Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "council-estate"

1. The Gentlemen (2019)

R | 113 min | Action, Crime

An American expat tries to sell off his highly profitable marijuana empire in London, triggering plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.

Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong

Votes: 401,403 | Gross: $36.47M

2. Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)

TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy

Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.

Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roger Lloyd Pack, Buster Merryfield

Votes: 56,744

3. 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: 58,409 | Gross: $0.01M

4. Fish Tank (2009)

Not Rated | 123 min | Drama

Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.

Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths

Votes: 65,061 | Gross: $0.37M

5. Harry Brown (2009)

R | 103 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.

Director: Daniel Barber | Stars: Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley, Charlie Creed-Miles

Votes: 91,398 | Gross: $1.82M

6. Attack the Block (2011)

R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.

Director: Joe Cornish | Stars: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones

Votes: 111,450 | Gross: $1.02M

7. In the Dark (2017)

TV-MA | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

As she deals with an unexpected pregnancy, D.I. Helen Weeks must return to the hometown she loathes, to help her childhood best friend who is in the centre of a media frenzy following the abduction of two teenage girls.

Stars: MyAnna Buring, Ben Batt, David Leon, Jamie Sives

Votes: 3,549

8. Beautiful Thing (1996)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than friendship.

Director: Hettie Macdonald | Stars: Glen Berry, Linda Henry, Scott Neal, Tameka Empson

Votes: 25,764 | Gross: $1.50M

9. Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama

Realistic story of working-class Yorkshire life, alternately serious and light-hearted, as two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man.

Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes, George Costigan, Lesley Sharp

Votes: 4,805 | Gross: $0.12M

10. 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

11. 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: 14,622

12. How to Build a Girl (2019)

R | 102 min | Comedy

A teenager living with her working-class family on a council estate in Wolverhampton, England, grows up to become a popular but conflicted music journalist.

Director: Coky Giedroyc | Stars: Beanie Feldstein, Cleo, Dónal Finn, Paddy Considine

Votes: 5,098

13. All or Nothing (2002)

R | 128 min | Drama

In a poor working class London home, Penny's love for her partner, taxi driver Phil, has run dry. When an unexpected tragedy occurs, they and their local community are brought back together.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Alison Garland

Votes: 11,463 | Gross: $0.12M

14. Sweet Sixteen (I) (2002)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Martin Compston, Michelle Coulter, Annmarie Fulton, William Ruane

Votes: 15,777 | Gross: $0.03M

15. 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: 11,244

16. Raised by Wolves (2013–2016)

30 min | Comedy

A large family is raised by an unconventional single mother on a council estate in Wolverhampton, England.

Stars: Philip Jackson, Rebekah Staton, Helen Monks, Alexa Davies

Votes: 1,845

17. Seven Up! (1964 TV Movie)

40 min | Documentary, Biography, Reality-TV

In this the first installment, we get a chance to meet some of the individuals who took on the responsibility of the 7 Up project, 21-years-ago - Tony, Bruce, Suzi, Nick and Peter.

Director: Paul Almond | Stars: Douglas Keay, Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield

Votes: 4,363

18. Citadel (I) (2012)

R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

An agoraphobic father teams up with a renegade priest to save his daughter from the clutches of a gang of twisted feral children who committed an act of violence against his family years earlier.

Director: Ciarán Foy | Stars: Aneurin Barnard, James Cosmo, Wunmi Mosaku, Jake Wilson

Votes: 7,336

19. Murdered for Being Different (2017 TV Movie)

61 min | Crime, Drama

On August 11, 2007, twenty-year-old Sophie Lancaster was brutally attacked in a park by a gang of teenagers and died 13 days later in hospital. She and her boyfriend Robert Maltby were attacked because they were dressed as Goths.

Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Chanel Cresswell, Nico Mirallegro, Abigail Lawrie, Sally Lindsay

Votes: 713

20. Honeytrap (2014)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

In Brixton, London, 15-year-old Layla gets sucked into gang activity.

Director: Rebecca Johnson | Stars: Jessica Sula, Lucien Laviscount, Ntonga Mwanza, Naomi Ryan

Votes: 824

21. Tony (I) (2009)

Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A thriller centered on a serial killer in a rundown London suburb.

Director: Gerard Johnson | Stars: Peter Ferdinando, Greg Kam, Ricky Grover, Kerryann White

Votes: 3,603

22. The Martins (2001)

87 min | Comedy

The Martins live across from a shopping centre. Dad Robert is unemployed and hasn't really grown up - still blaming others for his failures. Things get really serious when he holds a gun for a friend.

