Movies by Lists - Gritty British Thrillers (41 [46]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| 24 Hour Party PeopleIn 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world. | 2002 | Michael Winterbottom | Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.3 (36.5K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| 28 Days LaterFour weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary. | 2002 | Danny Boyle (*) | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.6 (399.3K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| '71In 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast. | 2014 | Yann Demange | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War | 7.2 (54.6K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| 1984In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love. | 1984 | Michael Radford | Drama, Sci-Fi | 7.1 (70.5K votes) | 113 | 20211228 |
| AlfieA cockney womanizer learns the hard way about the dangers of his actions. | 2004 | Charles Shyer | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.2 (52.3K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| ApparitionsApparitions"" is a supernatural drama series about a priest (Martin Shaw, ""The Chief"") who is working to promote candidates for sainthood and becomes drawn into the world of exorcism as he discovers a dark battle between good and e... | 2008 | Joe Ahearne, John Strickland | Action, Drama, Horror | 7.9 (1.9K votes) | 0 | 20231013 |
| Attack The BlockA teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion. | 2011 | Joe Cornish | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.7 (105.1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Bank Job, TheMartine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street. She targets a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry along with a treasure trove of dirty secrets. | 2008 | Roger Donaldson | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (179.1K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| BronsonA young man who was sentenced to seven years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending three decades in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter-ego, Charles Bronson. | 2008 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Action, Biography, Crime, Drama | 7.1 (127.6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Children of MenIn 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea. | 2006 | Alfonso Cuarón | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 7.9 (487.1K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Complicit'Complicit' follows the trail of Edward (David Oyelowo), an MI5 officer desperate to foil what he believes is another 7/7-style atrocity planned by British terror suspect Waleed (Arsher Ali) despite the lack of any conclusive evid... | 2013 | Niall MacCormick | Drama, Thriller | 6.2 (792 votes) | 99 | 20240605 |
| Constant Gardener, TheA widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption. | 2005 | Fernando Meirelles | Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | 7.4 (141.5K votes) | 31 | 20220912 |
| DoomsdayA futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race. | 2008 | Neil Marshall | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 5.9 (76.1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Fish TankEverything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend. | 2009 | Andrea Arnold | Drama | 7.3 (64.2K votes) | 123 | 20231001 |
| Ghost Writer, TheA ghost writer, hired to complete the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy. | 2010 | Roman Polanski (*) | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.2 (161.3K votes) | 128 | 20211228 |
| Green Street Hooligans [Hooligans]A wrongfully expelled Harvard undergrad moves to London, where he is introduced to the violent underworld of football hooliganism. | 2005 | Lexi Alexander | Crime, Drama, Sport, War | 7.4 (151.1K votes) | 2 | 20220912 |
| Harry BrownAn elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice. | 2009 | Daniel Barber | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.2 (86.6K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| HungerIrish republican Bobby Sands leads the inmates of a Northern Irish prison in a hunger strike. | 2008 | Steve McQueen (*) | Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.5 (70.3K votes) | 96 | 20220806 |
| Ill ManorsThe lives of four drug dealers, one user, and two prostitutes are explored. | 2012 | Plan B | Crime, Drama, Music | 7.1 (10.7K votes) | 121 | 20211228 |
| In BrugesGuilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be. | 2008 | Martin McDonagh | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.9 (409.2K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Italian Job, TheAfter being betrayed and left for dead in Italy, Charlie Croker and his team plan an elaborate gold heist against their former ally. | 2003 | F. Gary Gray | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.0 (358K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| KidulthoodA day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London. | 2006 | Menhaj Huda | Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.7 (19.7K votes) | 89 | 20240122 |
| Layer CakeA successful cocaine dealer gets two tough assignments from his boss on the eve of his planned early retirement. | 2004 | Matthew Vaughn | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (176.3K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| London BoulevardAn ex-con with a reputation tries to go straight by working as a handy man for a reclusive actress but this is unfortunately not the wish of London's underground crime lord. | 2010 | William Monahan | Crime, Drama | 6.2 (47.7K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| MoonAstronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our | 2009 | Duncan Jones | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 7.8 (350K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Notes On A ScandalA veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship. | 2006 | Richard Eyre | Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller | 7.4 (77.3K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| OffenderJustice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute. | 2012 | Ron Scalpello | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.0 (4.9K votes) | 102 | 20240605 |
| RocknRollaWhen a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, drawing in the entire London underworld into a feeding frenzy at a time when the old criminal regime is losing turf to a wealthy foreign m | 2008 | Guy Ritchie (*) | Action, Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (246.5K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| ScumAn uncompromising story of life in a British juvenile offender institution in the 70's. | 1979 | Alan Clarke | Crime, Drama | 7.6 (11.3K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Sexy BeastBrutal gangster Don Logan recruits "retired" safecracker Gal for one last job, but it goes badly for both of them. | 2000 | Jonathan Glazer | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 7.3 (60.2K votes) | 89 | 20220414 |
| ShiftyShifty, 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 | 2008 | Eran Creevy | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.5 (3K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| SnatchUnscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. | 2000 | Guy Ritchie (*) | Comedy, Crime | 8.2 (826.3K votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| Starred UpEric Love, 19, is locked up in prison. On his first day, he assaults another inmate and several guards. He's offered group therapy and his dad, an inmate as well, tries to talk sense into him. Can he be rehabilitated? | 2013 | David Mackenzie | Crime, Drama | 7.4 (45.4K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| ThreadsThe effects of a nuclear holocaust on the working class city of Sheffield, England and the eventual long-term effects of nuclear war on civilization. | 1984 | Mick Jackson | Drama, Sci-Fi, War | 8.0 (13.7K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6. | 2011 | Tomas Alfredson | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.0 (209.6K votes) | 127 | 20231120 |
| TrainspottingRenton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends. | 1996 | Danny Boyle (*) | Drama | 8.1 (665.9K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Under the SkinA mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery. | 2013 | Jonathan Glazer | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.4 (138.3K votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| V For VendettaIn a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V," plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman. | 2005 | James McTeigue | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.1 (1.1M votes) | 132 | 20211228 |
| We Need to Talk About KevinKevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined. | 2011 | Lynne Ramsay | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 7.5 (148.5K votes) | 112 | 20211228 |
| We Still Kill The Old WayWhen retired East End villain Charlie Archer is murdered by a feral street gang, his brother Ritchie returns to London from Spain to investigate. | 2014 | Sacha Bennett | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.0 (4.3K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Withnail and IIn 1969, two substance-abusing, unemployed actors retreat to the countryside for a holiday that proves disastrous. | 1987 | Bruce Robinson | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (43K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Sherlock | 2010 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 9.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Fall | 2013 | nan | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Black Mirror | 2011 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 8.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Spooks | 2002 | nan | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Luther | 2010 | nan | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 8.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |