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Council estate movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant council estate movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, bleak, touching, gloomy and social films and TV shows about / with council estate, working class, society, family relations, life is a bitch, friendship, urban, gangster, coming of age and angry plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in UK, France, Germany and other countries.
council estate
TOP 10 movies tagged as council estate: Beautiful Thing (1996), Comedown (2012), Community (2012), Fish Tank (2009), Shameless (2004), The Fosters (1976), Only Fools and Horses (1981), All or Nothing (2002), Rita, Sue and Bob Too! (1987), Nil by Mouth (1997).
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of teenage boys growing up in a working-class neighbourhood of Thamesmead, in south-east London, become aware of their homosexuality. While both were vaguely aware they might be gay, neither had ever acted on their impulses. Once they decide ...
Style:
touching, sweet, romantic, lgbt cinema, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, coming of age, gay teenager, lgbt, lgbt teen, homosexual, gay love, teenage love, friendship, teenager, gays and lesbians ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Six friends, who've known each other from childhood, break into the tower block they lived in as kids, now deserted and condemned, to rig-up a pirate radio station, get high and party. When one of the group goes missing, her friends begin to ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychotronic, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
high school student, serial killer, psychopath, masked killer, teenager, murder, homicidal maniac, maniac, killing spree, characters killed one by one, hoodie, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, britain
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611
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The Draymen Estate has become an urban legend. Amongst the sinister stories of unsavoury locals and brutal violence, several people have apparently gone missing. Even the police won't go there. Eter two naive student filmmakers with a ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
drug addict, held captive, found footage, murder, drug abuse, brain damage, animal cruelty, cannibalism, transvestite, hoodie, marijuana, council ...
Place:
england, britain
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65K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Everything changes for 15 year old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Style:
bleak, emotional, gloomy, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
age difference, mother's boyfriend, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, rebelliousness, coming of age, dancing, youth, life is a bitch, sex with a minor, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2009, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england
Is relevant ?
18K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad ...
Style:
humorous, emotional, realistic, cynical, hilarious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, family problems, alcoholic father, working class, white trash, gay teenager, single father, gay, siblings relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, social misfits ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, manchester, northern england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The first sitcom written both for and starring black actors, The Fosters showcased the early work of Lenny Henry (riding high on a recent win in talent series New Faces) as the budding artist son of easy going family man Samuel Foster (Norman ...
Style:
sitcom
Plot:
black, family relations, black family, council estate, black british
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story:
The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of “Trotters Independent Traders PLC” who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot:
working class, cockney, grandfather, world war two veteran, black market, disorder, eccentric family, brother brother relationship, pub, short man, veteran, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket...
Style:
depressing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
working class, taxi driver, dysfunctional family, loneliness, depression, poverty, family problems, injustice, parents and children, couples, unwanted pregnancy, family in crisis ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, florida, algeria
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Realistic story of working class Yorkshire life. Two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man. Serious and light-hearted by turns. Rita, Sue And Bob Too was adapted by Andrea Dunbar from two of her own controversial plays. Rita (Siobhan ...
Style:
independent film, sex comedy, avant garde, cult classic, sexy ...
Plot:
married man, sexual relations, sexual promiscuity, infidelity, schoolgirl, kitchen sink realism, affair, working class, sex with teenager, husband wife relationship, friendship between girls, love affair ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
yorkshire, england, northern england, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The family of Raymond, his wife Val and her brother Billy live in working-class London district. Also in their family is Val and Billy's mother Janet and grandmother Kath. Billy is a drug addict and Raymond kicks him out of the house, making ...
Style:
disturbing, depressing, realistic, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, heroin, drug addict, drug addiction, drug abuse, working class, addiction, drug, profanity, brutality, violence, alcoholism ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A soldier returns home to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his dimwitted brother while he was away.
Style:
disturbing, tense, bleak, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
revenge, bullying, brutality, vengeance, mental illness, great ending, justice, cruelty, humiliation, execution, drug abuse, heroes ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, europe
Is relevant ?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, sentimental, bleak, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, teen drama
Plot:
heroin, coming of age, innocence lost, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, prison, drug dealer, downfall, dysfunctional family, family relations, teenager, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe, united kingdom
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A teen gang in a grim South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.
Style:
horror comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, unusual plot structure, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family friendly, manly, boys' night
Plot:
gang, alien invasion, creature, alien, space and aliens, deadly creature, chase, children, teenage life, danger, violence, gangster ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
london, england, somalia
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Citadel tells the story of widower and single father Tommy Cowley, a man inflicted with chronic agoraphobia since the day his wife was attacked. He was unable to protect her. He lives in Edenstown, the council estate from hell. Here he finds himself ...
