Movies Like The Hoist

If you liked The Hoist (2018), a movie directed by Callum Woodhouse and Henry Leroy-Salta, 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
RocknRolla (2008)
★ 7/10
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two…
2
Dirty Work (1998)
★ 6.2/10
Unemployed and recently dumped, Mitch and his buddy Sam start a revenge-for-hire business to raise the $50,000 that Sam's father needs to get a heart transplant.
3
What Doesn't Kill You (2008)
★ 6/10
Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
4
The Unsaid (2001)
★ 6.6/10
A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.
5
The Gentlemen (2020)
★ 7.7/10
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an…
6
Mean Streets (1973)
★ 7/10
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
7
Wildcat (2025)
★ 6.1/10
An ex-black ops team reunite to pull off a desperate heist in order to save the life of their leader’s eight-year-old daughter.
8
Never Back Down: Revolt (2021)
★ 6.3/10
An amateur fighter is lured by a trafficking syndicate specializing in elite underground fighting where her brutal captor forces her to fight or face certain death.
9
Flawless (2007)
★ 6.8/10
A female executive and a night janitor conspire to commit a daring diamond heist from their mutual employer, The London Diamond Corporation.
10
Urchin (2025)
★ 6.8/10
Mike, a rough sleeper in London, is trapped in a cycle of self-destruction as he attempts to turn his life around. Along the way, he encounters unexpected chances for a fresh start.
11
Withnail & I (1987)
★ 7.2/10
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid flat, the unemployment office and the pub. When they take a holiday…
12
The Shipment (2021)
★ 6.7/10
A former U.S. Navy Seal is forced to become the international criminal he once fought against when a powerful and violent drug cartel kidnaps his wife and daughter.
13
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)
★ 6.3/10
It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley and…
14
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
★ 6.9/10
An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.
15
The 51st State (2001)
★ 6.1/10
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.
16
Traders (2016)
★ 6.2/10
What if it made perfect sense for ordinary people to kill each other for money? Better than slow grinding financial ruin and misery, and all done according to a strict code by consenting adults. This is Trading.
17
Tramps (2016)
★ 6.2/10
A young man and woman find love in an unlikely place while carrying out a shady deal.
18
The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…
19
We Still Kill the Old Way (2014)
★ 6/10
A group of aging London gangsters go on a vigilante killing spree when one of their number is murdered by a street gang.
20
Mikey and Nicky (1976)
★ 6.9/10
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long…