top british gangster movies
by daworldismine | created - 23 Feb 2012 | updated - 12 Apr 2012 | Publiclisten you cuuunts, this list isnt for mugs, its for thugs
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1. Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
R | 119 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The life of career criminal Carlton Leach.
Director: Julian Gilbey | Stars: Ricci Harnett, Terry Stone, Craig Fairbrass, Roland Manookian
Votes: 21,755
2. Bonded by Blood (2010)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In 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.
Director: Sacha Bennett | Stars: Siobhan Hewlett, Vincent Regan, Neil Maskell, Michael Socha
Votes: 2,760
3. The Take (2009)
TV-MA | 36 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Based upon the novel by Martina Cole, this TV series is mostly about Freddie Jackson, portrayed by Tom Hardy, who is just out of prison. He has the right connections and now he's ready to use them.
Stars: Shaun Evans, Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley, Kierston Wareing
Votes: 9,145
4. The Business (2005)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Frankie 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.
Director: Nick Love | Stars: Danny Dyer, Tamer Hassan, Geoff Bell, Georgina Chapman
Votes: 15,349
5. Sexy Beast (2000)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Brutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman
Votes: 69,327 | Gross: $6.95M
6. Essex Boys (2000)
R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Terry Winsor | Stars: Charlie Creed-Miles, Sean Bean, Gareth Milne, Alex Kingston
Votes: 4,321
7. Clubbed (2008)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An underworld drama set in the early 1980s, about a lonely factory worker whose life is transformed when he becomes a nightclub doorman.
Director: Neil Thompson | Stars: Mel Raido, Colin Salmon, Shaun Parkes, Scot Williams
Votes: 3,766
8. The Crew (2008)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
As a major heist approaches and with betrayal all around him, a respected crime boss has to summon all his street nous and killer instinct as he fights for survival.
Director: Adrian Vitoria | Stars: Scot Williams, Kenny Doughty, Cordelia Bugeja, Rosie Fellner
Votes: 2,815
9. Dead Man Running (2009)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Nick's borrowed money from a loan shark. He's 4 weeks behind. He gets 24 hours to come up with GBP100,000. His mom's a hostage.
Director: Alex De Rakoff | Stars: Clint Koroan, Fredi 'Kruga' Nwaka, 50 Cent, Ashley Walters
Votes: 4,522
10. Love, Honor and Obey (2000)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime
A north London postman gets involved with a gang of criminals.
Directors: Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis | Stars: Sadie Frost, Jonny Lee Miller, Jude Law, Ray Winstone
Votes: 5,747 | Gross: $0.00M
11. 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: 4,805
12. 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: 9,055 | Gross: $2.06M
13. B.U.S.T.E.D (1998)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama
In the Pepperhill Estate of Manchester, an ongoing battle rages between Triad gangs and street gangs. Gang leaders Ray (Andrew Goth) and Terry (Goldie), who are cousins and lifelong friends... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Goth | Stars: Rachel Shelley, Clint Dyer, David Baker, David Bowie
Votes: 756
14. Jack Said (2009)
101 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Jack is an undercover cop infiltrating a criminal gang. Things go pear-shaped when Jack's chancer pal does a runner with a box belonging to the boss and ends up in a perilous situation which threatens to explode into disaster.
Directors: Leander Basannavar, Michael Tchoubouroff | Stars: Simon Phillips, Danny Dyer, Ashlie Walker, Terry Stone
Votes: 648
15. Terry (2011)
82 min | Crime, Drama
In the summer of 2009, Charlie Ruez made a documentary. 6 months later the footage was seized for evidence by the Metropolitan Police Department. In 2010, the footage was released.
Director: Nick Nevern | Stars: Nick Nevern, Ian Duck, Daniel Burten-Shaw, Manuel Atkinson
Votes: 352
16. Gangster No. 1 (2000)
R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster.
Director: Paul McGuigan | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Saffron Burrows
Votes: 14,545 | Gross: $0.03M
17. The Long Good Friday (1980)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Paul Freeman, Leo Dolan
Votes: 25,636
18. Get Carter (1971)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne
Votes: 36,798 | Gross: $0.39M
19. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
R | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Eddy persuades his three pals to pool money for a vital poker game against a powerful local mobster, Hatchet Harry. Eddy loses, after which Harry gives him a week to pay back 500,000 pounds.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran, Jason Statham
Votes: 616,557 | Gross: $3.90M
20. Snatch (2000)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Crime
Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Vinnie Jones
Votes: 911,349 | Gross: $30.33M
21. RocknRolla (2008)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, drawing in the entire London underworld into a feeding frenzy at a time when the old criminal regime is losing turf to a wealthy foreign mob.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Idris Elba, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 265,107 | Gross: $5.69M
22. My Kingdom (2001)
Unrated | 117 min | Drama, Crime
A modern story, inspired by King Lear, set in contemporary Liverpool.
Director: Don Boyd | Stars: Richard Harris, Lynn Redgrave, Reece Noi, Lorraine Pilkington
Votes: 670 | Gross: $0.00M
23. Shooters (2001)
72 min | Crime, Drama
In this docudrama, non-professionals with criminal backgrounds re-enact ad-libbed scenes of life in Liverpool's underworld.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Paul Attah, Ali Awad, Desmond Bayliss, Franny Bennett
Votes: 583
24. Layer Cake (2004)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement.
Director: Matthew Vaughn | Stars: Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon, Tom Hardy
Votes: 195,692 | Gross: $2.34M
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