Malik is the anti-hero of this somewhat mystical mini-epic of a movie. Just turned adult, illiterate, lacking a clear-cut ethnic identity, he finds himself doing 6 years in a prison run on the inside by a violent Corsican gang with the connivance of corrupt staff. With the guidance of the ghost of a now dead inmate Malik learns not just to read and write but to deal with the power politics of gangsterhood and it is his success at the latter that allows him to emerge from prison... There is a s find out more...

Warm and witty crime caper set amongst the fading grandeur of a seaside resort. Ageing crook Lou has a Walter Mitty memory, boasting of a life spent working for the likes of Al Capone, but his fertile imagination is tested when he meets a young hippy in trouble with the mob. A modern classic. find out more...

Chronicles the life and times of Nucky Thompson, the undisputed ruler of Atlantic City, who was equal parts politician and gangster.
High production values and a fine ensemble cast: HBO knows how to do TV.

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Irish Sicilian Henry Hill always wanted to be a gangster and from running errands as a small boy, he graduates to becoming a trusted member of the "family". A stunning, violent and essential portrait of the Mafia's intimate details. An award winning film, superbly crafted by Scorsese. find out more...

Two London based Irish hitmen await orders in Ye Olde Bruges of picturesque canals, churches and towers in this clever tragicomedy. Ken does the tourist bit while Ray chases skirt and rues the accidental killing of a child on his first and last job. Then Ken gets the word, and it's not what he expected. Meanwhile back in Blighty their gangland boss, Harry, has problems with his anger, his language and keeping his honour. A dark unpredictable tale, original and savvy. find out more...

 

The brothers Bondurant set up as bootleggers in prohibition rural Virginia, life was good. But when the mob and the authorities start to muscle in on the boys’ turf all hell breaks loose. Based on the biographical novel by one of the main character’s grandsons and adapted for the screen by Nick Cave, ‘Lawless’ is an atm find out more...

A superb portrait of Italian New York life - the people of the movie are its story, their strong relationships, high pitched emotions and claustophobic East Side environment. What emerges is a violent, noisy and fast talking film laced with a charge of adrenalin from America's foremost director. find out more...

It's the off-season at the lonely Beauregard Hotel in Bournemoth, and only the long-term tenants are still in residence. Life is stirred up, however, when the beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband, John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, the woman who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs Railton-Bell discovers that the kindly if rather doddering Major Pollock, played by David Niven, who won an Oscar for his performance, a retired officer who likes to find out more...

Gal is living the good life at his villa on the Costa Del Sol, he's with the woman he loves, he's got a bit of cash stashed away, and some good mates just around the corner. Before this idyll however, Gal was a robber, and one of London's big boys requires his expertise for a particularly complicated job. Gal's old colleague, Don, is dispatched to Spain to bring him back, and Don is not a man to disagree with, being something of a professor in the time honoured art of psychotic nutter. Sexy Beas find out more...