftly attacked and rendered unconscious. Boomer awakes to find that his car and wallet have been stolen, and that he has become involved in a dangerous game of mistaken identity.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:01

      Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration02:12

      John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mistaken for a Mafia boss, and the two are suddenly catapulted to the highest levels of mobster status. Only friendship will see them through this dangerous adventure alive!

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genreaction, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      The story of America's most famous mobsters and their rise to power. Examine Al Capone's ascension through the eyes of his second in command, “Machine Gun” Jack McGurn.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Set in the underworld of debt-collecting, homegrown hustler Peg Dahl will do anything to escape Buffalo, NY.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      Bounced from her job, Erin Grant needs money if she's to have any chance of winning back custody of her child. But, eventually, she must confront the naked truth: to take on the system, she'll have to take it all off. Erin strips to conquer, but she faces unintended circumstances when a hound dog of a Congressman zeroes in on her and sharpens the shady tools at his fingertips, including blackmail and murder.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, musical, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:37

      A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Quinn Forte had it all: power, money, a brother who idolized him, and a woman who loved him. He also had enemies. In the course of one night, he loses everything. Betrayed by someone in his inner circle, Quinn is set up and arrested. His father, the patriarch of the criminal empire is killed and his brother suspects that Quinn is behind it all. When he's released from jail he tries to escape the demons from his past, but that becomes an impossible task. Campbell, the ruthless new leader of "The Company" won't let him leave in peace. So instead of escaping them, Quinn fights back. He joins forces with his former henchman and friend, The Swede, and takes on his enemies head on.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA

      When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is fired as an example, he's then mistaken for evil criminal killer Mannion and is arrested. The resemblance is so striking that the police give him a special pass to avoid a similar mistake. The real Mannion sees the opportunity to steal the pass and move around freely and chaos results.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, western, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      Two championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar who went missing there.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:09

        The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

        Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration01:52

        After saving Casey, a daughter of his friend, from hired assassins, Jack Devlin is hit with a strange phobia - fear of white color. But when his other friend, who works as a bodyguard for a supermodel, is wounded, Jack decides to step in for him. Now he must confront his fear and the assassin, who seems to be well aware of Jack's problem.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration02:01

        Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
        CountryGermany, USA
        Duration02:02

        A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
        Duration01:45

        A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryGermany, USA
        Duration01:28

        Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA
        Duration01:33

        A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:10

        In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:10

        Four young men make a risky investment together that puts them in trouble with the mob.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:51

        Joe Gavilan (Harrison Ford) and his new partner K. C. Calden (Josh Hartnett), are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genredrama, crime, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
        Duration01:50

        Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:37

        A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:36

        An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrecomedy, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:12

        Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher's dark secret.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        Charlie, 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 Charlie plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering whether one of their own had a hand in the crime.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:36

        Mason is a man down on his luck with nothing to lose when he's approached to lead a group of wealthy hunters on an expedition in the Pacific Northwest. But things get really twisted when Mason discovers the group isn't after wild animals -- they're after him.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:06

        When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:01

        Based on true events, The Wannabe, a story about Thomas, a man obsessed with Mafia culture during the 1990s in New York City. When Thomas’s failed attempts to fix the trial of infamous mobster John Gotti gets him rejected by the people he idolizes most, he sets off on a drug infused crime spree with his girlfriend and longtime mob groupie, Rose, by brazenly robbing the local Mafia hangouts.




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