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The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | hollywoodabductionmafiaracismgangsterdancejealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | musicianbrother brother relationshipsingerafrican american |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | jazz scorejazz clubcotton club manhattan new york citynewspaper headlinesreal life brothers playing brotherscollateral victimlight skinned blackreference to gloria swansoncab callowayduke ellingtonparole violationcultural assimilationgang bossracial relationsdouble child murder …grand central station manhattan new york cityshowbusinessyear 1929male escortflapperethnic hatredcharlie chaplintrumpet playerhoodlumracial segregationharlem manhattan new york citytap dancingmob hitprohibitionbroadway manhattan new york citybiracialdrive by shootingracial prejudicecabaretdead childrenirish americanlotterystage performancegang warlocation in titlemob bossethnic slurdead boyracisttitle appears in writingorchestrablack americanjazzfilm within a filmauditionracial slurcontroversystabbingbandmanhattan new york cityface slapsongthree word titlesingingtitle spoken by characterbased on novelviolencenudity (See All) |
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 … 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)
| Themes: | racismgangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | african american |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | racial segregationharlem manhattan new york cityracial prejudiceracistblack americanracial slurcontroversymanhattan new york citytitle spoken by characterviolence |
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 …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: | mafiagangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | singerafrican american |
| Story: | ethnic hatredhoodlummob hitirish americangang warmob bossethnic slurracial slurmanhattan new york citysongsingingtitle spoken by characterviolence |
Tom Reagan (played by Gabriel Byrne) is the right-hand man, and chief adviser, to a mob boss, Leo (Albert Finney). Trouble is brewing between Leo and another mob boss, Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito), over the activities of a bookie, Bernie Bernbaum (John Turturro) and Leo and Tom are at odds on how to d …eal with it. Meanwhile, Tom is in a secret relationship with Leo's girlfriend, Verna (Marcia Gay Harden), who happens to be the sister of Bernie. In trying to resolve the issue, Tom is cast out from Leo's camp and ultimately finds himself stuck in the middle between several deadly, unforgiving parties. (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiagangsterjealousy |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | mob hitprohibitionirish americanmob bossethnic slurface slapsingingtitle spoken by characterbased on novelviolence |
Epic tale of a group of Jewish gangsters in New York, from childhood, through their glory years during prohibition, and their meeting again 35 years later.
| Themes: | mafiagangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | mob hitprohibitiondrive by shootingcontroversyface slapbased on novelnudityviolence |
1900. Danny Boodmann, a stoker on an American passenger liner, Virginian, finds a baby abandoned on the ship. He names the child Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900' and raises the child as his own until his death in an accident on the ship. The child never leaves the ship and turns out … to be a musical genius, especially when it comes to playing the piano. As an adult he befriends a trumpet player in the ship's band, Max Tooney. After several years on the ship Max leaves, and tells the story of 1900 to the owner of a music store. (Read More)
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | musician |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | trumpet playerorchestrajazzbandbased on novel |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an …d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
| Themes: | racism |
| Characters: | musicianbrother brother relationshipsingerafrican american |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | trumpet playerharlem manhattan new york cityracistorchestrabandmanhattan new york citysongsingingtitle spoken by character |
1920s Broadway. Playwright David Shayne considers himself an artist, and surrounds himself with like minded people, most struggling financially as they create art for themselves, not the masses. David, however, believes the failure of his first two plays was because he gave up creative control to ot …her people who didn't understand the material. As such, he wants to direct his just completed third play, "God of Our Fathers", insider scuttlebutt being that it may very well make David the toast of Broadway. With David having no directing history, David's regular producer, Julian Marx, can't find any investors,... until a single investor who will finance the entire production comes onto the scene. He is Nick Valenti, a big time mobster, with the catch being that his dimwitted girlfriend, non-actress Olive Neal, get the lead role. A hesitant David and Julian, who are able to talk Nick into them giving Olive one of the two female supporting roles instead, go along with the scheme hoping that the three other actors hired will be able to make up for any deficiencies posed by Olive. What makes Olive's situation worse for David is that Nick has placed a bodyguard named Cheech - a typical thug who kills if need be - on Olive, he a constant presence at the theater during rehearsals. David is unaware or mindfully ignorant of issues concerning the other actors. Helen Sinclair, who has the lead, is a diva of an actress, who hasn't had a hit in years. Regardless, she is slyly manipulating Da… (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | mafiagangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | cotton club manhattan new york cityflappermob hitprohibitionbroadway manhattan new york cityjazzmanhattan new york citythree word title |
