In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how th…ese cultural rebels-armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent-stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world's most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today. (Read More)
Themes: | aids, racism, anger |
Locations: | nightclub, hotel, bar, hospital |
Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
Story: | gangsta rap, white briefs, rap music, marijuana joint, wrongful arrest, pistol whip, compton california, jheri curl hairstyle, reference to rodney king, los angeles riots, nwa, low rider, blunt, police helicopter, music manager, music tour, milwaukee wisconsin, police harassment, ethnic hatred, record company, lowrider, year 1987, year 1992, year 1990, year 1993, camera focus on female butt, title appears in song, year 1986, gangsta, year 1988, year 1991, year 1995, freedom of speech, hip hop music, year 1989, woman slaps a man, tour bus, rags to riches, n word, urban decay, detroit michigan, interrupted sex, contract, intimidation, police raid, raised middle finger, briefs, title appears in writing, rapper, feud, school bus, boxer shorts, male underwear, press conference, nosebleed, assault, title based on song, vandalism, police chase, rap, terminal illness, freeze frame, obscene finger gesture, police brutality, profanity, laptop, threat, death of brother, city name in title, scene during end credits, baseball bat, character repeating someone else's dialogue, protest, racial slur, hip hop, no opening credits, cocaine, death of friend, drug dealer, mansion, concert, gang, road trip, gay slur, f word, marijuana, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, los angeles california, punched in the face, slow motion scene, face slap, fistfight, beating, topless female nudity, brother brother relationship, based on true story, pistol, new york city, party, singing, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
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.
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | hospital |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | marijuana joint, pistol whip, gangsta, n word, urban decay, police chase, police brutality, profanity, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, no opening credits, cocaine, death of friend, drug dealer, gang, gay slur, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, los angeles california, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, brother brother relationship, pistol, party, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
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…ably. The only thing that remains is that Scotty himself becomes a drug pusher. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | nightclub, bar |
Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
Story: | gangsta rap, gang, rap music, cocaine, urban decay, police raid, police chase, police brutality, threat, baseball bat, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, hip hop, death of friend, drug dealer, mansion, gay slur, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, pistol, new york city, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, violence |
A coming of age comedy/drama for the post hip hop generation. Malcolm is a geek, carefully surviving life in The Bottoms, a tough neighborhood in Inglewood, CA filled with gangsters and drug dealers, while juggling his senior year of college applications, interviews and the SAT. His dream is to atte…nd Harvard. A chance invitation to a big underground party leads Malcolm and his friends into an "only in Los Angeles" gritty adventure filled with offbeat characters and bad choices. If Malcolm can persevere, he'll go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself. (Read More)
Locations: | nightclub |
Story: | marijuana joint, intimidation, police chase, freeze frame, scene during end credits, hip hop, no opening credits, drug dealer, gang, marijuana, car chase, los angeles california, punched in the face, face slap, beating, topless female nudity, pistol, party, title spoken by character, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
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…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)
Locations: | bar |
Story: | rap music, marijuana joint, drug dealer, woman slaps a man, raised middle finger, feud, vandalism, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, gang, gay slur, marijuana, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, face slap, fistfight, topless female nudity, brother brother relationship, based on true story, pistol, party, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
Cole is an aspiring DJ who spends his days scheming with his childhood friends and his nights working on the one track that will set the world on fire. All of this changes when he meets a charismatic but damaged older DJ named James, who takes him under his wing. Things get complicated, however, whe…n Cole starts falling for James' much younger girlfriend, Sophie. With Cole's forbidden relationship intensifying and his friendships unraveling, he must choose between love, loyalty, and the future he is destined for. This is why We Are Your Friends (2015) is one of the best movies like Straight Outta Compton (2015). (Read More)
Locations: | nightclub, hotel |
Story: | marijuana joint, camera focus on female butt, title appears in song, raised middle finger, title based on song, freeze frame, laptop, scene during end credits, baseball bat, character repeating someone else's dialogue, no opening credits, death of friend, drug dealer, marijuana, los angeles california, punched in the face, slow motion scene, topless female nudity, party, bare chested male |
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…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)
