British Gangster Films
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- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsBob HoskinsHelen MirrenPaul FreemanAn up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsRay WinstoneBen KingsleyIan McShaneBrutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.
- DirectorPeter CollinsonStarsMichael CaineNoël CowardBenny HillA comic caper movie about a plan to steal a gold shipment from the streets of Turin by creating a traffic jam.
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsMichael CaineIan HendryBritt EklandWhen his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
- DirectorAlan ClarkeStarsRay WinstoneMick FordJulian FirthAn uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the '70s.
- DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsTom HardyKelly AdamsLuing AndrewsA young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson.
- DirectorRupert WyattStarsBrian CoxDamian LewisJoseph FiennesFrank is 14 years into a life sentence when he decides to break out of the London prison to set things right with his ill junkie daughter. He plans an ingenious escape requiring 4 inmates with different skills.
- DirectorNick LoveStarsDanny DyerFrank HarperTamer HassanAn insight on the gritty life of a bored male, Chelsea football hooligan who lives for violence, sex, drugs & alcohol.
- DirectorDominic AncianoRay BurdisStarsSadie FrostJonny Lee MillerJude LawA north London postman gets involved with a gang of criminals.
- DirectorNick LoveStarsDanny DyerTamer HassanGeoff BellFrankie 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.
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsColin FarrellBrendan GleesonCiarán HindsAfter a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be.
- DirectorTerry WinsorStarsCharlie Creed-MilesSean BeanGareth MilneThe film is based loosely around events in December 1995 that culminated in the murders of three drug dealers in Rettendon, Essex, UK. On 6th December Patrick Tate, Craig Rolfe and Tony Tucker, three drug dealers well known to the police, were lured to Workhouse Lane, Rettendon. There they were blasted to death with a shot gun while sitting in their Range Rover. They had been lured to their deaths on the pretext of a lucrative drugs deal. The three bodies were found the following morning, 7 December 1995.
- DirectorJulian GilbeyStarsRicci HarnettTerry StoneCraig FairbrassThe life of career criminal Carlton Leach.
- DirectorRicci HarnettStarsCraig FairbrassCharlie HeatonSteven BerkoffThe life of underworld icon Carlton Leach.
- DirectorSacha BennettStarsSiobhan HewlettVincent ReganNeil MaskellIn 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.
- DirectorGreg HallStarsSam StrikeTerry StoneSarah Alexandra MarksIn the aftermath of the infamous 'Essex Boys' Range Rover killings, a group of younger, flashier criminals emerge to fill the power vacuum.
- DirectorPaul TanterStarsIan VirgoRyan WinsleyAlex EsmailTwenty years after Britain's most notorious gangland murders, the next generation of Essex Boys vie for control as revenge is sought by all sides.
- DirectorPaul TanterStarsRobert CavanahKierston WareingPeter BarrettThe rise and fall of the Essex Boys gang - the drugs, the violence and, of course, the murders. The real story is the most shocking of all.
- DirectorSteven M. SmithStarsChris BellRoss BoatmanJames HodcroftDanny, an ex-street-thug, takes on the Essex underworld after they turn his life upside-down.
- DirectorTerry Lee CokerStarsMichael McKellKris JohnsonDanniella WestbrookAn ordinary working family man dares reach beyond his grasp. Even if it means risking death at the hands of the drug underworld.
- DirectorBrian HelgelandStarsTom HardyEmily BrowningTaron EgertonIdentical twin gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray terrorize London during the 1960s.
- DirectorZackary AdlerStarsMatt VaelSimon CottonKevin LeslieTwo brothers unleash a psychotic reign of terror on their journey to build an empire of unprecedented power in the British Mafia.
- DirectorZackary AdlerStarsPhil DunsterAdrian BouchetAnita DobsonSimon Cotton as Ronnie Kray and Kevin Leslie as Reggie Kray, picks up the story of the infamous Firm as the sanity of the two brothers bring uncertainties to their business plans . now with their empire in place, the brothers must now fight to keep hold of both as the obsession of one police officer becomes undeceived by the dangerous state of mind for Reggie and Ronnie respectively.
- DirectorPaul Andrew WilliamsStarsLorraine StanleyGeorgia GroomeJohnny HarrisDesperate 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.
- DirectorKieron HawkesStarsEd SkreinPaul AndersonMartin CompstonLondon, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother's old friends. Piggy helps Joe to cope with grief, intent on saving him and helping him get justice for his brother's killing. As their friendship grows Joe finds himself in an increasing dangerous and murky world of violence and revenge. As Joe life collapses around him he starts to question who Piggy really is, and how honest he's really been with him. When Joe confronts Piggy a series of events are put in place that lead to a disastrous climax.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsRichard AttenboroughHermione BaddeleyWilliam HartnellIn Brighton in 1935, small-time gang leader Pinkie Brown murders a journalist and later desperately tries to cover his tracks but runs into trouble with the police, a few witnesses, and a rival gang.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsRoger DaltreyAdam FaithCheryl CampbellJohn McVicar was a notorious London criminal known as "Public Enemy No. 1" for armed bank robberies. He was captured and imprisoned in a high security facility, but continued attempting escapes.
- DirectorPaul McGuiganStarsMalcolm McDowellDavid ThewlisPaul BettanyChronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster.
- DirectorDavid BetonStarsMatthew GoodePhil DanielsLarry LambA criminal gang of old timers attempt to pull off the largest burglary in English history at an underground safe deposit facility with an estimated value of £200 million.
- DirectorThomas NapperStarsIan McShaneRay WinstoneJohnny HarrisAfter hitting rock bottom, former youth-boxing champion Jimmy McCabe returns to his childhood boxing club and his old team: gym owner Bill and corner-man Eddie.
- DirectorSavvas D. MichaelStarsTommy O'NeillDaniel CaltagironeAndreas KarrasOn a Friday afternoon in North London, Jack decides to bet £250 on a horse win treble which, if all three horses win, would net him and his friends a fortune.
- DirectorPete TravisStarsRiz AhmedBillie PiperJames Krishna FloydIn the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.
- DirectorSacha BennettStarsIan OgilvyAlison DoodyDanny HatchardWhen retired East End villain Charlie Archer is murdered by a feral street gang, his brother Ritchie returns to London from Spain to investigate.
- DirectorSacha BennettStarsIan OgilvyTony DenhamChristopher EllisonThe Archer Gang are back and doing a daring heist in London. Remanded in prison, they will try to break out their old friend Briggs.
- DirectorChris BouchardStarsNathanael WisemanArin AlldridgeEne FrostA small-time drug-dealer gets into big trouble when a corrupt East London cop tries to steal a consignment meant for Welsh-Jamaican Yardies.
- DirectorGerard JohnsonStarsPeter FerdinandoStephen GrahamNeil MaskellGood policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?
- DirectorGabe TurnerStarsTom DavisDoug AllenRochelle NeilThe Guvnors is a violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.
- DirectorNicholas WinterStarsAggy K. AdamsElisha ApplebaumAli BastianKnown for his brutally violent policing tactics, suspended police officer Michael Clarke is sent undercover to infiltrate the notorious London criminal enterprise of Terance Turner, with the task of bringing the gang boss to justice.
- DirectorBen WheatleyStarsNeil MaskellMyAnna BuringHarry SimpsonNearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
- DirectorNicholas WinterStarsRocci Boy WilliamsTerri DwyerKris JohnsonFour men, no strangers to unlawful transgressions, execute a daring football stadium robbery, but the volatile dynamic soon turns sour when the leader of the group becomes paranoid and begins to self destruct. Years later, after a stint in prison, the villainous leader is unrelenting in his path to retribution, he wants his years back and will take them from all of the men who know the true reasons for his prolonged captivity.
- DirectorGreg HallStarsPaul MarlonSimon PhillipsSamuel AnoykeFive criminals unknown to each other are hired to complete a bank robbery. What should have been a smooth operation soon descends into paranoia, violence and horror.
- DirectorSteven M. SmithStarsMark WingettDarren James KingChris BellA young lad is brainwashed into thinking his only way out of his life on a London Estate is to become a football hooligan and fight his way out. When his best friend tries to steer him in the right path, there is a tragic turn of events.
- DirectorPeter StylianouStarsMichael McKellIan PirieEmma BartonWhen ex-boxer Tom Sheridan agrees to hire his strip club out to lifelong friend and colleague Ian Levine he soon discovers the private party involves something so atrocious that it sparks a bloody feud between the two old friends.
- DirectorLexi AlexanderStarsElijah WoodCharlie HunnamClaire ForlaniA wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism.
- DirectorJesse V. JohnsonStarsJohn BariamisNicola BertramMatt CanditoAfter the brutal mass brawl fans of two football teams go to jail, where their feud raised to a new level of cruelty.
- DirectorJames NunnStarsScott AdkinsKacey ClarkeJoey AnsahAn old firm leader returns to Green Street for revenge after receiving a call that his little brother was killed, but is he able to cope with a new type of hooliganism and can he find his killer?
- DirectorPhil DavisStarsReece DinsdaleRichard GrahamPerry FenwickWhen a cop goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of hooligans, he finds himself being drawn to the other side.
- DirectorJoel NovoaStarsSimon RiversLinus RoachePaul PopplewellA young British Asian, Mo is a fast-rising police officer who goes under cover infiltrating Shadwell's resurgent hooligan element, who are fired up by Shadwells's takeover by a Russian oligarch and their unlikely adventure into European competition. Mo quickly becomes embroiled in the local schism between the BNP and EDL and plans to build a new mosque in the shadow of the Shadwell ground creates an explosive environment in which football and political violence form a perfect storm of social unrest. In the midst of this, Mo is faced with the essential existential question of of who he really is and where he really belongs. It's 20 years on and clever Trevor is now chief super, but what happens to the rest of the gang?