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Schindler's List(1993)

R
| 3h 15min | Drama, History, War
4.3/5 (with 6,950 votes)

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

City of God(2002)

2h 10min | Drama, Crime
4.2/5 (with 3,184 votes)

In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

District 13: Ultimatum(2009)

R
| 1h 41min | Action, Thriller, Crime
3.2/5 (with 498 votes)

Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city’s secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.

District B13(2004)

3.4/5 (with 809 votes)

Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.

Bound by Honor(1993)

4.0/5 (with 517 votes)

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-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 influence 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.

The Pianist(2002)

R
| 2h 30min | Drama, War
4.2/5 (with 4,313 votes)

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

8 Mile(2002)

1h 50min | Drama, Music
3.6/5 (with 3,204 votes)

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.

Boyz n the Hood(1991)

R
| 1h 52min | Crime, Drama
3.8/5 (with 812 votes)

Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.

Brick Mansions(2014)

PG-13
| 1h 30min | Action, Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 689 votes)

In a dystopian Detroit, grand houses that once housed the wealthy are now homes of the city's most-dangerous criminals. Surrounding the area is a giant wall to keep the rest of Detroit safe. For undercover cop Damien Collier, every day is a battle against corruption as he struggles to bring his father's killer, Tremaine, to justice. Meanwhile, Damien and an ex-con named Lino work together to save the city from a plot to destroy it.

La Haine(1995)

NR
| 1h 38min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 1,833 votes)

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.

Moonlight(2016)

R
| 1h 51min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 3,217 votes)

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Freedom Writers(2007)

PG-13
| 2h 3min | Crime, Drama
4.0/5 (with 967 votes)

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

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Street Kings(2008)

R
| 1h 49min | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 617 votes)

Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.

Get Rich or Die Tryin'(2005)

R
| 1h 57min | Drama, Crime, Music
3.4/5 (with 383 votes)

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

Triple 9(2016)

R
| 1h 55min | Action, Crime, Adventure, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 970 votes)

A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.

Trespass(1992)

R
| 1h 41min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 73 votes)

Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is in the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues. As Vince and Don try to escape, gang leader King James argues with his subordinate Savon about how to get rid of the trespassers.

Colors(1988)

R
| 2h | Action, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 184 votes)

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.

New Jack City(1991)

R
| 1h 37min | Thriller, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 217 votes)

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.

Notorious(2009)

R
| 2h 2min | Music, Drama, History
3.5/5 (with 302 votes)

"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.".

Shaft(1971)

R
| 1h 40min | Action, Crime, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 145 votes)

Cool black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Paradise Alley(1978)

PG
| 1h 47min | Action, Drama
2.9/5 (with 54 votes)

Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.

Once Were Warriors(1994)

R
| 1h 39min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 173 votes)

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.

Menace II Society(1993)

R
| 1h 37min | Drama, Crime
3.8/5 (with 332 votes)

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Gomorrah(2008)

NR
| 2h 15min | Drama, Crime
3.4/5 (with 565 votes)

An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to obey the rules of the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.

City of Men(2007)

1h 46min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 122 votes)

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

Street Flow(2019)

1h 35min | Drama, Crime
3.5/5 (with 151 votes)

Noumouké, from the suburb of Paris, is about to decide which brother's foot steps to follow - the lawyer student Soulaymaan or the gangster Demba.

Directed by Kery James, Leïla Sy

Half Nelson(2006)

R
| 1h 47min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 399 votes)

Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.

Paulette(2012)

1h 27min | Crime, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 179 votes)

Paulette lives alone in a housing project in the Paris suburbs. With her meager pension, she can no longer make ends meet.

Gully Boy(2019)

2h 36min | Drama, Music
3.7/5 (with 72 votes)

A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.

Girlhood(2014)

1h 52min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 166 votes)

Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.

Directed by Céline Sciamma - With Cyril Mendy, Karidja Touré, Idrissa Diabaté, Djibril Gueye
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