Themes: | racism, anger |
Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
Story: | rap music, low rider, lowrider, gangsta, year 1991, hip hop music, n word, urban decay, title based on song, police brutality, death of brother, racial slur, no opening credits, death of friend, drug dealer, gang, gay slur, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, los angeles california, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, brother brother relationship, pistol, party, violence, mother son relationship, bare chested male |
Wayne Beering and Buck Dolby are drugged out geniuses with lots of ideas but they can never seem to get their act together. But when they come up with the idea to create a porn site - and charge for it (the first ever site to do so), their idea may be too lucrative for them to handle. Straight-laced… business man, Jack Harris, is brought in to team up with them and turn their profitable idea into a legit business. Making money in the pornography industry is pretty easy, but staying true to yourself when surrounded by that much wealth, luxury, sex, crime and temptations, is much harder. (Read More)
Locations: | nightclub |
Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
Story: | year 1990, interrupted sex, contract, raised middle finger, freeze frame, threat, character repeating someone else's dialogue, cocaine, f word, held at gunpoint, los angeles california, punched in the face, slow motion scene, face slap, beating, topless female nudity, based on true story, pistol, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, bare chested male |
Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman who is prone to epileptic seizures joins the skins' m…erry band, and helps them on their run from justice, but is her affliction also a sign of impurity? (Read More)
Themes: | racism, anger |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | white briefs, police raid, briefs, male underwear, vandalism, profanity, scene during end credits, racial slur, death of friend, gang, gay slur, f word, face slap, beating, bare chested male, violence |
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…ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | nightclub, bar, hospital |
Story: | marijuana joint, camera focus on female butt, urban decay, police raid, police chase, police brutality, laptop, death of brother, baseball bat, protest, racial slur, cocaine, death of friend, drug dealer, gang, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, beating, topless female nudity, brother brother relationship, pistol, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
Themes: | racism, anger |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | profanity, threat, racial slur, no opening credits, cocaine, death of friend, drug dealer, gang, road trip, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, face slap, fistfight, beating, pistol, party, bare chested male, violence |
In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye…ars later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder. (Read More)
Locations: | hotel, bar |
Story: | urban decay, contract, police brutality, baseball bat, character repeating someone else's dialogue, protest, no opening credits, death of friend, gay slur, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, pistol, new york city, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, violence |
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John… convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive. (Read More)
Story: | wrongful arrest, laptop, threat, baseball bat, character repeating someone else's dialogue, cocaine, drug dealer, mansion, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, beating, based on true story, pistol, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, violence |
It is Friday and Craig Jones (Ice Cube) is unemployed, having, yesterday, been fired. He is lounging around his house with his friend Smokey (Chris Tucker), a rather incompetent weed dealer. Smokey's problem is that he tends to smoke, rather than sell, his product. This has lead to trouble with Smok…ey's supplier, Big Worm, who now wants his money, or his product back, or Smokey is a dead man. Then there's Deebo, the local bully, plus Craig's jealous, psychotic girlfriend, Joi, and Debbie, the neighbour Craig has a crush on. A lot can happen while lounging around your house on a Friday. (Read More)
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | marijuana joint, low rider, title appears in song, raised middle finger, rap, profanity, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, hip hop, drug dealer, marijuana, held at gunpoint, los angeles california, punched in the face, pistol, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male |
On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces wi…th the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | bar, hospital |
Story: | marijuana joint, police raid, press conference, police chase, laptop, death of brother, no opening credits, drug dealer, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, brother brother relationship, based on true story, pistol, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, violence |
NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal …to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream." This is why Notorious (2009) is one of the best movies like Straight Outta Compton (2015). (Read More)
Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
Story: | rap music, blunt, title appears in writing, title based on song, drug dealer, concert, los angeles california, punched in the face, face slap, beating, pistol, new york city, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship |
