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One Eight Seven (1997)
27K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad.
Style:
hood, cult classic, suspense, realistic, disturbing, feel good, political, action adventure, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, urban, hip hop, revenge, gang, gangster, mentor, vengeance, vigilante, teaching, mexican gang, mafia, african american, professor, black, african american gangster, school, violence, murder, bullying, russian roulette, social commentary, chicano, substitute teacher ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california, new jersey
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Most similar movies to One Eight Seven
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, hood and rough films with plots about gang, redemption, mentor, urban, gangster, dialogue and murder mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like One Eight Seven: Dangerous Minds (1995), Fresh (1994), The Principal (1987), Menace II Society (1993), Boyz n the Hood (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, sexy, hood ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teacher, school teacher, profanity, hopes, coming of age, hip hop, school, teaching, ghetto, mentor, gangster ...
Time:
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Place:
california, bay area, usa, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum,but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a ...
Style:
hood, realistic, bleak, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
chess, childhood trauma, coming of age, drug dealing, drug lord, african american, ghetto, father son relationship, drug, hip hop, urban ghetto, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean ...
Style:
feel good, hood, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids
Plot:
youth gang, teacher, vigilante, high school, vigilantism, gang, school teacher, mentor, gangster, chase, ghetto, urban ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
oakland california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style:
stylized, bloody, serious, rough, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, friendship, african american, urban ghetto life, murder, police brutality, violence, coming of age, gangster, organized crime, street gang ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
cult classic, brutal, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
hip hop, gang, ghetto, african american, poverty, coming of age, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, gangster, teenager ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, america, usa ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
Style:
hood, tense, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
high school, urban, black, coming of age, school, hip hop, die hard, swat team, hip hop culture, danger, blaxploitation, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
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 ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gang, gang member, coming of age, friendship, chicano, juvenile delinquency, teenager, drug dealing, unlikely friendships, gangster, urban ghetto, urban ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, tokyo, california ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Style:
hood, inspirational, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, basketball, african american, gang, high school, urban, ghetto, black, gangster, violence, coming of age, thug ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
harlem, new jersey, new york
Similarity:
35%
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512K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, ghetto, gang, corrupt cop, drug dealer, african american, rookie, dirty cop, mentor, twists and turns, gunfight, gang member ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
Similarity:
35%
33K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ ...
Style:
hood, cult classic, sexual, tense, social ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, ghetto, hip hop, gang, african american, friendship, black, teenager, urban, urban ghetto life, rapper, blaxploitation ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, africa ...
Similarity:
34%
14K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Tommy Brown and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign ...
Style:
hood, independent film, stylized, crime drama, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gangster, hip hop, african american, urban, urban ghetto life, ghetto, drug dealer, black, drug, violence, gangsta, gang ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
jamaica, new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
34%
401K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money ...
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, tense, talky, tension ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
gangster, flight attendant, stewardess, ex convict, airport, robbery, bail bondsman, deception, blaxploitation, female protagonist, arrest, heist ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, africa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, hood, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison life, gang, prison riot, life is a bitch, family life, vengeance, dishonesty, false accusation, ghetto, wrongful conviction, murder, criminal heroes ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
mathematics, teacher, high school, dedicated educator, bullying, school, biopic, mentor, chicano, civil rights, school teacher, coming of age ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
los angeles, america, usa, california
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, hood, realistic, political ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
african american, teenager, high school, teacher, black, mentor, school, urban, teaching, school teacher, violence, teenage pregnancy ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, 60s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Style:
hood, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, kidnapping, hip hop, gangster, chase, african american gangster, urban, revenge, african american, car chase, ghetto, black ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man is put to prison for 10 years. Coming out of prison he wants to live a normal life and stop with crime but his son has yet followed the criminal path of his father.
Style:
hood, sexual, captivating, crime drama, independent film ...