Director: Tony Grounds | Stars: Lee Evans, Eric Byrne, Lloyd Harvey, Kathy Burke

Votes: 1,318

23. Strangeways Here We Come (2018)

86 min | Comedy, Crime

A comedy in which the tenants of a high rise work together to defeat a cruel loan shark.

Director: Chris Green | Stars: Michelle Keegan, Chanel Cresswell, Elaine Cassidy, Lauren Socha

Votes: 534

24. Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016 TV Movie)

87 min | Drama

The true story of the murder of Damilola Taylor--a 10-year-old Nigerian boy who lived in Peckham, London--and the subsequent trial.

Director: Euros Lyn | Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, John Hollingworth, Naomi Ackie, Ben Bailey Smith

Votes: 246

25. Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001)

87 min | Drama

Goodbye Charlie Bright is the humorous and heart-warming story of the friendship between two teenage boys from a tough council estate. Set during a long hard summer it charts the close but volatile relationship between Charlie and Justin.

Director: Nick Love | Stars: Paul Nicholls, Roland Manookian, Phil Daniels, Jamie Foreman

Votes: 1,782

26. The Veteran (2011)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A soldier returning from the war in Afghanistan uncovers a conspiracy involving the intelligence services and a gang of drug dealers.

Director: Matthew Hope | Stars: Toby Kebbell, Adi Bielski, Tony Curran, Ashley Thomas

Votes: 7,401

27. The Disappeared (I) (2008)

96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Following the disappearance of his younger brother Tom, Matthew Ryan tries to put his life and sanity back together. However the past keeps coming back to haunt him.

Director: Johnny Kevorkian | Stars: Harry Treadaway, Greg Wise, Alex Jennings, Tom Felton

Votes: 2,103

28. Community (2012)

78 min | Horror

The Draymen Estate has become an urban legend. Amongst the sinister stories of unsavory's locals and brutal violence, several people have apparently gone missing. But even the police won't ... See full summary »

Director: Jason Ford | Stars: Jemma Dallender, Elliott Jordan, Paul McNeilly, Terry Bird

Votes: 614

29. Ellen (2016 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 72 min | Drama

A tearaway teenage girl trying to take control of her life forms an amazing and unbreakable bond with a new friend. But can Ellen avoid becoming just another statistic?

Director: Mahalia Belo | Stars: Jessica Barden, Yasmin Monet Prince, Joe Dempsie, Jaime Winstone

Votes: 336

30. Titanic Town (1998)

100 min | Drama

A Belfast, Northern Ireland housewife takes up the peace cause, which causes her family trouble with I.R.A. sympathizers.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Julie Walters, Ciarán Hinds, Nuala O'Neill, James Loughran

Votes: 459 | Gross: $0.06M

31. Babymother (1998 TV Movie)

R | 80 min | Drama, Musical

A single mother determined to make it as a singer puts together an all girl reggae group named Neeta, Sweeta, & Nastie with her friends. Living in a housing project with little support, the... See full summary »

Director: Julian Henriques | Stars: Anjela Lauren Smith, Wil Johnson, Caroline Chikezie, Jocelyn Jee Esien

Votes: 203 | Gross: $0.01M

32. Lost Christmas (2011)

PG | 89 min | Drama, Family

Urban fairytale set in Manchester. A series of tragic events that blight a young boy's life are reversed one Christmas Eve, giving him and those around him the happy ending that they were destined to have.

Director: John Hay | Stars: Eddie Izzard, Larry Mills, Jason Flemyng, Geoffrey Palmer

Votes: 1,528

33. Gone Too Far (2013)

88 min | Comedy, Drama

GONE TOO FAR follows two estranged teenage brothers over the course of a single day as they meet for the first time, and struggle to accept each other for who they are. Yemi can't wait for ... See full summary »

Director: Destiny Ekaragha | Stars: Kevin Garry, Tosin Cole, Malachi Kirby, Adelayo Adedayo

Votes: 425

34. I Love Hong Kong (2011)

104 min | Comedy

Ng Shun and his family race to the estate of a scam artist-turned-property tycoon on Lunar New Year's Eve in order to collect the HK$100 million promised to them as compensation for swindling them in the past.

Directors: Shu-Kai Chung, Eric Tsang | Stars: Eric Tsang, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Anita Yuen

Votes: 310

35. Never Never (2000– )

185 min | Drama

John Parlour and Jo Weller form a credit union but John's predatory lending scheme threatens both the poor residents of a London council estate and their own business.

Stars: John Simm, Sophie Okonedo, Adam Kotz, Neil Maskell

Votes: 97

36. Sixteen (I) (2013)

80 min | Thriller

An African former child soldier now living in London is forced to confront his violent past.