In California, the former Navy SEAL Chon and his best friend, the peaceful botanist Ben, are successful entrepreneurs producing and dealing high-quality weed. Chon brought seeds from Afghanistan and Ben used his knowledge to develop the best marijuana in the country. Chon and Ben share the pothead l…over Ophelia and she loves both of them since they complete each other - Chon is a powerful and strong lover and Ben is a sensible and loving lover. Their comfortable life changes when the Mexican Baja Cartel demands a partnership in their business. Chon and Ben refuse the deal and the leader of the cartel Elena sends her right-arm in America, Lado, to abduct Ophelia to press the American drug dealers. Chon and Ben ask the support of the dirty DEA Agent Dennis and get inside information to begin a secret war against the Baja Cartel to release Ophelia. (Read More)
Locations: | hotel |
Story: | marijuana joint, marijuana, woman slaps a man, interrupted sex, press conference, freeze frame, obscene finger gesture, laptop, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, drug dealer, mansion, gay slur, held at gunpoint, arrest, slow motion scene, face slap, pistol, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
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…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)
Locations: | nightclub, hospital |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | year 1988, urban decay, police raid, obscene finger gesture, no opening credits, cocaine, drug dealer, f word, marijuana, car chase, arrest, slow motion scene, beating, brother brother relationship, pistol, new york city, party, singing, husband wife relationship, violence |
Streetwise mobster-turned-movie producer Chili Palmer is back, but this time Chili has abandoned the fickle movie industry and veered into the music business, tangling with Russian mobsters and gangsta rappers and taking a talented, feisty young singer named Linda Moon under his wing. From the recor…ding studio to an Aerosmith concert to the MTV Music Awards, he manipulates events to watch them play out the Chili way, using his signature blend of wiseguy skills and negotiation tactics. It's a dangerous business, and everyone's looking for their next big hit. (Read More)
Locations: | nightclub |
Story: | concert, music manager, record company, camera focus on female butt, gangsta, intimidation, rapper, rap, scene during end credits, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, gay slur, los angeles california, punched in the face, pistol, singing, title spoken by character |
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 …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)
Locations: | hospital |
Story: | pistol whip, urban decay, intimidation, police raid, press conference, terminal illness, threat, baseball bat, no opening credits, death of friend, drug dealer, gang, gay slur, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, beating, pistol, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
This is the inspiring captivating story of the legendary rapper Eminem. The troubled young aspiring rapper from a ghetto in Michigan must exert his last chances to become successful while dealing with his life in ruins. All is seemingly lost. He is now single, has only a few friends, an insane/alcoh…olic mother, and is dealt with poverty and living in a violent city on 8 mile. His only way out of the ghetto and torturous life he's living in is with his talent in rapping. Will B-Rabbit prevail and seize the shot he's given or will he let it slip? This is why 8 Mile (2002) is one of the best movies like Straight Outta Compton (2015). (Read More)
Locations: | bar |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | rap music, year 1995, hip hop music, detroit michigan, rapper, obscene finger gesture, racial slur, hip hop, gay slur, marijuana, fistfight, beating, pistol, mother son relationship |
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…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)
Story: | pistol whip, reference to rodney king, low rider, lowrider, hip hop music, n word, urban decay, police brutality, profanity, racial slur, cocaine, drug dealer, gang, gay slur, f word, marijuana, held at gunpoint, los angeles california, punched in the face, beating, pistol, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, violence |
The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronni…e's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground. (Read More)
Locations: | nightclub, bar |
Story: | woman slaps a man, contract, intimidation, police raid, briefs, nosebleed, assault, freeze frame, threat, no opening credits, gang, gay slur, f word, punched in the face, face slap, fistfight, beating, brother brother relationship, pistol, party, singing, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his actions against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his bosses son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9 year old daughter, Maddy. He decides to quit the turbulent and demanding life of thrill for M…addy's sake and retires to a small town. His daughter fights off a boy who is bullying her at school, and this sets in motion a round of events that end in his direct confrontation with the local Meth drug lord. His past history with the biker gang also enters the arena, making matters more complex. But he has a mission in his mind to protect his daughter and he is ready to pay any cost that it demands. (Read More)
Locations: | bar |
Story: | marijuana joint, intimidation, police raid, feud, nosebleed, threat, character repeating someone else's dialogue, drug dealer, gang, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, pistol, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, violence |
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.
