Best British Urban Films
A list of British urban movies from 2004 to the present day. Updated regularly. Movies are in descending release date order, not order of which is best.
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- DirectorNoel ClarkeStarsNoel ClarkeArnold OcengRed MadrellSam is facing up to the new world. He realizes it also comes with new problems and new challenges and which will require old friends to help him survive new dangers.
- DirectorReg TravissStarsGregg SulkinMeghan MarkleJosh MyersCentral London, today: Dee is an anarchic street-artist confronting the system; Marcus is an armed robber on a jewelry-store crime-wave. For the two brothers, being Anti-Social is a way of life.
- DirectorGabe TurnerStarsTom DavisRochelle NeilVas BlackwoodThe Guvnors is a violent thriller set amongst the clans and firms of South East London, bringing two generations together in brutal conflict.
- DirectorPlan BStarsRiz AhmedSliem Ben-SalahEd SkreinThe lives of four drug dealers, one user, and two prostitutes are explored.
- DirectorDanny DonnellyStarsAdam DeaconDavid AjalaNichola BurleyJerome Davies (Adam Deacon) is a successful and wealthy professional football player. When his old friends come back on the scene, his life becomes complicated and dangerous when his old friend Baron (David Ajala) promptly keeps asking Jerome for payouts after Baron looked out for him as a youngster. Baron threatens Jerome and his brother unless Jerome pays Baron large sums of money on a regular basis. Will Jerome have the courage and mentality to confront and put an end to Baron's blackmail?
- DirectorRon ScalpelloStarsJoe ColeEnglish FrankKimberley NixonJustice needs to be served at Britain's most notorious young offenders institute.
- DirectorJoe CornishStarsJohn BoyegaJodie WhittakerAlex EsmailA teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
- DirectorAdam DeaconDaniel TolandStarsAdam DeaconFemi OyeniranOllie BarbieriMeet Kenneth. He thinks he's got the moves. He thinks he's got the swagger. He thinks he can spit bars. But in reality, he's a WASTEMAN!
- DirectorNirpal BhogalStarsLily LovelessRiann SteeleAimée KellyWhen a young woman is cruelly and indiscriminately attacked by a notorious gang led by violent Trey, her 16-year-old sister Kayla wants revenge and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means joining a rival girl gang led by volatile, damaged, man-hating Danielle.
- DirectorNoel ClarkeMark DavisStarsEmma RobertsTamsin EgertonOphelia Lovibond4 girls out on a 3 days trip in to 2 cities, if they survive. While Jo is working in a supermarket, her 3 friends are all out on their adventures. A chance encounter with diamond thieves sends them on a collision course with fate itself.
- DirectorEran CreevyStarsRiz AhmedDaniel MaysJason FlemyngShifty, 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. As his long time friend Chris confronts the dark past he left behind him, Shifty is forced to face up to the violent future he's hurtling towards.
- DirectorPenny WoolcockStarsDylan DuffusOrhan WhyteYohance Watson1 Day follows 24 hours in the life of Flash, an inner-city hustler who's day steadily gets worse when he finds out local gang leader Angel is being released from prison and wants his £500k he left with him for safekeeping.
- DirectorDaniel BarberStarsMichael CaineEmily MortimerDavid BradleyAn elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
- DirectorMo AliStarsKedar Williams-StirlingAdam DeaconAshley ThomasAn action film for the youth generation, set in a decaying future London. A gang set out on a chase to avenge the murder of one of their own.
- DirectorNoel ClarkeStarsNoel ClarkeScarlett Alice JohnsonAdam DeaconThe story revolves around Sam who is released from prison and has to face the people he hurt on a daily basis.
- DirectorJulian GilbeyStarsVas BlackwoodRobbie GeeNaomi TaylorFormer small-time criminals get back into crime to help a friend settle a debt.
- DirectorSaul DibbStarsAshley WaltersLuke FraserLeon BlackIn one of East London's most volatile neighborhoods, pride, rivalry and revenge are the only codes on the street. Touted as a British Boyz in the Hood, Bullet Boy is a gripping and authentic drama that takes an unflinching look at two troubled, street-smart boys. Fresh out of jail, 18-year-old Ricky (Ashley Walters, Get Rich or Die Tryin') and his 12-year-old brother, Curtis, struggle to walk the straight and narrow when a minor street clash escalates into an all-out neighborhood war. For Ricky and Curtis, friendships, family and loyalty will be tested to the extreme in a world where guns are a fact of everyday life and boys try to be men before they're even teenagers. Music by Massive Attack.
- DirectorMenhaj HudaStarsAml AmeenRed MadrellNoel ClarkeA day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
- DirectorRapmanStarsMicheal WardRohan NeddEric Kofi AbrefaA gang war dooms the lifelong bond of south London friends in this acclaimed crime drama that features its writer-director as a rapping Greek chorus.
- DirectorFemi OyeniranKalvadour PetersonStarsDylan DuffusTayo JarrettShone RomulusAn undercover police officer finds his loyalties tested as the gang he's grown attached to becomes increasingly violent.
- DirectorFemi OyeniranNicky Slimting WalkerStarsMichelle GreenidgeKaren BrysonAdam DeaconPrequel the the successful 2016 film 'The Intent'
- DirectorIdris ElbaStarsAntwayne EcclestonFraser JamesAml AmeenBritish crime drama film directed by Idris Elba based on the novel of the same name by Jamaican-born writer Victor Headley.
- DirectorAlex PillaiStarsAshley ChinAshley MadekweJason MazaA career criminal breaks free from his gangland life only to find himself the target of retaliation.