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 …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: | mafiagangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipafrican american |
| Story: | harlem manhattan new york citymob hitdrive by shootingmob bossblack americanracial slurbandmanhattan new york cityviolence |
When the aging head of a famous crime family decides to transfer his position to one of his subalterns, a series of unfortunate events start happening to the family, and a war begins between all the well-known families leading to insolence, deportation, murder and revenge, and ends with the favorabl …e successor being finally chosen. (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiagangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipsinger |
| Story: | mob hitgang warmob bossethnic slurracial slurmanhattan new york citytitle spoken by characterbased on novelviolence |
Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain …in each other threaten to rip them apart. (Read More)
| Themes: | hollywooddance |
| Characters: | musiciansingerafrican american |
| Story: | jazz clubtrumpet playerjazzauditionbandsongthree word titlesinging |
This is England: Mods, New Romantics, and Skinheads are the major youth sub-cultures of this very English summer of 1983 and young 12-year-old Shaun is left wandering aimlessly alone and lost during the start of his school holidays, until his chance meeting with Woody and his fun and friendly Skinhe …ad pack. Finding a new lease of life; girls, parties, Ben Sherman shirts, Doc Martin boots and shaven hairstyles young Shaun is welcomed, life during this summer holiday has got a whole lot better. That is until Combo arrives on the scene bitter, dangerous, racist, militant and psychotic life for young Shaun has just approached his first major crossroads. This is England is a look back at the early eighties of British working-class life through the eyes of young Shaun and his new gang, and dealing with the bitterness of outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falkland's War; Thatcher's Britain: Did we ever have it so good? When you see Shaun, ask Him. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismjealousy |
| Characters: | musiciansinger |
| Story: | ethnic hatredracial prejudiceracistracial slurface slapsongsingingtitle spoken by characternudityviolence |
West Side Story is the award-winning adaptation of the classic romantic tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet". The feuding families become two warring New York City gangs- the white Jets led by Riff and the Puerto Rican Sharks, led by Bernardo. Their hatred escalates to a point where neither can coexist with …any form of understanding. But when Riff's best friend (and former Jet) Tony and Bernardo's younger sister Maria meet at a dance, no one can do anything to stop their love. Maria and Tony begin meeting in secret, planning to run away. Then the Sharks and Jets plan a rumble under the highway - whoever wins gains control of the streets. Maria sends Tony to stop it, hoping it can end the violence. It goes terribly wrong, and before the lovers know what's happened, tragedy strikes and doesn't stop until the climactic and heartbreaking ending. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismdancejealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | singer |
| Story: | gang warethnic slurstabbingmanhattan new york cityface slapsongsingingviolence |
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)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | mafiagangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | singerafrican american |
| Story: | harlem manhattan new york citymob hitdrive by shootinggang warmob bossethnic slurracial slurmanhattan new york citytitle spoken by characterviolence |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s …eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismdancejealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingerafrican american |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | harlem manhattan new york cityblack americanbandmanhattan new york citysongthree word titlesingingviolence |
Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up th …rough the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners' success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy? (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiagangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Story: | mob hitirish americanethnic slurracial slurstabbingface slaptitle spoken by characterbased on novelviolence |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early …flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | musiciansingerafrican american |
