How I Fell in Love with a Gangster () is a 2022 Polish film directed by Maciej Kawulski, written by Krzysztof Gureczny and Maciej Kawulski and starring Tomasz Wlosok, Aleks Kurdzielewicz and Antoni Królikowski.
The film tells the story of the rise and fall of Nikodem 'Nikoà Â' Skotarczak. Nikoà  was born in Gdaà Âsk, to a father who abused and beat him. As he grows up, he gathers around him a gang of delinquents, led by his good friend 'Komo'. At first, Nikoà  and his gang engage in petty crime, but later they begin stealing cars from Germany and selling them in Poland. This business yields them enormous profits and turns Nikoà  into the underworld ruler of the Polish coastal area.
Marc Miller of Ready Steady Cut called the film "an utterly ridiculous Goodfellas wannabe". He criticized the lack of detail surrounding Nikoà Â's criminal activities and describes it as over formulaic. Aurora Amidon, writing for Paste, called the film "groundbreaking" but "derivative". Barbara Jaros of Onet.pl criticized the film's "mythologization of criminal life" and called it a male fantasy. She also noted the portrayal of women as "submissive [and] passive [...] grateful for every crumb of interest".
The last wife of real Nikodem Skotarczak sued Maciej Kawulski, Open Mind Production and Netflix due to the fact that the film "How I Fell in Love with a Gangster" infringes her personal rights such as dignity, good name, privacy and the cult of memory of a deceased person.