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Tommy Brown and his friend Sincere are gangsters who have learned how to make a good living by dealing drugs and pulling armed robberies. Tommy and Sincere have been able to move out of the ghetto in Queens where they were raised and relocate to an upscale section of Manhattan; they would seem to ha β¦ve it made, but both realize that their lives are headed toward a dead end. Sincere begins getting in touch with his African roots and tries to convince his girlfriend Tionne that they should emigrate to the Motherland, while Tommy has a religious awakening and joins the Nation of Islam. (Read More)
Subgenre: | fairy taletragedyconspiracyindependent film |
Themes: | drug userobberygangsterbetrayalmoneyreligiondrugsrevengemurder |
Mood: | hip hop |
Locations: | oral sex in a carinner citystrip cluburban settingnightclub |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | neorealismhousing projectkingpincareer criminalsnitchqueens new york citybarber shopfederal agentjamaicaman punching a womandouble lifeforced to stripcannabisdesert eaglegrowing up β¦lasersightraidghettocrime scenemexican standoffstreet lifenew year's evemale bondingheroinprofanitybasementorganized crimeracial slurshot in the legassassinationthroat slittingdrug dealermassacregay slurjaillow budget filmshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutmale frontal nuditymale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nudityviolence (See All) |
This urban nightmare chronicles several days in the life of Caine Lawson, following his high-school graduation, as he attempts to escape his violent existence in the projects of Watts, CA.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | robberygangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsmurderrevenge |
Locations: | inner cityurban setting |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | desert eagleghettostreet lifeheroinprofanityorganized crimeracial slurdrug dealergay slurshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutviolence |
The gangster Nino has a gang who call themselves Cash Money Brothers. They get into the crack business and not before long they make a million dollars every week. A cop, Scotty, is after them. He tries to get into the gang by letting an ex-drug addict infiltrate the gang, but the attempt fails miser β¦ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsmurderrevenge |
Mood: | hip hop |
Locations: | urban settingnightclub |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | lasersightghettostreet lifeheroinorganized crimeracial slurthroat slittingdrug dealermassacregay slurshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutmale rear nudity β¦female nudityviolence (See All) |
Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn't follow rules. After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. The problem is, it's very di β¦fficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | betrayaldrugsmurder |
Locations: | strip cluburban settingnightclub |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | desert eaglestreet lifemale bondingheroinorganized crimeracial slurshot in the legdrug dealerjailshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutfemale nudityviolence |
Brooklyn, 1988. Crime is rife, especially drugs and drug violence. A Russian thug is building his heroin trade, while everyone laughs at the cops. Brothers have chosen different paths: Joe has followed his father Bert into New York's Finest; he's a rising star. Bobby, who uses his mother's maiden na β¦me, manages a club. Bobby too is on the rise: he has a new girlfriend and a green-light to develop a Manhattan club. Joe and Bert ask him to help with intelligence gathering; he declines. Then, Joe raids Bobby's club to arrest the Russian. From there, things spiral out of control: the Russian puts out a hit on Joe, personal losses mount, and Bobby's loyalties face the test. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usebetrayalmoneydrugsmurderrevenge |
Locations: | strip cluburban settingnightclub |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | raidheroinorganized crimeassassinationthroat slittingdrug dealerjailshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutfemale nudityviolence |
Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Ze has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bene is the only one to keep him on t β¦he good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God. (Read More)
Themes: | drug userobberygangstermoneyreligionrevengemurder |
Locations: | urban settingnightclub |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | career criminalgrowing upghettoorganized crimeracial slurassassinationdrug dealergay slurshot in the headshot to deathshootoutmale frontal nudityfemale nuditymale nudityviolence |
A Puerto Rican ex-con pledges to stay away from his former drug dealing ways but finds himself being dragged back by his past connections and the naive machinations of his lawyer and best friend. Hoping to raise enough money to get away from New York, Carlito Brigante takes on the job of running a n β¦ightclub, renews an affair with a dancer but old associates and old instincts suck him back into a world of violence and mistrust. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsrevengemurder |
Locations: | strip clubnightclub |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | profanityorganized crimeracial slurthroat slittingshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutfemale nuditymale nudityviolence |
