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White Dog (1982)
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White Dog (1982)

Deprogramming a dog who kills Blacks is the ultimate challenge for an unorthodox African-American trainer. When a young Hollywood actress finds the injured stray, she nurses it back to health, not knowing it's a "White Dog" trained by a racist to attack only Blacks. Julie's appalled when the otherwi β€¦se gentle, white German Shepherd breaks out, then returns from his nighttime foray dotted with human blood. Julie desperately races from trainer to trainer, advised to kill her pet, until the top Hollywood canine expert refers her to his former protege, Keys. (Read More)

Subgenre:
allegorytragedycult film
Themes:
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Locations:
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Characters:
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Story:
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The Artist (2011)
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The Artist (2011)

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 β€¦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:
filmmakingfriendship
Locations:
apartmentlos angeles californiahospital
Characters:
actressphotographerpolicemanfriend
Story:
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Take Shelter (2011)
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Take Shelter (2011)

Curtis, a father and husband, is starting to experience bad dreams and hallucinations. Assuming mental illness, he seeks medical help and counseling. However, fearing the worst, he starts building an elaborate and expensive storm shelter in their backyard. This storm shelter threatens to tear apart  β€¦his family, threatens his sanity and his standing in the community, but he builds it to save his family's life. (Read More)

Themes:
fearfriendship
Locations:
stormgas stationchurch
Characters:
grandfather granddaughter relationshiplittle girlfriendafrican american
Story:
subjective cameradog attackfilling stationbarking dogfencethunderblack americanlightningeatingflashlighttearscar accidentfoodunderwearcrying β€¦telephone callphotographdog (See All)

Lovelace (2013)
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Lovelace (2013)

Themes:
fearfriendshipdeath
Characters:
actressphotographerpolicemanfriendpolice
Story:
film cameraford mustangsunbathingthundertrustpursuitwhite pantieseatingcamerawatching tvfoodunderwearcryingtelephone callchase β€¦title spoken by characterphotographbare chested malegunkissblood (See All)

The Basketball Diaries (1995) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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The Basketball Diaries (1995)

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)

Themes:
deathfriendshipmurder
Locations:
apartmentchurchhospital
Characters:
policemanfriendafrican americanpolice
Story:
climbing over a fencehamburgermetaphorbigotryjunkiedeath of friendcrucifixbreaking and enteringblack americanpursuitlightningeatingtearsriflewatching tv β€¦slow motion scenefoodunderwearcryingtelephone callchasephotographbased on novelgunkissblood (See All)

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Dreamcatcher (2003)
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Dreamcatcher (2003)

Four childhood friends, Jonesy, Beaver, Pete and Henry all share a special secret. Each year, they take a trip into Maine woods. This year is different. A blizzard occurs, and they recover a man found wandering around. Unbeknownst to them,this wandering individual isn't the only being to be found. N β€¦ow they must act fast to stop the outbreak developing and to prevent the world from its doom (Read More)

Themes:
murderfriendshipdeath
Locations:
stormtrucktrain
Characters:
truck driverfriend
Story:
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Body Double (1984)
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Body Double (1984)

Jake Scully comes home to find his girlfriend with another man and has to find a new place. In between his acting workshops and his job in a vampire B-movie, he scans the paper looking for anything. He happens to meet Sam Bouchard, a fellow actor who needs a house sitter. Both are pleased with the a β€¦rrangement that will have Jake staying in the house and for a sweetener, Sam shows him his favorite neighbor, a well-built woman who strips with her window open each night. Jake becomes obsessed with meeting her and is able to help recover her purse from a thief, but shows his own phobia, he is incapacitated by claustrophobia when the thief runs through a tunnel. When Jake witnesses a murder, he finds out that the police love to pin crimes on peeping Toms. Jake discovers that here are just too many coincidences but must hunt them down himself without the police. (Read More)

