The Long Good Friday (1980)

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 possible venue for a future Olympic Games. However, a series of bombings targets his empire on the very weekend the Americans are in town. Shand is convinced there is a traitor in his organization, and sets out to eliminate the rat in typically ruthless fashion.

Genres: Crime, Thriller, Drama

What to watch after The Long Good Friday

• Bloody Sunday (2002) — Same subject: ira (irish republican army)
• The Good Liar (2019)
• Victim (1961) — Same subject: london, england, gay theme
• Mona Lisa (1986) — Bob Hoskins appears in both
• The Big Clock (1948)
• Layer Cake (2004) — Same subject: london, england, gangster