1991 in organized crime

Events

 * April 13 – Gambino crime family soldier Bartholomew "Bobby" Boriello was gunned down outside his Bensonhurst, Brooklyn home.
 * August 9 – Antonio Scopelliti, the prosecutor scheduled to argue the government’s case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial before the Italian Supreme Court, is assassinated while on vacation in Calabria.
 * August 29 – Libero Grassi, a Palermo businessman who publicly defied the Mafia’s extortion racket is murdered in Palermo.

Arts and literature

 * Billy Bathgate (film) starring Dustin Hoffman, Loren Dean, Bruce Willis, Steven Hill, Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci.
 * Boyz n the Hood (film) starring Laurence Fishburne, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ice Cube.
 * Mobsters (film) starring Christian Slater, Patrick Dempsey, Richard Grieco, Costas Mandylor, F. Murray Abraham, Chris Penn and Anthony Quinn.
 * Oscar (film) starring Peter Riegert, Chazz Palminteri, Joey Travolta and Sylvester Stallone
 * New Jack City (film)

Deaths

 * June 24 – Philip Rastelli "Rusty", Bonanno crime family boss