Themes:
filmmakingfeardeathmurder
Locations:
apartmentlos angeles california
Characters:
boyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice
Story:
subjective camerahollywood hillsdog bitedog attackmovie studiofilm crewmovie setburglarbreaking and enteringpursuitsearchcontroversywhite pantiesstrangulationflashlight β€¦watching tvunderwearcryingtelephone callchasephotographbare chested maleblooddog (See All)

High-rise (2015)
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High-Rise (2015)

Class struggle becomes all too real as a young doctor moves into a modern apartment block in suburban 1975 London. Drugs, drink & debauchery dissolve into murder, mayhem and misogyny in this pseudo-post-apocalyptic breakdown of societal norms.

Themes:
murder
Locations:
apartment
Characters:
actresspoliceman
Story:
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The Lovely Bones (2009) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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The Lovely Bones (2009)

A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.

Themes:
deathmurder
Locations:
hospital
Characters:
little girlphotographerpolicemanpolice
Story:
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The Edukators (2004)
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The Edukators (2004)

Berlin student Jule is hoplessly indebted due to an accident she caused, uninsuredly hitting a rich businessman's limousine. Evicted from her flat she moves in with her boyfrend Peter and soon learns that Peter and his flatmate, Jan, are breaking into luxurious mansions at night. Instead of stealing β€¦ or vandalizing, though, they carefully and ornately rearrange furniture and valulables and leave obscure messages. Jule convinces Jan, who has a crush on her, to pay a visit to the villa of her creditor. (Read More)

Themes:
fear
Locations:
gas station
Characters:
photographerpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendpolice
Story:
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Man Bites Dog (1992)
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Man Bites Dog (1992)

A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a β€¦ good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter. (Read More)

Subgenre:
cult film
Themes:
filmmakingfearmurderdeath
Locations:
apartmenttrainhospital
Characters:
terrorboyfriend girlfriend relationship
Story:
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)
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Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

In Bedridge, Professor Parker Wilson finds an abandoned dog at the train station and takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. He finds that the dog is an Akita and names it Hachiko. However, nobody claims the dog so his family decides to keep Hachi.

Themes:
deathfriendship
Locations:
stormtrain
Characters:
friendafrican american
Story:
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Blindness (2008) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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Blindness (2008)

A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hoarding the meager fo β€¦od rations and committing horrific acts. There is, however, one eyewitness to the nightmare. A woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague follows her afflicted husband to quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble. (Read More)

Subgenre:
allegory
Themes:
deathmurder
Locations:
churchhospital
Characters:
terrorpolicemanafrican americanpolice
Story:
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Inland Empire (2006)
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Inland Empire (2006)

A blonde actress is preparing for her biggest role yet, but when she finds herself falling for her co-star, she realizes that her life is beginning to mimic the fictional film that they're shooting. Adding to her confusion is the revelation that the current film is a remake of a doomed Polish produc β€¦tion, 47, which was never finished due to an unspeakable tragedy. (Read More)

Subgenre:
tragedycult film
Themes:
filmmakingfearfriendshipdeathmurder
Locations:
los angeles california
Characters:
actresspolicemanfriendafrican american
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Cloud Atlas (2012)
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Cloud Atlas (2012)

Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc β€¦alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)

Themes:
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Locations:
storm
Characters:
grandfather granddaughter relationshippolicemanfriend
Story:
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All Good Things (2010)
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All Good Things (2010)

A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.

Themes:
fearfriendshipmurderdeath
Locations:
apartmentlos angeles californiatrain
Characters:
photographerfriendpolice
Story:
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The Place Beyond The Pines (2012) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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The Place Beyond The Pines (2012)

A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt r β€¦ider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines. (Read More)

Themes:
feardeath
Locations:
truckchurchhospital
Characters:
photographerpolicemanafrican americanpolice
Story:
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Giant (1956)
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Giant (1956)

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 β€¦ss two generations. (Read More)

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prejudiceracismfriendshipdeath
Locations:
trucktrainhospital
Characters:
actresspolicemanfriendafrican american
Story:
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Slow West (2015)
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Slow West (2015)

'Slow West' follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.

