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1. Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory
Votes: 650,331
2. Happy Valley (2014–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Yorkshire-based crime drama centering on the personal and professional life of Police Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
Stars: Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, James Norton, Rhys Connah
Votes: 64,644
3. Gangs of London (2020– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Tells the story of London being torn apart by the turbulent power struggles of its international gangs and the sudden power vacuum that's created when the head of London's most powerful crime family is assassinated.
Stars: Joe Cole, Sope Dirisu, Michelle Fairley, Lucian Msamati
Votes: 40,253
4. 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: 202,558 | Gross: $1.87M
5. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
TV-PG | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
DI Robert Lewis and DS James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them.
Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman, Rebecca Front
Votes: 15,886
6. The Krays (1990)
R | 115 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
This fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.
Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell
Votes: 9,054 | Gross: $2.06M
7. The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (1959–1965)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mystery crime stories with sometimes different cops and many now-famous faces.
Stars: John Wilder, George Hilsdon, Bernard Lee, Stanley Morgan
Votes: 199
8. Scum (1991 TV Movie)
R | 78 min | Crime, Drama
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Clarke | Stars: Ray Winstone, David Threlfall, Martin Phillips, Davidson Knight
Votes: 2,786
9. Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983 (2009 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, History
When another child goes missing, washed-up solicitor John Piggott unwittingly provides a catalyst for Detective Chief Superindent Maurice Jobson to start to right some wrongs.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: David Morrissey, Lisa Howard, Chris Walker, Shaun Dooley
Votes: 8,318
10. Britain's Most Evil Killers (2017–2023)
60 min | Documentary, Crime
Brand new and exclusive to Pick, Britain's Most Evil Killers explores the crimes of Britain's 12 most brutal killers.
Stars: Elizabeth Yardley, Geoffrey Wansell, Fred Dinenage, Stuart Hamilton
Votes: 180
11. The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman (2022– )
TV-MA | 42 min | Documentary, Crime
In this harrowing docuseries, a cruel conman masquerading as a British spy manipulates and steals from his victims, leaving ruined families in his wake.
Stars: Stephen Corrall, Sophie Clifton, Sarah Smith, Mark Clifton
Votes: 8,195
12. It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)
92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An escaped convict tries to hide out at his former lover's house, but she has since married and is reluctant to help him.
Director: Robert Hamer | Stars: Googie Withers, Jack Warner, John McCallum, Edward Chapman
Votes: 2,380 | Gross: $0.01M
13. The Long Haul (1957)
Approved | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After leaving his U.S. Army job in Germany, a trucker takes a long-haul driver job in Britain where he runs into an organized-crime syndicate that controls the trucking industry.
Director: Ken Hughes | Stars: Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen, Gene Anderson
Votes: 992
14. Murder Maps (2015– )
Crime, History
This drama-documentary series takes us back in time to the some of the most shocking and surprising murder cases in history.
Stars: Nicholas Day, Alan Moss, Donald Rumbelow, Judith Rowbotham
Votes: 624
15. Going Off Big Time (2000)
86 min | Thriller
After surviving prison, a man has to forge a career in the crime world.
Director: Jim Doyle | Stars: Neil Fitzmaurice, Dominic Carter, Nicholas Lamont, Nicholas Moss
Votes: 913
16. National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016)
160 min | Comedy, Musical
As London's East End scrubs up for the coronation, Mr and Mrs Peachum gear up for a bumper day in the beggary business. Keeping tight control of the city's underground - and their daughter's whereabouts.
Directors: Rufus Norris, Nick Wickham | Stars: Rory Kinnear, Rosalie Craig, Haydn Gwynne, Sarah Amankwah
Votes: 80
17. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld (2012–2015)
268 min | Documentary, Crime
Villains, gangsters or "Faces" as they prefer to be called, are the men, gang and family members who have made headlines over the past 50 years for all the wrong reasons. Some are household... See full summary »
Stars: Bernard O'Mahoney, Frankie Fraser, Paul Ferris, Walter Norval
Votes: 82
18. The Investigator: A British Crime Story (2016–2018)
47 min | Documentary, Crime
Series 1: In June 1985 Carole Packman, a wife and mother mysteriously disappeared and has never been seen since. Her husband Russell Causley is now serving a life sentence for her murder, ... See full summary »
Stars: Mark Williams-Thomas, Rick Warden, Tanya Winsor, Frances Millar
Votes: 1,742
19. Manhunt: The Railway Killers (2021)
135 min | Documentary, Crime
True crime documentary using dramatic reconstructions and testimony from police and victim's friends to recall the series of murders of women at railway stations in London in the 1980s.
Stars: Jeff Edwards, Mick Freeman, Rosy Addison, Stewart Goodwin
Votes: 59
20. Jimmy Savile: Untouchable (2021 Video)
215 min | Documentary
Director: James Esposito | Stars: Shaun Attwood, Christopher Berry-Dee, Mark Costeh, Sohom Das
Votes: 12
21. Britain's Underworld (2010– )
45 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Behind upscale streets and tranquil parks, some of Britain's most ruthless gangsters keep police, judges and politicians busy protecting the public.
Stars: Shaun Dooley, Walter Norval, Michael Showers, Peter Walsh
Votes: 15
22. The Embezzler (1954)
61 min | Crime, Drama
Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Charles Victor, Zena Marshall, Cyril Chamberlain, Avice Landone
Votes: 216
23. The Girl on the Pier (1953)
65 min | Crime
A London copper and his family on holiday, a Yank gangster/crooner, a junior journalist, a waxworks horror museum owner and his unfaithful dolly bird wife congregate on Brighton's Palace Pier for blackmail and murder.
Director: Lance Comfort | Stars: Veronica Hurst, Ron Randell, Charles Victor, Marjorie Rhodes
Votes: 125