6.9/10

Director: Neil Thompson

Starring: Mel Raido, Colin Salmon, Shaun Parkes, Maxine Peake, Scot Williams, Ronnie Fox

Set firmly in 1980s industrial England where Danny is a down-trodden factory worker with less than nothing going for him. Even his kids think he's a l... Read more

Director: Michele Placido

Starring: Moritz Bleibtreu, Paz Vega, Kim Rossi Stuart, Valeria Solarino, Filippo Timi, Fr...

A.k.a. "Angel of Evil". Michele Placido's ("Romanzo Criminale") bio-pic of Renato Vallanzasca plays out like an Italian "Mesrine", charting the rise a... Read more

6.3/10

Director: Raymond De Felitta

Starring: Andy Garcia, Griffin Dunne, Michael Pitt, Ray Romano, Michael Rispoli, Nina Aria...

Small time hood Tommy (Michael Pitt) is released from the joint after doing an 18 month stretch for armed robbery and returns to the Bronx with his gi... Read more

8.4/10

Director: Sergio Leone

Starring: Burt Young, Elizabeth McGovern, James Woods, Jennifer Connelly, Robert De Niro,...

Ten years in the planning, Sergio Leone's epic portrays 50 years of riveting underworld history and offers rich roles to a remarkable cast. Robert De... Read more

7.2/10

Director: Cheol-hie Park

Starring: Ha-kyun Shin, Ji-hye Yun, Min-jun Kim, Su-heui Go, Byeong-ok Kim

Brutal violence blends with post-modern comedy and absurd set-pieces in this hip Korean flick about a man with a severe speech impediment who refuses... Read more

7.8/10

Director: Akira Kurosawa

Starring: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura

Takashi Shimura plays an alcoholic doctor trying to bring about both spiritual and physical recovery of the human debris living in the yakuza-infested... Read more

7.4/10

Director: Seijun Suzuki

Starring: Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, Joe Shishido

A breathtaking blend of violence, eroticism and dark humour, 'Branded to Kill' saw director Seijun Suzuki's ('Tokyo Drifter') reinvention of the gangs... Read more

7/10

Director: Michael Mann

Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi,...

Johnny Depp plays Depression-era, celebrity gangster John Dillinger, in Michael Mann's bio-pic. Christian Bale co-stars as the ambitious Agent Purvis... Read more

Director: Nicola Collins

Against the background of the hard-as-nails East End of London, first-time filmmaker Nicola Collins explores the fascinating lives of her real-life ga... Read more

6.9/10

Director: Stacy Peralta

Starring: Narrated by, Forest Whitaker

Forest Whitaker narrates this unflinching look at the bloody, decades-long war between two of L.A.'s most notorious gangs. Beginning with an illuminat... Read more