Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "hackney-london"

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: 39,694

2. Prime Suspect: Tennison (2017)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Prime Suspect 1973 tells the story of 22-year-old Jane Tennison's first days in the police force, in which she endured flagrant sexism before being thrown in at the deep end with a murder enquiry.

Stars: Alun Armstrong, Andrew Brooke, Blake Harrison, Daniel Ezra

Votes: 3,662

3. Meantime (1983 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama

When one brother gets a job from their wealthy aunt, the other becomes increasingly jealous.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Marion Bailey, Tim Roth, Phil Daniels, Pam Ferris

Votes: 4,785

4. A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Horror

A crime novelist whose research on Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck must confront his worst fears when a film executive takes a sudden interest in his movie script.

Directors: Crispian Mills, Chris Hopewell | Stars: Simon Pegg, Paul Freeman, Amara Karan, Clare Higgins

Votes: 15,206

5. Yardie (2018)

Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama

British crime drama film directed by Idris Elba based on the novel of the same name by Jamaican-born writer Victor Headley.

Director: Idris Elba | Stars: Antwayne Eccleston, Fraser James, Aml Ameen, Rayon McLean

Votes: 3,270 | Gross: $0.04M

6. Rocks (2019)

TV-MA | 93 min | Drama

A young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.

Director: Sarah Gavron | Stars: Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali, D'angelou Osei Kissiedu, Shaneigha-Monik Greyson

Votes: 5,543

7. Alien Autopsy (2006)

PG-13 | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Humoristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal related to the fake documentary The Alien Autopsy (1995) about the Roswell incident.

Director: Jonny Campbell | Stars: Declan Donnelly, Anthony McPartlin, Bill Pullman, Götz Otto

Votes: 7,695

8. My Brother the Devil (2012)

Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

Two teenage brothers must face their own prejudices head on if they are to survive the perils of being Egyptians growing up on the streets of gangland London.

Director: Sally El Hosaini | Stars: James Krishna Floyd, Elarica Johnson, Fady Elsayed, Saïd Taghmaoui

Votes: 3,364 | Gross: $0.01M

9. Young Soul Rebels (1991)

R | 105 min | Drama, Music

Two disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.

Director: Isaac Julien | Stars: Valentine Nonyela, Mo Sesay, Dorian Healy, Frances Barber

Votes: 624

10. London's Finest (2014)

TV-MA | 90 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A small-time drug-dealer gets into big trouble when a corrupt East London cop tries to steal a consignment meant for Welsh-Jamaican Yardies.

Director: Chris Bouchard | Stars: Nathanael Wiseman, Arin Alldridge, Ene Frost, Marlon G. Day

Votes: 432

11. Snow in Paradise (2014)

108 min | Thriller

Dave's a petty criminal living on drugs and violence in London. When his actions kill his best friend, he's propelled into feelings of shame and remorse. Discovering Islam, he begins to find peace but his old life comes back to test him.

Director: Andrew Hulme | Stars: Frederick Schmidt, Martin Askew, David Spinx, Aymen Hamdouchi

Votes: 586

12. Estate, a Reverie (2015)

83 min | Documentary, History

A film forged by community and a spirited celebration of extraordinary everyday humanity. Timely, lyrical, made over seven years from within the Hackney housing estate featured. A Utopian ... See full summary »

Director: Andrea Luka Zimmerman

Votes: 24

13. Hackney Migrations Heritage (2022)

50 min | Documentary

The film explores the heritage of migrations to Hackney from its diverse communities, including Caribbean, Asian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cypriot, and Kurdish. Focusing on their first arrivals... See full summary »

Director: Suj Ahmed

14. I Hate Rock & Roll (2018 Music Video)

3 min | Short, Music

Two upstart rock stars desecrate Grove Passage in London. Completing their journey in Chinatown, they end up roaming the streets of Soho in search of a greater purpose.

Director: Sidney Berthier | Stars: Gabriel Agranoff, Sidney Berthier

15. Criminal Record (2024– )
Episode: Protected (2024)

TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Pressure mounts on June from all sides as she makes a breakthrough in Errol's case.

Director: Jim Loach | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Cush Jumbo, Zoë Wanamaker, Kerrie Hayes

Votes: 379