American Gangster (2007)

There are two sides to the American dream.

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lymari Nadal, Ted Levine, Armand Assante

Production: Film Rites, Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Scott Free Productions

Countries: United States of America

Languages: English

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 12 wins & 38 nominations total

Box office: $130,164,645

Budget: $100,000,000