Best British Street / Gangster Movies
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1. Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
R | 119 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The life of career criminal Carlton Leach.
Director: Julian Gilbey | Stars: Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian
Votes: 21,755
2. Turnout (2011)
97 min | Drama
Based on an original screenplay by Director Lee Sales and actors Francis Pope and George Russo, Turnout is set in Hoxton, East London where all 3 grew up. Our story follows George and ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Sales | Stars: Ophelia Lovibond, Neil Maskell, Diana Kent, Peter Ferdinando
Votes: 318
3. Bonded by Blood (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex.
Director: Sacha Bennett | Stars: Siobhan Hewlett, Vincent Regan, Neil Maskell, Michael Socha
Votes: 2,760
4. Ill Manors (2012)
Not Rated | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Music
The lives of four drug dealers, one user, and two prostitutes are explored.
Director: Plan B | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Sliem Ben-Salah, Ed Skrein, Lee Allen
Votes: 11,243
5. Villain (I) (2020)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Eddie Franks is a former criminal who attempts to help his family by reconnecting with his daughter and clearing his brother's debt. Despite his efforts, he is drawn back into a criminal way of life, with devastating consequences.
Director: Philip Barantini | Stars: Craig Fairbrass, George Russo, Izuka Hoyle, Mark Monero
Votes: 4,139
6. Offender (2012)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Justice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.
Director: Ron Scalpello | Stars: Joe Cole, English Frank, Kimberley Nixon, Shaun Dooley
Votes: 4,883
7. The Business (2005)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Frankie is sent from London to Spain to make a delivery to Charlie, who likes the kid and shows him the ropes including the use of guns and drugs. Frankie likes the sun, pools and the cute, bikini clad girls and stays in Spain.
Director: Nick Love | Stars: Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Geoff Bell, Georgina Chapman
Votes: 15,350
8. The Firm (2009)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Football hooligans organize themselves into firms that represent their favorite team.
Director: Nick Love | Stars: Paul Anderson, Calum MacNab, Daniel Mays, Doug Allen
Votes: 6,421
9. Layer Cake (2004)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon, Tom Hardy
Votes: 195,689 | Gross: $2.34M
10. My Name Is Lenny (2017)
91 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The life story of one of Britain's most notorious bare-knuckle fighters, Lenny McLean, also known as "the Guv'nor".
Director: Ron Scalpello | Stars: Josh Helman, Michael Bisping, Chanel Cresswell, John Hurt
Votes: 3,588
11. London to Brighton (2006)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Desperate to evade an angry pimp, a London prostitute and a young girl flee by train to Brighton after an appointment with a powerful client goes violently wrong.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris, Nathan Constance
Votes: 8,739
12. I.D. (1995)
107 min | Crime, Drama
When a cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of hooligans, he finds himself being drawn to the other side.
Director: Phil Davis | Stars: Reece Dinsdale, Richard Graham, Perry Fenwick, Philip Glenister
Votes: 7,485
13. Adulthood (2008)
99 min | Crime, Drama
The story revolves around Sam who is released from prison and has to face the people he hurt on a daily basis.
Director: Noel Clarke | Stars: Noel Clarke, Scarlett Alice Johnson, Adam Deacon, Jacob Anderson
Votes: 13,156
14. Dead Man Running (2009)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nick's borrowed money from a loan shark. He's 4 weeks behind. He gets 24 hours to come up with GBP100,000. His mom's a hostage.
Director: Alex De Rakoff | Stars: Clint Koroan, Fredi 'Kruga' Nwaka, 50 Cent, Ashley Walters
Votes: 4,522
15. Gangster No. 1 (2000)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Saffron Burrows
Votes: 14,546 | Gross: $0.03M
16. Dead Man's Cards (2006)
110 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tom is an ex-boxer at a run down nightclub in this modern Western. His boss, a battle hardened veteran recognizes his fighting abilities and teaches him how to be a "peace keeper" at the ... See full summary »
Director: James Marquand | Stars: Paul Barber, Tom Bell, Samantha Womack, Gary Mavers
Votes: 654
17. Vendetta (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Thriller
Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents. With police closing in & his old unit on his trail, he has to to evade capture long enough to complete his gruesome crusade.
