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The Firm. (1989) 1985–1998 1h 10m TV-14. 7.2 (3.6K) Rate. TV Episode. This is the story of rival "Firms" of football supporters, and how one man has a wish to team them up for the European Championships of 1988. However, when this is discussed, the opposing leaders are not happy, as they believe this is a challenge to their authority.
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Topping the list of best movies about football hooligans is this stylish 2004 effort starring Danny Dyer. The Football Factory gets to grips with the primal rush of belonging to a firm and tussling with rival thugs. We follow the Chelsea-supporting hooligan Tommy, who’s hooked on a cocktail of fighting, drinking and womanising. His girlfriend and f...
This film is about an American guy’s integration into the fictional West Ham firm, the Green Street Elite (GSE). Green Street brought terrace culture and hooliganism to the attention of an American audience, starring Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam and some dodgy cockney accents. Their characters get caught up in the adrenaline and thrill of footbal...
A remake of a BBC drama from 1989, The Firm is about a kid’s (Dom) initiation into a group of West Ham hooligans in the 80s. This film gives you a bit of background about the style and culture of firms in the 80s, back when Fila and Sergio Tacchini tracksuits were the terrace uniform. Dom looks up to Bex, a charismatic and violent ringleader of Wes...
Unlike many of the top hooligan movies, I.D. is centred on a fictional East End football team, Shadwell Town, based on a combination of West Ham and Millwall. It tells the story of an undercover cop who infiltrates a hooligan firm, only to find himself getting swept along by that way of life. I.D. deserves its place on the list as it was the first ...
If you’re less interested in the culture around firms and want more action, then this violent drama might be up your street. It’s a gritty biopic about Carlton Leach, a ruthless East End criminal who cut his teeth in West Ham’s Inter City Firm. The film is graphic throughout, and builds towards the famous Rettendon Murders, when three of Leach’s pa...
One of the best films about football hooligans, if only for a soundtrack with tracks by The Jam, Joy Division and Wire. Awaydays is about one young lad’s initiation into The Pack, “casuals” attached to Tranmere Rovers in the 1980s, decked out in Fred Perry and Adidas sambas. Awaydays is more of a rite of passage story of a man growing up in a rough...
This indie movie documents the life of a son of West Indian immigrants who grew up in an all-white suburb in the 1970s. Despite his background, Cass Pennant gets involved with the Inter City Firm (ICF) for their famous dust up with Wolves fans in ‘72. From there Cass and the ICF’s notoriety grows, and the film covers the legendary battles with othe...
An up-and-coming footballer gets his leg busted in a pub fight. And with bills mounting, plus a pregnant wife, he must do whatever he can to make ends meet. This involves him getting drawn into a life of crime. He starts dealing drugs from an ice cream van, of all things. And then he gets dragged into the Polish underworld for a bit of hooliganism ...
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The Firm is a 2009 British drama film based around football hooliganism written and directed by Nick Love. It is a remake of the original 1989 version . Adaptation. Loosely adapted from Alan Clarke 's 1989 classic TV film for Screen Two, Nick Love's film is set earlier in the 1980s; around 1984.
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View full company info for Firm Films. 1. The Devil's Rejects (2005) R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Horror. 6.7. Rate this. 53 Metascore. The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
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May 10, 2024 · The 50+ Best Lawyer Movies. Ranker Film. Updated May 10, 202422.1K views52 items. Ranked By. 1.6K votes. 332 voters. 1 reranks. Latest additions: Anatomy of a Fall. Most divisive: Anatomy of a Fall. Over 300 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The 50+ Best Lawyer Movies.
The Firm is a 1989 British made-for-television drama film directed by Alan Clarke and written by Al Hunter Ashton for the BBC. It stars Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Phil Davis, Charles Lawson and Steve McFadden in his acting debut.
Feb 28, 2003 · The Firm’s production arm, Firm Films, is in final negotiations to ink a first-look production deal at 20th Century Fox. While a spokeswoman for the studio would not comment on the talks, and...
