1. Alan Darcy sees the bored Nottingham youth wasting
their lives on rundown council estates so he forms a
local boxing club. As the club gets noticed with
coverage in the papers and an important match against a
rival outfit, Darcy gives the troubled teens something
worth fighting for and a dream to believe in for the
first time ever.
twentyfourseven (1997)
12 year olds, Romeo and Gavin live next door to
each other. They're the best of mates but their
friendship is put to the test by a chance
encounter. After a stranger saves them from
being beaten up, the boys are only too happy
to help their new hero and pal in his quest to
date Romeo's sister. Little do they know they
are being drawn into a world of dangerous
obsession, desperation and violence; a world that
threatens to tear the two friends apart. Room for Romeo Brass (1999)
2. Decent-but-dull Dek loves Shirley so much that he
humiliates her by proposing without warning on national
television. Jimmy witnesses Dek's TV proposal and he
returns to town, convinced that his nerdy rival doesn't
stand a chance against a renewed romantic assault from
the great love of her life. The race is on for Shirley's
affections, and Dek's the one driving the Ford Sierra.
Once Upon a Time in the
Midlands (2002)
Two brothers return to the home town they left
years before. They are close, but very different:
Richard is strong and purposeful, Anthony younger,
more hesitant. Everything Richard does, Anthony
innocently mimics. He is slightly retarded and
completely in awe of his brother, who in turn is
very protective of him. They set up camp in the
hills overlooking the town, reminiscing over their
shared past. But they're not here to reminisce.
Richard is here for revenge.
Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)
3. 12-year-old Shaun is an isolated lad growing up in a
grim coastal town, whose father has died fighting in the
Falklands war.
Over the course of the summer holiday he finds fresh
male role models when those in the local skinhead scene
take him in. He meets Combo an older, racist skinhead
who has recently got out of prison. As Combo’s gang
harass the local ethnic minorities, the course is set for
a rite of passage that will hurl Shaun from innocence
to experience.
This is England (2007)
In Somers Town, young Tom, encounters Marek, a
young Polish immigrant with nothing to fill his
days. It's a mismatched friendship: Tom is full of
youthful swagger and Marek, who lives with his
disciplinarian father, is more introspective and
cautious. Their dynamic is uneasy and awkward at
first as each teen believes himself to be the more
mature, but a genuine rapport develops between the
two.
Sommers Town (2008)