Locations: | nightclub, bar |
Story: | rap music, marijuana joint, hip hop, rapper, school bus, marijuana, arrest, punched in the face, face slap, beating, pistol, singing, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, violence |
Jordan Belfort is a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 22 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s securities scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in the corporate banking world, including shoe designer Steve Madden. This is why The Wolf Of Wall Stree…t (2013) is one of the best movies like Straight Outta Compton (2015). (Read More)
Locations: | bar |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | year 1987, rags to riches, n word, interrupted sex, raised middle finger, title appears in writing, boxer shorts, freeze frame, obscene finger gesture, profanity, character repeating someone else's dialogue, no opening credits, cocaine, drug dealer, mansion, gay slur, f word, marijuana, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, beating, topless female nudity, brother brother relationship, based on true story, new york city, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, bare chested male |
Fresh out of prison, Mitchel wants nothing to do with crime but accepts a kip from Billy, a marginal grafter, and accompanies Billy on rent collection trips. He's also old school, wanting revenge on two youths for assaulting a mendicant he's befriended. He's got a strung-out sister to protect, and h…e's offered a job protecting a famous actress from paparazzi. The plot lines join when Michael finds himself attracted to the actress and Billy's Mob boss, Gant, finds ways to force Michael work for him. He also warns Michael off revenge against the assailants of his friend. What are Michael's options: is there any way to avoid Gant, protect his sister, and find a path to love? (Read More)
Locations: | hospital |
Story: | marijuana joint, pistol whip, city name in title, scene during end credits, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, cocaine, death of friend, mansion, los angeles california, punched in the face, beating, pistol, party, bare chested male, violence |
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northea…st - a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | bar |
Story: | urban decay, raised middle finger, police raid, terminal illness, obscene finger gesture, death of brother, character repeating someone else's dialogue, no opening credits, drug dealer, gay slur, f word, held at gunpoint, punched in the face, face slap, fistfight, beating, brother brother relationship, pistol, bare chested male, violence |
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…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)
Locations: | nightclub, hotel, bar, hospital |
Story: | year 1995, urban decay, intimidation, press conference, profanity, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, no opening credits, cocaine, drug dealer, gang, gay slur, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, fistfight, beating, brother brother relationship, based on true story, pistol, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, violence |
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.
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | nightclub, hotel, bar |
Story: | wrongful arrest, pistol whip, character repeating someone else's dialogue, gay slur, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, face slap, fistfight, beating, pistol, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, violence |
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for brutally killing two black men who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that co…mmitted acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did. This is why American History X (1998) is one of the best movies like Straight Outta Compton (2015). (Read More)
Themes: | racism, anger |
Story: | reference to rodney king, n word, interrupted sex, title appears in writing, boxer shorts, male underwear, obscene finger gesture, threat, death of brother, racial slur, gang, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, los angeles california, punched in the face, beating, brother brother relationship, pistol, title spoken by character, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
A "story inside a story," in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man wh…ose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | hotel |
Story: | title appears in writing, terminal illness, police brutality, laptop, mansion, gang, road trip, gay slur, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, los angeles california, punched in the face, slow motion scene, pistol, new york city, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, violence |
Matt Scudder is a former cop now a private eye. He is asked by a drug dealer to find the men who kidnapped his wife. It seems like they killed her even after he paid them. Scudder refuses. But the man later goes to see him and tells him how his wife was killed. Scudder takes the job. He does some re…search and thinks the men he is looking for have done this more than once. And that everyone they grabbed is connected to a drug dealer. He was about to give up when they grab another girl and Scudder tries make sure she's returned alive. (Read More)
Locations: | bar, hospital |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | drug dealer, year 1991, police chase, freeze frame, death of brother, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, gay slur, f word, held at gunpoint, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, topless female nudity, brother brother relationship, pistol, new york city, husband wife relationship, violence |
Christian Wolff is a math savant with more affinity for numbers than people. Behind the cover of a small-town CPA office, he works as a freelance accountant for some of the world's most dangerous criminal organizations. With the Treasury Department's Crime Enforcement Division, run by Ray King, star…ting to close in, Christian takes on a legitimate client: a state-of-the-art robotics company where an accounting clerk has discovered a discrepancy involving millions of dollars. But as Christian uncooks the books and gets closer to the truth, it is the body count that starts to rise. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | hotel, bar |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | pistol whip, year 1989, raised middle finger, press conference, nosebleed, obscene finger gesture, profanity, character repeating someone else's dialogue, no opening credits, death of friend, mansion, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, brother brother relationship, pistol, new york city, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
