Movies like The Young Savages
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The Young Savages (1961)
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
Style:
social, tense, rough, clever, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, cynical ...
Plot:
street gang, gang, racism, murder trial, juvenile delinquent, juvenile delinquency, class differences, lawyer, courtroom, murder, brutality, district attorney, serial killer, court case, killing spree, delinquent, law, youth, jazz, life is a bitch, legal, social differences, society, law enforcement, legal investigation ...
Time:
year 1961, 50s, 20th century, 60s, 1960s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, new york state, harlem manhattan new york city
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Most similar movies to The Young Savages
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about murder, gang, life is a bitch, society, deadly, urban and dishonesty mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Young Savages: Enemy Territory (1987), Corrupt (1999), Gang in Blue (1996), Juice (1992), Q & A (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, urban ghetto life, society, life is a bitch, danger, ghetto, street gang, urban, murder, violence, racial injustice, african american ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
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:
38%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A black police officer discovers a cell of white supremacist vigilantes within his department.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
racism, serial killer, racial discrimination, interracial, corruption, police, investigation, police corruption, violent content, special agent, juvenile delinquency, society ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
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:
36%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuse to help him.
Style:
talky, neo noir, intense, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police corruption, corruption, murder, investigation, police brutality, lawyer, tough law enforcer, fighting the system, against the rules, uncover truth, law enforcement, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico, new jersey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Joseph Gainer is a high priced attorney, notorious for getting guilty criminals off the hook. But Gainer is forced to take another look at the price you pay for defending the guilty when he takes on a case of three young men accused of a heinous ...
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
gang rape, courtroom, gang, power relations, life is a bitch, law enforcement, legal action, rivalry, legal, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, teenage life ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.
Style:
bleak, serious, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
legal, frame up, false accusation, investigation, lovers reunited, testimony, uncover truth, police investigation, rebellion, power relations, state affairs, murder ...
Similarity:
32%
216
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the South Side Gang and the Cut Throat Mafia start a drug war at a local high school in Santa Ana, CA, detective McClure goes undercover to investigate the brutal murder of a young Latina student. The gang members are the key suspects but ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, police detective, criminal heroes, gang, police investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, working undercover, urban ghetto life, police corruption, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.
Style:
intense, bleak, factual, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
police investigation, satanism, courtroom drama, murder investigation, courtroom, jury, legal, court, murder, twists and turns, brutality, police interrogation ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, memphis, southern usa, arkansas
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only ...
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, legal, death sentence, courtroom, ku klux klan, murder, prison, anti semitism, haunted by the past, politics, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1967, year 1996
Place:
mississippi, usa
Similarity:
29%
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:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The crazed brother of a condemned killer sent to the gas chamber swears vengeance on those he holds responsible for his brother's execution.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, tense ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquent, juvenile delinquency, murder, lawyer, killer, arson, delinquent, exploitation, serial killer, law, vigilantism, vengeance ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to break the case. Three small-time criminals are on the run with the money. ...
Style:
neo noir, grindhouse, grim, cynical, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, urban, mobster, gangster, exploitation, black, cop, car chase, big city, nypd, tough guy, police officer ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, north america, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Scott Barnes is an alcoholic turned social worker hellbent on saving a young boy named Tommy from self-destructing when he finds out he has begun selling crack in an organization called YIP, run by Carlos.
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, psychotronic, crying
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
undercover, social worker, juvenile delinquent, rescue, undercover cop, missing person, teenage boy, kidnapping, drug lord, gang, falling from height, shootout ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
miami, florida, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a violent gang war, the police commissioner must find who is killing young children before the next innocent victim dies.
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
gang, drug dealing, racism, dishonesty, unlikely partners, urban ghetto life, serial killer, gang violence, immigrant, society, social differences, chaos and mayhem ...
Place:
europe, berlin germany, germany
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper in the drug world, and his new ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
crime boss, gangster, prison, juvenile delinquency, criminal heroes, prison life, life is a bitch, gang, dishonesty, drug dealing, urban ghetto, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A witness to a mob killing has second thoughts about testifying when he realizes his family might become a target.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom, witness, law, kidnapping, organized crime, murder, prison, power relations, injustice, restaurant, confined, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Injustice begets a criminal. Kool is an artist without prospects, a black belt in karate, and in love with LaShawna, poised and college bound. One night she witnesses a stabbing and discovers the victim is a cop as he dies in her arms. She's ...
Style:
hood, realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, urban, frame up, racism, life is a bitch, police investigation, social decay, police corruption, murder, false accusation, criminal heroes ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
Style:
hood, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
urban, drug dealing, black, gang, going straight, urban ghetto, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, siblings relations, addiction, drug abuse, gangster ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
usa, harlem, new york, harlem, new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, entertaining, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, murder, death row, serial killer, psychopath, legal, swamp, revenge, courtroom, legal investigation, lawyer, fighting the system ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
florida, everglades, harvard university, usa, miami ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a payoff gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, action adventure, crime drama, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, swimming pool, gangster, black, mafia, tough guy, exploitation, mobster, organized crime, gang, power, criminal ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1965, 1950s ...
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, manhattan new york city, california
Similarity:
24%
424
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tragic tale of an Asian youth's gang life in South East Los Angeles, set during the mid 80's to the early 90s.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, serious, crime drama
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, best friend, youth, rivalry, urban ghetto life, tough heroes, criminal heroes, prison, murder, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a ...
Style:
neo noir, grindhouse, cult classic, hood, grim ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, male nudity, exploitation, black, gang, female martial artist, kung fu, gotham city, mobster, ghetto, underground, city life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, harlem, usa, los angeles, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a cop-killer goes free, a detective's search for personal justice veers dangerously out of control. Declaring a mistrial, he takes the accused, the judge and the jury hostage...and begins a trial of his own.
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, who done it, courtroom, hostage, injustice, legal investigation, law enforcement, hotshot lawyer, false accusation, murder, confined, legal ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, rome italy
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of the true story of the largest cash robbery in the history of the USA.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense
Plot:
murder, white supremacy, religion, robbery, hostage, working undercover, down on your luck, interracial relations, police corruption, injustice, terrorism, investigation ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
Style:
hood, tense, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, manhunt, ghetto, addiction, redemption, murder, interracial relations, rise and fall, criminal heroes, journalism, society, drug dealing ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
detroit, usa, los angeles, new york
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Valerie is a juror in the trail of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, legal investigation, who done it, lawyer, legal, gangster, law, society, idealism, rivalry, law enforcement ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 1940s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.
Style:
cult classic, retro, independent film, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
gang, gangster, survival, wilderness, revenge, teenager, street punk, underground, law, explosions, drug addiction, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, usa, everglades, miami, new jersey
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jody, a juvenile delinquent, escapes from reform school by stabbing a matron and attempting to burn down the building and then takes refuge in a house owned by an ambitious politician David Patton. Despite the hellcat's ample charms, the ...
Style:
cult classic, political, grindhouse, neo noir, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
juvenile delinquent, juvenile delinquency, evil child, lonely, beat generation, tough girl, nymphet, strong female lead, underground, femme fatale, kidnapping, hospital ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico, latin america, usa, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
21%
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