Movie · Crime · Drama

Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is "a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond, Maxim)

2007 · 2h 37m
Director Ridley Scott

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American Gangster

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Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is "a brutal and brilliant film" (Pete Hammond, Maxim)

COMMON SENSE

Violent, drug-fueled drama isn't for kids.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.3
Reviews 213
Fresh 173
Rotten 40

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Studio
Universal Pictures
Released
2007
Run Time
2 hr 37 min
Rated
R for violence, pervasive drug content and language, nudity and sexuality.
Region of Origin
United States
© 2007 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United States) (AD, AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (Canada) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC, SDH), French (Canada) , Spanish (Latin America)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
Audio descriptions (AD) refer to a narration track describing what is happening on screen, to provide context for those who are blind or have low vision.