Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- violent
- brash
- melodramatic
- gangster movie marathon
- 1990s cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film stylish but undermined by empty plotting, muddled storytelling, and excessive violence.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Charlie Luciano, Frank Costello, Bugsy Siegel, and Meyer Lansky are fictionalized as young New York criminals rising into organized crime.
The friends disagree over how to run their expanding enterprise while confronting Don Faranzano and Mad Dog Coll.
The film uses abundant style and extreme bloodshed in its depiction of mob power and criminal conflict.
The story follows street hoods in New York City as they build a broader organized-crime operation.
Films like Mobsters, and why
Bugsy
period gangster crime drama about the rise of organized crime and ambitious criminal friends
The Untouchables
stylized historical gangster drama centered on organized crime, power, and violent ambition
Once Upon a Time in America
ensemble crime saga depicting the formation of a criminal empire amid rivalries and betrayals
Miller's Crossing
violent period mob drama focused on competing codes, criminal hierarchy, and larger-than-life gangsters
Movie Details
- Director
- Michael Karbelnikoff
- Release Date
- 1991-07-26
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (203)
Cast
- Christian Slater
- Patrick Dempsey
- Richard Grieco
- Costas Mandylor
- F. Murray Abraham
- Lara Flynn Boyle
- Michael Gambon
- Chris Penn
- Anthony Quinn
- Rodney Eastman
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Mobsters about?
- Young New York street criminals forge a powerful underworld alliance whose ambitions collide with rival bosses, violent enforcers, and internal division.
- What is Mobsters like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Mobsters as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Mobsters violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Mobsters as graphic.
- What did critics think of Mobsters?
- Critics broadly found the film stylish but undermined by empty plotting, muddled storytelling, and excessive violence.
- Which films are like Mobsters?
- Films with a similar feel include Bugsy, The Untouchables, Once Upon a Time in America, and Miller's Crossing.
- How long is Mobsters?
- Mobsters runs 104 minutes.
- Where can I watch Mobsters?
- In United States, Mobsters is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