Themes:
deathmurder
Locations:
storm
Characters:
boyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american
Story:
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Fish Tank (2009)
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Fish Tank (2009)

Mia, an aggressive fifteen-year-old girl, lives on an Essex estate with her tarty mother, Joanne, and precocious little sister Tyler. She has been thrown out of school and is awaiting admission to a referrals unit and spends her days aimlessly. She begins an uneasy friendship with Joanne's slick boy β€¦friend, Connor, who encourages her one interest, dancing. (Read More)

Themes:
friendship
Locations:
apartmenttrain
Characters:
little girlboyfriend girlfriend relationship
Story:
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Stay (2005) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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Stay (2005)

A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.

Themes:
death
Locations:
train
Characters:
actressboyfriend girlfriend relationshipafrican american
Story:
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Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
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Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere; that's why his family has had to move before. Here he hopes to find the love he doesn't get from his middle-class family. Though he finds some of this in his relation with Judy, and a form of it in both Plato's adulation and Ray's r β€¦eal concern for him, Jim must still prove himself to his peers in switchblade knife fights and "chickie" games in which cars race toward a seaside cliff. (Read More)

Subgenre:
cult film
Themes:
fearfriendshipdeath
Locations:
los angeles california
Characters:
policemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendafrican americanpolice
Story:
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Tell No One (2006)
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Tell No One (2006)

The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β€¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)

Themes:
deathfriendshipmurder
Locations:
hospital
Characters:
photographerpolicemanfriendpolice
Story:
subjective camerafinding a dead bodydead dogpursuitforeign language adaptationsearcheatingtearsriflecamerawatching tvslow motion scenecar accidenthorsefood β€¦underwearcryingtelephone callchasephotographbare chested malebased on noveldogbloodgun (See All)

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The Proposition (2005)
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The Proposition (2005)

Rural Australia in the late nineteenth century: Capt. Stanley and his men capture two of the three Burns brothers, Charlie and Mike. Their gang is held responsible for attacking the Hopkins farm, raping pregnant Mrs. Hopkins and murdering the whole family. Arthur Burns, the eldest brother and the ga β€¦ng's mastermind, remains on the loose and has retreated to a mountain hideout. Capt. Stanley's proposition to Charlie is to gain pardon and - more importantly - save his beloved younger brother Mike from the gallows by finding and killing Arthur within nine days. (Read More)

Subgenre:
tragedycult film
Themes:
racismmurderdeath
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photographer
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor β€¦mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)

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racismdeathmurderfriendship
Locations:
gas stationchurchtrain
Characters:
policemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendpolice
Story:
subjective camerabarking doghatepursuiteatingstrangulationold manwineflashlighttearsriflefoodcryingtelephone callpistol β€¦chasetitle spoken by characterphotographbare chested malegundogkissblood (See All)

The Wages Of Fear (1953)
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The Wages Of Fear (1953)

In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.

Themes:
feardeathfriendship
Locations:
truck accidenttruck
Characters:
truck driverphotographerpolicemanfriendpolice
Story:
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009)
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009)

Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle suspects murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial  β€¦journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history; but, the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. (Read More)

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prejudiceracismfearmurderdeath
Locations:
trucktrainhospital
Characters:
photographerpoliceman
Story:
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Mustang (2015)
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Mustang (2015)

Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. The family home is progressively transformed into a prison; instruction in homem β€¦aking replaces school and marriages start being arranged. The five sisters who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them. (Read More)

Themes:
fear
Locations:
truckhospital
Characters:
truck driverboyfriend girlfriend relationship
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Fruitvale Station (2013)

