Top Boy

Series - 2011 - Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller

The story

A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.

Directed by

Yann Demange, Jonathan van Tulleken

Starring

Ashley Walters, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Geoff Bell, Kane Robinson, Letitia Wright, Michaela Coel

Where to watch

netflix

Ratings

IMDb 8.4 out of 10

TasteMyTaste
Series · 2011 · Crime · Drama · Mystery & Thriller

Top Boy

78% match~48m / ep2 seasons · 8 episodesMA15+
Netflix
Why TasteFeed picked this for you

Top Boy shares real DNA with Dune; stars Sharon Duncan-Brewster, who you rate.

✦ Because you loved Dune✦ Cerebral · Gang
The story

A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.

Trailer
▶
Top Boy - Trailer
Cast & crew
Ratings & reviews
None of your friends have reviewed this yet.
Rate this · drag to rate–/10
110
No friend reviews yet — be the first to rate it.
Ratings
IMDb
8.4 / 10
50k votes
●
97%
Tomatometer
TMDB
7.5 / 10
TMDB users
Details
TypeSeries
GenreCrime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Seasons2
Episodes8
Runtime~48m / ep
RatedMA15+
Release2011-10-31
Where to watch
Netflix
Netflix
View on JustWatch ↗
More like this
People who watched this also watched · re-ranked for your taste
The Wire
78%
HBO Max
The Wire
Series · 2002 · Crime
IMDb9.3· 439k
MobLand
79%
Paramount+
MobLand
Series · 2025 · Crime
IMDb8.3· 124k
Sons of Anarchy
77%
Disney+
Sons of Anarchy
Series · 2008 · Crime
IMDb8.5· 360k
Peaky Blinders
81%
Netflix
Peaky Blinders
Series · 2013 · Crime
IMDb8.7· 793k
Gangs of London
78%
S
Gangs of London
Series · 2020 · Action & Adventure
IMDb8.0· 54k
Godless
87%
Netflix
Godless
Series · 2017 · Action & Adventure
IMDb8.2· 92k
This City Is Ours
78%
S
This City Is Ours
Series · 2025 · Crime
IMDb7.8· 11k
Kin
78%
S
Kin
Series · 2021 · Crime
IMDb8.0· 20k
The Penguin
81%
HBO Max
The Penguin
Series · 2024 · Crime
IMDb8.6· 249k
Top Boy
78%
Netflix
Top Boy
Series · 2019 · Action & Adventure
TMDB8.0
Narcos
79%
Netflix
Narcos
Series · 2015 · Crime
IMDb8.7· 536k
The Shield
79%
B
The Shield
Series · 2002 · Action & Adventure
IMDb8.7· 99k