Movies like Bullet Boy
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Bullet Boy (2004)
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom against a local rude boy. The trouble escalates into a series of tit-for-tat incidents that threaten to spiral out of control. Ricky's 12-year-old brother Curtis, hero-worships Ricky, though he appears smart enough to know he doesn't want to follow his example. Yet, despite the stern warnings from his mother and support from her friends in the community, might Ricky's bad boy allure be too attractive for Curtis to resist?
Style:
psychological, rough, serious, realistic, hood, bleak, gloomy
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, youth, juvenile delinquency, urban, friendship, life is a bitch, social decay, going straight, kids in trouble, orphan, dysfunctional family, teenage life, rivalry, society, family problems, vengeance, social misfits, gangster, black, ghetto, coming of age, child with gun, caper, hip hop ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
england, africa, london, europe
Keyword:
gangsters
Most similar movies to Bullet Boy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, rough and bleak films with plots about life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, urban, urban ghetto, youth and juvenile delinquency mostly in Drama, Crime and Action genres. Some movies like Bullet Boy: Thirteen (2003), Sucker Free City (2004), Kidulthood (2006), Top Boy (2011), Adulthood (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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97K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, teen, realistic, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, drug addiction, teenager, peer pressure, friendship, addiction, dysfunctional family, teenage protagonist, underage drinking, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, y2k, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate job to commit credit card fraud and deals drugs on the side. K-Luv (Mackie) is a member of the "V-Dubs", an ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gangster, racism, life is a bitch, social decay, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, dishonesty, city life, police investigation, dysfunctional family, law enforcement ...
Place:
usa, san francisco
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
Style:
hood, serious, tense, rough, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
urban ghetto life, bullying, gang, ghetto, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, urban, teenage life, social decay, gangster, friendship, teenage love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
39K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A thrilling and raw crime drama following a gang of drug dealers in Hackney, London - an honest and gripping rendition of inner-city drug and gang culture.
Style:
serious, sincere, suspenseful, rough, anime ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, ambitious, teenage life, life is a bitch, drug dealing, struggle, partners in crime, right hand man, poverty, social problems, gang war ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
13K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
Style:
hood, rough, realistic, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, vengeance, society, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, drug addict, life is a bitch, youth, criminal's revenge, ghetto, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Thirteen similar movies
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When a young woman is cruelly and indiscriminately attacked by a notorious gang led by the violent Trey, her little 16 year old sister Kayla wants revenge and will stop at nothing to get it, even if it means joining a rival girl gang led by the ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, bleak
Plot:
girl gang, gang, vengeance, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, social decay, gang leader, youth, society, criminal heroes, rivalry, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, britain, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a brutal carjacking yields a videocamera, a teenage boy decides to document his life and the lives of his fellow gangbangers.
Style:
serious, rough, hood, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
gang, found footage, ghetto, urban, social decay, tough heroes, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, teenage life, kids in trouble, going straight ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Special Jury Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this drama stars a then-19-year-old Matty Rich (who also wrote and directed it). Rich plays Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn who decides he wants out ...
Style:
hood, independent film, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban, gang, black, hip hop, african american, hip hop culture, downbeat ending, blaxploitation, villain, thug life, thug, gangsta ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles, two rival gang leaders are also trying to be music producers. When DJ's equipment shorts out and Lonzo is cut out of the action by a record producer, the two join forces, which also requires a tentative peace between gangs. With ...
Style:
hood, independent film, realistic, serious, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hip hop, urban, ghetto, rapper, discrimination, hip hop culture, black, drug dealing, gang, partner, gangster, rise and fall ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, new orleans, california, usa, south central los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Inspired by the true story of Greg Yance. In the film, Yance (Epps) is a hood who goes to jail for possession of drugs. He is given a choice: 5 years in jail or a couple of months in boot camp. He chooses boot camp and finds out it is tougher than ...
Style:
hood, inspirational, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
black, urban, boot camp, ghetto, thug life, prison, black man, black history, blaxploitation, thug, drug dealing, drug dealer ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Movies like Kids
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ex-con attempting to go straight runs across serious problems. His girlfriend gets arrested for dealing crack to an undercover police officer. In a desperate attempt to get the charges dropped against his woman, he strikes deal with weapons cop to ...
Style:
hood, grim, crime drama, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
urban, ghetto, hip hop, gang, black, arms dealing, kids in trouble, african american, poverty, police, thug life, thug ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
Style:
serious, emotional, rough, touching, anthology ...
