Social decay movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant social decay movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, bleak, suspense, weird, disturbing and realistic films and TV shows about / with social decay, society, life is a bitch, violence, death, female nudity, violent, blood, murder and profanity plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as social decay: Detachment (2011), Lilya 4-Ever (2002), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Class (2007), Taxi Driver (1976), Everybody Dies But Me (2008), The Divide (2011), A Second Chance (2014), Bully (2001), City of God (2002).

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 7.7
 98K
Detachment (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style: depressing, psychological, bleak, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, life is a bitch, human relationship, teen angst, society ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.8
 49K
Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Lilya lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilya hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working ...
Style: bleak, depressing, sad, harsh, brutal ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: human trafficking, poverty, prostitution, suicide, sexual abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, teenage prostitution, teenage life, youth, rape, slavery ...
Time: year 2002
Place: europe, denmark, russia, soviet union, eastern europe ...
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style: disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: insanity, psychology, surrealism, gang, dystopia, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, brutality, sociopath ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1971, year 1995, 70s ...
Place: britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
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 7.9
 16K
The Class (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.
Style: serious, disturbing, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: school shooting, bullying, vengeance, humiliation, society, youth, friendship, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, high school, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: estonia, europe
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 8.2
 913K
Taxi Driver (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style: psychological, neo noir, bleak, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, character study, loner, alienation, obsession, vigilantism, violence, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, depression ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
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Everybody Dies But Me (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story: One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which rapidly becomes the most important moment ever in their ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, gloomy, suspense ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: family problems, life is a bitch, youth, social relations, teenage life, high school life, society, friendship, dysfunctional family, boy girl relationship, family relations, friends ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
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 5.8
 38K
The Divide (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Style: suspense, tense, apocalyptic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot: survival, isolation, survival horror, torment, nuclear holocaust, losing-it hero, disaster, social decay, group of strangers, apocalypse, confined, danger ...
Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, north korea
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A Second Chance (2014)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that ...
Style: touching, tense, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot: social decay, law enforcement, life turned upside down, losing-it hero, life is a bitch, babies and infants, moral dilemma, family tragedy, injustice, society, domestic violence, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, eastern europe
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 6.9
 40K
Bully (2001)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, realistic, controversial, sexy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: bullying, sexual abuse, rape, teenager, murder, nudity, sex, drug, rivalry, revenge, youth, teenage sex ...
Time: year 2001, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, bronx new york city, florida
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 8.6
 796K
City of God (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France, Germany
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by ...
Style: disturbing, rough, bleak, hood, stylized ...
Audience: teen drama, adult
Plot: gang, coming of age, storytelling, organized crime, society, gang war, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, photographer, journalism, favela, police corruption ...
Time: 2000s, 70s, year 2002, 20th century, year 2003 ...
Place: latin america, rio de janeiro, brazil, south america
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 8.0
 16K
The Fool (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
Style: atmospheric, realistic, suspense, bleak, serious ...
Plot: fighting the system, society, apartment building, corruption, injustice, tragedy, rebellion, moral dilemma, violence, small town, courage, dishonesty ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 90s, 21st century
Place: russia, soviet union
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 5.7
 15K
Antiviral (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After becoming infected with the virus that killed superstar Hannah Geist, Syd March must unravel the mystery surrounding her death to save his own life .
Style: disturbing, tech noir, suspenseful, cult classic, surreal ...
Plot: obsession, infection, celebrity, uncover truth, social decay, body horror, society, distopia, infected, virus, hidden truth, danger ...
Time: future, near future, 21st century
Place: toronto ontario canada
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Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and ...
Style: grindhouse, bloody, disturbing, dark comedy, splatter ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, homeless, gory, violence spree, social decay, violence, fighting crime, bum, prostitute, brutality, vengeance ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: nova scotia, usa
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 8.0
 792K
Sin City (2005)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style: neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: corruption, vengeance, justice, gory, hitman, revenge, dark hero, comic book, redemption, vigilante, killings, distopia ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place: texas, iran
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 8.7
 634K
Black Mirror (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.  Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style: serious, philosophical, thought provoking, anthology, clever ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: technology, dystopia, twists and turns, human nature, satire, dystopian future, social decay, society, computers and web, media satire, alternate reality, media ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future
Place: england, london
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 8.2
 1.6M
Batman Begins (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal ...
Style: suspense, dark, exciting, action packed, harsh ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot: superhero, batman, heroes, secret identity, double life, corruption, disguise, martial arts, good versus evil, social decay, justice, vigilante ...
Time: 2000s, year 2005, 20th century, 80s, 90s ...
