Best movies like Full English Breakfast
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies similar to Full English Breakfast? Provide your familiarity to navigate others towards films and tv shows you've viewed previously that they may enjoy as well. Assist in enlarging the group of people introducing videos to each other. We value your input!
Plot Summary:
Through flashbacks, Full English Breakfast follows the violent career of Dave Bishop (Dave Courtney) a small-time London villain who kills his way to the top of Britain's drugs empire. Now happily 'retired' on the Kent coast Dave becomes embroiled in a bloody battle of wits with Al Qaeda terrorists who want to take over his criminal empire. Adding to the old mobster's woes is his younger trophy wife (Lucy Drive) wanting to play away with his new driver (Jamie Bannerman).
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, tense, rough, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like Full English Breakfast (2014):
Similar in 78%
Billa II (2012)
Plot Summary:
David Billa a refugee comes to Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu and his journey begins into crime. Initially he starts as a local diamond smuggler. He eventually meets Abbasi, an underworld don in Goa and helps him out in a deal and wins his favor. For one of Abbasi's deals Billa goes to Georgia where he meets a ruthless international don Demitri. They get acquainted that creates a rift between Abbasi and Billa. A challenge is thrown by Billa to Abbasi and he starts building his own empire, which eventually results in Billa crossing swords with Demitri himself. The bloody battle begins in Goa and ends in Georgia.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 129 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Similar in 83%
Big Fat Gypsy Gangster (2011)
Plot Summary:
After sixteen years at Her Majesty's Pleasure, Britain's hardest man is released from prison, and into the care of a documentary film crew headed by a Brit-loving American film-maker who follow him for the next week, on an hilarious roller-coaster tour of gangland London and beyond.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 861
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, rough, humorous, realistic
Similar in 81%
Honour (2014)
Plot Summary:
A story centered on a young woman is targeted by her family for an "honour killing" and the bounty hunter who takes the job.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, realistic
Similar in 85%
Rapid Fire (2006)
Plot Summary:
A desperate band of Militia men attempts a daylight bank robbery in the sleepy semi-rural City of Norco, California, and leads the local Police on the longest, most violent running gun battle in Law Enforcement history. Based on the true events.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, independent film
Similar in 87%
Betrayal (2013)
Plot Summary:
Vazgen "Vaz", a Mobster turned businessman, is pulled back into his past life, when his eldest son is accused of killing a Russian gangster. Now he must find a way to save his family and all that he's built.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 192
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
Similar in 77%
Broken Horses (2015)
Plot Summary:
The bonds of brotherhood, the laws of loyalty, and the futility of violence in the shadows of the US Mexico border gang wars.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, rough, tense, neo noir, neo western
Similar in 87%
Johan Falk: Barninfiltratören (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of young robbers, specializing in robbing shopping center security guards, are raging through out Gothenburg. A robbery goes awry when an innocent passerby is killed. Ricky, the gang's young leader, tries to quickly find an expert who can clean the money of the dye pack that exploded while Johan Falk, and his colleagues at GSI, accelerate their hunt.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, realistic, captivating, tense, rough, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
Pawn (2013)
Plot Summary:
A petty robbery spirals into a tense hostage situation after three gunmen hold up a diner that's a front for the mob.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing, realistic, independent film
Similar in 77%
Harrigan (2013)
Plot Summary:
Amongst the desperation and fear growing in a crime ridden estate in northern England, one man becomes embroiled into saving what community life exists.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 658
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating
Similar in 89%
St George's Day (2012)
Plot Summary:
Infamous London gangster cousins, Micky Mannock and Ray Collishaw, are at the top of the food chain, when their world is turned upside down as they lose a shipment of the Russian Mafia's cocaine in rough seas. Set in London, Amsterdam and Berlin, the story races across Europe at breakneck speed as Micky and Ray attempt to stay one step ahead of the Police. Can they pull off a daring diamond heist in time to put things right and retire to a "legitimate" way of life.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, rough