| Story: | jazz clubblack americanfilm within a filmauditionbandsongsingingtitle spoken by character |
The true story of Danny Greene, an impoverished but charismatic young Irish-American who rises to power as president of the longshoreman's local union and is charged with corruption but evades serious jail time by becoming an FBI informant. With fearless nerve he joins forces with a Mafia gangster t …o rise to power in Cleveland's underworld, gaining the reputation of a Robin Hood-like figure with nine lives as he escapes countless assassination attempts. (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiagangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Story: | mob hitirish americangang warmob bossethnic slurface slapthree word titleviolence |
Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from …the gallows in 1920s Chicago. (Read More)
| Themes: | dance |
| Characters: | musiciansinger |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | flappertap dancingjazzauditiontitle spoken by characternudity |
The unforgettable true story chronicles the tumultuous three-month period in 1965, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a dangerous campaign to secure equal voting rights in the face of violent opposition. The epic march from Selma to Montgomery culminated in President Johnson signing the Voting Rig …hts Act of 1965, one of the most significant victories for the civil rights movement. Director Ava DuVernay's "Selma" tells the story of how the revered leader and visionary Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and his brothers and sisters in the movement prompted change that forever altered history. (Read More)
| Themes: | racism |
| Characters: | singerafrican american |
| Story: | racial segregationracial prejudicedead childrenracistblack americansongsingingtitle spoken by characterviolence |
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 …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: | mafiagangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Story: | grand central station manhattan new york citymob hitethnic slurracial slurstabbingmanhattan new york citybased on novelviolence |
A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world. We follow Ray's life: bouts of getting drunk, his bizzare hobbies …of shooting rats and watching passing trains, his dreams of fame and fortune, his strange obsession with the better-known guitarist Django Reinhardt, and of course, playing his beautiful music. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | hollywoodgangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | musician |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | cabaretjazzthree word title |
The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
| Themes: | mafiagangsterjealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Period: | 1920s |
| Story: | mob hitgang warethnic slurdead boystabbingbased on novelviolence |
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)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | mafiagangster |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Story: | mob hitdrive by shootingirish americangang warmob bossethnic slurracial slurviolence |
The story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist and a sheltered young cellist who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York …and cared for by a mysterious stranger, August uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | musicianbrother brother relationshipsingerafrican american |
| Story: | orchestrablack americanbandmanhattan new york citysongsingingtitle spoken by character |
An un-chronological look at the life of the Little Sparrow, Edith Piaf (1915-1963). Her mother is an alcoholic street singer, her father a circus performer, her paternal grandmother a madam. During childhood she lives with each of them. At 20, she's a street singer discovered by a club owner who's s …oon murdered, coached by a musician who brings her to concert halls, and then quickly famous. Constant companions are alcohol and heartache. The tragedies of her love affair with Marcel Cerdan and the death of her only child belie the words of one of her signature songs, "Non, je ne regrette rien." The back and forth nature of the narrative suggests the patterns of memory and association. (Read More)
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | musiciansinger |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | cabaretorchestraauditionmanhattan new york citysongsinging |
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 spe… (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiaracismgangster |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | mob hitprohibitionirish americangang warmob bossethnic slurracistracial slurface slapthree word titlebased on novelviolence |
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 …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: | mafiaracismgangsterjealousy |
| Characters: | singerafrican american |
| Story: | ethnic hatredmob hitracial prejudiceirish americanmob bossethnic slurblack americanracial slurstabbingsingingtitle spoken by characterviolence |
This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900's. The first time we see Celie, she is 14 - and pregnant - by her father. We stay with her for the next 30 years of her tough life...
