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Plot Summary:
Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more unclear as time passes.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, psychological, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, contemplative, gloomy
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16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
Plot Summary:
16 Years of Alcohol is a 2003 drama film written and directed by Richard Jobson, based on his 1987 novel. The film is Jobson's first directorial effort, following a career as a television presenter on BSkyB and VH-1, and as the vocalist for the 1970s punk rock band The Skids.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, touching, realistic, suspense, gloomy, freeze frame
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The Rise & Fall of a White Collar Hooligan (2012)
Plot Summary:
Casual football hooligan Mike Jacobs is going nowhere in life when he meets old friend Eddie Hill at a football match that turns nasty off the pitch. Under Eddie’s tutelage he soon finds himself inducted into the world of credit card fraud, where organised gangs withdraw hundreds of thousands of pounds from cash machines every night. As Mike becomes seduced by the money and women that come with his new lifestyle, the dangers increase and he soon finds events spiralling beyond his control.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic
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Russia 88 (2009)
Plot Summary:
A gang of skinheads 'Russia 88' are filming propaganda videos in order to place it on the internet. At the same time the camera records the life of the gang, they become accustomed to this and stop paying attention to it. The leader of the gang 'Blade' discovers that his sister is dating a guy from the Caucausus. This family drama develops into a tragedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: heartbreaking, serious, psychological, intense, rough
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The Fall of the Essex Boys (2013)
Plot Summary:
The rise and fall of the Essex Boys gang - the drugs, the violence and, of course, the murders. The real story is the most shocking of all.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 874
Genere: Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense
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Cop on a Mission (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mike, a cop who is becoming increasingly frustrated with his tiresome job with little benefits, whilst the criminals live a life of luxury. He is offered a undercover job to infiltrate a Triad gang led by Boss Tin. Mike slowly becomes engrossed in this world and in Tin's wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama
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The Young Americans (1993)
Plot Summary:
Experienced New York Police Detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of gangster killings organized by a new player in town, an American.With the help of a young teen wronged by gangsters, Harris navigates London's seedy, drug-fueled underworld in order to take down its new criminal empire.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: hood, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Conviction (2004)
Plot Summary:
The murder of a 12-year-old girl leaves her local community shell-shocked and intent on revenge. As the public clamour for justice, the team investigating the murder battle against a growing sense of vigilantism on their patch.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: psychological, sentimental, serious, suspenseful, detective, sincere, realistic
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The Firm (2009)
Plot Summary:
Set in the 1980s, Dom is a teenager who finds himself drawn into the charismatic world of football 'casuals,influenced by the firm's top boy, Bex. Accepted by the gang for his fast mouth and sense of humor, Dom soon becomes one the boys. But as Bex and his gang clash with rival firms across the country and the violence spirals out of control, Dom realizes he wants out - until he learns it's not that easy to simply walk away.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, crime drama, cult film
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The Gang (1977)
Plot Summary:
In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 728
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: tense, sincere, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
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B.U.S.T.E.D (1998)
Plot Summary:
Everybody Loves Sunshine (released in the United States as B.U.S.T.E.D.), is a 1999 British independent film written and directed by Andrew Goth, and starring Rachel Shelley, David Bowie and Goldie. 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, always trusting and relying on each other, have been in prison. Ray doesn't want to be a gangsters anymore, having also fallen for Clare (Rachel Shelley). But Terry, driven by an obsession beyond friendship, is determined to make sure that Ray never leaves the gang. During their time in prison, the Triads have grown stronger and more daring, eventually killing a member ofTerry and Ray's gang. Revenge is called for and the gang turns to them for direction. Bernie (David Bowie) is the aging gangster who struggles to keep the peace.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 749
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: crime drama, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Terry (2011)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 352
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, disturbing, mockumentary, realistic, fake documentary
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The Bill (1984)
Plot Summary:
The Bill is a police procedural television series that was broadcast on the ITV network from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, entitled Woodentop, which was broadcast in August 1983. In its final year on air, The Bill was broadcast once a week, usually on Tuesdays or Thursdays, in a one-hour format. The programme focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work. At the time of the series' conclusion, The Bill was the longest-running police procedural television series in the United Kingdom, and was among the longest-running of any British television series. The series was produced by Thames Television. The series name originated from "Old Bill", a slang term for the police. This was also Geoff McQueen's original title idea for the series, before he eventually decided on "The Bill". Although highly acclaimed amongst fans and critics alike, the series attracted controversy on several occasions. An episode broadcast in 2008 was criticised for featuring fictional treatment for multiple sclerosis, and another episode in the same year resulted in litigation, submitted by MP George Galloway for defamation. The series has also faced more general criticism, concerning the levels of violence it portrays, particularly prior to 2009, when it occupied a pre-watershed slot. During its time on air, The Bill won several awards, including BAFTAs, a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award and the title of "best drama" at the Inside Soap Awards in 2009, the latter being the series' fourth consecutive win. Throughout its twenty-seven-year run, the programme was always broadcast on the main ITV network. In later years, episodes of the show were repeated on ITV3 on their week of broadcast. The series has also been repeated on other digital stations, including UKTV Gold, Alibi, Watch and UKTV G2. In March 2010, executives at ITV announced that the network did not intend to recommission The Bill, and that filming on the series would cease on 14 June 2010. The last ever episode of the series was aired on 31 August 2010.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, sincere, detective, crime drama, realistic