Plot:
gang, criminal gang, urban ghetto life, ghetto, urban, black, blaxploitation, hip hop, african american, father son relationship, father son reunion, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s, 80s, year 1992
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, africa
Similarity:
33%
18K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different ...
Style:
emotional, hood, stylized, light, intense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
gang, womanizer, lone hero, single parent, african american, black, blaxploitation, gangster, unlikely friendships, urban, organized crime, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south central los angeles, usa
Similarity:
33%
Movie in collections
14K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means ...
Style:
suspense, touching, tense, serious, psychological horror ...
Plot:
revenge, twists and turns, violence, vigilante, justice, dog, redemption, murder, small town, greed, pets, tragedy ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A strange funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
Style:
anthology, hood, cult classic, disturbing, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
child abuse, mortician, afterlife, brutality, murder, funeral home, police brutality, hip hop, supernatural, drug, storytelling, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, south central los angeles, california, southern california
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Daryl gets out of jail after 5 years. His mother has died, his girlfriend is married, and he can't find a job. His new girlfriend Vanessa, whom he meets when a gunman opens fire on them, gets him a job as a car driver. Hitmen are still after ...
Style:
hood, realistic, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, betrayal, urban, chase, vengeance, criminal's revenge, law enforcement, crime gone awry, life is a bitch, femme fatale, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
After decades of terror, two deadly street gangs reach a delicate truce and young MJ (Silkk the Shocker) sees a way out of the hood once and for all. Only Corrupt (Ice-T) stands in MJ's way, resulting into a violent and brutal roller coaster ...
Style:
hood, independent film, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ghetto, gang, urban, hip hop, hip hop culture, underworld, discrimination, urban setting, gangster, urban ghetto, drug dealing, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A fearless cop is taking on a ruthless crimelord. He knew the risks. He just didn't know how far he would have to go.
Style:
hood, entertaining, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
gang, undercover, gangster, ghetto, police detective, hip hop, adaptation, friendship, brutality, betrayal, mentor, transformation ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 70s
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Andy is a new teacher at a inner city high school that is like nothing he has ever seen before. There is metal detectors at the front door and everything is basically run by a tough kid named Peter Stegman. Soon, Andy and Stegman become enemies and ...
Style:
grindhouse, disturbing, cult classic, psychotronic, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, gang, rape, vigilante, teenager, revenge, punk, bullying, school, rape and revenge, punk rock, teacher ...
Time:
80s, future, year 1982, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
33K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
realistic, hood, psychological, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
police, gang, gangster, hip hop, buddy cop, chase, gunfight, mafia, urban, cop, gang member, partner ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, venice beach california ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young interracial couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their relationship. A tightly wound LAPD officer has appointed himself the watchdog of the ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, harsh ...
Plot:
racism, interracial relations, interracial couple, neighbor, family in danger, home invasion, interracial love, harassment, racist cop, lapd, interracial romance, obsession ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After he did some jobs for CIA, ex-marine John Shale is visiting his high school love Jane. She's now a teacher in Columbus High School in Miami. Soon after his arriving Jane has her knee cap broken while jogging. After that, John decides to go ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, intense, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
high school, vigilante, teacher, teachers and students, undercover, bullying, substitute teacher, danger, gangster, gang, society, youth ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 80s
Place:
south america, florida, miami, usa, cuba
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, tense, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
racism, courtroom drama, court, justice, trial, courtroom, small town, lawyer, rape, revenge, murder, legal ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, southern usa, america, canada
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
hood, stylized, suspense, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, gang war, organized crime, ghetto, blaxploitation, mafia, drug, hip hop, chase, urban, drug lord ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1986
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, america, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
New Jersey Drive is a 1995 film about black youths in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial "car theft capital of the world". Their favorite pastime is that of everybody in their neighborhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts ...
Style:
hood, melancholic, brutal, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, brutality, ghetto, police investigation, urban, vengeance, hip hop, murder, lone hero, black, teenage life, drug dealing ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, california
Similarity:
33%
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