Movies Like Essex Boys

If you liked Essex Boys (2000), a crime and thriller movie directed by Terry Winsor, 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
River's Edge (1986)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and thriller
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…
2
Bull (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and thriller
Ten years after he was last seen, a vicious mob enforcer returns home to find his son and methodically track down the gang that double-crossed him. His quest for revenge soon leads to a savage showdown between his wife…
3
Layer Cake (2004)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and crime
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
4
Another Day in Paradise (1998)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and crime
In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.
5
Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and thriller
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.
6
Novocaine (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and thriller
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.
7
The Courier (2019)
★ 6/10Also thriller and crime
Ezekiel Mannings, a vicious crime boss, is out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier to unknowingly deliver a poison-gas bomb to slay Nick, but after…
8
Bulletproof (1996)
★ 5.8/10Also crime
An undercover police officer named Rock Keats befriends a drug dealer and car thief named Archie Moses in a bid to catch the villainous drug lord Frank Coltan. But the only problem is that Keats is a cop, his real name…
9
Deep Cover (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and crime
Black police officer Russell Stevens applies for a special anti-drug squad which targets the highest boss of cocaine delivery to LA—the Colombian foreign minister's nephew. Russell works his way up from the bottom…
10
Animal Kingdom (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of…
11
The Get Out (2026)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
A nightclub owner is on the verge of leaving his dangerous past behind for retirement with his girlfriend. When masked gunmen rob him and he finds himself squeezed by ruthless cartels, a mysterious newcomer arrives…
12
Thoroughbreds (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Lily and Amanda, two high school students living in suburban Connecticut, rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of drifting apart. Together, they devise a plan to kill Lily's abusive stepfather by hiring a…
13
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thriller
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
14
Fresh (1994)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and thriller
Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.
15
In Cold Light (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and crime
Fresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.
16
The Virtuoso (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and crime
Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
17
Killer Joe (2012)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller
A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.
18
Blood for Dust (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and thriller
Reckless Ricky makes serious money dealing illegal weapons throughout the tri-state area and loves to flaunt it. Traveling salesman Cliff, covers the same territory Ricky runs guns through. Desperate to find some…
19
Light Sleeper (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something…
20
Wait Until Dark (1967)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and crime
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed…