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Boardwalk Empire

TV-MA

2010 - 2014

5 Seasons

Crime

Drama

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92%

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228 Reviews

95%

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1,000+ Ratings

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster. Side by side with his brother Elias, Atlantic City's sheriff, and a crew of ward bosses and local tough guys, Nucky gains a reputation as the man to see for illegal alcohol. He does business with all the top gangsters -- Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, "Big Jim" Colosimo -- and he does it well ... until a former protégé takes matters into his own hands, setting the Feds on Nucky's tail.

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Season 1

94%

2010

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Season 2

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2011

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Season 3

89%

2012

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Season 4

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2013

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Season 5

88%

2014

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Steve Buscemi

Enoch "Nucky" Thompson

Michael Pitt

Jimmy Darmody

Kelly Macdonald

Margaret Schroeder

Michael Shannon

Nelson Van Alden

Shea Whigham

Elias Thompson

Aleksa Palladino

Angela

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Synopsis

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster. Side by side with his brother Elias, Atlantic City's sheriff, and a crew of ward bosses and local tough guys, Nucky gains a reputation as the man to see for illegal alcohol. He does business with all the top gangsters -- Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, "Big Jim" Colosimo -- and he does it well ... until a former protégé takes matters into his own hands, setting the Feds on Nucky's tail.

Executive Producer: Terence Winter, Martin Scorsese, Timothy Van Patten, Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg
Network: HBO
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date: Sep 19, 2010