British crime/gangster films - 1969 to 1997
British crime/gangster films - 1969 to 1997. From 1969's Italian Job, up until Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels kickstarted the new era.
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- 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.
- DirectorJack GoldStarsNicol WilliamsonRachel RobertsAnn BellMichael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after five years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police.
- DirectorDonald CammellNicolas RoegStarsJames FoxMick JaggerAnita PallenbergA violent East London gangster undergoes a transformation of identity while hiding from his former colleagues in the home of a jaded Bohemian rock star and his two girlfriends.
- DirectorSilvio NarizzanoStarsLee RemickRichard AttenboroughHywel BennettBased on the play by Joe Orton, this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately one of them works in a funeral parlor and they have a coffin to spare. Then there's the gold-digger nurse and the gonad-grabber detective and a host of other wonderful characters.
- DirectorLindsay ShonteffStarsGilbert WynneNorman ClaridgeGilly GrantDetective Harry Clegg must track down the crazed prostitute responsible for a string of murders.
- DirectorArnold L. MillerStarsKenneth CopeShirley Anne FieldHélène FrançoiseDelger, "the man who gets things done", finds himself involved in London's vice world, in between sleeping with his two neighbours Elaine and Wendy, a masseuse who "can't give a man a massage without turning him on".
- DirectorMike HodgesStarsMichael CaineIan HendryBritt EklandWhen his brother dies under mysterious circumstances in a car accident, London gangster Jack Carter travels to Newcastle to investigate.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsRichard BurtonIan McShaneNigel DavenportIn 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.
- DirectorPete WalkerStarsMichael LatimerLuan PetersDerek AylwardA mercenary joins forces with 2 crooked cops in an attempt to steal a fortune in gold bullion from a corrupt Arab country.
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsOliver ReedJill St. JohnIan McShaneImprisoned Harry Lomart is a vicious, brute of a man and yet he is prepared to do his long jail term as he is confident that on his release his beautiful wife Pat will be waiting for him, but a visit from Pat brings him his worst nightmare.
- DirectorDouglas HickoxStarsJohn WayneRichard AttenboroughJudy GeesonChicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is sent to the U.K. to escort organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U.S., but Larkin's hitmen prepare an ambush for Brannigan.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsStacy KeachDavid HemmingsEdward FoxA dangerous, violent gang kidnaps a woman and her daughter to extort some money from her rich husband. He and her down-on-his-luck ex-cop ex-husband decide to deal with the kidnappers themselves.
- DirectorDavid WickesStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanBarry FosterWhen one of his informants is murdered, Detective Inspector Jack Regan is drawn into a deadly political game. He is soon a marked man and, after being framed, is suspended from duty. This doesn't stop him searching for the truth.
- DirectorTom CleggStarsJohn ThawDennis WatermanDenholm ElliottSecond theatrical spin-off from the popular 1970's police series. Regan and Carter head a Flying Squad investigation into a series of bank raids by a team of well-armed villains who are flying in from the continent.
- DirectorDonovan WinterStarsSylvia SymsDerren NesbittJames KerryMasked intruders take the family of a bank manager hostage in order to rob his bank.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsDavid HaymanJake D'ArcySean ScanlanThe life and imprisonment of Glasgow hard man and gangster Jimmy Boyle.
- DirectorJohn MackenzieStarsBob HoskinsHelen MirrenPaul FreemanAn up-and-coming gangster is tested by the insurgence of an unknown, very powerful threat.
- 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.
- DirectorJohn QuestedStarsAlbert FinneyMartin SheenSusannah YorkWhen architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
- DirectorTerry BedfordStarsPeter CoyoteMel SmithBillie WhitelawThieves run over a child while escaping after a robbery. A deadly hitman who likes to taunt his targets is hired to track them down. Stone moves to England, but the assassin follows. Loosely based on Donald Westlake's cult crime novel.
- DirectorDavid Kent-WatsonStarsCliff TwemlowJane CunliffeAnthony SchaefferA bouncer is called in to help fight off a mob boss who is trying to take over local night clubs.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsFreddie StuartRalph BrownA.J. ClarkeTen years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
- DirectorBill ForsythStarsBill PatersonEleanor DavidClare GroganAlan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families, the Bernardis and the Rossis, over whose ice cream vans can sell where in Glasgow.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsBob HoskinsCathy TysonMichael CaineA man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
- DirectorMartin StellmanStarsDenzel WashingtonDorian HealySean ChapmanA retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
- DirectorMike FiggisStarsMelanie GriffithTommy Lee JonesStingA crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and the American's ex lover fall in love and inadvertently stir the pot.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsGary KempMartin KempBillie WhitelawThis fact-based movie follows the life of the twin crime-lords in London's '60s underworld.
- DirectorDavid LelandStarsKenny IrelandLiam NeesonJoanne WhalleyUnemployed Scottish miner Danny Scoular (Liam Neeson) is forced into bare-knuckle boxing to make ends meet.
- DirectorPeter MedakStarsTom CourtenayChristopher EcclestonEileen AtkinsThis drama reveals the controversial postwar 1950's London murder trial that sent an intellectually challenged young man to the gallows for a murder he did not commit.
- DirectorDanny CannonStarsHarvey KeitelIain GlenJohn WoodExperienced NYPD detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of killings organized by a new player in town, an American gangster. Harris uses a teen wronged by gangsters to get to him.
- DirectorPaul HillsStarsPaul BettsChris ConstantinouLeroy CooperOn his release from mental hospital, James rekindles his relationship with pirate DJ Marion, helping her to kick her heroin addiction and moving in together with plans for marriage. However, Marion is found dead. The police believe that it was suicide but James has other ideas. With the help of Marion's father, James follows through on his plan to trap and expose the "protected" killer.
- DirectorGillies MacKinnonStarsIain RobertsonJoe McFaddenSteven DuffyGlaswegian teenager Lex is torn between the artistic life of middle brother Alan and the thuggish world of elder brother Bobby.
- DirectorJ.K. AmalouStarsLayla AldridgeVictoria BenstedRoss BoatmanA Cockney thug becomes a daddy just before he and his two colleagues are supposed to put the screws to some unfortunate deadbeat. The new dad decides that he has had enough killing and wants to start anew. Unfortunately, his partners have other plans, as does his boss who is angry that the thug killed one of his best customers.
- DirectorScott MichellStarsOliver CottonTony BlutoPaul BrightwellThe young, bright, and decent London tramp Alan Terry (Rupert Graves) accidentally witnesses a mob execution. He gets away, but leaves enough evidence for them to come looking for him amongst the homeless, and most violently: his older best friend is killed by arson. It turns out that Matheson (Sir Michael Gambon), the police Detective Inspector in charge of the murder investigation, is in cahoots with mob boss Adolfo Cavani (Franco Nero), and actually on Alan's trace, with the firm intent to eliminate him. The only one who may actually help Alan is a female reporter.
- DirectorJeffrey ReinerStarsGlenn PlummerPatrick CupoErnie Reyes Jr.When a trio of low-level criminals with a supply of drugs find themselves with some time to kill before a big deal, they decide to live a little. But a chain of stupid mistakes and unfortunate events brings them no small amount of trouble.
- DirectorKevin AllenStarsLlyr IfansRhys IfansDorien ThomasJulian and Jeremy, two brothers prefer to spend their time on drugs and joyriding. When their father, Fatty Lewis, they show up demanding compensation.
- DirectorAntonia BirdStarsRobert CarlyleRay WinstoneSteve SweeneyIn the face of demise in his values, a socialist in England decides to form a gang and rob banks for a living.