Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Ronan Bennett

1. Top Boy (2011–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Two London drug dealers ply their lucrative trade at a public housing estate in East London.

Stars: Ashley Walters, Kano, Jasmine Jobson, Little Simz

Votes: 39,976

2. Public Enemies (2009)

R | 140 min | Action, Biography, Crime

The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.

Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Christian Stolte, Jason Clarke

Votes: 318,986 | Gross: $97.10M

3. Gunpowder (2017)

TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History

Robert Catesby leads Guy Fawkes a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the infamous Gunpowder Plot.

Stars: Kit Harington, Liv Tyler, Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley

Votes: 11,681

4. Dead Shot (2023)

92 min | Action, Thriller

A retired Irish paramilitary witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by an SAS officer. After outwitting the SAS, now wounded, and presumed dead, he escapes, taking his revenge to the dark and paranoid streets of 1970's London.

Directors: Charles Guard, Thomas Guard | Stars: Aml Ameen, Colin Morgan, Máiréad Tyers, Brian McCann

Votes: 2,611

5. Hidden (2011)

57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

When lawyer Gina Hawkes hires Harry to find a witness, he unexpectedly revisits his brother's decades-old death, embroiling him in a political conspiracy at the highest levels of British government.

Stars: Philip Glenister, Thekla Reuten, Anna Chancellor, Matthew Marsh

Votes: 1,057

6. The Day of the Jackal

Drama, Thriller | Filming

To assassinate Charles de Gaulle, then-president of France, the OAS, a French dissident group, recruited Jackal.

Stars: Ben Hall, Sule Rimi, Stuart Whelan, Florisa Kamara

7. The Donovans

Crime, Drama | Pre-production

Showcases two generations of gangsters, their businesses, the relationships they weave and the man they call to fix their problems.

8. Face (I) (1997)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

In the face of demise in his values, a socialist in England decides to form a gang and rob banks for a living.

Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Steve Sweeney, Gerry Conlon

Votes: 4,809

9. Screenplay (1986–1993)

Drama

An anthology drama series.

Stars: John Kavanagh, Tony Doyle, Michael Liebmann, Benjamin Whitrow

Votes: 95

10. Lucky Break (2001)

PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance

Under the leadership of a small-time bank robber, British inmates hatch a plan to escape by staging a musical.

Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Ron Cook, Frank Harper, James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams

Votes: 2,286 | Gross: $0.05M

11. Fields of Gold (2002 TV Movie)

180 min | Drama

A two-part conspiracy thriller about an eager young photographer and a bitter tabloid hacker who are sent to investigate mysterious deaths at a cottage hospital.

Director: Bill Anderson | Stars: Anna Friel, Phil Davis, Max Beesley, James Fleet

Votes: 172

12. The Hamburg Cell (2004 TV Movie)

106 min | Drama, War

A fictionalized account of the September 11 hijackers.

Director: Antonia Bird | Stars: Karim Saleh, Maral Kamel, Agni Scott, Omar Berdouni

Votes: 836

13. Rebel Heart (2001– )

196 min | Drama

The move towards independence in Ireland, from the 1916 Easter Rising until the 1922 civil war is seen through the eyes of a naive idealistic young man

Stars: James D'Arcy, Frank Laverty, Vincent Regan, Paloma Baeza

Votes: 129

14. 10 Days to War (2008)

10 min | Drama, War

A series of eight dramas to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Each drama focuses on a real event that happened exactly five years ago to the day.

Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Harriet Walter, Toby Jones, Shelley Conn

Votes: 127

15. The Break (1997)

R | 96 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Dowd, who's IRA, escapes an Irish prison in a bloody jailbreak, making his way to New York City where he lives alone, avoids Irish hangouts, and works as a dishwasher. When a good deed gets... See full summary »

Director: Robert Dornhelm | Stars: Stephen Rea, Alfred Molina, Rosana Pastor, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 404

16. Cherub: The Recruit

Action, Adventure | Announced

Young James Adams joins CHERUB, a top-secret branch of the British Secret Service that recruits orphan children, training them to work as spies. Charles Henderson Espionage Research Unit B

Director: Christopher Smith

17. A Man You Don't Meet Every Day (1994)

64 min | Drama, Romance

It's the mid-nineties in London and a couple meet through a lonely hearts column. She is an middle class English married woman, he is an lonely Irish mechanic. Despite the gulf between them they start an affair.

Director: Angela Pope | Stars: Richard Hawley, Colum Convey, Conleth Hill, John Keegan

Votes: 21

18. Monsters

Sci-Fi | Announced

A TV series based on the film 'Monsters' by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Rogue One).

