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  • Once Upon a Time in America

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    A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

  • Izzy & Moe

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    The adventures of two retired vaudeville performers who become two of the best prohibition agents in the 1920’s.

  • The Untouchables

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    Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.

  • The Vanishing Virginian

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    The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.

  • Frank Nitti: The Enforcer

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    Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti’s rise to the top of the Windy City’s underworld, amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life…

  • Miller’s Crossing

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    Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

  • Tintin in America

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    In order to assassinate the inquisitive Belgian reporter Tintin, the evil gangster Al Capone orders Smiles, an executive under his command, to lure him to a meeting to be held in Chicago…

  • A River Runs Through It

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    The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, spending much of their time fly fishing. The sons of a minister, the boys eventually part company when Norman moves east to attend college, leaving his rebellious brother to find trouble back home. When Norman finally returns, the siblings resume their…

  • Boardwalk Empire

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    Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don’t apply. And the man who runs things — legally and otherwise — is the town’s treasurer, Enoch “Nucky” Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

  • Lawless

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    In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war…

  • Live by Night

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    A group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.

  • Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

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    Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.

  • 2036: Nexus Dawn

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    This in-world short film takes place in the year 2036 and revolves around Jared Leto’s character, Niander Wallace. In this short, Wallace introduces a new line of “perfected” replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to get the prohibition on replicants repealed. This no doubt has serious ramifications that will be crucial to the plot of…