← Cinema Atlas
Discover great cinema and the connections that made it possible.
The Untouchables poster
UNITED STATES · 1987

The Untouchables

Brian De Palma
New Hollywood prohibition era organized crime law enforcement corruption redemption
Watch on MUBI → ▶ Trailer
Synopsis

Elliot Ness, an ambitious prohibition agent, is determined to take down Al Capone. In order to achieve this goal, he forms a group given the nickname “The Untouchables”.

Year1987
CountryUnited States
DirectorBrian De Palma
MovementNew Hollywood
Cinematic DNA

We haven't mapped this film's connections yet. Explore Brian De Palma's other work or films from United States below.

More from Brian De Palma → Cinema of United States →

More from Brian De Palma

United States · New Hollywood
Passion
Passion
2012 · United States
Redacted
Redacted
2007 · United States
The Black Dahlia
The Black Dahlia
2006 · United States

Films with Similar Themes

prohibition era · organized crime · law enforcement · corruption · redemption
The Lady in Red (Lewis Teague, ) script
The Lady in Red (Lewis Teague, ) script
1979 · John Sayles
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
1967 · Roger Corman
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
1959 · Billy Wilder
Miller's Crossing
Miller's Crossing
1990 · Joel Coen
Last Man Standing
Last Man Standing
1996 · Walter Hill
Fantasia Among the Squares
Fantasia Among the Squares
1971 · Gérard Pirès

More from United States

Cinema of United States
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 · Francis Ford Coppola
Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Past Lives
Past Lives
2023 · Celine Song