English movies about the mafia

List of the best English movies about the mafia and gangsters, American, Italian, Sicilian: Black Mass, Legend, American Gangster, The Hatton Garden Job, Snatch, Overdrive, The Dark Knight, Our Kind of Traitor, The Bank Job, Wake of Death.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:09

    The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
    Duration02:29

    Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:37

    Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:10

    In April 2015, the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company, an underground safe deposit facility in London's Hatton Garden area, was burgled by 4 elderly men. With the stolen property having a value of up to £200 million, the incident has been called the "largest burglary in English history".

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:09

    A group of up-and-coming hustlers stumble upon a truckload of stolen gold bullion and are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
    CountryFrance, Belgium, USA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:24

    Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

    Markimdb: 9
    Genrefantastic, fantastic, action, action, thriller, drama, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:32

      Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
      Duration02:16

      A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday on Antigua. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on a tortuous journey to the City of London and its unholy alliance with Britain's intelligence establishment, to Paris and the Alps.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
      Duration01:51

      Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry recognises the danger but realises this may be the opportunity of a lifetime. As the resourceful band of thieves burrows its way into a safe-deposit vault at a Lloyds Bank, they quickly realise that, besides millions in riches, the boxes also contain secrets that implicate everyone from London's most notorious underworld gangsters to powerful government figures, and even the Royal Family. Although the heist makes headlines throughout Britain for several days, a government gag order eventually brings all reporting of the case to an immediate halt.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genreaction, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, South Africa

      Action superstar, Jean-Claude Van Damme (Universal Soldier, Street Fighter), is back and at his hard-hitting best as Ben Archer, an ex-mob enforcer seeking revenge against a ruthless Chinese kingpin responsible for his wife's brutal murder. When Archer joins forces with his old underworld friends, an all-out war is waged against the Chinese Triad in this pulse-pounding action thriller.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia
      Duration02:08

      There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an advantage over the detective.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
      CountryUSA, Italy, United Kingdom, China
      Duration02:08

      The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:32

        A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrecrime, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:27

        Billy Hill and Jack 'Spot' Comer were among the most notorious criminals in London up until the 1950s. Dramatising the violent reign of two of London's most notorious gangsters, Billy Hill (Leo Gregory) and Jack 'Spot' Comer (Terry Stone), ONCE UPON A TIME IN LONDON charts the legendary rise and fall of a nationwide criminal empire that lasted until the mid-fifties and which paved the way for the notorious Kray Twins and The Richardsons. This is the story of their rise and fall.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom

        After his latest film bombs, Producer Max Barber creates a new film, all to kill his lead, Duke Montana, in a stunt for insurance. But when Duke is unable to be killed in a basic stunt, Max puts him into more dangerous situations.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, comedy, crime
        CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:51

        The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to Normandy, France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genreaction, comedy, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, USA

        An American mom inherits her grandfather’s mafia empire in Italy. Guided by the firm’s consigliere, she hilariously defies everyone’s expectations as the new head of the family business.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:36

        An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden
        Duration01:59

        Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and has just moved back to her rural home-town, and into a shed in her mother’s backyard. She spends her time working a menial job at a local boating center and hides in the depths of her imagination, making movies with her thumbs. Irritated by her childish behavior, Anna's mother insists that she move out of her shed and on with her life. When a troubled young boy starts hanging around, the two form an unlikely bond. Through their strange yet mutually beneficial friendship, Anna slowly begins to confront her perpetual state of arrested development.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:44

        BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the illegitimate mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral. Raised by her aristocratic great-uncle Lord Mansfield and his wife, Belle's lineage affords her certain privileges, yet the color of her skin prevents her from fully participating in the traditions of her social standing. Left to wonder if she will ever find love, Belle falls for an idealistic young vicar's son bent on change who, with her help, shapes Lord Mansfield's role as Lord Chief Justice to end slavery in England

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:34

        Nearly 40 years ago aliens crash-landed in the UK. They look like us, but are forced to live in a ghetto. Border control officer Lewis falls in love with one.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genredrama, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:09

        An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredocumentary, music
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration00:54

        The band stormed Europe in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it today. All the while, the group were composing and recording a series of extraordinarily successful singles and albums. However the relentless pressure of such unprecedented fame, that in 1966 became uncontrollable turmoil, led to the decision to stop touring. In the ensuing years The Beatles were then free to focus on a series of albums that changed the face of recorded music.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrefantastic, action, short
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:07

        Follows a group of war-torn Templar knights who are put to the test against a strange beast that stalks the lands of England. This battle is what Myths and Legends are made of. An independent fan film.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrecomedy, drama, music
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:20

        1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and all-nighter dancing at The Wigan Casino - the home of Northern Soul. Swept along on this tide of pulsating dance and lust, Joe becomes embroiled in the darker side of soul scene that will put his friendship to the test.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genreaction, drama, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Douglas, a broken, solitary, Spitfire Ace, must overcome his past to lead a Lancaster bomber crew in the pivotal aerial war over Berlin, in 1944.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genredrama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration00:44

        Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, Doctor Strange) plays the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy. Now seen by over 900,000 people worldwide, the original broadcast returns to international cinemas to mark National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genreaction, thriller, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:05

        Gamers enter virtual reality video game contest for money only to realize things are not the way they seem.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:52

        The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:09

        Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration00:47

        A dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem that tells the story of an unnamed book editor who, fifteen years after their break-up, is meeting his former love for a nostalgic lunch at Zanzotti's, the Soho restaurant they used to frequent.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genredrama, military
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:42

        Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genreaction, comedy, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:26

        Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he roars off to find his future. Unfortunately, they forgot to get the key they need off the body, so they're chasing him. Meanwhile, a mafia kingpin's daughter is trying to kill the hitman that killed her father, but her grandmother is trying to make peace with the family that hired the hitman, so she and her thugs are trying to stop the daughter. The guy and the daughter get together and experience mayhem on the run from two directions.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genredrama, adventure, family, sport
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:42

        Brennan is Liverpool's number one fan, able to recite facts ad infinitum about the club and at a public school in the south of England since his father Gareth is emotionally unable to care for him following the death of Will's mother. Gareth appears one day out of the blue with tickets for Liverpool's trip to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden
        Duration01:30

        Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what's necessary to get them out of debt. But when they start spending the money and can't seem to stop, they find themselves the target of a deadly adversary—the thief who stole it—and that's when very bad things start happening to good people.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        The Village tells the story of life in a Derbyshire village through the eyes of a central character, Bert Middleton.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:30

        Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben's way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn't quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by spectral visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:45

        Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:38

        Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15 year old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:39

        Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable file which threatens the stability of the organisation.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:04

        After her father dies, a young woman returns to her Yorkshire village for the first time in 15 years to claim the family farm she believes is hers.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genreaction, comedy, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
        Duration01:45

        An out-of-town heist becomes a nightmare for a crew of French burglars when they mistakenly rob the head of the Chicago mafia. Unaccustomed to the ways of the American underworld, it is not long before they have the mafia, the FBI and a couple of street gangs on their backs as they attempt to make their way back to Paris.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrehorror, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:31

        A group of college friends celebrate the end of term with a party to end all parties. During a drink and drug-fuelled evening, an innocent game of ‘Truth or Dare’ has a very sore loser, sparking a terrifying sequence of events and a whole new twist on the game of truth or dare – where the truth can kill you.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada

        The Bletchley Circle follows the journey of four ordinary women with extraordinary skills that helped to end World War II. Set in 1952, Susan, Millie, Lucy and Jean have returned to their normal lives, modestly setting aside the part they played in producing crucial intelligence, which helped the Allies to victory and shortened the war. When Susan discovers a hidden code behind an unsolved murder she is met by skepticism from the police. She quickly realises she can only begin to crack the murders and bring the culprit to justice with her former friends. The Bletchley Circle paints a vivid portrait of post-war Britain in this fictional tale of unsung heroes.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrethriller, comedy, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:57

        Jo is chained down in a dead end supermarket job while all her friends are all out on their own separate adventures. But a chance encounter with some diamond thieves sends their separate worlds on a collision course with not only each other, but fate itself.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:47

        A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

        Markimdb: 3.9
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:34

        Mo Ali’s futuristic knife-crime drama brings the dystopian environment of CHILDREN OF MEN and DISTRICT 13 to London’s East 17. SHANK delivers a ruthless vision of forthcoming urban life, where guns have been superseded by knives and are fiercely wielded by aimless youths. Amidst the chaos is the Paper Chazers gang, a rare morally conscious group who trade scavenged food for money. After Chazers gang member, Junior (Kedar Williams-Stirling), witnesses his brother, murder he must decide whether to get revenge of stick to the gangs moral code... In this superbly paced and artistic film, present-day social issues, and murky city streets, provide a perfect canvas for imagination and action.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genredrama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        D.C. Rachel Bailey and D.C. Janet Scott have a robust and engaging friendship which enables them to draw upon each other’s strengths and investigate murders for the Manchester Metropolitan Police.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
        Duration02:10

          Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.




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