Movies and TV shows like The Corner
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The Corner (2000)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 376 min.
TV show
Story:
The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre McCullough, his mother Fran Boyd, and his father Gary McCullough, as well as other addicts and low-level drug dealers caught up in the twin-engine economy of heroin and cocaine.
Style:
rough, serious, emotional, sitcom, bleak, realistic
Plot:
rehabilitation, addiction, drug dealing, heroin, drug abuse, african american, teenage life, lifestyle, social decay, life is a bitch, going straight, youth, family relations, society, parents and children, siblings relations, urban ghetto life, blaxploitation, city life, drugs, gangsters, hunting, juvenile delinquency, drug crime, urban decay ...
Time:
90s
Place:
baltimore
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Most similar movies to The Corner
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, rough and bleak films and TV series with plots about life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, urban ghetto, urban, drug dealing and juvenile delinquency mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Corner: Power (2014), South Central (1992), The Wire (2002), Sugar Hill (1993), Zooey (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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James “Ghost” St. Patrick has it all: a beautiful wife, a gorgeous Manhattan penthouse, and the hottest, up-and-coming new nightclub in New York. His club, Truth, caters to the elite: the famous and infamous boldface names that run the city that ...
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tense, serious, realistic, captivating, erotic ...
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nightlife, ambition, nightclub, drug dealing, businessman, double life, money laundering, organized crime, nightclub owner, sexual activity, drug lord, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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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:
captivating, sexual, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
gang, urban ghetto life, gangsters, african american, african american gangster, ghetto, drug dealing, blaxploitation, hip hop, organized crime, society, coming of age ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, africa, usa, south central los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
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Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between ...
Style:
clever, tense, cynical, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, police detective, corruption, police, urban ghetto life, life is a bitch, working undercover, drug dealing, fighting crime, police investigation, gang, drug lord ...
Time:
2000s, future, 50s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
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100%
Genre: 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:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
gangsters, drug dealing, going straight, gang, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, urban ghetto, siblings relations, drug abuse, addiction, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, africa, new york, harlem, new york city, harlem ...
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45%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Angel and Zooey are not your typical newlyweds. Zooey is a professional prostitute and Angel is a drug dealer. Yet they are not without hopes and dreams, of escaping their life in the streets and starting a new in a fresh painted cottage with picked ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, gloomy, bleak
Plot:
love affair, going straight, lifestyle, addiction, drug abuse, drug dealing, survival, society, life is a bitch, hopes, youth, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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44%
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Series like Power
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:
rough, realistic, bleak, serious
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, friends, drug dealing, police investigation, urban ghetto life, fighting crime, betrayal, juvenile delinquency, working undercover, criminal heroes, going straight, law enforcement ...
Place:
usa, boston
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42%
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:
rough, serious, tense, realistic
Plot:
gang, tough heroes, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, social decay, found footage, criminal heroes, teenage life, going straight, society, youth, kids in trouble ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, prostitute, african american, gangsters, city, pimp, police officer, graphic violence, drug abuse, cons and scams, isolation, city life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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:
serious, realistic
Plot:
blaxploitation, society, hopes, ghetto, drug addiction, exploitation, heroin, coming of age, hardship, sacrifice, kids in trouble, family relations ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
gang, gangsters, gas station, realism, kids in trouble, optimism, friends, urban ghetto, youth, drug dealing, criminal heroes, dealing with death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
massachusetts, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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TV shows similar to Snowfall
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, emotional
Plot:
drugs, drug addiction, drug dealing, hustler, female nudity, friends, kids in trouble, thirtysomething life, stoners, juvenile delinquency, rehabilitation, innocence lost ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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39%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Rick (Diesel) is frustrated by the repetitious grind of one-night stands and aimless hustling. Whilst looking for more to his life he meets Heather (Lanza), a neighbour. Rick takes the opportunity to escape his boring life style with her, but soon ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious
Plot:
drug dealer, hunting, gang, redemption, introspection, misfit, coming of age, opposites attract, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, going straight, society ...
Time:
future, 90s
Place:
new york, usa
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39%
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, realistic ...
Plot:
asthma, teenage pregnancy, drug dealer, single mother, kids in trouble, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, lifestyle, addiction, gang, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
hip hop, rap, gang, friendship, musician's life, lifestyle, social decay, addiction, down on your luck, artists and showbiz, juvenile delinquency, going straight ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
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37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Maddie is a teenage girl dealing with addiction who has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted one day by her school guidance counselor and is forced to choose between expulsion and rehab. Maddie ...
