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