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To commemorate the Featured Television Blog for the month of June, Boardwalk Empire, I have gathered My Top Ten Prohibition Movies! If you’re looking for the best movies featuring Prohibition, you’ve come to the right place, have a look at my favorite movies featuring Prohibition!

Directed by William A. Wellman Written by Kubec Glasmon John Bright Screenplay by Harvey F. Thew[1] Based on Beer and Blood by John Bright Kubec Glasmon Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck Starring James Cagney Jean Harlow Edward Woods Joan Blondell Cinematography Devereaux Jennings Edited by Edward Michael McDermott Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Directed by Billy Wilder Screenplay by Billy Wilder I. A. L. Diamond Story by Robert Thoeren Michael Logan Based on Fanfare of Love 1935 film by Max Bronnet Michael Logan Pierre Prévert René Pujol Robert Thoeren Produced by Billy Wilder Starring Marilyn Monroe Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon George Raft Pat O'Brien Joe E. Brown Cinematography Charles Lang Edited by Arthur P. Schmidt Music by Adolph Deutsch Production company Mirisch Company Distributed by United Artists
Directed by Eddie Murphy Written by Eddie Murphy Produced by Mark Lipsky Robert D. Wachs Starring Eddie Murphy Richard Pryor Cinematography Woody Omens Edited by Alan Balsam George Bowers Music by Herbie Hancock Production company Eddie Murphy Productions Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Directed by Ben Affleck Screenplay by Ben Affleck Based on Live by Night by Dennis Lehane Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio Jennifer Davisson Ben Affleck Jennifer Todd Starring Ben Affleck Elle Fanning Brendan Gleeson Chris Messina Sienna Miller Zoe Saldaña Chris Cooper Cinematography Robert Richardson Edited by William Goldenberg Music by Harry Gregson-Williams Production companies RatPac-Dune Entertainment Appian Way Productions Pearl Street Films Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Directed by Jack Clayton Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola Based on The Great Gatsby 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby 1926 play by Owen Davis Produced by David Merrick Starring Robert Redford Mia Farrow Karen Black Scott Wilson Sam Waterston Lois Chiles Bruce Dern Cinematography Douglas Slocombe Edited by Tom Priestley Music by Nelson Riddle Production company Newdon Productions Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Directed by Sergio Leone, Screenplay by Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Franco Arcalli, Franco Ferrini, and Sergio Leone, Based on "The Hoods" by Harry Grey, Produced by Arnon Milchan, Starring: Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Tuesday Weld, Treat Williams, with Cinematography by Tonino Delli Colli, Edited by Nino Baragli, with Music by Ennio Morricone, Production companies: The Ladd Company, PSO International, Embassy International Pictures, Rafran, Cinematografica, Distributed by Warner Bros. (United States), and Titanus (Italy). (1984)
Directed by Rob Marshall, Screenplay by Bill Condon, Based on "Chicago" by Bob Fosse, and Fred Ebb, "Chicago" by Maurine Dallas Watkins, Produced by Martin Richards, Starring: Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Christine Baranski, Taye Diggs, Lucy Liu, Colm Feore, Dominic West, with Cinematography by Dion Beebe, Edited by Martin Walsh, with Music by John Kander, Danny Elfman, and Steve Bartek, Production companies: Producer Circle Co., Zadan/Meron Production, and Distributed by Miramax Films. (2002)
Directed by Bryan Barber Written by Bryan Barber Produced by Charles Roven Robert Guralnick Starring André 3000 Big Boi Paula Patton Terrence Howard Faizon Love Malinda Williams Cicely Tyson Macy Gray Ben Vereen Bruce Bruce Patti LaBelle Ving Rhames Cinematography Pascal Rabaud Edited by Anne Goursaud Music by John Debney (Score) Outkast (Songs) Production companies Atlas Entertainment Forensic Films HBO Films Mosaic Media Group Distributed by Universal Pictures
Directed by Arthur Penn, Written by David Newman, and Robert Benton, Produced by Warren Beatty, Starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, with Cinematography by Burnett Guffey, and Edited by Dede Allen, with Music by Charles Strouse, Production company: Warner Bros. Pictures, and Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967)
Directed by Brian De Palma Screenplay by David Mamet Based on The Untouchables by Eliot Ness Oscar Fraley Produced by Art Linson Starring Kevin Costner Charles Martin Smith Andy García Robert De Niro Sean Connery Cinematography Stephen H. Burum Edited by Gerald B. Greenberg Bill Pankow Music by Ennio Morricone Distributed by Paramount Pictures

And that’s all folks! My Top Ten Prohibition Movies! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next great Top Ten List!

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