Director: Rob Brown | Stars: Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rachael Stirling, Rosie Day, Fady Elsayed

Votes: 238

37. In the Dark Half (2012)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Mystery

After a child dies in her care, a guilt-stricken teenager (Jessica Barden) feels threatened by a mysterious force.

Director: Alastair Siddons | Stars: Jessica Barden, Tony Curran, Alfie Hepper, Lyndsey Marshal

Votes: 591

38. Freestyle (2010)

PG-13 | 86 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Leon is a tough, rebellious freestyle basketball player from the wrong side of the tracks. When Ondene, a stunning girl from an upper class background falls for him, their two contrasting worlds combine.

Director: Kolton Lee | Stars: Lucy Konadu, Arinzé Kene, Alfie Allen, Suzann McLean

Votes: 455

39. Urban Ghost Story (1998)

R | 82 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

After a car accident, Lizzie lies dead on the roadside - slowly she is taken into the light - but is pulled back to earth when she is revived by the doctors. Lizzie feels sure that during ... See full summary »

Director: Geneviève Jolliffe | Stars: Jason Connery, Stephanie Buttle, Heather Ann Foster, Nicola Stapleton

Votes: 661

40. Good Take! (2016)

94 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror

Five stories of different styles.

Directors: Derek Tsang, Ching-Po Wong, Chun Wong, Henri Wong, Vernie Yeung | Stars: Eddie Cheung, Charlene Choi, Alex Fong, Hoi-Pang Lo

Votes: 107

41. Spirit of the Raped (1976)

79 min | Horror, Thriller

A poor woman is mugged, losses her fiancee and gets taken advantage of before turned into a sex slave. Her spirit delivers whats coming to them, all the way back to the original muggers.

Director: Chih-Hung Kuei | Stars: Wu Chi Liu, Wei-Tu Lin, Lin Tung, Yue Wong

Votes: 82

42. Borrowed Time (2012)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

A teenager with the wrong friends and a grumpy old man form an unlikely bond that will help them both find a way out of their respective troubles.

Director: Jules Bishop | Stars: Phil Davis, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Juliet Oldfield, Warren Brown

Votes: 378

43. The Block (1972 TV Movie)

75 min | Documentary

Living conditions of those who live below the poverty line - at Chaucer House in Southwark. Examines the plight of people living below the poverty line in Great Britain today. Looks at the ... See full summary »

Director: Paul Watson | Stars: Peter Myers, Guy Braithwaite, David Eversley, Cyril Mercer

Votes: 12

44. The Black Wolf

90 min | Action, Thriller | Announced

A Bosnian asylum seeker living on a council estate in England, operates in the shadows. Forced to step into the light when a new friend is threatened finds himself fighting for their survival.

Stars: Dragos Bucur, Jetinder Summan, Tommy O'Neill, Jolie Lennon

45. Dare Ya! (2002)

76 min | Documentary

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Director: Louis Tan | Stars: Hong-Wing Chan, Kwong-Yan Chan, Wai-Hung Chan, Wah-Sing Cheng

46. The Afternoon Play (2003– )
Episode: Tea with Betty (2006)

Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Single mum Wendy, bringing up a son with Aspergers and dealing with a challenging ex husband, faces a constant struggle as she tries to encourage the residents of the housing estate where ... See full summary »

Director: John Greening | Stars: Sarah Crowden, Richard De Sousa, John Greenwood, Laurence Inman

Votes: 9

47. Sick of It (2018–2020)
Episode: Use by Date (2020)

21 min | Comedy, Drama

Karl starts to realize how much he likes Ruby. The trouble is he doesn't know if she likes him back.

Director: Richard Yee | Stars: Karl Pilkington, Sondra James, Marama Corlett, Shaniqua Okwok

Votes: 79

48. The Outlaws (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2021)

TV-MA | 57 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A washed-up solicitor and an insta-celebutante with anger issues discover what they could possibly have in common.

Director: Stephen Merchant | Stars: Rhianne Barreto, Darren Boyd, Gamba Cole, Jessica Gunning

Votes: 524

49. The Outlaws (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2021)

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

Seven people from vastly different walks of life begin community payback sentences, cleaning up and renovating a derelict building in Bristol.

Director: Stephen Merchant | Stars: Rhianne Barreto, Darren Boyd, Gamba Cole, Jessica Gunning

Votes: 692

50. The Outlaws (2021– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2021)

TV-MA | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Campaigner Myrna is rejected by the organization she dedicated her life to. As Christian's enemies engage in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, a decision is made about the mysterious bag of cash.

Director: John Butler | Stars: Rhianne Barreto, Darren Boyd, Gamba Cole, Jessica Gunning

Votes: 462