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
agoraphobia, child in peril, murder, survival, killer child, danger, parents and children, haunted by the past, evil child, fear, home invasion, zombie ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
britain, ireland
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Charlie drifts through life as he and his friends enjoy a lifestyle of house parties, casual sex and drugs. However, after breaking into a house to steal a gun, three of the friends (Charlie, Justin and Damien) accidentally awaken the owner, a hefty ...
Plot:
group of friends, boy, male bonding, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship between men, chess, skinhead, football, angry, football hooligan, british ...
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, hood, anthology ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gangster, drug addict, society, urban, ghetto, hip hop, police raid, british gangster, mafia, rivalry, danger ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, britain
Is relevant ?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style:
tense, suspense, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilantism, vengeance, vigilante, murder, revenge, violence, brutality, investigation, gangster, vigilante justice, widower, urban ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, persia, europe
Is relevant ?
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This is the hard and shocking story of life in a British Borstal for young offenders. The brutal regime made no attempt to reform or improve the inmates and actively encouraged a power struggle between the 'tough' new inmate and the ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, tense, serious, controversial ...
Plot:
prison, racism, boy, youth, rebellion, corruption, revenge, riot, rape, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, sadism ...
Time:
year 1979, near future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom
Is relevant ?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Only the mother Mavis is working; father Frank and the couple's two sons Colin, a ...
Style:
surreal, mysterious, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
working class, skinhead, dysfunctional family, unemployment, social realism, nazi, neo nazi, subculture, nationalism, hooligan, exodus, angry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
england, britain, london, east end london, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Alan Bleasdale's hugely acclaimed mini-series echoes the misery and despair of long-term unemployment. Set in Liverpool, these profoundly moving human dramas follow in turn the attempts of five working-class heroes to survive.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, gloomy ...
Plot:
unemployment, social realism, working class, struggle, hoodie, family relations, layoff, realism, society, life is a bitch, down on your luck, labor union ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
britain, northern england, europe, england, liverpool
Is relevant ?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Trevor sometimes-violent skinhead with no regard for authority, and would rather spend his time stealing cars than sitting in the detention centre to which he is sent. His social worker, Harry Parker, tries to do his best, but Trevor is only ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, powerful, terrifying, cult classic ...
Plot:
skinhead, juvenile delinquency, racism, urban ghetto life, neo nazi, punk, subculture, hooligan, youth, urban, social realism, club ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
britain, europe, england
Is relevant ?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This Ken Loach film tells the story of a man devoted to his family and his religion. Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him ...
Style:
independent film, bleak, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
working class, social commentary, parents and children, unemployment, poverty, catholic, priest, landscape, labor, family relations, disorder, family problems ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
manchester, europe, london, england
Is relevant ?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A small Yorkshire mining town is threatened with being shut down and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At ...
Style:
feel good, emotional, touching, sexy, indie film ...
Plot:
small town, brass band, music, competition, mining, relationships, working class, drinking, hospital, singer, psychology, village ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, london
Is relevant ?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Dek, a decent but somewhat dull man, enjoys a happy existence with beloved girlfriend Shirley. They live together with her 12-year-old, Marlene: her daughter by the delinquent Jimmy, who flew the coop years ago and hasn't been heard from since. ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, entertaining, sweet, intense ...
Plot:
family drama, honest, dysfunctional family, love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, starting over, parents and children, family life, couples, human nature, couple relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
england, europe, glasgow scotland
Is relevant ?
14K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jackie is a CCTV operator. Each day, she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she hoped ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
voyeurism, stalking, video surveillance, revenge, couples, couple relations, female nudity, voyeur, vengeance, danger, dishonesty, ex convict ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
glasgow scotland, britain, europe, scotland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style:
emotional, political, depressing, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
skinhead, racism, childhood, adolescence, neo nazi, coming of age, nationalism, friendship, youth, children, xenophobia, prejudice ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, northern england, europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Sweden
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home at Christmas and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, sentimental, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, coming of age, dysfunctional family, friendship, family problems, escapades, obsessive quest, danger, innocence lost, first love, child, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
Is relevant ?
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
Style:
hood, rough, realistic, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, vengeance, society, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, drug addict, life is a bitch, youth, criminal's revenge, ghetto, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain, europe, london
Is relevant ?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Two teenagers, both newcomers to London, forge an unlikely friendship over the course of a hot summer. Tomo (Thomas Turgoose) is a runaway from Nottingham; Marek (Piotr Jagiello) lives in the district of Somers Town, between King's Cross and ...
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, black and white, social ...
Plot:
coming of age, immigrant, friendship, social differences, teenage life, parents and children, family relations, lifestyle, social misfits, single parent, love and romance, society ...
Time:
year 2008, 90s
Place:
london, england, europe, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sport
Country: UK, France, Italy, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor (the ex football player Eric Cantona) in this comedy-drama from acclaimed British director Ken Loach.
Style:
surreal, touching, uplifting, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soccer, football, friendship, dysfunctional family, old love, working class, self discovery, self esteem, family in crisis, imaginary, love and romance, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, manchester
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