Gangster and crime movies available for FREE with Prime.
Now at BritFlicks we do love a gangster movie, and our definition of a gangster movie is a very wide church. Under that title we also include hooligan, prison, and crime films. Anyway, finding good films to watch on Prime can sometimes take longer that actually watching the film itself! So, we've scoured UK Prime to find some great movies you can watch for free, if you are a subscriber.
Enjoy, and if we've missed any, then let up know!
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RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER ORIGINS (2021)
Directed by Nick Nevern
Outline: Down on his luck, Tony Tucker, will do whatever it takes to succeed in his new career as a nightclub doorman after saving the owner's grandson. When Tucker teamed up with Essex heavyweight Bernard O'Mahoney at the height of the rave culture in the 1980s, he could not fail.
His increasingly ambitious endeavours are fueled by a voracious need for money, drugs, and a glamorous lifestyle, which leads him to team up with Pat Tate and Craig Rolfe to profit from the drug boom. The ultimate origin story, which is jam-packed with brawls, avenging actions, and explosions, completes Rise of the Footsoldier's circle and addresses many of the franchise's unresolved issues.
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RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER PART 2 (2015)
Directed by Ricci Harnett
Outline: Ricci Hartnett plays the lead character Carlton Leach, and the story picks up from where the original film left off with the infamous real-life story of the Rettendon Triple Murders, aka the 'Range Rover murders', when Pat Tate, Tony Tucker and Craig Rolfe were shot to death in a Range Rover on a farm track in Essex.
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GOODFELLAS (1990)
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Outline: Martin Scorsese's violent true-life gangster epic which follows Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) as he rises through the ranks of the Mafia. Upon turning FBI informant to help pay for his drug addiction, Hill recalls how he got started in the Mob following the $6 million robbery of a Lufthansa cargo at a New York airport. Hill and his partners, Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) and Tommy De Vito (Joe Pesci)...
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BABY DRIVER (2017)
Directed by Edgar Wright
Coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver must face the music when a doomed heist threatens his life, love & freedom.
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LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (1998)
Directed by Guy Ritchie
After losing all their money to London crime boss Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty) in a card game, twentysomething friends Eddy (Nick Moran), Tom (Jason Flemyng), Soap (Dexter Fletcher) and Bacon (Jason Statham) decide to steal from their drug-dealing neighbour, Dog. Using guns stolen from burglars in the employ of Harry, the quartet carry out their heist, leaving their money at Eddy's. However, as they set about disposing of the evidence, they are unaware that there is more to their firearms than they thought...
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LEGEND (2015)
Directed by Brian Helgeland
Outline: From Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River) and Working Title (The Theory of Everything) comes the true story of the rise and fall of London's most notorious gangsters, Reggie and Ronnie Kray, both portrayed by Tom Hardy in a powerhouse double performance. Together, the Kray Twins take over the city.
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ADULTHOOD (2008)
Directed by Noel Clarke
Outline: After Sam Peel is released from jail for killing Trife, he finds difficulty adjusting to life on the outside. Sam is forced to confront the people he hurt, trying to find out which one is seeking revenge on him. While trying to cope with the effect his actions had on the people he knew, he finds himself being hunted by a group of young thugs, who seem to be following the same path as Sam had in the past - but who are they and why are they hunting him?Sam's first day of freedom will be one he never forgets, and as important in his life as the one that lost him his freedom in the first place. Sam is about to go from Kidulthood to Adulthood, if he survives.
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THE WEE MAN (2013)
Directed by Ray Burdis
Outline: Scottish gangster film based on the life of Paul Ferris. Martin Compston stars as Ferris, who was brought up on Glasgow's notorious Black Hill estate in the 1960s. As a young man Ferris starts out working for two rival gang bosses, The Godfather and The Snake, but after a brutal betrayal he decides to go it alone. Carving out a dangerous and bloody career defined by violence, corruption and murder, Paul 'The Wee Man' Ferris ends up becoming the most feared man in Glasgow.
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WE STILL KILL THE OLD WAY (2014)
Directed by Sacha Bennett
When retired East End villain CHARLIE ARCHER is murdered by a feral street gang, his brother RITCHIE returns to London from Spain to investigate. With the police investigation drawing blank after blank, Ritchie decides to take the law into his own hands and bring his old school justice back to the streets of East London. Rounding up his old firm, he leads a vigilante crusade against the vicious young criminals, using every grizzly method at his disposal to find and punish his brother s killers. They re outgunned and outnumbered, but this firm has never been outclassed yet!
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BONDED BY BLOOD (2010)
Directed by Sacha Bennett
Essex, 1995. Known as the most feared criminals across the south of England, Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Ralfe dominate the local crime scene through fear and uncompromised brutality. But in a world where loyalties are constantly tested and cash fortunes are at stake, your closest friend can quickly become your worst enemy, and before long the boys find themselves in a life or death situation that leads to their inevitable downfall. Featuring an all-star cast including Tamer Hassan, Adam Deacon, Terry Stone, Kierston Wareing and Vincent Regan, BONDED BY BLOOD is a brutal portrait of he most notorious firm in British crime history.