In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, trigge β¦ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | robberygangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsmurderrevenge |
Locations: | strip cluburban settingnightclub |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | housing projectghettocrime scenestreet lifeorganized crimeracial slurdrug dealershot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutmale rear nudityviolence |
Disturbing, dark, low-budget independent film about teen-agers in New York City. The story focuses on Telly (Leo Fitzpatrick), a teen who has a goal to de-flower as many virgins as he can. When one of his old encounters discovers that she is H.I.V.-positive, after only one encounter with a guy, Tell β¦y remains undaunted. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedyindependent film |
Themes: | drug usedrugs |
Mood: | hip hop |
Locations: | inner city |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlafrican american |
Story: | cannabisstreet lifedrug dealergay slurbeatingmale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nudityviolence |
In Los Angeles, a city where streets are overrun by drug dealers, those who have sworn to uphold the law are breaking them to clean up the streets. Denzel Washington plays L.A.P.D. detective Alonzo Harris, a veteran narcotics officer whose methods of enforcing the law are questionable, if not corrup β¦t. 'Training Day' follows Harris as he trains rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period. Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt as well as the audience as questions present themselves as to whether or not Harris' methodology for ridding the streets of South Central Los Angeles of drugs is right or wrong. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracyindependent film |
Themes: | drug userobberybetrayalmoneydrugsmurder |
Characters: | teenage girlafrican american |
Story: | housing projectcannabisghettoprofanityracial slurdrug dealergay slurshot to deathbeatingshootoutfemale nudityviolence |
Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey ('Will Smith (I)' (qv)) and Marcus Burnett ('Martin Lawrence (I)' (qv)) head up a task force investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin Johnny Tapia ('Jordi Molla' (qv)), whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched β¦ off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd ('Gabrielle Union' (qv)), Marcus's sister. (Read More)
Themes: | gangstermoneydrugsmurder |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | kingpinlasersightmexican standofforganized crimeracial slurshot in the legdrug dealershot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutfemale nudityviolence |
"Gomorra" is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that exposes Italy's criminal underbelly by telling five stories of individuals who think they can make their own compact with Camorra, the area's Mafia.
Themes: | drug userobberygangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsmurder |
Locations: | strip cluburban setting |
Characters: | teenage boy |
Story: | desert eagleghettostreet lifeorganized crimedrug dealershot in the headshot to deathbeatingfemale nudityviolence |
After completing a lengthy prison sentence, one-time drug kingpin Frank White returns to New York intent on reestablishing his empire and making things as they were before he left. Others of course have taken over the business during his absence but that clearly isn't going to stop White. While he i β¦s gunning down the opposition, he decides he's going to give away the money he'll make to modernize the hospital in his old neighborhood. Drug dealers aren't the only thing he has to worry about however: a group of rogue cops decide they are going to take him down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug userobberygangstermoneydrugsmurderrevenge |
Locations: | urban settingnightclub |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | kingpinghettostreet lifeorganized crimeracial slurdrug dealershot in the headbeatingshootoutmale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nudityviolence |
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a β¦murder, they have to pretend to be each other. (Read More)
Themes: | robberygangstermoneydrugsmurder |
Locations: | strip clubnightclub |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | desert eaglemexican standoffheroinprofanityshot in the legshot to deathshootoutviolence |
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. He preaches the teachings when β¦ let out of jail, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, there he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim and changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz. He is assassinated on February 21, 1965 and dies a Muslim martyr. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | drug usegangsterreligiondrugsmurder |
Locations: | inner city |
Characters: | teenage boyafrican american |
Story: | racial slurshot in the legassassinationjailshot to deathbeatingviolence |
Two petty if violent criminals kidnap a girl being paid $1m to be a surrogate mother. As the baby is for a gangster the pair's demand for money sees several henchmen and assorted other ruthless characters head after them to Mexico. Bullets rather than talking are always going to settle this one.