Similar in 87%
The Big I Am (2010)
Plot Summary:
A cruel twist of fate catapults small time crook Mickey Skinner into the big league, as head of a brutal London gang poised on the brink of a lucrative human-trafficking deal.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, neo noir
Similar in 77%
Pimp (2010)
Plot Summary:
A week in the life of Woody; a Soho pimp, as seen through the eyes of concealed documentary cameras: A week which spirals brutally out of control.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, independent film, fake documentary
Similar in 83%
Assassins Tale (2013)
Plot Summary:
Three assassins deal with life, love, addiction and trust as each tries to find the answers to a better life. Together, they prove to be the most trustworthy in this tangled web of murder, greed, friendship and betrayal.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 932
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic
Similar in 80%
6th Commandment Cross (2012)
Plot Summary:
Meet Leonard, a man who will help you die with a smile on your face. A young attorney meets his client for the first time, a serial killer known as the "Smiley Face Killer", whose victims all died with a smile on their faces.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, psychological, captivating, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful, slasher
Similar in 77%
Shooters (2002)
Plot Summary:
Gilly comes out of prison after serving a six year stretch and decides that he will now turn his life around and go straight. But when he returns to his South London home and visits his old colleague J, in hope of obtaining his share of the proceeds from the job that landed him inside, J soon talks him into getting involved in one last scam.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic
Similar in 85%
Safehouse (2008)
Plot Summary:
Ex-FBI agent Cooper O'Neil thinks the dangerous times in his life are in the past; that is, until his former partner shows up dead at his marina home. O'Neil's old partner had a coveted thumb drive in his possession when he died, and now the ex-agent is forced back into the life he left behind to keep the thumb drive from the wrong hands.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, independent film, exciting, realistic
Similar in 84%
Interview with a Hitman (2012)
Plot Summary:
An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, action thriller, action packed, realistic
Similar in 81%
The Devil's Teardrop (2010)
Plot Summary:
When a man known only as "The Digger" opens fire in a train station many are left dead. The only clue the FBI has is a hand written letter with demands on it. Agent Margurete needs help analyzing it and the best is retired specialist Kincaid.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 686
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 84%
Johan Falk: De 107 patrioterna (2012)
Plot Summary:
It's a beautiful day in Slottsskogen, Gothenburg idyllic city park, when suddenly the unthinkable happens - gunfire amidst all people. Two gangsters shooting game against each other and a large police operation starts. The conflict grows rapidly to involve several gangs from Gothenburg underworld. GSI switched to try to identify a new thread which proves to be both larger and better armed than any other. The only clue is a tattoo on one of the killed gang members. The plot thickens when it turns out that the same tattoo worn by Rydell gang's new.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough, realistic
Similar in 80%
Force of Execution (2013)
Plot Summary:
Seagal stars as mob kingpin Mr. Alexander, an old-school boss who rules his criminal empire with both nobility and brutality. For a simple prison hit, he sends his best enforcer and protégé Roman Hurst (Foster). When the hit goes wrong, Hurst is forced to pay the price of his failure: banishment in the city that he almost once ruled. But a war is brewing for the soul of the city between Alexander, a cold-blooded gangster known as 'The Iceman" (Rhames) and a merciless Mexican cartel. Hurst, with the help of an ex-con restaurant owner (Trejo) who has a few hidden moves of his own, will rediscover his own will to survive the coming conflict and to wreak vengeance on those who have wronged him.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, independent film
Similar in 75%
Rebellion (2009)
Plot Summary:
In a district within Hong Kong five gangs have an uneasy truce as they all work within the area. Chaos then ensues when triad leader Jimmy is shot. Jimmy's wife Cheung Wah then appoints his bodyguard Po as the temporary leader of the gang over Jimmy's #2 man Blackie. Po must now find the assassin, control the seething Blackie, and keep their rival gangs at bay before all hell breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 319
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, psychological, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
