Movies like The Krays
If The Krays's mix of gangster, twins and 1960s stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Krays's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Directed by Sergio Leone · 139 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, 1960s · Also drama and crime
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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The Long Good Friday
1980 · Directed by John Mackenzie · 114 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, gay theme · Also crime and drama
In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation of a derelict area of London into the…
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Querelle
1982 · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · 109 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: gay theme · Also drama and crime
French sailor Querelle arrives in Brest and starts frequenting a strange whorehouse. He discovers that his brother Robert is the lover of the lady owner, Lysiane.
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The Hit
1984 · Directed by Stephen Frears · 98 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: gangster · Also drama and crime
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.