Style:
serious, emotional, realistic, sincere, sentimental
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school life, addiction, youth, best friends, hopes, recovery, life is a bitch, teenage life, drug abuse, rehabilitation, love and romance, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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36%
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TV shows similar to Gomorrah
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, emotional, rough, controversial ...
Plot:
journalism, murder, uncover truth, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, social decay, human spirit, life is a bitch, lifestyle, youth, idealism, society ...
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Alix is taken in by a photographer, Digna, who despite her friends' protests, tries to help Alix piece her life back together and overcome her addictions.
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
addiction, friendship, going straight, juvenile delinquency, downfall, youth, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, drug abuse, destructive relationship, overdose, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, lower east side manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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35%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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, suspenseful, sincere, rough, anime ...
Plot:
gang, urban ghetto life, ambitious, teenage life, leader, life is a bitch, ambition, drug dealing, social problems, struggle, partners in crime, right hand man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Blood Brothers- While coming of age in the inner city, Darryl Crawford, a young African-American man, witnesses a gang-related murder and is horrified to discover that his beloved older brother Sly is one of the perps. Darryl grapples with his ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
gang, murder, introspection, life is a bitch, legal action, legal, social misfits, society, moral dilemma, hopes, juvenile delinquency, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
90s
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34%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Dante and his girlfrend Micky run a very profitable drug operation in a seaside town, aided and abetted by a host of teens who sell the smack at discos around town, as well as by Lucas, a corrupt cop who's on the take. Their downfall comes when ...
Style:
realistic, serious, surreal, gloomy, bleak ...
Plot:
deaf, religions or cults, urban ghetto, low lives, tough heroes, drug dealing, gays and lesbians, dishonesty, criminal heroes, life is a bitch, law enforcement, vengeance ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
florida, new jersey, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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TV series like Top Boy
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
23-year old Sandra has been doing drugs for many years and has realized that she is in need of some kind of treatment. At the clinic she is told that her pimp / boyfriend Roffe has turned his attention to Sandra's younger and well-behaving ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, rough
Plot:
drug addiction, prostitute, going straight, redemption, rehabilitation, life is a bitch, hopes, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, addiction, battles, drugs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
sweden
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34%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A compilation of episodes from the lives of several of the amateur actors' (who are 'bad teens' and the homeless of Seoul) own experiences, this film sheds light on the dark side of Korean society. Feeling alienated and persecuted, ...
Style:
controversial, experimental, non-linear, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug abuse, illegal drugs, strong violent content, misfit, social misfits, youth, lifestyle, violence spree, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, gang ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seoul, asia, korea
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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:
rough, serious, realistic, gloomy, bleak
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, vengeance, society, gangsters, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, life is a bitch, criminal's revenge, youth, urban ghetto, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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:
inspirational, tense, realistic, serious, rough
Plot:
boot camp, prison, gangsters, blaxploitation, drug dealing, drug dealer, hopes, society, juvenile delinquency, youth, life is a bitch, going straight ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Manny tries to get his crack addict brother, Danny, to clean up.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, gloomy, emotional
Plot:
drug addiction, heroin, sibling relationship, family relations, family life, addiction, drug abuse, siblings relations, unemployment, against the odds, hopes, rehabilitation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Films like The Wire
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 ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, youth, gangsters, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, going straight, friendship, social decay, family problems, rivalry ...
Place:
england, africa, london, europe
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32%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ex Con Armstrong Cane (Ving Rhames) returns to home a changed man looking to take over his father's old church and congregation. The neighborhood though is full of drugs and gangs. Those who are able are leaving for more prosperous areas and ...
Style:
christian film, realistic, serious, tense, touching
Plot:
church, christian, mother daughter relationship, parole, religious conversion, clergy, juvenile delinquency, addiction, drug abuse, drug dealing, hopes, rehabilitation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
aids, drug abuse, lifestyle, going straight, friendship, addiction, estrangement, hopes, rehabilitation, society, life is a bitch, infected ...
Place:
usa, new york
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31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mike Sullivan spends his nights kidnapping runaways so his boss, Lamar, can turn them into prostitutes. He is a crack addict and a thief and he is in love with a resentful prostitute, Rhonda, who doesn't love him back. Although he has ...
Style:
captivating, tense, semi serious, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
gangsters, redemption, drug dealing, addiction, social decay, prostitution, corruption, dishonesty, vengeance, on the run, going straight, leadership ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france, new york
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31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
City of Men is a Brazilian television programme created by Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles, the directors of the film City of God. The series was watched by 35 million viewers in Brazil and was released internationally on DVD shortly after the ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, serious, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, friendship, street gang, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social decay, street kid, struggle, social problems, gang, society, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, sao paulo brazil, latin america
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