Subgenre: | conspiracyindependent film |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneymurderrevenge |
Locations: | nightclub |
Story: | desert eaglemexican standofforganized crimeshot in the legmassacregay slurshot to deathbeatingshootoutviolence |
A seasoned team of bank robbers, including Gordon Jennings (Idris Elba), John Rahway (Paul Walker), A.J. (Hayden Christensen), and brothers Jake (Michael Ealy) and Jesse (Chris Brown) Attica successfully complete their latest heist and lead a life of luxury while planning their next job. When Ghost β¦(Tip T.I. Harris), a former member of their team, is released from prison he convinces the group to strike an armored car carrying $20 million. As the "takers" carefully plot their strategy and draw nearer to exacting the grand heist, a reckless police officer (Matt Dillon) inches closer to apprehending the criminals. (Read More)
Themes: | robberygangsterbetrayalmurderrevenge |
Locations: | urban settingnightclub |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | career criminaldesert eaglelasersightmexican standofforganized crimeshot in the legdrug dealershot to deathbeatingshootoutmale rear nudityviolence |
Three amateurs stickup a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse. Brad Pitt plays the hitman hired to track them down and restore order.
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug userobberygangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsmurder |
Locations: | urban setting |
Story: | heroinprofanityorganized crimedrug dealershot in the headshot to deathbeatingviolence |
Porter is bad, but his neighbours are worse. Street-wise and tough, an ex-marine, he is betrayed by a one-time partner, and shot in the back by his junkie wife. He survives and returns, looking to recover his share from the robbery of an Asian crime gang. The money has passed into the hands of "the β¦Outfit", a slick gangster organisation that runs the city. He has to make his way through a world populated by heroin dealers, prostitutes, sado-masochists, gunmen and crooked cops, a place where torture is a way of life. His only friend is a former employer, a prostitute, and her loyalty is in question, given she now works for the Outfit. He makes good early progress, but then falls into the hands of Fairfax, the crime boss. (Read More)
Themes: | robberygangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsrevenge |
Story: | man punching a womanmexican standoffheroinorganized crimeshot in the legshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutviolence |
In South Boston, the state police force is waging war on Irish-American organized crime. Young undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate run by gangland chief Frank Costello. While Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence, Colin Sullivan, a hardened young criminal wh β¦o has infiltrated the state police as an informer for the syndicate is rising to a position of power in the Special Investigation Unit. Each man becomes deeply consumed by their double lives, gathering information about the plans and counter-plans of the operations they have penetrated. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there is a mole in their midst, Billy and Colin are suddenly in danger of being caught and exposed to the enemy - and each must race to uncover the identity of the other man in time to save themselves. But is either willing to turn on their friends and comrades they've made during their long stints undercover? (Read More)
Themes: | robberygangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsmurder |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | housing projectsnitchdouble lifecrime scenemexican standoffheroinorganized crimeracial slurshot in the legdrug dealergay slurjailshot in the headshot to deathbeating β¦shootoutfemale nudityviolence (See All) |
Nineteen year-old Franco-Arab Malik El Djebena is just starting his six year prison sentence in Brecourt. Although he has spent the better part of his life in juvenile detention, this stint is his first in an adult prison. Beyond the division of Corsicans and Muslims in the prison (the Corsicans who β¦ with their guard connections rule what happens in the prison), he has no known friends or enemies inside. He is just hoping to serve his time in peace and without incident, despite having no prospects once he's out of jail since he's illiterate and has no support outside of the prison. Due to logistics, the head of Corsican inmates, a sadistic mafioso named Cesar Luciani, co-opts Malik as part of the Corsicans' activities, not only regarding what happens inside the prison, but also continued criminal activities outside. The innocent Malik has no idea what to do but cooperate. This move does not sit well with the other Corsicans, who only see Malik as a dirty Arab, and the Muslims who now mistrust him. But as time goes on, Malik works to save himself while in prison, while setting up his life post prison on his own terms. Both his demon and his salvation in prison is the specter of one of the first people he really got to know during his incarceration. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usegangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsrevengemurder |
Characters: | teenage boy |
Story: | heroinorganized crimeracial slurassassinationthroat slittingdrug dealergay slurjailshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutmale frontal nuditymale rear nudityfemale nudity β¦violence (See All) |
John Singleton's portrayal of social problems in inner-city Los Angeles takes the form of a tale of three friends growing up together 'in the 'hood.' Half-brothers Doughboy and Ricky Baker are foils for each other's personality, presenting very different approaches to the tough lives they face. Rick β¦y is the 'All-American' athlete, looking to win a football scholarship to USC and seeks salvation through sports, while 'Dough' succumbs to the violence, alcohol, and crime surrounding him in his environment, but maintains a strong sense of pride and code of honor. Between these two is their friend Tre, who is lucky to have a father, 'Furious' Styles, to teach him to have the strength of character to do what is right and to always take responsibility for his actions. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedyindependent film |
Themes: | gangstermoneydrugsmurderrevenge |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | ghettoracial slurshot in the legdrug dealergay slurshot in the headshot to deathbeatingmale rear nudityfemale nudityviolence |
In Ruggsville, Texas, the police under the command of Sheriff John Quincy Wydell attack the house of the sadistic serial killers Firefly family (a.k.a. The Devil's Reject) and they arrest mother Firefly, but Otis B. Driftwood and Baby Firefly escape from the siege. Tiny is wandering nearby the house β¦ and also escapes. Otis and Baby call their patriarch, the mad clown Captain Spaulding and they schedule to reunite at an isolated motel in the desert. When Otis and Baby arrive, they kidnap two families of singers, using sadism and violence against the harmless persons. Meanwhile, Sheriff Wydell promises to capture and kill the runaways, seeking revenge for the death of his brother, the Deputy George Wydell. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | betrayalmurderrevenge |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | man punching a womanforced to stripcrime sceneprofanitybasementracial slurshot in the legthroat slittingdrug dealergay slurjaillow budget filmshot in the headshot to deathbeating β¦shootoutmale rear nudityviolence (See All) |
In the near future, the worst ghettos of Paris, France are literally walled off and among the worst is District B13. Controlled by the ruthless crime lord, Taha, a young righteous punk named Leito is determined to bring him down. When the boss retaliates by kidnapping his sister, Lola, a rescue atte β¦mpt by Leito is destroyed by betrayal that gets him arrested and Lola kept in the clutches in Taha. Six months later, a crackerjack undercover cop named Damien is given a urgent mission: a neutron bomb has been stolen by Taha in District B13 which has an automatic timer function engaged and set to detonate in less than 24 hours. Now with time running out, Damien and Leito must work together to find and stop the bomb, but there is far more to this crisis than any of the field players realize. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracy |
Themes: | drug userobberygangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsmurderrevenge |
Locations: | urban setting |
Story: | ghettoheroinorganized crimedrug dealergay slurshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutviolence |
Sean Vetter and Demetrius Hicks are members of the DEA who are fighting an ongoing drug war on the California/Mexico border, they are most successful at it because of their edge of growing up on the street and being thugs converted to cops. The DEA busts one of the major players by the name of "Memo β¦" Lucero and imprison him in the United States but then a major player named Diablo then takes over the business and now he is now the major player targeted by Vetter and his team. But when Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible and in the process has to seek help from the imprisoned Lucero in order to catch Diablo. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge... (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterdrugsrevengemurder |
Locations: | strip clubnightclub |
Story: | raidorganized crimeracial slurshot in the legdrug dealergay slurshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutfemale nuditymale nudityviolence |
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Themes: | gangstermurderrevenge |
Locations: | urban setting |
Story: | lasersightmexican standoffnew year's everacial slurshot in the legdrug dealermassacreshot in the headshot to deathshootoutviolence |
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmoneydrugsrevengemurder |
Characters: | teenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | heroinprofanityorganized crimeracial slurshot in the legdrug dealershot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutviolence |
Based on a true story of James "Whitey" Bulger, an Irish Mob godfather and FBI informant who had a "secret trading" deal with his brother, William "Billy" Bulger, a state senator and a Boston public figure, and John Connolly, an FBI agent. They planned to take down the Italian mob and mafia in Bosto β¦n, which went awry and things turned massively violent. When the credence for each other began fading out, drug dealing, murders, and extortion started to rise, and forced the FBI's Boston office to confirm that Whitey Bulger was one of the most notorious criminals in US history and also one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List criminals. (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracyindependent film |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayalmurderrevenge |
Locations: | urban settingnightclub |
Story: | heroinprofanityorganized crimeracial slurshot in the legdrug dealergay slurshot in the headshot to deathbeatingviolence |
Themes: | gangsterbetrayaldrugsrevengemurder |
Locations: | urban setting |
Story: | desert eagleghettomexican standofforganized crimeracial slurdrug dealershot in the headbeatingshootoutviolence |
Jules Winnfield ('Samuel L. Jackson' (qv)) and Vincent Vega ('John Travolta (I)' (qv)) are two hit men who are out to retrieve a suitcase stolen from their employer, mob boss Marsellus Wallace ('Ving Rhames' (qv)). Wallace has also asked Vincent to take his wife Mia ('Uma Thurman' (qv)) out a few da β¦ys later when Wallace himself will be out of town. Butch Coolidge ('Bruce Willis' (qv)) is an aging boxer who is paid by Wallace to lose his fight. The lives of these seemingly unrelated people are woven together comprising of a series of funny, bizarre and uncalled-for incidents. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug userobberygangsterdrugsrevengemurder |
Locations: | strip club |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | mexican standoffheroinbasementorganized crimeracial slurshot in the legdrug dealershot in the headshot to deathshootoutmale nudityviolence |
Two Irish brothers accidentally kill mafia thugs. They turn themselves in and are released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and start knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he comes to catching the β¦ Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug userobberybetrayalmoneyrevengemurder |
Locations: | strip club |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | crime sceneorganized crimeracial slurshot in the legthroat slittinggay slurjailshot in the headshot to deathshootoutfemale nuditymale nudityviolence |
After a drug-op gone bad, Joey Gazelle is put in charge of disposing the gun that shot a dirty cop. But things go wrong for Joey after a neighbor kid stole the gun and used it to shoot his abusive father. Now Joey has to find that kid and the gun before the police and the mob do.
Themes: | gangstermurder |
Locations: | strip club |
Story: | man punching a womanorganized crimeracial slurshot in the legthroat slittingdrug dealershot in the headshot to deathshootoutviolence |
Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with the intention that they won't get too close and will concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is β¦ going to be a success. But, when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members, and two of them are killed in the subsequent shootout, along with a few policemen and civilians. When the remaining people assemble at the premeditated rendezvous point (a warehouse), they begin to suspect that one of them is an undercover cop. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedyindependent film |
Themes: | robberygangsterbetrayaldrugsmurder |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | mexican standoffprofanityorganized crimeracial slurgay slurshot in the headshot to deathshootoutviolence |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | drug usemoneyreligionmurder |
Mood: | hip hop |
Locations: | strip clubnightclub |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | jailbeatingshootoutfemale nudityviolence |
Jim Davis is an ex-Army Ranger who finds himself slipping back into his old life of petty crime after a job offer from the LAPD evaporates. His best friend is pressured by his girlfriend Sylvia to find a job, but Jim is more interested in hanging out and making cash from small heists, while trying t β¦o get a law enforcement job so he can marry his Mexican girlfriend. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug userobberydrugsmurder |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | throat slittingdrug dealergay slurshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutviolence |
Elmo McElroy is a streetwise American master chemist who heads to England to sell his special new formula - a powerful, blue concoction guaranteed to take you to 'the 51st state.' McElroy's new product delivers a feeling 51 times more powerful than any thrill, any pleasure, any high in history. But β¦his plans for a quick, profitable score go comically awry when he gets stuck in Liverpool with an unlikely escort and his ex-girlfriend and becomes entangled in a bizarre web of double-dealing and double-crosses. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug userobberygangsterbetrayaldrugsmurder |