Director: Stephen Reynolds | Stars: Danny Dyer, Vincent Regan, Roxanne McKee, Alistair Petrie
Votes: 4,372
18. Top Dog (2014)
92 min | Crime, Drama
London bad boy Billy Evans gets in over his head when he joins a dangerous criminal gang.
Director: Martin Kemp | Stars: Tom Davis, Vincent Regan, Jason Flemyng, Susan Penhaligon
Votes: 1,667
19. Payback Season (2012)
91 min | Drama, Thriller
Jerome Davies (Adam Deacon) is a successful and wealthy professional football player. When his old friends come back on the scene, his life becomes complicated and dangerous when his old ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Donnelly | Stars: Adam Deacon, David Ajala, Nichola Burley, Leo Gregory
Votes: 654
20. Once Upon a Time in London (2019)
111 min | Crime, History
In the 1930s, organized crime came to England. The Italian Sabinis and English White family in West End dominated the London underworld. Come WWII and Jack "Spot" took over and later Billy Hill.
Director: Simon Rumley | Stars: Terry Stone, Andy Beckwith, Josh Myers, Christopher Dunne
Votes: 8,343
21. Muscle (2019)
110 min | Thriller
Build him up. Tear him apart.
Director: Gerard Johnson | Stars: Craig Fairbrass, Polly Maberly, Sinead Matthews, Mark Stobbart
Votes: 915
22. Avengement (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Crime
After years of assaults on him in prison, convicted felon Cain Burgess escapes for avengement on those responsible.
Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: Scott Adkins, Craig Fairbrass, Thomas Turgoose, Nick Moran
Votes: 20,654
23. Hard Boiled Sweets (2012)
R | 84 min | Crime, Thriller
Thugs, hookers, pimps, corrupt cops and gangsters are all linked together in a plot to steal a briefcase full of money.
Director: David L.G. Hughes | Stars: Philip Barantini, Elizabeth Berrington, Adrian Bower, Liz May Brice
Votes: 851
24. Brotherhood (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sam is facing up to the new world. He realizes it also comes with new problems and new challenges and which will require old friends to help him survive new dangers.
Director: Noel Clarke | Stars: Noel Clarke, Arnold Oceng, Red Madrell, Adjoa Andoh
Votes: 4,315
25. Nil by Mouth (1997)
R | 128 min | Drama
A rough, short-tempered patriarch of a working-class family sees his life and the relationships around him slowly unravel.
Director: Gary Oldman | Stars: Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles, Laila Morse
Votes: 10,201
26. Tango One (2018)
112 min | Crime, Drama
Three officers are assigned to go undercover and join a mission to capture Den Donovan.
Director: Sacha Bennett | Stars: Susannah Allman, Enrique Arce, Elijah Baker, Sacha Bennett
Votes: 388
27. The Intent 2: The Come Up (2018)
103 min | Crime
Prequel the the successful 2016 film 'The Intent'
Directors: Femi Oyeniran, Nicky Slimting Walker | Stars: Adam Deacon, Michelle Greenidge, Karen Bryson, Selva Rasalingam
Votes: 470
28. Bull (2021)
R | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Bull mysteriously returns home after a 10 year absence to seek revenge on those who double crossed him all those years ago.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: David Nellist, Kevin Harvey, Mark Springer, Neil Maskell
Votes: 8,285
29. Wild Bill (2011)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A street-toughened parolee finds his two boys abandoned by their mum and fending for themselves. Time to step up, or not.
Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Charlie Creed-Miles, Will Poulter, Sammy Williams, Iwan Rheon
Votes: 14,621
30. The Acid House (1998)
Unrated | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
Three twisted tales of abuse, drugs, displaced personalities, and insect life by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Stephen McCole, Maurice Roëves, Garry Sweeney, Jenny McCrindle
Votes: 8,046 | Gross: $0.14M
31. Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
Not Rated | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A disaffected soldier returns to his hometown to get even with the thugs who brutalized his mentally-challenged brother years ago.
Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Paddy Considine, Gary Stretch, Toby Kebbell, Stuart Wolfenden
Votes: 58,404 | Gross: $0.01M
32. Sexy Beast (2000)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman
Votes: 69,324 | Gross: $6.95M
33. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Eddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham
Votes: 616,533 | Gross: $3.90M
34. The Violators (2015)
101 min | Drama
When Shelly meets Rachel, two dysfunctional girls from radically opposed backgrounds set off on a collision course that will leave one of them shattered, the other re-born.
Director: Helen Walsh | Stars: Lauren McQueen, Brogan Ellis, Stephen Lord, Liam Ainsworth
Votes: 519
35. The Football Factory (2004)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
An insight on the gritty life of a bored male, Chelsea football hooligan who lives for violence, sex, drugs & alcohol.
Director: Nick Love | Stars: Danny Dyer, Frank Harper, Tamer Hassan, Roland Manookian
Votes: 32,797
36. The Great Ecstasy of Robert Carmichael (2005)
TV-MA | 96 min | Crime, Drama
Robert Carmichael, is a talented cello player in the town of Newhaven. He becomes associated with several other unsavory teenagers and he is soon tempted into the use of hard drugs like cocaine and ecstasy.
Director: Thomas Clay | Stars: Nikki Albon, Zoey Campbell, Stephanie de Whalley, Phil Deguara
Votes: 1,392
37. The Hooligan Factory (2014)
90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Danny wants something more. Expelled from school and living in his grandfathers flat, he longs to live up to the image of his estranged father Danny Senior. Sent to prison for force feeding... See full summary »
Director: Nick Nevern | Stars: Jason Maza, Nick Nevern, Tom Burke, Ray Fearon
Votes: 2,298
38. Anuvahood (2011)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Meet Kenneth. He thinks he's got the moves. He thinks he's got the swagger. He thinks he can spit bars. But in reality, he's a WASTEMAN!
Directors: Adam Deacon, Daniel Toland | Stars: Adam Deacon, Femi Oyeniran, Ollie Barbieri, Darwood Grace
Votes: 5,386
39. Cardboard Gangsters (2017)
92 min | Crime, Drama
A group of young Cardboard Gangsters attempt to gain control of the drug trade in Darndale, chasing the glorified lifestyle of money, power and sex.
Director: Mark O'Connor | Stars: John Connors, Fionn Ó Loingsigh, Kierston Wareing, Jimmy Smallhorne
Votes: 3,300
40. A Prayer Before Dawn (2017)
R | 116 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.
Director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | Stars: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Cherry Miko, Panya Yimmumphai
Votes: 26,208
41. Cass (2008)
108 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An orphaned Jamaican baby is adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London and becomes one of the most feared and respected men in Britain. Based on a true story.
Director: Jon S. Baird | Stars: Nonso Anozie, Gavin Brocker, Leo Gregory, Natalie Press
Votes: 6,544
42. Terry (2011)
82 min | Crime, Drama
In the summer of 2009, Charlie Ruez made a documentary. 6 months later the footage was seized for evidence by the Metropolitan Police Department. In 2010, the footage was released.
Director: Nick Nevern | Stars: Nick Nevern, Ian Duck, Daniel Burten-Shaw, Manuel Atkinson
Votes: 352
43. Hoodies vs. Hooligans (2014)
Not Rated | 95 min | Thriller
The Guvnors is a violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.
Director: Gabe Turner | Stars: Tom Davis, Doug Allen, Rochelle Neil, Vas Blackwood
Votes: 3,368
44. This Is England (2006)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A young boy becomes friends with a gang of skinheads. Friends soon become like family, and relationships will be pushed to the very limit.
Director: Shane Meadows | Stars: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim
Votes: 128,773 | Gross: $0.33M
45. Trainspotting (1996)
R | 93 min | Drama
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out despite the allure of drugs and the influence of friends.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd
Votes: 725,969 | Gross: $16.50M
46. Legend (I) (2015)
R | 132 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Identical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.
Director: Brian Helgeland | Stars: Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, Taron Egerton, Paul Anderson
Votes: 202,594 | Gross: $1.87M
47. Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017)
R | 99 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise.
Director: Zackary Adler | Stars: Craig Fairbrass, Terry Stone, Roland Manookian, Jamie Foreman
Votes: 2,362
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