Set against the backdrop of 1977 Los Angeles, The Nice Guys opens when single father and licensed PI Holland March (Gosling) is hired to investigate the apparent suicide of famous porn star Misty Mountains. As the trail leads him to track down a girl named Amelia (Qualley), he encounters less licens…ed and less hands-off private eye Jackson Healey (Russell Crowe) and his brass knuckles, both hired by the young hippie. However, the situation takes a turn for the worse when Amelia vanishes and it becomes apparent that March wasn't the only party interested. As both men are forced to team up, they'll have to take on a world filled with eccentric goons, strippers dressed as mermaids and even a possible government conspiracy. (Read More)
Locations: | hotel, bar, hospital |
Story: | marijuana joint, pistol whip, urban decay, title appears in writing, nosebleed, profanity, baseball bat, character repeating someone else's dialogue, protest, racial slur, mansion, gay slur, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, los angeles california, punched in the face, fistfight, beating, topless female nudity, pistol, party, title spoken by character, bare chested male, violence |
Bangkok. Ten years ago Julian killed a man and went on the run. Now he manages a Thai boxing club as a front for a drugs operation. Respected in the criminal underworld, deep inside, he feels empty. When Julian's brother murders an underage prostitute, the police call on retired cop Chang - the Ange…l of Vengeance. Chang allows the father to kill his daughter's murderer, then 'restores order' by chopping off the man's right hand. Julian's mother Crystal - the head of a powerful criminal organization - arrives in Bangkok to collect her son's body. She dispatches Julian to find his killers and 'raise hell'. This is why Only God Forgives (2013) is one of the best movies like Straight Outta Compton (2015). (Read More)
Locations: | nightclub, hotel |
Story: | death of brother, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, no opening credits, drug dealer, gay slur, punched in the face, slow motion scene, face slap, fistfight, beating, pistol, singing, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | hotel, bar |
Story: | tour bus, raised middle finger, briefs, title appears in writing, obscene finger gesture, concert, road trip, f word, marijuana, los angeles california, fistfight, based on true story, new york city, party, singing, mother son relationship, bare chested male |
Professional Brooklyn hitman Jimmy Conlon is more commonly known as THE GRAVEDIGGER. Jimmy was a mob hit-man, who was best friends with his boss Sean Maguire. But when Jimmy's son, Michael, is marked for death by the mob, Jimmy must go up against Sean to protect Michael at all costs. Together, he an…d Michael must avoid corrupt cops, contract killers and the mob to survive the night. (Read More)
Locations: | bar, hospital |
Story: | contract, woman slaps a man, freeze frame, character repeating someone else's dialogue, no opening credits, cocaine, death of friend, drug dealer, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, face slap, fistfight, beating, brother brother relationship, pistol, new york city, husband wife relationship, violence |
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and ma…ke them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story." (Read More)
Locations: | hotel, bar |
Story: | pistol whip, tour bus, police chase, police brutality, scene during end credits, death of friend, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, face slap, fistfight, pistol, new york city, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, violence |
Based on the true story of Daniel Lugo ('Mark Wahlberg (I)' (qv)) a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He would like to have the money that other people have. So he enlists the help of fellow bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal ('Anthony Mackie' (qv)) and ex-convict, Christian bodybuilde…r Paul Doyle ('Dwayne Johnson (I)' (qv)). Their kidnapping and extortion scheme goes terribly wrong since they have muscles for brains and they're left to haphazardly try to hold onto the elusive American dream. (Read More)
Locations: | hospital |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | year 1995, police raid, raised middle finger, police chase, freeze frame, obscene finger gesture, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, no opening credits, cocaine, drug dealer, mansion, gay slur, f word, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, based on true story, pistol, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, bare chested male |
Locations: | hotel |
Story: | woman slaps a man, contract, freeze frame, character repeating someone else's dialogue, death of friend, f word, punched in the face, slow motion scene, face slap, beating, pistol, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male, violence |
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…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)
Locations: | nightclub, bar |
Period: | 1980s |
Story: | marijuana joint, police raid, police chase, freeze frame, obscene finger gesture, death of brother, scene during end credits, racial slur, cocaine, drug dealer, gang, gay slur, marijuana, arrest, face slap, brother brother relationship, based on true story, pistol, party, title spoken by character, violence, mother son relationship |
In New Orleans, English teacher of the high school Rampart High, Will Gerard, and his wife, musician Laura Gerard, are in love with each other. One night, Laura leaves a rehearsal and is assaulted, while Will is playing chess with his friend Jimmy. Will is visiting her in hospital when, out of the b…lue, a stranger named Simon tells him that he belongs to an organization of vigilantes and offers to eliminate the assailant. In return, the organisation would want a favor from Will in the future. Will agrees, and the criminal is murdered. Six months later, Simon collects his debt with Will. He demands that Will kill Alan Marsh, a pedophile. Will accidentally kills Alan and soon he learns that the victim was an awarded journalist that was investigating the organization. Now he seeks evidences to prove his innocence but the network of the organization is powerful and is seeking Will out to eliminate him. (Read More)
