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.
Nee, helaas is American Gangster nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Ridley Scott | Director |
| Writing | Steven Zaillian | Screenplay |
| Production | Brian Grazer | Producer |
| Production | Ridley Scott | Producer |
| Production | Michael Costigan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Branko Lustig | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jim Whitaker | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Harris Savides | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Pietro Scalia | Editor |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Sound | Marc Streitenfeld | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Aja Frary | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Aaron Vexler | Stunts |
| Art | Arthur Max | Production Design |
| Art | Nicholas Lundy | Art Direction |
| Art | Leslie E. Rollins | Set Decoration |
| Art | Beth A. Rubino | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janty Yates | Costume Design |
| Crew | Rob Harris | Unit Publicist |
| Production | Patrick Tendai Pfupajena | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Peter Epstein | Stunts |
| Crew | David Gere | Stunts |
| Crew | Jodi Michelle Pynn | Stunts |
| Directing | Mary A. Kelly | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | David Lee | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Craig Haagensen | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Larry McConkey | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Larry McConkey | Camera Operator |
| Sound | William Sarokin | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Bob Beemer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Per Hallberg | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Karen Baker Landers | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dan Hegeman | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Christopher Assells | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Dino DiMuro | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Peter Staubli | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Jon Title | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | George Leong | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Kathy Nelson | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Del Spiva | Music Editor |
| Production | Angela Quiles | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Julia G. Hickman | Art Department Coordinator |
| Production | Jonathan Filley | Co-Producer |
| Production | Nicholas Pileggi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Steven Zaillian | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Felice Diamond | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bert Reo Anderson | Hairstylist |
| Crew | G.A. Aguilar | Stunt Coordinator |
| Production | Elizabeth Greenberg | Casting Associate |
| Editing | Billy Rich | First Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Muhammad Ali | Thanks |
| Crew | Joe Frazier | Thanks |
| 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 | Frederick H. Stahly | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Kimaree Long | Dialogue Editor |
| Directing | Darin Rivetti | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Noreen R. Cheleden | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Alexander Witt | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Alyson Dee Moore | Foley Artist |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Chris Jargo | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Michelle Pazer | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Chris Hogan | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Craig Kyllonen | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Rick Canelli | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Thomas J. O'Connell | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Howard London | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Beauxregard Neylon | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Douglas Murray | ADR Mixer |
| Art | Peter Gelfman | Property Master |
| Crew | Chris Cenatiempo | Stunts |
| Crew | Lisa Cohen | Stunts |
| Crew | Jill Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Jalil Jay Lynch | Stunts |
| Writing | Mark Jacobson | Author |
| Art | Christopher Heaps | Set Dresser |
| Crew | Janet Paparazzo | Stunts |