Tell (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst when he discovers that stealing the money was the easy part and he now must keep his partner, his wife, his parole officer, and two corrupt detectives from stealing it from him.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, independent film
Similar in 78%
Hard Boiled Sweets (2012)
Plot Summary:
Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, just waiting to be stolen. But what Johnny doesn’t know is that seven other very dangerous criminals also have plans to steal the money.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 850
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, psychological, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 80%
I Against I (2012)
Plot Summary:
Focusing on the timeless themes of jealousy, murder and betrayal, 'I Against I' is set over one night and utilises different time lines to reveal a dark and unexpected conclusion to a simple mystery premise. The main protagonists, opposite in character, take a frantic journey into a desolate nocturnal world with the common aim of survival, though once completed, the plot reveals a trap from which escape may be impossible.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 597
Genere: Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, serious, tense, captivating, rough, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Similar in 87%
Ten Dead Men (2008)
Plot Summary:
You can’t outrun your past. That is the extremely painful lesson that Ryan (Brendan Carr)is learning right now, as spectres of his past life of crime have returned to haunt him, destroying the only person he holds dear, and nearly killing him in the process. Ryan decides that if he cannot escape then he must confront them head-on in what can only be called a desperate suicide run.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, rough, realistic, suspenseful, political thriller
Similar in 77%
Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan (2012)
Plot Summary:
Johan Falk's stepdaughter Nina has gotten in contact with her biological father, Orjan, discovering that he is in debt to an Estonian construction company in Gothenburg, leading to Nina's kidnapping.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: rough, realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 77%
Bullet Train (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story revolves around a set of Indians, fighting to get what is their own, while another set of Indians working for the Scotland Yard Police chase them hard to stop them from spreading terror. The film in entirety has been been shot in London, Birmingham and Scotland. Ajay Devgn plays the role of a businessman who is married to actress Kangana Ranaut. Anil Kapoor plays the cop. The stylist Navin Shetty said to Mid Day, “Director Priyadarshan gave me a brief on Ajay's character in Tezz saying he didn't want anything fancy but more realistic - someone who will blend with the crowd. Ajay plays a father of a child and the film is set against a grey London winter so we have give Ajay's character an earthy look. He has a moustache and faint stubble. The colours are grey, brown, rust and khaki. We have played with the cut and the colours while the fabrics used have been wool and leather with lots of scarves and headgears. The effect is simple, realistic, smart and classy.".
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, India
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 89%
Real Gangsters (2013)
Plot Summary:
Real Gangsters tells the story of the Lo Giacamo family, one of the most successful crime syndicates in New York City. Run by cousins Vincent Lo Giacamo and Jack Lo Giacamo, Real Gangsters shows how these two men maintain control of their dangerous extended family and volatile business ventures by very different means.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, cynical, rough, independent film
Similar in 77%
Baseline (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Baseline is the centre of the East London grime club scene and the queue regularly stretches around the block. Danny works on the door - breaking up fights and managing drunk kids. However, when he rescues Terry, the club owner and local gang leader, from a hitman, Danny is suddenly plunged deep into an underworld he had tried so hard to avoid. Danny is promoted to manager, but only on the condition that he turns a blind eye to the shady goings on both on and off the dance-floor. Danny and his girlfriend Jessica dream of setting up their own club, but Danny is forced to make the ultimate sacrifice when he has to choose between loyalty, morality and his own dreams of escape.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 647
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, tense, rough, realistic
Similar in 88%
Montana (2014)
Plot Summary:
In the mean streets of London's East End, a former Serbian commando and a fourteen-year old boy plot revenge against a powerful crime lord and his ruthless lieutenants. As our heroes prepare to take on their enemies, the boy is mentored in the dark arts of assassination and learns the true meaning of friendship, honor and respect.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, tense, realistic, suspenseful, stylized