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BRONSON (2008)
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
A brutally violent portrait of Britain's most notorious prisoner, Charles Bronson (born Michael Peterson and later re-named by his fight promoter) - who has spent 34 years of his life in prison, and 28 of those in solitary confinement. As a teenager in the early 1970s, Bronson is jailed for seven years after robbing a post office. During his sentence he becomes increasingly violent and re-styles himself as a hardened criminal, convinced that his new persona will bring him the notoriety and fame he craves.
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON (2019)
Directed by Simon Rumley
The violent reign of two of London's most notorious gangsters, Jack 'Spot' Comer and Billy Hill, is grippingly presented by visionary director Simon Rumley, in a saga of madness, mayhem and manipulation, reminiscent of British favourites Legend and Peaky Blinders. Starring Leo Gregory (Green Street), Terry Stone (Rise of the Footsoldier) and Jamie Foreman (Layer Cake).
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THE INTENT 2: THE COME UP (2018)
Directed by Femi Oyeniran & Nicky Slimting Walker
THE INTENT 2: THE COME UP centres on Jay (Ghetts) who has big dreams; but his ambitions are crippled by his allegiance to both his crew and Hackney crime boss Beverley (Sharon Duncan-Brewster). Jay sets about laying the foundations for his own organised crime ring with the help of Mustafa (Adam Deacon). Things are going well until Beverley discovers his disloyalty, and an ill-fated robbery in North London and a trip to Jamaica tears the crew apart. All the while, their actions are being monitored by an undercover Met Police officer Gunz (Dylan Duffus), who has been deployed to integrate himself into the crew.
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BONDED BY BLOOD 2 (2017)
Directed by Greg Hall
Based on the book Essex Boys: The New Generation by the last surviving member of the infamous Essex Boys gang, Bernard O'Mahoney, BONDED BY BLOOD 2 is an uncompromising true story of guns, girls and gangsters. The truth really is bloodier than fiction.
In the aftermath of the legendary Range Rover murders, a group of younger, flashier and even more ruthless criminals emerge to fill the vacuum of power. They are Ricky Percival, kingpin of his own thriving drugs empire; Damon Alvin, an arrogant loudmouth with a short fuse; and Dean Boshell, a small time thief prepared to go to any lengths to find acceptance. Their underworld ambitions are fuelled by ego, greed and a lust for power that will not only tear their friendships apart, but lead them to tragedy and the ultimate injustice.
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GOING OFF BIG TIME (2000)
Directed by Jim Doyle
While serving a four-year sentence, Mark Clayton (Neil Fitzmaurice) makes friends with Ozzi (Dominic Carter), and together they plan to form a gang and take over the city's underworld. Through a combination of scams engineered by Mark the gang becomes hugely successful, but Ozzi's violent and uncontrollable temper threatens to blow their cover.
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DEAD MAN RUNNING (2009)
DEAD MAN RUNNING tells the story of Ex-Con Nick (Tamer Hassan) who has a problem. One of the most vicious loan sharks in the city is cashing in on all his debts, and unfortunately, Nick is on his list. Given 24 hours to raise $100,000, Nick and his partner Bing (Danny Dyer) embark on violent crime filled thrill ride to try and raise the cash before time runs out.
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THE GUVNORS (2014) aka Hoodies vs. Hooligans
Directed by Gabe Turner
‘The Guvnors’ is both love letter and hate mail to the alpha male. This story's alpha is Mitch (Doug Allen) who lives buried in suburban London, having turned his back on his previous life of casual violence and intimidation as part of a legendary South East London football firm. In the modern day he's the doyen of respectability and quiet confidence, until a young upstart (Harley Sylvester) attempts to drag him back in, desperate to inherit Mitch’s reputation and vanquish his legend. As events escalate around them, secrets are revealed, blood is spilt and lives are shattered. Gabe Turner’s violent thriller explores the sinister, inescapable legacy of a life of violence in all its forms.
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WE STILL STEAL THE OLD WAY (2016)
Directed by Sacha Bennett
Regarded as the best in the business, the Archer Gang - an ageing criminal outfit - carries out a daring robbery, only to be caught in the midst of their heist. Sentenced to hard time in Britain's toughest prison, they encounter a nemesis from their past intent on settling an old score.
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SCUM (1979)
Directed by Alan Clarke
Ray Winstone stars in this unflinching cult classic about the struggle for survival in a boys' borstal. When Carlin arrives in a new prison, he battles the wardens & his fellow inmates to rise through the brutal hierarchy, but how long can he last?
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ST. GEORGES DAY (2012)
Directed by Frank Harper
St George's Day is a British crime thriller that follows the story of infamous gangster cousins Micky Mannock and Ray Collishaw. Having long since graduated from the terraces they now run the top firm in London. But when they lose a drug shipment belonging to the Russian Mafia, a turf war threatens to tear their empire apart.
