The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday is a 1980 British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. It was completed in 1979, but because of release delays, it is generally credited as an ‘80s film. The storyline weaves together events and concerns of the late 1970s, including mid-level political and police corruption, and IRA fund-raising.

The film was voted at number 21 in the British Film Institute's list of the "BFI Top 100 British films" list, and provided Bob Hoskins with his breakthrough film role. In 2016, British film magazine Empire ranked The Long Good Friday number 19 in their list of "The 100 best British films".