And so, with tracksuits on, geezer nicknames doled out, and knuckles dusted, Team Empire assembled a list of the very best British gangster movies ever made. From comedy classics, to bruising turn ...

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In September 1935, the studios were forced to stop when the British Board of Censors complained that the new FBI films were just as violent as the gangster films. Not wishing to lose its British ...

The Criminal sounds like yet another trendy British gangster film, and the influence upon it of Snatch director Guy Ritchie is obvious. But this is an encouraging attempt by 28-year-old writer ...

And a 1906 film called The Black Hand is considered by historians to be the oldest surviving gangster film. Gangster movies became popular after the advent of sound cinema, though the reasons were ...

British screen icon Jason Flemyng (Layer Cake) talks about his memorable role in The Stoic and explains why joining the movie allowed him to give back to the industry thanks to his own incredible ...

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