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Green Street 3: Never Back Down (2013)
Plot Summary:
An old firm leader returns to Green Street for Revanche after receiving a call that his little brother was killed, but is he able to cope with a new type of hooliganism and can he find his killer?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, ridiculous
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Cass (2008)
Plot Summary:
The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, realistic, powerful, captivating
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Green Street Hooligans 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
When the top players of the Green Street Elite are imprisoned following a deadly battle with their archenemies Millwall every day becomes a fight for survival. On the inside, rival firms and prison guards will stop at nothing to make their lives a living hell, leaving the lads with no choice but to stand their ground and fight. Find out what happens when the two most fearsome and notorious firms.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, realistic, tense, suspense, hood
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Made in Britain (1982)
Plot Summary:
Trevor sometimes-violent skinhead with no regard for authority, and would rather spend his time stealing cars than sitting in the detention centre to which he is sent. His social worker, Harry Parker, tries to do his best, but Trevor is only interested when there’s something that he can get out of it. The authorities within the centre try to make Trevor conform to the norms of society, but he takes no notice, and would rather speak in a torrent of four-letter words and racial abuse.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: disturbing, controversial, cult classic, powerful, terrifying, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic
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Awaydays (2009)
Plot Summary:
On the Wirral in the grim early years of Margaret Thatcher's premiership, the opportunities for thrill seeking young men looking to escape 9 to 5 drudgery are what they've always been: sex, drugs, rock n' roll, fashion, football and fighting.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, bleak, realistic, gloomy, cult film
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Nattbuss 807 (1997)
Plot Summary:
Kalle, en kille i 18-års åldern har hamnat lite snett i livet. Han umgås mest med främlingsfientliga personer. Carlos är en kille i 16-års åldern, han har bott i Sverige större delen av sitt liv med sin mor och hennes äldre bror. Hans pappa är kvar i hemlandet Bolivia. Carlos och hans bror är med i ett mindre gäng bestående mest av invandrare. Filmen handlar om konflikten mellan Kalle och Carlos, samt deras respektive gäng, en konflikt med tragiska konsekvenser.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: rough, bleak, serious, emotional, realistic, disturbing, cult film
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44 Inch Chest (2009)
Plot Summary:
Provocative, outrageously profane and surprisingly tender amidst an explosion of unbridled testosterone, 44 INCH CHEST explores the masculine ego at breaking point, testing whether fear is stronger than love. Colin (Ray Winstone) is in agony, shattered by his wife’s (Joanne Whalley) infidelity, so his friends kidnap the wife's lover so he can have his revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, atmospheric, bleak, serious, surreal, psychological, captivating, neo noir, twisted, rough
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Hyena (2014)
Plot Summary:
Good policing doesn't necessarily mean doing everything by the book. But as the business of crime in London turns to favour the Albanians and Turks, how does a "good" policeman survive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hood
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The Football Factory (2004)
Plot Summary:
The Football Factory is more than just a study of the English obsession with football violence, it's about men looking for armies to join, wars to fight and places to belong. A forgotten culture of Anglo Saxon males fed up with being told they're not good enough and using their fists as a drug they describe as being more potent than sex and drugs put together.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: realistic, disturbing, rough, serious, grindhouse, stylized, hood, crime drama, contemplative, fast
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Top Dog (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hooligan boss Billy Evans has it all - a successful business, a beautiful family and respect on the terraces. But when he clashes with gangster Mickey over a backstreet proetection racket, Billy soon finds himself out of his depth as they look to finally settle the question - who is Top Dog?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
Plot Summary:
Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, suspense, bloody, grindhouse, hood, rough, suspenseful
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McVicar (1980)
Plot Summary:
John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison. Will even the highest security prison be able to hold him? This is the true story of his life, his criminal exploits and his eventual rehabilitation.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, independent film, cult film
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This Is England (2006)
Plot Summary:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 127000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: emotional, political, depressing, stylized, harsh, rough, cult classic, social, tense, sincere
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Bonded by Blood (2010)
Plot Summary:
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. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared criminals in the south of England, maintaining the hold on their empire with fear and violence until their untimely death.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic
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Down Terrace (2009)
Plot Summary:
After serving jail time for a mysterious crime, Bill and Karl get out of jail and become preoccupied with figuring out who turned them in to the police. On top of that, the "family business" is on the rocks, and the motley crew of criminals who operate out of Down Terrace aren't feeling terribly trusting of one another. It might look like an ordinary house, but at Down Terrace, the walls are closing in.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: realistic, dark comedy, captivating, psychological, suspense, neo noir, dark, hood, rough, humorous
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Shifty (2008)
Plot Summary:
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, captivating, suspense, dark, multicultural, hood, rough, realistic, suspenseful
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Adulthood (2008)
Plot Summary:
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: hood, rough, serious, realistic, cult classic, gloomy, bleak
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Green Street Hooligans (2005)
Plot Summary:
After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. 'Green Street Hooligans' is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 159000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Sport, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: serious, disturbing, factual, intense, bleak, suspenseful, rough, bloody, entertaining, grindhouse