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==In popular culture == {{More citations needed|date=March 2014}} * ''[[Camorra (film)|Camorra]]'' is a 1972 film, directed by [[Pasquale Squitieri]] and starring [[Fabio Testi]] and [[Jean Seberg]]. * "[[Commendatori]]", an episode of ''[[The Sopranos]]'' which features the Camorra. One of the Camorra's members, Furio Giunta, then joins the DiMeo crime family of the [[American Mafia]]. * ''[[The Professor (1986 film)|The Professor]]'' (1986), directed by [[Giuseppe Tornatore]]. Vaguely inspired by the real story of [[Nuova Camorra Organizzata|NCO]] boss, [[Raffaele Cutolo]]. Cutolo is played by [[Ben Gazzara]], with the Italian voiceover done by Italian actor [[Mariano Rigillo]]. * [[Roberto Saviano]]'s 2006 book ''[[Gomorrah (book)|Gomorra]]'' investigates the activities of the Camorra in Italy, especially in the [[Province of Naples|Provinces of Naples]] and [[Province of Caserta|Caserta]]. [[Matteo Garrone]] adapted the book into a 2008 film, ''[[Gomorrah (film)|Gomorra]]'', describing low-level Camorra foot-soldiers, and in 2014 into a [[Gomorrah (TV series)|TV series of the same name]]. * The 2009 film ''Fortapàsc'' (English: ''[[Fort Apache Napoli]]'') directed by [[Marco Risi]] about the brief life and death of journalist [[Giancarlo Siani]], murdered by ''camorrisiti'' from the [[Nuvoletta clan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=la Repubblica/cronaca: Camorra, arrestato l'assassino del giornalista Siani |url=http://www.repubblica.it/online/cronaca/siani/siani/siani.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204427/http://www.repubblica.it/online/cronaca/siani/siani/siani.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live |website=la Repubblica |access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> * The opera ''[[I gioielli della Madonna]]'' by [[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]] features the Camorra as part of the plot. * The story of Raffaele Cutolo also inspired one of the most famous songs of [[Fabrizio De André]], entitled ''Don Raffaé (Clouds of 1990)''. * The Camorra (depicted as a hooded secret society) appear as villains in an episode of ''[[The Wild Wild West]]'', "The Night of the Dancing Death". * In an episode of ''[[Archer (2009 TV series)|Archer]]'' (Season 4, Episode 11) when a plot to murder the pope was being carried out by the Camorra. After being told that they had succeeded in saving the pope, they are informed of the bad news: That they had killed Camorra members. * In the Japanese light novel series and anime ''[[Baccano!]]'', a handful of the main characters are part of the Camorra group known as the Martillo Family, and become quite insulted if they are mistaken for the Mafia. * Elena Ferrante's four [[Neapolitan Novels]] are concerned with the damage done by the Camorra portrayed as the two Solara brothers. * In Rei Hiroe's manga ''[[Black Lagoon]]'', during the "El baile De La Muerte"/"Roberta's Blood Trail" arc, a man called Tomazo makes his appearance. Tomazo is on the side of the Italian mob leader Ronnie the jaws. Later it is revealed that Tomazo is a member of the Camorra, and his surname Falcone as well. * In ''[[John Wick: Chapter 2]]'', main antagonist Santino D'Antonio is a top member of the Camorra. * In the short story "The Fate of Faustina" by [[E. W. Hornung]], it is revealed that the main character and criminal-in-hiding [[A. J. Raffles]] has made an enemy of a high-level member of the Camorra from his time spent in Italy. In the sequel story, "The Last Laugh", the Camorra try to realize that threat and kill Raffles; however, Raffles not only saves himself from his attackers but also tricks them into poisoning themselves. * In ''[[The Equalizer 3]]'', Robert McCall ([[Denzel Washington]]) confronts Camorra crime lord and main antagonist Vincent Quaranta and his brother Marco to free a small town in [[South Italy]] from their control. * The Camorra feature prominently as part of the plot of episodes 3 and 4 of Season 5 of ''[[Law & Order: Organized Crime]]'', where a fictional clan operating in New York City begins to fight a rival Dominican gang over the drug trade.
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