Plot:
asthma, teenage pregnancy, drug dealer, single mother, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, lifestyle, teenage life, kids in trouble, social misfits, drug dealing, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
Style:
hood, bleak, realistic, rough, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, urban, friends, drug dealing, black, fighting crime, juvenile delinquency, police investigation, betrayal, urban ghetto life, criminal heroes, going straight ...
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Style:
touching, uplifting, serious, rough, hood ...
Plot:
going straight, life is a bitch, family relations, street kid, hopes, parents and children, society, urban ghetto life, black lives matter, black, blaxploitation, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, Crime, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Frustrated with being broke, Beans decides that the only way to grasp the American Dream is to take it.
Style:
hood, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, urban, gangster, drug dealing, family life, ghetto, ambition, social decay, city life, criminal heroes, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
usa, philadelphia, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, teaching the ways of the world, adolescence vs adulthood, coming of age, society, ghetto, gangster, violent content, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.
Style:
serious, captivating, touching, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
family relations, boy, odd couple, friendship, dysfunctional family, black, life is a bitch, danger, orphan, african american, hip hop culture, hip hop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Runaway teen Lexi find herself alone and pregnant on the streets. Seemingly beyond hope, she must turn to Devon, a woman with her own demons, to help her find a way back from her past mistakes.
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
homeless, teenage life, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, love, dysfunctional family, society, youth, family problems, pregnancy, escape, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, emotional, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
urban ghetto life, homeless, coming of age, youth, life is a bitch, friendship, teenage life, lifestyle, working class, hopes, forceful separation, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
347
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ty, Hector, and Bao are close friends in a tough section of Boston, where they're called "the PG-13 crew." They're 14, decent kids with few skills who've bailed out of school. A small gang of older tough guys, led by Marcus ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
gang, black, gas station, kids in trouble, urban ghetto, realism, friends, optimism, friendship, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, society ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute ...
Style:
realistic, talky, serious, hood, cult classic ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, chicano, juvenile delinquency, gang member, teenager, unlikely friendships, drug dealing, urban ghetto, urban, youth, urban ghetto life ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Slam tells the story of Ray Joshua, an original, gifted young MC trapped in a war-zone housing project known as Dodge City. Unable to find a job, Ray copes with the despair and poverty of his neighborhood by using his wits and verbal talent. Written ...
Style:
independent film, hood, talky, psychological, uplifting ...
Plot:
prison, hip hop, gang, art, urban, bittersweet, profanity, ghetto, african american, coming of age, hip hop culture, blaxploitation ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two Brothers; Tom and Felipe, have moved up the ranks of the street gangs because they have no greater devotion than the protection of each other. Luis, former gang member, is now a cop, his life having been turned around by Angelica, a female cop. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, going straight, gang, redemption, law enforcement, youth, society, urban ghetto, murder, brother brother relationship, hopes, life is a bitch ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place in the world. They live in a low-income neighborhood in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro and find in prostitution a way to survive and satisfy their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
teenage sex, coming of age, friends, society, lifestyle, prostitution, friendship, rivalry, poverty, teenage pregnancy, criminality, troubled youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, brazil, rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Faced with the harsh reality of growing up in the ghetto, 13-year old Benjie (Larry B. Scott) turns to heroin to escape. After Benjie hits rock bottom, his mother (Cicely Tyson) and her boyfriend (Paul Winfield) must sacrifice to help him overcome ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic
Plot:
blaxploitation, society, hopes, ghetto, drug addiction, exploitation, hidden treasure, african, stoner, heroin, coming of age, hardship ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well have landed on Mars. Fresh from his cushy life in Atlanta, he’s bored and friendless, and his ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
church, family relations, fish out of water, religions or cults, life is a bitch, society, clergy, youth, family life, disorder, coming of age, blaxploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, emotional, controversial ...
Plot:
journalism, murder, uncover truth, juvenile delinquency, social decay, teenage life, human spirit, society, life is a bitch, youth, hopes, idealism ...
Place:
chicago, usa
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
ANNE B. REAL is the coming of age story of a young female rapper, who finds her inspiration by reading the Diary of Anne Frank.
Style:
sincere, serious, realistic, touching, contemplative
Plot:
hip hop, lifestyle, introspection, teenage life, youth, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto, siblings relations, family life, urban ghetto life, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, ...
Style:
hood, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
desire for fame, hip hop, life is a bitch, youth, family relations, basketball, hopes, rivalry, urban, gang, black, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Rich L.A. party brat Tim (Adam Horovitz) spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist (Donald Sutherland) who has ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, thought provoking, independent film ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, redemption, coming of age, youth, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, society, lifestyle, teenage life, dysfunctional family, nightlife ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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