Movies like Scarface
12 films like Scarface (1983), Carlito's Way, Body Double, The Godfather among them. They're picked by what the story is about and what each shares with Scarface: its director, cast, franchise or setting.
1983 · 170 min · Crime, Drama. In the 1980s, a determined criminal-minded Cuban immigrant becomes the biggest drug smuggler in Miami, and is eventually undone by his own drug addiction.
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Carlito's Way
Also directed by Brian De Palma · Also stars Al PacinoA Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
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Body Double
Also directed by Brian De PalmaA young actor's obsession with spying on a beautiful woman who lives nearby leads to a baffling series of events with drastic consequences.
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The Godfather
Also stars Al PacinoThe aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluctant son.
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The Godfather Part II
Also stars Al PacinoThe early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
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The Untouchables
Also directed by Brian De PalmaDuring Prohibition, Treasury agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and assembles a small, incorruptible team to help him.
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Blow Out
Also directed by Brian De PalmaA movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.
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Donnie Brasco
Also stars Al PacinoAn FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the Mafia life--at the expense of his regular one.
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Heat
Also stars Al PacinoA group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue at their latest heist.
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Raising Cain
Also directed by Brian De Palma · Also stars Steven BauerThe oncologist wife of a prominent child psychologist suspects her husband has an unhealthy scientific obsession with their child, unaware of what - or who - is really going on inside his head.
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The Departed
Also crime and dramaAn undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
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Dressed to Kill
Also directed by Brian De PalmaA mysterious blonde woman kills one of the patients of a psychiatrist and then goes after the high-class hooker who witnessed the murder.
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The Black Dahlia
Also directed by Brian De PalmaTwo police detectives see their personal and professional lives fall apart in the wake of the "Black Dahlia" murder investigation.
