A crime organization's brutal power unfolds through the eyes of an obedient enforcer, creating bleak, tense drama.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Streaming on Max.
Nothing past what a TV-MA promises: moderate sex and nudity, and brutal violence.
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Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of the clan's godfather, Pietro Savastano.
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Locked Up (2015)Gritty · full attention · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA young woman navigates a ruthless women's prison, facing relentless tension and bleak, gritty crime.
Extracurricular (2020)Gritty · full attention · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA gifted student's desperate choices in a gritty criminal underworld lead to bleak, intimate suspense.
Breaking Bad (2008)Dark satire · gritty · full attention · brutal violenceA chemistry teacher's bleak diagnosis ignites a darkly-comic, relentless spiral into the criminal underworld.
Snowfall (2017)Gritty · full attention · brutal violence · graphic goreGritty 1980s Los Angeles becomes a bleak, tense battleground as crack cocaine ravages a community.Gomorrah is on our Mob and gangsters, Italian and Crime on Max lists.
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