organized crime theme
The particular social problem of large centralized enterprises that engage in criminal activity is displayed.
63 total · 7 choice · 29 major · 27 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahp5x07 | choice | The story follows the up-and-coming mobster Art as he gets in over his head. |
| bbf5x05 | choice | A mafia-ike group tried to dominate Babylon 5. |
| movie: Goodfellas (1990) | choice | We saw how Henry grew up to become a mobster, a mob boss, and a drug kingpin. |
| movie: On the Waterfront (1954) | choice | The story concerns the mob boss Johnny Friendly, leader of the longshoremen's union on the waterfront of Hoboken, New Jersey. He maintained an iron grip on dock work, and those that displeased him could find themselves out of work, beaten up, and even killed. He met his downfall when some locals, Terry Malloy and Father Barry in the forefront, found the courage to stand up to him. |
| movie: The Godfather (1972) | choice | The whole film centered on the life and activities of one Sicilian mafia family in America. |
| movie: The Godfather Part II (1974) | choice | The story concerns the Corleone family crime syndicate as its head Michael Corleone increasingly lost his humanity while attempting to run his criminal empire. Flashbacks presents an origin story of the same family. |
| movie: The Godfather Part III (1990) | choice | The story concerns the Italian mafia in the United States, and the Corleone family crime syndicate which had by this time expanded its operations to the old continent. |
| ahh1x32 | major | Detective Paul Reardon was on a mission to bring the Lane Gang, a neighborhood crime syndicate dealing in heroin, to justice. |
| ahh2x05 | major | The contractor of the assassin was at the head of a local crime syndicate that dealt in gambling, at the very least. |
| ahp2x29 | major | Mr. Williams was running some kind of criminal enterprise. The killed man was described as a mobster. |