American Gangster

2007 · 157 min · ★ 7.6 / 10 · 6269 votes

Drama · Crime

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.

Cast

Denzel Washington · Russell Crowe · Josh Brolin · Chiwetel Ejiofor · Cuba Gooding Jr. · Lymari Nadal · Ted Levine · Armand Assante · John Ortiz · John Hawkes

Director

Ridley Scott