Movies like Kansas City

Fans of Kansas City's gritty crime narrative will appreciate L.A. Confidential's noirish tale of police corruption and Hollywood's seedy underbelly in the 1950s. Its engaging storytelling and ensemble cast create a similarly captivating historic crime drama.

Public Enemies features the true-life exploits of bank robber John Dillinger as he's pursued by the FBI during the 1930s. Similar to Kansas City, it provides a dramatic telling of crime legends during a defining American era.

The Untouchables is a classic crime movie about federal agent Eliot Ness's attempt to take down Al Capone during Prohibition. Like Kansas City, it provides a period-authentic look at organized crime and offers a similar blend of historical detail and intense drama.

Road to Perdition, set during the Great Depression, follows a mob enforcer and his son as they seek vengeance against those who wronged them. The film's exploration of crime, loyalty, and redemption parallels the themes found in Kansas City.

Hoodlum recounts the struggle for control over the numbers racket in 1930s Harlem between African-American gangster Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson and the established crime lords. This film offers a similar mix of period crime drama and the complexity of clashing ambition.

The Cotton Club takes place in the jazz era of Harlem and intertwines the music and mob worlds, much like Kansas City does. Audiences will be drawn to the film's depiction of social complexities and the intertwining of entertainment and organized crime.

Set during the Prohibition era, Miller's Crossing is a crime film that delves into the intricate world of organized crime, power struggles, and loyalty. Fans of Kansas City's jazz-infused criminal underworld will find the moody atmosphere and complex plotting of Miller's Crossing to be right up their alley.

Bugsy explores the life of mobster Bugsy Siegel and his dreams of building a gambling empire in Las Vegas. This biographical crime movie navigates the criminal world with a tone that viewers who enjoyed the intertwined fates of the characters in Kansas City are likely to savor.