I love british crime films. To me they are well acted and well made. anyway here is my list. post yours.
1.Long good Friday.
2.Snatch.
3.Gangster No.1
4.Sexy Beast.
5.Charlie ( a decent movie)
6.Circus( I have heared the negativity but much to my surprise i enjoyed it.)
7.Shooters(i liked it)
8.Long stock and two smoking barrels
9.The Krays
10.Mona Lisa
Of course these are just my opinions, post yours.
Honrable mention( Essex Boys)
No one mentioned Layer Cake? Great flick.
shareWell, I cant really add much to your guy's good lists, just my favorites in no particular order:
Get Carter (original, of course)
Long Good Friday
Lock Stock
Gangster No 1
Layer Cake gets some honorable mention, but was a little too much like that Empire movie with Jon Leguzamo, with the whole 'gangster trying to get out of the life but gets it in the end' gambit. I have Sexy Beast on my netflix, I keep hearing good things about it, especially from Chrissy Moltisanti.
There's probably a lot of others that I've never seen or heard of because Im an American, & there's always a lot of films released in other countries that you never get to really hear about. What an awesome genre.
Just my .02
"Cant really think of any othes really. I dont rate any of that Guy Ritchie stuff, its ok when you first watch it but it get a bit boring. Plus hes some public school boy who tries to glamourise crime and gangsters."
Yeah, but Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola were also public school boys, but that doesn't mean that Goodfellas or The Godfather 1 & 2 suck.
well said
shareHow about:
Villian
The Squeeze
The Sweeney II
...struggling to remember the name now but the movie about the great train robbery (not Buster).
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^^^^^^ The Limey and I'll Sleep When Im Dead were going to be my additions to the conversation....
I don't know how offensive it would be to the British posters if I were to lump Ireland into the mix, but The General with Brendon Gleason and Jon Voight is one of my favorite underappreciated crime dramas. A Prayer For the Dying with Mickey Rourke and Bob Hoskins is also a decent IRA thriller/Brit gangster movie.
Isn't there a Jude Law one called Love, Honour and Obey...or something along those lines? I think I saw it and it was ok if not spectacular.....
......and Formula 51 was a pretty entertaining wannabe Guy Richie which happened to largely be set in England.....
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T-wicks, You shouldn't worry about offending the British by lumping anIrish movie into the category. Worry more about the Irish reaction by calling an Irish movie British.
We know where you live......
Old Brit film 1969 "The Jokers" much fun but can't find it. Saw once 30 years ago.
The General is fantastic. It was first shown in U.S. as Black and White film.Have seen both versions. B&W was best. To bad director died so young.
Long Good Friday
The Limey
Layer Cake
The Krays
Lock,Stock & two smoking B
The General
I haven't trawled this entire thread, but my suggestions:
Performance (one of my all time faves)
Brighton Rock
Do you mean Robbery, Peter Yates?
It ain't like it used to be. But it'll do.
"Yeah, but Martin Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola were also public school boys,"
Different meaning of "public school" - what is called a public school in England is called a prep school in the US. IIRC Scorsese and Coppola went to what in England would be called state schools.
You know 'public school' in Britain and in America mean two different things, right?
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Yep Layer Cake definitely in top 3 it was the Audition that got Daniel Craig his james bond gig
shareNO ONES MENTIONED A MOVIE CALLED FACE WITH RAY WINSTON, THAT WAS A GOOD FILM. I ALSO LIKES THE LIMEY, GET CARTER, AND THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY.....
shareFace is one of the worst in my opinion (too many right - on messages)
Limey is great and a superb transatlantic success!!
"MAKE WAY FOR THE BAD GUY...THERE,S A BAD GUY COMING THROUGH"
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Even though you guys list some very great movies. Many of you people forgot a great movie known as "Layer Cake". This movie went in and out theaters and went under the radar. I believe Layer Cake is one of the greatest British gangster movie ever.
shareI liked "Face" Also "Essex Boys" ain't bad based on a true story.
sharei loved "Long Good Friday"-my favourite and "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" runs a close second
all of the of other good ones have already been mentioned
but a special mention to the worst gangster film of all time, if not a candidate for the worst film ever is:
"Rancid Aluminium"
Broadsword calling Danny Boy
What about PERFORMANCE, definetly a gangster tilt to it.Along with GET CARTER and BRIGHTON ROCK, there the tops for me!
shareI know about many Gangster films I have seen hundreds! I do have a top ten that I think are the greatest ever made!
1. The Krays
2. I'll sleep when I'm dead
3. Layer Cake
4. Lock stock and two smoking Barrels!
5. Snatch
6. The Goodfellas.
7. The Godfather Trilogy
8. Gangster No 1
9. Get Carter
10. Casino (includes the sickest but greatest scene ever shot with a baseball bat!)
Enjoy!!!!!
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