American Gangster

2007 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 158 min · neo-noir, thriller film, hood film

★ 7.6/10 · 6,244 ratings on TMDB

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.