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A SENSE OF FREEDOM (1981)
Directed by John Mackenzie
The true story of the Scottish criminal Jimmy Boyle who spent a decade in and out of British prisons. Boyle's life story is captivating; following his turbulent years in and out of captivity, until in later life he married a psychiatrist and became involved in rehabilitating convicts. Includes the documentary 'Sarah's Story' and original news footage.
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PIGGY (2012)
Directed by Kieron Hawkes
Synopsis: Joe (Martin Compston) is a mild mannered young man bored by his humdrum London life. When his beloved brother (Neil Maskell) is murdered, Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother's old friends. Piggy helps Joe to cope with grief, intent on saving him and helping him get justice for his brother's killing.
As their friendship grows Jow finds himself in an increasing dangerous and murky world of violence and revenge. As Joe's life collapses around him he starts to question who Piggy really is and how honest he's really being with him. When Joe confronts Piggy a series of events are put in place that lead to a disasterous climax.
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CARDBOARD GANGSTERS (2017)
Directed by Mark O'Connor
In the true gritty fashion of crime thrillers, this action-packed Irish box office phenomenon is all set for bloody rampage. When a group of amateur gangsters from Darndale crave a glorified lifestyle with more money, power and notoriety, they aim to enter the big leagues of the drug trade. But their new venture is not to everyone's taste and their plans start to brutally spiral. Unmissable!
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BREAKDOWN (2016)
Directed by Jonnie Malachi
Loving father. Faithful husband. Professional contract killer.
Haunted by visions of his violent past, professional hitman Alfie (Craig Fairbrass), spirals out of control. His work compromised as he reaches breaking point, Alfie is forced to defend his family from his ruthless employers.
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VENDETTA (2013)
Directed by Stephen Reynolds
George never meant to kill the thief -- he was just defending his shop from the jacked up kids who were trying to rob him. The former boxer meant to break the kid's jaw maybe, but not for him to fall and split his head open. Arrested for murder his world is turned upside down. But the next night the doorbell rings and before George has even opened the door the gang have swarmed into his house -- they beat him senseless, rape his wife and tie them up and set fire to them. Thoughtless, feral.
Jimmy, George's son, has been dishonourably discharged from the Royal Marines in Afghanistan and is on his way back to London when he gets the news. A calculating warrior forged on the battlefield, Jimmy was an interrogation specialist who knows more than he should. It isn't long before he's on the trail of the gang who murdered his parents, exacting his own kind of chillingly brutal justice. With the police closing in and his old regiment determined to stop him from airing their dirty laundry on trial, Jimmy goes underground. His actions have created a media frenzy, London's first vigilante of the 21st Century but will his devastating course of action spell the end of the woman he loves?
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CHOPPER (2000)
Directed by Andrew Dominik
Chopper is the gritty and ultra-violent story of Australia's most infamous criminal, Mark 'Chopper' Read. Starring Eric Bana, who skillfully captures Chopper's humour and mood swings, the film mixes startling facts with doses of pulp fiction for a funny and frightening experience.
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SMOKING GUNS (2016)
Directed by Savvas D. Michael
Synopsis: Set in a betting shop in North London, SMOKING GUNS follows the exploits of a motley crew of gamblers, regular players at their local betting shop When one of them decides on a bet which could earn him a life changing bundle his game plan creates a buzz at the ''bookies'' and his ticket soon become an item coveted by the unscrupulous violent Holt, a local gangster - with disastrous consequences for all.
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RISE OF THE KRAYS (2016)
Directed by Zackary Adler
The early years of the two of the most notorious British criminals are portrayed in visceral brutality. London, 1961: Ronnie and Reggie Kray begin a reign of terror that would define London's East End for years to come. From protection rackets to members' clubs, street brawls to arson via blackmail extending all the way up to the Cabinet Office, the Krays rained red on anyone who crossed them.
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RELENTLESS (2020)
Directed by Steven Murphy
Starring Steven Murphy & Tiffany-Ellen Robinson, RELENTLESS is the story of Jake who has just been released from prison and has one day to stay out of trouble before he can get away and start a new life with his brother.
But when Jake is back home on his estate he goes to the rescue of a young prostitute called Ava who is being assaulted. The repercussions with the gang force Jake and Ava off the estate. Now they both start to question where they belong in this life and as the story builds Ava has to take things into her own hands in an attempt to escape the gang and to build a new life for herself.
Whilst Jake has to ask himself where his loyalties lie, with himself and his new life, or to young Ava?
When you're busy making a future, you can often forget your past.
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THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE (2011)
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Trapped, tortured and fearful for his family's safety, Latif (Dominic Cooper) is forced to become the body double for Saddam Hussein's sadistic son, Uday.
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NORTH V SOUTH (2015)
Directed by Steven Nesbit
The rival criminal underworlds from the North and South of the UK have a long history of hostility but an unspoken, grudging understanding keeps them from all out gang-warfare. It’s a fine line that must never be crossed, and if it is, all hell will break loose.
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