Place: usa, himalaya, africa, tibet
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 8.6
 44K
Gomorrah (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
Style: serious, tense, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, gangster, strong violent content, urban, urban ghetto life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, naples italy, europe
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 8.4
 1.5M
Joker (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story: During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style: thought provoking, suspense, atmospheric, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: mental illness, mental disorder, villain, psycho, psychopath, loneliness, psychological trauma, character change, insanity, social problems, comedian, social decay ...
Time: 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1981, 20th century
Place: new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia
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 8.8
 2.3M
Fight Club (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style: surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: twists and turns, psychology, fight, plot twist, schizophrenia, self destructing, insanity, fighting the system, split personality, losing-it hero, against the rules, nihilism ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2013
Place: delaware, america, los angeles, iran, seattle ...
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 7.7
 134K
Serpico (1973)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.
Style: suspense, realistic, serious, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: police corruption, corruption, fighting the system, police, whistleblower, undercover cop, police investigation, corrupt cop, mafia, social decay, biopic, life is a bitch ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973, 60s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
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 7.0
 84K
Kids (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as ...
Style: disturbing, depressing, psychedelic, independent film, bleak ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, aids, innocence lost, virginity, youth, puberty, sex, underage sex, drug abuse, sexual promiscuity, street kid, teenager ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, seattle, los angeles, usa
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The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On ...
Style: suspense, brutal, intense, psychological, bloody ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder, distopia, election, politics, survival, vigilante, revenge, social decay, class differences, fighting the system, gunfight, death ...
Time: near future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: washington d.c., florida
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 3.9
 4K
Shank (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mo Ali’s futuristic knife-crime drama brings the dystopian environment of CHILDREN OF MEN and DISTRICT 13 to London’s East 17. SHANK delivers a ruthless vision of forthcoming urban life, where guns have been superseded by knives and are fiercely ...
Style: captivating, tense, rough, independent film, controversial ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: social decay, profanity, society, dystopian future, uninhibited rivalry, life is a bitch, youth, urban, gang, revenge, gay, ghetto ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: england, britain, london, europe
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 6.5
 180K
Idiocracy (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a ...
Style: futuristic, thought provoking, absurd, dark comedy, offbeat ...
Audience: teens
Plot: distopia, stupidity, time travel, satire, dystopian future, dystopia, evolution, social satire, absurdism, dimwit, society, hibernation ...
Time: future, year 2006, y2k, distant future, year 2005 ...
Place: texas, usa, washington d.c.
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 6.3
 110K
Repo Men (2010)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the ...
Style: futuristic, bloody, suspense, absurd, thought provoking ...
Plot: cyberpunk, distopia, dystopia, evil corporation, dystopian future, dystopic future, rebel, virtual reality, chase, hitman, transplant, black market ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future, year 2010
Place: usa
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 5.4
 4K
Child of God (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, Ballard descends to the level of a cave dweller as he falls deeper into crime and ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, psychological, gothic, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, necrophilia, psychopath, social decay, dehumanization, society, misfit, life is a bitch, social misfits, murder, insanity, criminal ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: tennessee, usa, southern usa
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 5.7
 239K
The Purge (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style: scary, suspense, tense, psychological, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: home invasion, survival, self defense, violence spree, danger, survival horror, family in danger, society, social decay, security system, dystopia, killing spree ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, near future ...
Place: california, usa
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 7.0
 2K
Down House (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The plot is set in modern Moscow, in the 1990s, with "New Russians", Hummer H1 SUVs, bribery, violence, truck fulls of tinned stew as a dowry, etc.
Style: surreal, humorous, not serious, suspense, biting ...
Plot: social decay, mentally unstable, fall in love, love triangle, society, bribery, doomed romance, romantic relationship, moving, cannibalism, drugs/alcohol
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: russia
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 6.3
 1K
A New Life (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France, Bulgaria
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A 2002 French experimental film directed by Philippe Grandrieux and starring Zachary Knighton and Anna Mouglalis. The story involves a young American who falls obsessively in love with a mysterious courtesan named Melania against the backdrop of a ...
Style: serious, realistic, psychological, exciting, tense ...
Plot: obsession, life is a bitch, social decay, nihilism, society, prostitute, destructive relationship, couples, dancer's life, starting over, sexual relations, courtesan ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, france, london, new york
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 7.2
 45K
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
Style: futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
Plot: distopia, totalitarianism, dystopian future, dystopia, book, resistance, fighting the system, rebellion, oppression, social decay, justice, dystopic future ...
Time: future, year 1966, distant future, near future, 60s
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