Movies like The Hate U Give
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The Hate U Give (2018)
43K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.
Style:
hood, captivating, social, sad, teen, psychological, thought provoking, disturbing, intellectual, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
racism, ghetto, african american, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, loss of friend, black, coming of age, black lives matter, private school, teenager, black history, witness, teenage girl, women, drug dealer, preparatory school, friendship, social justice, party, society, racial discrimination, injustice, racial slur, justice ...
Time:
2010s, contemporary
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Most similar movies to The Hate U Give
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, hood, serious and social films with plots about black, african american, racism, ghetto, society, urban and black history mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Hate U Give: Detroit (2017), Just Mercy (2019), Fruitvale Station (2013), Half Nelson (2006), Boyz n the Hood (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
59K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style:
suspense, social, hood, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot:
racism, police violence, police brutality, racial tension, trial, fear, motel, murder, african american, revenge, racial segregation, looting ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1967, 2010s, year 1969, year 1943 ...
Place:
detroit, michigan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
courtroom, death penalty, injustice, lawyer, false accusation of murder, defense attorney, perjury, african american, murder, prison, innocence, convict ...
Time:
year 1987, 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1993 ...
Place:
alabama
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Style:
hood, independent film, thought provoking, sad, sincere ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
racism, african american, police brutality, black, marijuana, murder, black history, prison visit, introspection, black lives matter, civil rights, character study ...
Time:
year 2013, 2000s, year 2008, year 2009, 2010s ...
Place:
california, new york, usa, oakland california, san francisco ...
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a ...
Style:
depressing, independent film, emotional, talky, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, drug addiction, teachers and students, drug, loneliness, addiction, drug abuse, friendship, student, ghetto, school, existentialism ...
Time:
year 2006, future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, california
Similarity:
100%
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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:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, america, usa ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
An exploration of America’s social and political climate through the lens of a genre-defying love story. The film centers on a black man and black woman who go on a first date that goes awry after the two are pulled over by a police officer at a ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, exciting, sad, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
racist cop, on the run, legacy, black, police officer killed, blaxploitation, black lives matter, society, police officer, ghetto, women, chase ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
cleveland ohio, florida, cuba, kentucky, ohio ...
Similarity:
80%
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:
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%
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864K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, France
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:
rough, bleak, hood, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
gang, violence, ghetto, favela, coming of age, storytelling, gang war, gangster, society, juvenile delinquency, organized crime, journalism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, future ...
Place:
latin america, rio de janeiro, south america, brazil, africa
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A modern day adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes, set against the backdrop of gang violence in Chicago.
Style:
melancholic, bad ending, talky, political, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sex scene, gangster, redemption, blaxploitation, black, justice, dysfunctional family, adaptation, women, civil rights, african american, social commentary ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago, indiana, iraq
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Qatar
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In a ghetto where religion and drug trafficking rub shoulders, Dounia has a lust for power and success. Supported by Maimouna, her best friend, she decides to follow in the footsteps of Rebecca, a respected dealer. But her encounter with Djigui, a ...
Style:
captivating, tense, suspenseful, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
poverty, friendship, slum, police, seduction, urban decay, ghetto, street gang, dancer, greed, danger, full moon ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, indiana
Similarity:
100%
525K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
racism, friendship, civil rights, discrimination, writers, women, master and servant, racial segregation, maid, feminist, racial issues, blacks and whites ...
Time:
60s, year 2011, year 1963, 1900s, 50s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa, africa
Similarity:
60%
18K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, period drama
Plot:
son, murder, mother, women, bereavement, relationship problems, black history, grief, funeral, historical character, black, racist ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 2020s, year 1955
Place:
chicago, mississippi, harlem
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style:
political, depressing, cult classic, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, racism, childhood, friendship, coming of age, neo nazi, adolescence, nationalism, boy, children, youth, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, northern england, united kingdom, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
civil rights, racism, african american, friendship, coming of age, teenage life, racial segregation, children, american south, abuse, interracial relations, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 1964, 60s
Place:
indiana, africa, usa, south carolina
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style:
cerebral, rough, serious, clever, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
gang, skinhead, racism, prison, neo nazism, neo nazi, character change, nazism, juvenile delinquency, murder, politics, african american ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, hood, disturbing, comedy drama ...
Audience:
preschool
Plot:
male friendship, cemetery, parole, probation, best friend, police, party, fight, ghetto, black, racism, police brutality ...
Place:
oakland california, san francisco, boston, milwaukee wisconsin, portland oregon ...
Similarity:
34%
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, juvenile delinquency, racism, social decay, dishonesty, city life, dysfunctional family, police investigation, interracial relations, drug dealing, law enforcement ...
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
34%
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182K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his ...
Style:
sentimental, intense, suspense, hood, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
mafia, coming of age, mentor, gangster, organized crime, gang leader, father son relationship, mobster, african american, friendship, mob boss, white male black female relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1960, year 1993, 90s ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, new york state, new jersey
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Malik (Omar Epps) is an African-American student attending on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge (Ice Cube), a ...
Style:
realistic, hood, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, racism, violence, politics, skinhead, hip hop, university, college life, prejudice, black, stereotypes, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Successful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young black men accused of raping two women on an Alabama freight train.
Style:
serious, sincere, disturbing, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
courtroom, false accusation, racism, interracial relations, discrimination, injustice, human spirit, politics, hopes, society, against the odds, fighting the system ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
usa, alabama, new york
Similarity:
33%
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, serious, hood, crime drama, feel good ...
Plot:
hopes, going straight, family relations, parents and children, street kid, society, urban ghetto life, black lives matter, gang, blaxploitation, urban, black ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, indiana, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
african american, sexual abuse, incest, lgbtq, domestic violence, life is a bitch, rape, racial discrimination, feminism, incest rape, wife abuse, abusive relationship ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 1930s, year 1985, 1920s ...
Place:
africa, southern usa, usa, tennessee, georgia
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Style:
tense, bleak, harsh, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, street gang, favela, slum, coming of age, betrayal, brutality, relationships, drug lord, society, gang war, best friend ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2007, future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, south america, latin america
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the ...
Style:
political thriller, southern gothic, political, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racism, small town, police, civil rights, african american, ku klux klan, murder, politics, deep south, investigation, racial prejudice, racial segregation ...
Time:
year 1964, 20th century, 60s, year 1988
Place:
mississippi, southern usa, america, usa, canada
Similarity:
33%
92K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from ...
Style:
sexy, teen, independent film, hood, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, hip hop, party, adolescence, african american, social relations, friendship, geek, drug, tomboy, gang ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, indiana, harvard university, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Black revolutionaries take action in the white suburbs.
Style:
political, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, racism, black, urban, marxist, jazz, black lives matter, white supremacy, exploitation, revolution, interracial relations, injustice ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
Style:
grindhouse, hood, independent film, funny, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, urban, african american, black, exploitation, ghetto, pimp, corrupt cop, street life, corruption, revenge, prison ...
Time:
70s
Place:
oakland california, bay area, usa, california
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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