Locations: | nightclub |
Story: | organized crimeracial slurshot in the legdrug dealershot in the headshot to deathmale rear nudityviolence |
Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a ces β¦spool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old runaway and prostitute who he believes wants out of the profession and under the thumb of her pimp and lover Matthew. (Read More)
Themes: | robberygangstermoneyrevengemurder |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | teenage girl |
Story: | ghettocrime scenestreet liferacial slurshot in the legassassinationdrug dealermassacregay slurshot in the headshot to deathshootoutviolence |
Police ambush and kill several gang members in Los Angeles. Gang members make a pact of blood to strike back at police, and conduct a siege on the police station which is almost abandoned and due to be closed. Staff of the closing precinct and the criminals being held there while in transit must wor β¦k together to fight off the attacking gang members. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedyindependent film |
Themes: | revengemurder |
Locations: | inner cityurban setting |
Story: | ghettobasementmassacrejaillow budget filmshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutviolence |
In England, retired Royal Marine Harry Brown spends his lonely life between the hospital, where his beloved wife Kath is terminally ill, and playing chess with his only friend Leonard Attwell in the Barge pub owned by Sid Rourke. After the death of Kath, Len tells his grieving friend that the local β¦gang is harassing him and he is carrying an old bayonet for self-defense; the widower suggests him to go to the police. When Len is beaten, then stabbed to death in an underground passage, Inspector Alice Frampton and her partner Sergeant Terry Hicock are sent to investigate. They pay Harry a visit but don't have good news; the police have not found any other evidence, other than the bayonet, in order to arrest the hoodlums. This mean that should the case go to trial the gang would claim self-defense. Harry Brown sees that justice will not be granted and decides to take matters into his own hands. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | betrayaldrugsmurderrevenge |
Locations: | oral sex in a carurban setting |
Characters: | teenage boyboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | cannabislasersightcrime scenemexican standoffheroinshot in the legdrug dealergay slurshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutviolence |
Inspector Wing of the Hong Kong Police Force has become the victim of a gang, led by the evil Joe. When his entire team is killed, Wing becomes a hapless drunk, feeling guilty for the deaths of his team. A young man with a troubled past pretends to be a police officer working on the case with Wing, β¦to get him back on his feet and begin an adventure to get revenge on the evil Joe and his Gang of Five, especially when it becomes personal. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedyindependent film |
Themes: | robberygangsterbetrayalmoneyrevengemurder |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | lasersightmexican standofforganized crimeshot in the legmassacreshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutviolence |
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influenc β¦e of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedy |
Themes: | drug userobberybetrayalmoneymurderrevenge |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | growing upstreet lifeheroinorganized crimeracial slurbeatingshootoutfemale nuditymale nudityviolence |
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs in β¦to the United States. As a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of a dedicated and honest policeman, Richie Roberts, who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Based on a true story. (Read More)
Themes: | gangsterdrugsmurder |
Locations: | urban settingnightclub |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | raidghettoheroinorganized crimeracial slurshot in the headshot to deathshootoutfemale nudityviolence |
A police Lieutenant goes about his daily tasks of investigating homicides, but is more interested in pursuing his vices. He has accumulated a massive debt betting on baseball, and he keeps doubling to try to recover. His bookies are beginning to get agitated. The Lieutenant does copious amounts of d β¦rugs, cavorts with prostitutes, and uses his status to take advantage of teenage girls. While investigating a nun's rape, he begins to reflect on his lifestyle. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | religiondrugsmurder |
Story: | cannabiscrime sceneheroinracial slurdrug dealershot in the headmale frontal nuditymale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nudityviolence |
