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Your top ten british gangster films


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)

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no order in particular...
snatch
Lock Stock
the Hit

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1) Gangster No 1.....just viewed this recently and it is so so so much better then anything Richie has done, its up there with Performance, Sexy Best and the Krays as the best british gangster flicks ever.
2) Performance
3) The Krays
4) Sexy Beast
5) In Bruges
6) Layer Cake
7) Lock Stock
8) Rock n Rolla
9) Snatch

I love ID and Trainspotting.....but they're not gangster movies....

Havent seen The Long Good Friday but will definitely check it out!

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Out of those I've seen, I can only make a top 3, because not that many stood out to me, although I love this genre.

1- RocknRolla
2- Layer Cake
3- Blitz

🐺 Boycott movies that involve real animal violence (& their directors) 🐾

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The Best UK Gangster Movies
in no particular order:

Essex Boys
Bullet Boy
Get Carter
The Long Good Friday
Rise of the footsoldier
Sexy Beast
Performance
The Italian Job

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