| Themes: | racism |
| Characters: | singerafrican american |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | racial prejudiceblack americanracial slurface slapthree word titletitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
Gangster Sonny is the big man in the Bronx neighborhood of an Italian small boy named Calogero. A shooting witnessed by the boy (nicknamed C) is the starting point of a lasting bond between the gangster and the boy. Father (bus driver Lorenzo), however, disapproves. C grows up under the wing of both … men, torn between his own natural honesty and his fascination with Sonny. C's neighborhood cronies get involved in theft, use of guns, and racial fights. When C falls for an African American girl, things don't get any easier. C's leap to manhood is marked by tragedy, but also by his recognition of the many faces of love. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | racismgangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | mob bossracistblack americanracial slurviolence |
Nineteen-year-old Brooklyn native Tony Manero lives for Saturday nights at the local disco, where he's king of the club, thanks to his stylish moves on the dance floor. But outside of the club, things don't look so rosy. At home, Tony fights constantly with his father and has to compete with his fam …ily's starry-eyed view of his older brother, a priest. Nor can he find satisfaction at his dead-end job at a small paint store. However, things begin to change when he spies Stephanie Mangano in the disco and starts training with her for the club's dance competition. Stephanie dreams of the world beyond Brooklyn, and her plans to move to Manhattan just over the bridge soon change Tony's life forever. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismdancejealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Story: | ethnic slurracistracial slurmanhattan new york citythree word title |
William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, … and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiaracismgangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Story: | irish americanmob bossethnic slurracial slurmanhattan new york citythree word titlebased on novel |
In this modern day Romeo and Juliet, kung fu action star Jet Li plays Romeo to hip-hop singer, Aaliyah Haughton's Juliet. Li is an ex-cop investigating the murder of his brother, who had ties with the Chinese mafia in America. Aaliyah plays the daughter of the American mob boss. Neither side approve …s of their romance, so, obviously, kung fu action ensues, with a soundtrack by Aaliyah. (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiagangster |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingerafrican american |
| Story: | gang warmob bossblack americanracial slurthree word titleviolence |
In the final instalment of the Godfather Trilogy, an aging Don Michael Corleone seeks to legitimize his crime family's interests and remove himself from the violent underworld but is kept back by the ambitions of the young. While he attempts to link the Corleone's finances with the Vatican, Michael …must deal with the machinations of a hungrier gangster seeking to upset the existing Mafioso order and a young protoge's love affair with his daughter. (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiagangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | singer |
| Story: | mob hitgang warstabbingmanhattan new york cityviolence |
1920's prohibition Chicago is corrupt from the judges downward. So in going up against Al Capone, Treasury agent Eliot Ness picks just two cops to help him and his accountant colleague. One is a sharp-shooting rookie, the other a seen-it-all beat man. The four of them are ready to battle Capone and …his empire, but it could just be that guns are not the best way to get him. (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiaracismgangster |
| Period: | 1930s |
| Story: | prohibitionirish americanethnic slurbased on novelviolence |
A young and talented drummer attending a prestigious music academy finds himself under the wing of the most respected professor at the school, one who does not hold back on abuse towards his students. The two form an odd relationship as the student wants to achieve greatness, and the professor pushe …s him. (Read More)
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | musician |
| Story: | jazz scorejazz clubtitle appears in writingmanhattan new york citytitle spoken by character |
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | musiciansinger |
| Story: | title appears in writingauditionmanhattan new york citysongthree word titlesingingtitle spoken by character |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismjealousy |
| Characters: | singerafrican american |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | biracialracial prejudiceethnic slurracistbandsongsingingbased on novel |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this …gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
| Themes: | jealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | singerafrican american |
| Story: | trumpet playerharlem manhattan new york cityblack americanstabbingbandmanhattan new york cityface slapsongsingingtitle spoken by characternudity |
A woman misses the 1:30 train from New York to Boston and a street musician spends the night trying to help her make it back home before her husband does. Throughout the night they learn a lot about one another and eventually find a romance.