19. The Catastrophist

Drama | Announced

Set in the Belgian Congo in the 1960s, the relationship between novelist and a journalist begins to fray as the nation moves toward decolonization.

Director: Nick Broomfield

20. American Commerce

Action, Adventure, Drama | Announced

The epic and terrifying true story of Captain Riley and his crew of the American brig, The Commerce, which was wrecked on the desolate coast fringing the Western Sahara in 1815.

Director: Saul Dibb

21. Murder in a Small Town

Crime | Announced

The fascinating true story of how an ordinary Kentucky woman's persistence led to justice for a victim of a brutal murder with the unlikely guidance of a BBC journalist.

22. Moving Pictures (1996– )

Documentary

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Stars: Howard Schuman, Kurt Russell, Molly Ringwald, Liv Tyler

23. Irish Myths

Fantasy | Announced

The story of Irish warrior Cuchulain who along with his uncle King Conchobar led the Ulaid tribe to battle against Queen Mebh and the Connachta.

24. Untitled Ronan Bennett Project

Action, Thriller | Announced

After a series of brutal bombings on the streets of London, a detective struggles to find the man responsible. As the detective zeros in on the bomber, the bomber sets his sight on the detective. Based on true events.

25. Do Armed Robbers Have Love Affairs? (2002)

9 min | Short, Crime, Romance

An aging criminal, about to pull an armed robbery,reflects on a friend of his: a fellow criminal, who lost his life in a recent robbery attempt,on a woman whom he's been seeing and for whom... See full summary »

Director: Brian Kirk | Stars: Sean McGinley, Paul Ronan, Sorcha Cusack, Gerard McSorley

Votes: 14

26. Darkness at Noon

Drama | Announced

Based on Arthur Koestler's seminal novel. Darkness at Noon tells the story of Rubishov, a seasoned Bolshevik, imprisoned for alleged political crimes against the state.

27. Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood (2016 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary, Biography

A profile of the late director and producer, whose career spanned the Royal Court Theatre, BBC dramas and Hollywood films. With contributions from friends and colleagues including Robert Carlyle and Kay Mellor.

Director: Susan Kemp | Stars: Antonia Bird, Ronan Bennett, Ruth Caleb, Robert Carlyle

Votes: 12

28. Wake - Up (I) (2021)

13 min | Short, Drama

'School is over and the summer lies casually ahead for 16 year old JR (Kai Francis-Lewis) and Jordan (Niyi Akin). Their care free plans of shooting breeze, playing hoop and finding some ... See full summary »

Director: Jolade Olusanya | Stars: Samuel Adebayo, Niyi Akin, Patrick Ashe, Aman Basha

29. Screenplay (1986–1993)
Episode: Love Lies Bleeding/L'Inconnue de Belfast (1993)

89 min | Drama

Conn is an IRA murderer serving a life sentence in an Irish prison. He is given a 24 hour home leave during which he goes from point to point in Belfast looking to revenge his lover's murder.

Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Mark Rylance, Elizabeth Bourgine, John Kavanagh, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 40

30. 10 Days to War (2008)
Episode: $100 Coffee (2008)

Drama, War

In the hills of Northern Iraq, the country's future leaders are discussed.

Director: Bruce Goodison | Stars: Toby Jones, Art Malik, Kevork Malikyan, Nabil Massad

Votes: 8

31. 10 Days to War (2008)
Episode: A Simple Private Matter (2008)

Drama, War

Ten days remain until war and Tony Blair is given a TV grilling by anti-war women.

Director: Bruce Goodison | Stars: Kate Ashfield, Shelley Conn, Ron Cook, Suhail Dabbach

Votes: 7

32. 10 Days to War (2008)
Episode: Blowback (2008)

Drama, War

British Muslims discuss how to react to the war.

Director: Bruce Goodison | Stars: Josef Altin, Philip Arditti, Abhin Galeya, Akin Gazi

Votes: 10

33. 10 Days to War (2008)
Episode: Failure Is Not an Option (2008)

Drama, War

Anne Campbell and Paul Stinchcombe on their votes in the British House of Commons to authorize a war on Iraq.

Director: David Belton | Stars: Obi Abili, David Charles, Lucinda Dryzek, Alex Jennings

Votes: 9

34. 10 Days to War (2008)
Episode: You Are Welcome Here (2008)

Drama, War

Weapons inspectors continue their search for weapon of mass destruction in Iraq.

Director: Bruce Goodison | Stars: Souhail Altadbach, Herve Busschaert, Stephane Cornicard, Emilio Doorgasingh

Votes: 8

35. 10 Days to War (2008)
Episode: Our Business Is North (2008)

Drama, War

Colonel Tim Collins preparing his men for war.

