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1. Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)

TV-PG | 95 min | Comedy

Comedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.

Stars: David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roger Lloyd Pack, Buster Merryfield

Votes: 56,906

2. On the Fiddle (1961)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, War

During World War II, a street peddler invents a story about enlisting, which convinces the magistrate to send him to the RAF instead of prison. A new loyal friend goes along with his schemes to avoid work, but eventually duty calls.

Director: Cyril Frankel | Stars: Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Victor Maddern, Harry Locke

Votes: 568

3. The Blue Lamp (1950)

Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer.

Director: Basil Dearden | Stars: Jack Warner, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley, Robert Flemyng

Votes: 2,562

4. Brighton Rock (1948)

Not Rated | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

In Brighton in 1935, small-time gang leader Pinkie Brown murders a journalist and later desperately tries to cover his tracks but runs into trouble with the police, a few witnesses, and a rival gang.

Director: John Boulting | Stars: Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Harcourt Williams

Votes: 6,846 | Gross: $0.22M

5. Brighton Rock (2010)

R | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.

Director: Rowan Joffe | Stars: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren, John Hurt

Votes: 6,778

6. I Became a Criminal (1947)

Approved | 78 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After WW2, former RAF airman Clem Morgan joins a gang of black-market smugglers-thieves but when a robbery goes wrong, Clem is caught , framed for a policeman's murder, and is sent to prison where he plots his escape and revenge.

Director: Alberto Cavalcanti | Stars: Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Griffith Jones, Rene Ray

Votes: 1,945

7. The Slasher (1953)

Approved | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.

Director: Lewis Gilbert | Stars: James Kenney, Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies, Robert Ayres

Votes: 509

8. No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)

Approved | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

John Blandish is worth $100 million. His heiress daughter is soon to be wed to Foster Harvey, who believes she's a cold, unfeeling woman, despite loving her. Her cold emotional state is in ... See full summary »

Director: St. John Legh Clowes | Stars: Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers, Walter Crisham

Votes: 767

9. Waterloo Road (1945)

76 min | Drama, Romance, War

A drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.

Director: Sidney Gilliat | Stars: John Mills, Stewart Granger, Alastair Sim, Joy Shelton

Votes: 691

10. The Silk Noose (1948)

Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama

In post- WW2 Britain, an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancé, and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym attempt to bring black market organized crime to justice.

Director: Edmond T. Gréville | Stars: Carole Landis, Joseph Calleia, Derek Farr, Stanley Holloway

Votes: 409

11. Good-Time Girl (1948)

Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama

A young girl from the ghetto gets involved with some criminals. Driving while drunk, she knocks down and kills a Policeman. She runs away with two G. I.s who are also on the run and they start a crime wave.

Director: David MacDonald | Stars: Diana Dors, George Merritt, Flora Robson, Jean Kent

Votes: 465

12. Mantepse ti kano... ta vradya (1984)

85 min | Comedy

Kosmas only expertise is begging for money. After creating his own school for beggars he gets in trouble with a couple of professional thieves.

Director: Yiannis Hartomatzidis | Stars: Stathis Psaltis, Kaiti Finou, Rena Pagrati, Nikos Rizos

Votes: 332

13. Spivs (2005 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

A documentary charting the rise and fall of the spiv (dodgy dealer) during post-war Britain.

Stars: George Cole, Jimmy Perry, James Beck

14. Box for One (1958 TV Movie)

30 min | Drama

A play set in a London telephone box.

Director: William Sterling | Star: Robert Helpmann

15. Goodnight Sweetheart (1993–2016)
Episode: Is Your Journey Really Necessary? (1993)

Not Rated | 29 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Gary learns that a devastating daytime air raid is due, so he heads to the Royal Oak to warn Phoebe.

Director: Robin Nash | Stars: Nicholas Lyndhurst, Dervla Kirwan, Michelle Holmes, David Ryall

Votes: 73

16. The Grand (1997–1998)
Episode: Episode #1.4 (1997)

51 min | Drama

Esme's continued patronage of Monica arouses the jealousy of other maids and tempers are frayed because a bout of illness has laid several staff low, including the austere house-keeper Mrs.... See full summary »

Director: Noella Smith | Stars: Stephen Moyer, Justin Ellery, Michael Siberry, Tim Healy

Votes: 21

17. We'll Meet Again (1982)
Episode: The Milk Run (1982)

51 min | Drama, Romance, War

Vera Mundy's younger brother Sid,a spiv,comes to stay with the family,having been bombed out in London. Patricia returns after dropping out of university and cash-strapped army wife Sally ... See full summary »

Director: John Reardon | Stars: Susannah York, Michael Shannon, Ray Smith, June Barry

Votes: 13