Movies Like The Fall of the Essex Boys

If you liked The Fall of the Essex Boys (2012), a crime movie directed by Paul Tanter, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Thursday (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
A former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the suburbs. His old crime partner unexpectedly shows up with heroin and gangster business, attracting a…
2
Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also crime
Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
3
The Krays (1990)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two…
4
River's Edge (1986)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn their friend in to the police, or to…
5
The Valachi Papers (1972)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred…
6
New Jack City (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
7
Novocaine (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
8
Al Capone (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…
9
Pulp Fiction (1994)
★ 8.5/10Also crime
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip…
10
68 Kill (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
Chip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.
11
Vice Squad (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
12
Graphic Desires (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
When reclusive Franklin cheats on his partner with a mysterious girl he meets on a dating app, it becomes the start of a deadly obsession.
13
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
14
The Protector (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…
15
The Outfit (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed…
16
Extreme Prejudice (1987)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a…
17
Marlowe (1969)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are…
18
The Born Losers (1967)
★ 6.4/10Also crime
A biker gang incites a reign of terror in a California coastal town that culminates in four teenage girls being raped. Vietnam veteran Billy Jack has had enough, however, and takes on the depraved bikers…
19
The 51st State (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
20
Crime and Punishment (1935)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the…