Director: Bruce Goodison | Stars: Philip Barantini, Kenneth Branagh, Leigh Edmonson, Stuart Graham

Votes: 14

36. 10 Days to War (2008)
Episode: These Things Are Always Chaos (2008)

Drama, War

General Tim Cross returns to London with plans for post-war reconstruction in Iraq a mess.

Director: David Belton | Stars: Gethin Anthony, Tom Beard, Barbara Flynn, Natasha Gordon

Votes: 8

37. 10 Days to War (2008)
Episode: Why This Rush? (2008)

Drama, War

Mexican UN Security Council ambassador Adolfo Aguilar Zínser and negotiations on an UN resolution authorizing a war on Iraq.

Director: David Belton | Stars: Tim Chipping, Tom Conti, Steven Elder, Joseph Long

Votes: 9

38. Moving Pictures (1996– )
Episode: Episode dated 4 June 1996 (1996)

Documentary

Molly Ringwald discusses her comeback and a report on Beautiful Thing.

Director: Philip Day | Stars: Ronan Bennett, Terry George, Molly Ringwald, Howard Schuman

39. Top Boy (2011–2023)
Episode: Likkle Favour (2022)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a botched drug shipment, Dushane sends Jamie to Morocco to find a potential leak. Jaq gets revenge on an attacker. The cops move in on Ruben.

Stars: Ashley Walters, Kano, Micheal Ward, Little Simz

Votes: 388

40. Top Boy (2011–2023)
Episode: Fully Loaded Headache (2022)

TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Summerhouse redevelopment puts Dushane at odds with his mother as police work to take Dushane down. In Morocco, another drug delivery is intercepted.

Director: Koby Adom | Stars: Ashley Walters, Kano, Micheal Ward, Little Simz

Votes: 398

41. Top Boy (2011–2023)
Episode: 15 Points (2022)

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After a disturbing video circulates on social media, Dushane races to find Sully. Jamie heads to Spain to broker a deal as Lauren searches for a way out.

Director: Koby Adom | Stars: Ashley Walters, Kano, Micheal Ward, Little Simz

Votes: 449

42. Top Boy (2011–2023)
Episode: De Capa y Espada (2022)

TV-MA | 54 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jaq tracks down the woman in Ats' video. Dushane attends Ruben's bail hearing. An unexpected visitor arrives in Spain, muddling Jamie's plans.

Director: Myriam Raja | Stars: Ashley Walters, Kano, Micheal Ward, Little Simz

Votes: 445

43. Top Boy (2011–2023)
Episode: We Ride Out for Family (2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Shelley confronts her past. Jamie meets with Kit. Bent on getting Lauren back, Curtis resorts to devious tactics as more issues overwhelm Dushane.

Director: William Stefan Smith | Stars: Ashley Walters, Kano, Micheal Ward, Little Simz

Votes: 472

44. Top Boy (2011–2023)
Episode: Prove Yourself (2022)

TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Jaq arranges a meeting with Curtis. The cops hit a bump in their investigation. Jamie's loyalty is put to the test. Dushane has a change of heart.

Director: William Stefan Smith | Stars: Ashley Walters, Kano, Micheal Ward, Little Simz

Votes: 719

45. Top Boy (2011–2023)
Episode: How Do I Fix This? (2022)

TV-MA | 51 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Amma receives devastating news. Sully meets a kind stranger. Jaq and the crew handle a matter in-house while Dushane takes an important meeting in Spain.

Director: Brady Hood | Stars: Ashley Walters, Kano, Micheal Ward, Little Simz

Votes: 394

46. Top Boy (2011–2023)
Episode: Good Morals (2022)

TV-MA | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

With big plans to go legit, Dushane plots new business moves and extends an offer to Jamie. The future of Summerhouse puts furious residents on edge.

Director: Brady Hood | Stars: Ashley Walters, Kano, Micheal Ward, Little Simz

Votes: 427

47. Rebel Heart (2001– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2001)

Drama

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Director: John Strickland | Stars: James D'Arcy, Frank Laverty, Vincent Regan, Paloma Baeza

48. Rebel Heart (2001– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2001)

Drama

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Director: John Strickland | Stars: James D'Arcy, Frank Laverty, Vincent Regan, Paloma Baeza

49. Rebel Heart (2001– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2001)

Drama

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Director: John Strickland | Stars: James D'Arcy, Frank Laverty, Vincent Regan, Paloma Baeza

50. Rebel Heart (2001– )
Episode: Episode #1.4 (2001)

Drama

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Director: John Strickland | Stars: James D'Arcy, Frank Laverty, Vincent Regan, Paloma Baeza