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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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 ...