The film follows three young men and their time spent in the French suburban "ghetto," over a span of twenty-four hours. Vinz, a Jew, Said, an Arab, and Hubert, a black boxer, have grown up in these French suburbs where high levels of diversity coupled with the racist and oppressive police force hav β¦e raised tensions to a critical breaking point. During the riots that took place a night before, a police officer lost his handgun in the ensuing madness, only to leave it for Vinz to find. Now, with a newfound means to gain the respect he deserves, Vinz vows to kill a cop if his friend Abdel dies in the hospital, due the beating he received while in police custody. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usedrugsrevenge |
Mood: | hip hop |
Locations: | urban setting |
Story: | housing projectghettoracial slurdrug dealerbeatingmale nudityviolence |
When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case, the girl's aunt Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but t β¦he family wants them for two reasons - they're not cops and they know the tough Boston neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Kenzie and Gennaro face drug dealers, gangs and pedophiles. When they are about to solve their case, they are faced with a moral dilemma that could tear them apart. (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedyconspiracy |
Themes: | robberybetrayalmurder |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american |
Story: | street liferacial slurdrug dealergay slurshot in the headshot to deathshootoutviolence |
1999, Claremont, California. Middle-class kids, in their 20s, talk trash, wave guns, hang out in a pack. Johnny Truelove, drug dealer and son of a underworld figure, threatens Jake Mazursky, an explosive head case who owes Johnny money; Jake responds by breaking into Johnny's house. On impulse, John β¦ny and a couple pals kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother, Zach. Zach's okay with it, figuring his brother will pay the debt soon. Johnny assigns his buddy Frankie to be Zach's minder, and they develop a brotherly friendship. Zach parties with his captors as things begin to spin out of control. Group think, amorality, and fear of prison assert a hold on the pack. Is Zach in danger? (Read More)
Subgenre: | tragedyindependent film |
Themes: | robberymoneyrevengemurder |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | man punching a womanracial slurdrug dealergay slurshot to deathmale rear nudityviolence |
After Katrina, police sergeant Terence McDonagh rescues a prisoner, hurts his back in the process and earns a promotion to lieutenant plus an addiction to cocaine and painkillers. Six months later, a family is murdered over drugs; Terence runs the investigation. His drug-using prostitute girlfriend, β¦ his alcoholic father's dog, run-ins with two old women and a well-connected john, gambling losses, a nervous young witness, and thefts of police property put Terence's job and then his life in danger. He starts seeing things. He wants a big score to get out from under mounting debts, so he joins forces with drug dealers. The murders remain unsolved. A bad lieutenant gets worse. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usegangsterdrugsmurder |
Locations: | nightclub |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | crime sceneheroinorganized crimeracial slurdrug dealermassacrejailshot to deathshootoutviolence |
When drug violence worsens on the USA Mexico border, the FBI sends an idealistic agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) on a mission to eradicate a drug cartel responsible for a bomb that had killed members of her team.
Subgenre: | tragedyindependent film |
Themes: | betrayalmurderrevenge |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | desert eagleorganized crimeshot in the legassassinationthroat slittingshot in the headshot to deathbeatingshootoutmale frontal nuditymale rear nudityviolence |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his β¦ mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | drug userobberymoneyreligiondrugsmurder |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | teenage boyteenage girlafrican american |
Story: | street lifeheroinbasementracial slurdrug dealerjailbeatingmale rear nudityfemale nuditymale nudity |
Some time after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive captive Daisy Domergue race towards the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Along the road, they encounter Major Marquis Warren (an infamous bounty β¦ hunter) and Chris Mannix (a man who claims to be Red Rock's new sheriff). Lost in a blizzard, the bunch seeks refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery. When they arrive they are greeted by unfamiliar faces: Bob, who claims to be taking care of the place while Minnie is gone; Oswaldo Mobray, the hangman of Red Rock; Joe Gage, a cow puncher; and confederate general Sanford Smithers. As the storm overtakes the mountainside, the eight travelers come to learn that they might not make it to Red Rock after all... (Read More)
Subgenre: | conspiracyindependent film |
Themes: | betrayalmoneymurderrevenge |
Characters: | african american |
Story: | man punching a womanforced to stripmexican standoffbasementracial slurshot in the legmassacreshot in the headshot to deathshootoutmale frontal nuditymale rear nudityviolence |