Drugskoning Frank Lucas profiteert van de aanwezigheid van het Amerikaans leger in Azië tijdens de Vietnamoorlog om goedkoop drugs de US in te smokkelen. Daarmee bouwt hij in rap tempo een groot imperium op.
Ja! de film American Gangster is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
Nee, helaas is American Gangster nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Production | Michael Costigan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Branko Lustig | Executive Producer |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Production | Brian Grazer | Producer |
| Directing | Ridley Scott | Director |
| Editing | Pietro Scalia | Editor |
| Production | Jim Whitaker | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Harris Savides | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Steven Zaillian | Screenplay |
| Production | Ridley Scott | Producer |
| Sound | Marc Streitenfeld | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Aja Frary | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Aaron Vexler | Stunts |
| Crew | Rob Harris | Unit Publicist |
| Art | Nicholas Lundy | Art Direction |
| Art | Beth A. Rubino | Set Decoration |
| Art | Arthur Max | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janty Yates | Costume Design |
| Art | Leslie E. Rollins | Set Decoration |
| Production | Patrick Tendai Pfupajena | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Peter Epstein | Stunts |
| Crew | David Gere | Stunts |
| Crew | Jodi Michelle Pynn | Stunts |
| Sound | Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Camera | David Lee | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Karen Baker Landers | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Camera | Craig Haagensen | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Dino DiMuro | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | William Sarokin | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Per Hallberg | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | George Leong | Boom Operator |
| Production | Angela Quiles | Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Larry McConkey | Steadicam Operator |
| Directing | Mary A. Kelly | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Dan Hegeman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Peter Staubli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Jon Title | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Julia G. Hickman | Art Department Coordinator |
| Sound | Bob Beemer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Kathy Nelson | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Del Spiva | Music Editor |
| Camera | Larry McConkey | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Christopher Assells | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Jonathan Filley | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nicholas Pileggi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Steven Zaillian | Executive Producer |
| Production | Elizabeth Greenberg | Casting Associate |
| Crew | Joe Frazier | Thanks |
| Costume & Make-Up | Felice Diamond | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | G.A. Aguilar | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Muhammad Ali | Thanks |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bert Reo Anderson | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Billy Rich | First Assistant Editor |
| Crew | John Cenatiempo | Utility Stunts |
| Crew | Gabriel Hansen | Stunts |
| Crew | Teresa Kelly | Post Production Supervisor |
| Camera | Matt Blades | Grip |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carl Fullerton | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hartsell Taylor | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenneth Walker | Hair Department Head |
| Crew | Blaise Corrigan | Stunts |
| Crew | Caroline Vexler | Stunt Driver |
| Crew | Kimberly Shannon Murphy | Stunts |
| Editing | David Orr | Color Timer |
| Sound | Kimaree Long | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Peter Gelfman | Property Master |
| Sound | Beauxregard Neylon | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Alyson Dee Moore | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Chris Jargo | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Directing | Noreen R. Cheleden | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alexander Witt | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Thomas J. O'Connell | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Douglas Murray | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Frederick H. Stahly | Dialogue Editor |
| Directing | Darin Rivetti | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Craig Kyllonen | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Michelle Pazer | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Chris Hogan | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Rick Canelli | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Howard London | ADR Mixer |
| Crew | Chris Cenatiempo | Stunts |
| Crew | Lisa Cohen | Stunts |
| Crew | Jill Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Jalil Jay Lynch | Stunts |
| Writing | Mark Jacobson | Author |