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | musician |
| Story: | grand central station manhattan new york citytrumpet playerjazzauditionthree word titlesinging |
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)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | gangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | brother brother relationship |
| Story: | mob hitirish americanmob bossmanhattan new york cityface slapthree word titleviolence |
Having seen his father killed in a major gang fight in New York, young Amsterdam Vallon is spirited away for his own safety. Some years later, he returns to the scene of his father's death, the notorious Five Points district in New York. It's 1863 and lower Manhattan is run by gangs, the most powerf …ul of which is the Natives, headed by Bill "The Butcher" Cutting. He believes that America should belong to native-born Americans and opposes the waves of immigrants, mostly Irish, entering the city. It's also the time of the Civil War and forced conscription leads to the worst riots in US history. Amid the violence and corruption, young Vallon tries to establish himself in the area and also seek revenge over his father's death. (Read More)
| Subgenre: | independent film |
| Themes: | racismgangsterjealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Story: | irish americanethnic slurracial slurstabbingmanhattan new york cityface slapviolence |
Sara wants to be a ballerina, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her mother. She moves in with her father, who she has not seen for a long time. He lives on the other side of town, in a predominantly Black neighborhood. She gets transferred to a new school where she is one of the fe …w White students there. She becomes friends with Chenille, and later, falls in love with Chenille's brother, Derek. (Read More)
| Themes: | racismdancejealousy |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | african american |
| Story: | drive by shootingauditionracial slurviolence |
John Smith is an amoral gunslinger in the days of Prohibition. On the lam from his latest (unspecified) exploits, he happens upon the town of Jericho, Texas. Actually, calling Jericho a town would be too generous--it has become more like a ghost town, since two warring gangs have 'driven off all the … decent folk.' Smith sees this as an opportunity to play both sides off against each other, earning himself a nice piece of change as a hired gun. Despite his strictly avowed mercenary intentions, he finds himself risking his life for his, albeit skewed, sense of honor.... (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiagangster |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | prohibitionirish americangang warface slapthree word titleviolence |
This true story follows FBI agent Joe Pistone as he infiltrates the mafia of New York. Befriending Lefty Ruggiero, Pistone (under the name Donnie Brasco) is able to embed himself in a mafia faction led by Sonny Black. Ruggiero and Pistone become tight as the group goes about collecting money for 'th …e bosses'. Eventually, the group become big-time when Black himself becomes a boss; all the while, Pistone collects evidence. However, the trials and tribulations of the undercover work become more than Pistone can bear. His marriage falls apart, and to top it off, the mafia suspect a mole in the organization. The real dilemma is afforded to Pistone, who knows if he walks away from the mafia, Ruggiero will be the one punished. (Read More)
| Themes: | mafiaracismgangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | singer |
| Story: | ethnic slurracial slurmanhattan new york cityface slapsingingviolence |
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. (Read More)
| Themes: | racism |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipafrican american |
| Story: | racial prejudiceethnic slurracisttitle appears in writingracial slurcontroversythree word titletitle spoken by characternudityviolence |
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: | racismgangster |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipafrican american |
| Story: | hoodlumdrive by shootingracial prejudiceirish americanethnic slurracisttitle appears in writingracial slurtitle spoken by character |
Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers. The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is insp …ired to audition for a dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upside-down. (Read More)
| Themes: | hollywoodjealousy |
| Period: | 1920s1930s |
| Story: | year 1929flappertap dancingorchestrafilm within a filmaudition |
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: | gangster |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipafrican american |
| Story: | hoodlumdrive by shootingethnic slurracial slurcontroversythree word titleviolence |
After five years in prison, Tony le Stephanois meets his dearest friends Jo and the Italian Mario Ferrati and they invite Tony to steal a couple of jewels from the show-window of the famous jewelry Mappin & Webb Ltd, but he declines. Tony finds his former girlfriend Mado, who became the lover of the … gangster owner of the night-club L' Age d' Or Louis Grutter, and he humiliates her, beating on her back for being unfaithful. Then he calls Jo and Mario and proposes a burglary of the safe of the jewelry. They invite the Italian specialist in safes and elegant wolf Cesar to join their team and they plot a perfect heist. They are successful in their plan, but the Don Juan Cesar makes things go wrong when he gives a valuable ring to his mistress. (Read More)
| Themes: | gangster |
| Locations: | new york city |
| Characters: | brother brother relationshipsinger |
| Story: | jazz clubnewspaper headlinesgang warbandface slapsongsingingbased on novel |
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