Locations: | bar, hospital |
Story: | wrongful arrest, intimidation, school bus, police chase, laptop, character repeating someone else's dialogue, gay slur, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, pistol, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, bare chested male |
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…fficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | nightclub, bar |
Story: | rap music, gangsta, hip hop music, urban decay, detroit michigan, police raid, police chase, rap, police brutality, scene during end credits, racial slur, no opening credits, drug dealer, gang, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, brother brother relationship, pistol, violence |
A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, …and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price. (Read More)
Locations: | bar |
Period: | 1990s, 1980s |
Story: | cocaine, pistol whip, obscene finger gesture, drug dealer, mansion, gang, gay slur, marijuana, arrest, los angeles california, beating, based on true story, pistol, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship |
A pop singer has been receiving threatening notes, and her manager hires a bodyguard known for his good work. The bodyguard ruffles the singer's feathers and most of her entourage by tightening security more than they feel is necessary. The bodyguard is haunted by the fact that he was on Reagan's se…cret service staff but wasn't there to prevent the attack by Hinckley. Eventually the bodyguard and the singer start an affair, and she begins to believe his precautions are necessary when the stalker strikes close to home. This is why The Bodyguard (1992) is one of the best movies like Straight Outta Compton (2015). (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Locations: | nightclub, hotel, bar |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | freeze frame, racial slur, mansion, concert, f word, los angeles california, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, pistol, party, singing, title spoken by character, mother son relationship, violence |
Boston, 1926. The '20s are roaring. Liquor is flowing, bullets are flying, and one man sets out to make his mark on the world. Prohibition has given rise to an endless network of underground distilleries, speakeasies, gangsters, and corrupt cops. Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of a prominent Boston …police captain, has long since turned his back on his strict and proper upbringing. Now having graduated from a childhood of petty theft to a career in the pay of the city's most fearsome mobsters, Joe enjoys the spoils, thrills, and notoriety of being an outlaw. But life on the dark side carries a heavy price. In a time when ruthless men of ambition, armed with cash, illegal booze, and guns, battle for control, no one-neither family nor friend, enemy nor lover-can be trusted. Beyond money and power, even the threat of prison, one fate seems most likely for men like Joe: an early death. But until that day, he and his friends are determined to live life to the hilt. Joe embarks on a dizzying journey up the ladder of organized crime that takes him from the flash of Jazz Age Boston to the sensual shimmer of Tampa's Latin Quarter to the sizzling streets of Cuba. Live by Night is a riveting epic layered with a diverse cast of loyal friends and callous enemies, tough rumrunners and sultry femmes fatales, Bible-quoting evangelists and cruel Klansmen, all battling for survival and their piece of the American dream. At once a sweeping love story and a compelling saga of revenge, it is a spellbinding tour de force of betrayal and redemption, music and murder, that brings fully to life a bygone era when sin was cause for celebration and vice was a national virtue. (Read More)
Themes: | racism, anger |
Locations: | nightclub, hotel, bar, hospital |
Story: | pistol whip, woman slaps a man, n word, urban decay, police chase, threat, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, no opening credits, mansion, gang, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, face slap, beating, pistol, party, husband wife relationship, violence |
Libya, 2012. At an unofficial CIA base in Benghazi a group of ex-military contractors are providing security. In the aftermath of Gaddafi's downfall a power vacuum exists and the climate is volatile. Military weapons are freely available. The US Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens, makes a visit to t…he area, staying in a compound near the CIA base. On the night of 11 September, 2012, the Ambassador's compound is attacked by hordes of heavily armed locals. The only forces willing and able to defend it are six CIA contractors. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Story: | raised middle finger, press conference, obscene finger gesture, laptop, city name in title, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, no opening credits, death of friend, mansion, gay slur, f word, car chase, held at gunpoint, slow motion scene, based on true story, pistol, husband wife relationship, bare chested male, violence |
Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. He is a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 19…72 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood. (Read More)
Themes: | racism |
Locations: | bar, hospital |
Story: | gang, rap music, title appears in song, hip hop music, n word, urban decay, detroit michigan, raised middle finger, title appears in writing, nosebleed, threat, racial slur, no opening credits, death of friend, gay slur, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, beating, brother brother relationship, pistol, party, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, bare chested male |
A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate…ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. (Read More)
Themes: | anger |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | year 1991, laptop, character repeating someone else's dialogue, racial slur, death of friend, gang, f word, held at gunpoint, arrest, punched in the face, slow motion scene, fistfight, beating, pistol, new york city, singing, title spoken by character, husband wife relationship, violence |