This is the true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who wakes up on the morning of December 31, 2008 and feels something in the air. Not sure what it is, he takes it as a sign to get a head start on his resolutions: being a better son to his mother, whose birthday falls on New Year's Ev β€¦e, being a better partner to his girlfriend, who he hasn't been completely honest with as of late, and being a better father to T, their beautiful 4 year old daughter. He starts out well, but as the day goes on, he realizes that change is not going to come easy. He crosses paths with friends, family, and strangers, each exchange showing us that there is much more to Oscar than meets the eye. But it would be his final encounter of the day, with police officers at the Fruitvale BART station that would shake the Bay Area to its very core, and cause the entire nation to be witnesses to the story of Oscar Grant. (Read More)

Themes:
racismfearfriendshipdeathmurder
Locations:
trainhospital
Characters:
little girlpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendafrican americanpolice
Story:
subjective cameradog hit by a carkilling a dogdeath of friendrace relationsblack americaneatingtearsfoodunderwearcryingtelephone callpistoltitle spoken by characterphotograph β€¦bare chested maledoggunkissblood (See All)

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Disturbia (2007)
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Disturbia (2007)

After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Tu β€¦rner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching whom? (Read More)

Themes:
friendshipdeathmurder
Locations:
storm
Characters:
terrorpolicemanfriendpolice
Story:
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Malcolm X (1992)
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Malcolm X (1992)

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:
cult film
Themes:
racismmurderdeath
Locations:
train
Characters:
african americanpolice
Story:
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The Black Dahlia (2006)
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The Black Dahlia (2006)

In 1946, the former boxers Dwight "Bucky" Bleichert and Lee Blanchard are policemen in Los Angeles. Lee has a good relationship with his chief and uses a box fight between them to promote the department and get a raise to the police force. They succeed and are promoted to homicide detectives, workin β€¦g together. Bucky becomes a close friend of Lee and his girlfriend Kay Lake, forming a triangle of love. When the corpse of the aspirant actress 'Elizabeth Short (I)' is found mutilated, Lee becomes obsessed to solve the case called by the press Black Dahlia. Meanwhile, Bucky's investigation leads him to a Madeleine Linscott, the daughter of a powerful and wealthy constructor that resembles the Black Dahlia. In an environment of corruption and lies, Bucky discloses hidden truths. (Read More)

Themes:
friendshipmurderdeath
Locations:
los angeles california
Characters:
actressphotographerboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendafrican americanpolice
Story:
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Blood In, Blood Out (1993) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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Blood In, Blood Out (1993)

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:
prejudiceracismdeathfriendshipmurder
Locations:
los angeles californiachurchhospital
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policemanfriendafrican americanpolice
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Killer Joe (2011)
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Killer Joe (2011)

Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de β€¦tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)

Themes:
deathmurder
Locations:
train
Characters:
policemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice
Story:
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High Tension (2003)
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High Tension (2003)

Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. They arrive late and they are welcomed by Alexia's father. Late in the night, a sadistic and sick killer breaks into the farmhouse, slaughters Alexia's family--including their dog--and kidnap β€¦s Alexia. Marie hides from the criminal and tries to help the hysterical and frightened Alexia, chase the maniac, and disclose his identity in the end. (Read More)

Themes:
feardeathfriendshipmurder
Locations:
gas stationtruckhospital
Characters:
terrorfriendpolice
Story:
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CachΓ© (2005)
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CachΓ© (2005)

Set in France, Georges is a TV Literary Reviewer and lives in a small yet modern town house with his wife Ann, a publisher and his young son Pierrot. They begin to receive video tapes through the post of their house and family, along side obscure child-like drawings. They visit the police with hope  β€¦of aid to find the stalker, but as there is no direct threat, they refuse to help. As the tapes become more personal, Georges takes it upon himself to figure out who is putting through his family through such horror. A true Michael Haneke Classic. (Read More)

Themes:
racismfearfriendship
Locations:
gas stationapartmenthospital
Characters:
terrorpolicemanfriendpolice
Story:
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Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)

Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did β€¦, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)

Subgenre:
cult film
Themes:
death
Locations:
gas stationtrucktrainhospital
Characters:
policemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice
Story:
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The Graduate (1967)
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The Graduate (1967)

Ben has recently graduated from college, with his parents now expecting great things from him. At his "Homecoming" party, Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner, has Ben drive her home, which leads to an affair between the two. The affair eventually ends, but comes back to haunt hi β€¦m when he finds himself falling for Elaine, Mrs. Robinson's daughter. (Read More)

Subgenre:
cult film
Locations:
gas stationlos angeles californiachurch
Characters:
boyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice
Story:
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Mother (2009)
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Mother (2009)

A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.

Themes:
fearfriendshipdeathmurder
Characters:
policemanfriendpolice
Story:
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We Own The Night (2007)
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We Own The Night (2007)

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:
feardeathmurder
Locations:
churchhospital
Characters:
photographerpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice
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Gods And Monsters (1998) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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Gods And Monsters (1998)

The story of 'James Whale (I)' (qv), the Director of _Frankenstein (1931)_ (qv) and _Bride of Frankenstein (1935)_ (qv), in the time period following the Korean War. Whale was homosexual, and develops a friendship with his gardener, an ex-Marine.

Themes:
filmmakingfriendshipdeath
Locations:
los angeles californiahospital
Characters:
actressphotographerfriend
Story:
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Public Enemies (2009)
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Public Enemies (2009)

This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets β€¦ Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)

Themes:
feardeathfriendshipmurder
Locations:
apartmenttrainhospital
Characters:
photographerpolicemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshipfriendafrican americanpolice
Story:
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Biutiful (2010)
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Biutiful (2010)

Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as  β€¦he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)

Themes:
feardeathmurder
Locations:
churchhospital
Characters:
little girlpolicemanpolice
Story:
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The Flowers Of War (2011)
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The Flowers Of War (2011)

In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin β€¦ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)

Themes:
fearmurderdeath
Locations:
truckchurch
Story:
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Gomorrah (2008) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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Gomorrah (2008)

"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:
fearfriendshipdeathmurder
Locations:
truckapartmenthospital
Characters:
truck driverphotographerpolicemanfriendpolice
Story:
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Shane (1953)
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Shane (1953)

Shane rides into a conflict between cattleman Ryker and a bunch of settlers, like Joe Starrett and his family, whose land Ryker wants. When Shane beats up Ryker's man Chris, Ryker tries to buy him. Then Shane and Joe take on the whole Ryker crew. Ryker sends to Cheyenne for truly evil gunslinger Wil β€¦son. Shane must clear out all the guns from the valley. (Read More)

Themes:
fearfriendshipdeathmurder
Characters:
little girlfriend
Story:
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Gran Torino (2008)
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Gran Torino (2008)

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 β€¦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)

Subgenre:
tragedycult film
Themes:
prejudiceracismfeardeathmurder
Locations:
churchhospital
Characters:
grandfather granddaughter relationshipafrican americanpolice
Story:
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Into The Wild (2007)
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Into The Wild (2007)

Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire savings account to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life.

Themes:
death
Locations:
stormtrucklos angeles californiachurchtrain
Characters:
policemanboyfriend girlfriend relationshippolice
Story:
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Near Dark (1987) is one of the best movies like White Dog (1982)
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Near Dark (1987)

A mid-western farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of southern vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars. Part of his initiation includes a bloody assault on a hick bar.

Subgenre:
cult film
Themes:
fearmurderfriendshipdeath
Locations:
gas stationtruck
Characters:
truck driverpolice
Story:
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Hair (1979)
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Hair (1979)

This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is  β€¦short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)

Subgenre:
cult film
Themes:
friendshipdeath
Locations:
gas stationchurch
Characters:
policemanfriendafrican americanpolice
Story:
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