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Above the Rim (1994)
18K
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, tense, touching, serious, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, basketball, african american, gang, high school, urban, ghetto, black, violence, gangster, coming of age, blaxploitation, thug, tupac, death, street life, rapper, rap, champion, drug traffic, subculture, city, organized crime, hip hop culture, discrimination ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
harlem, new york, new jersey, american
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Most similar movies to Above the Rim
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, hood and rough films with plots about gangster, hip hop culture, urban, racial, culture, discrimination and gang mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Above the Rim: Juice (1992), Sugar Hill (1994), He Got Game (1998), Poetic Justice (1993), Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
75%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
Style:
inspirational, hood, captivating, touching, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
basketball, redemption, prison, college, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, hip hop, hopes, forgiveness, ghetto, black, released from prison ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In this film, we see the world through the eyes of main character Justice, a young African-American poet. A mail carrier invites a few friends along for a long overnight delivery run.
Style:
road movie, hood, realistic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
road trip, african american, gang, hip hop, black, ghetto, friendship, writers, urban, on the road, starting over, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1993, 90s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, chicago, south central los angeles, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
Style:
hood, stylized, harsh, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, ghetto, rap, rapper, gangster, urban ghetto life, redemption, music, urban, rags to riches, male pubic hair, gang ...
Time:
year 2005, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local Yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, suspense, anime ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
boxing, high school, yakuza, teenager, friendship, bullying, coming of age, prank, athlete's life, teenage life, ambition, gangster ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
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%
16K
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:
33%
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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:
33%
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
Style:
hood, humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
basketball, high school, hip hop, underdog, high school sports, urban, black, african american, teacher, ghetto, discrimination, education ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
32%
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:
31%
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:
30%
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:
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: 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:
29%
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:
29%
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:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, hood, harsh, stylized ...
Plot:
addiction, hip hop, drug addiction, drug, brutality, urban, drug abuse, satire, gangster, murder, heroin, profanity ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
Similarity:
28%
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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:
26%
25K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein ...
Style:
hood, grim, neo noir, realistic, controversial ...
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, urban, organized crime, drug, violence, blaxploitation, black, gangster, murder, gang, profanity ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, california ...
Similarity:
26%
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, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban, gang, black, hip hop, african american, black gangster, blaxploitation, downbeat ending, hip hop culture, thug life, villain, thug ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky ...
Style:
hood, tense, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, ghetto, african american gangster, organized crime, roman empire, urban, rapper, drug, gangster, drug lord, black ...
Time:
80s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two corrupt cops have a successful, seemingly perfect money making scheme- they sell drugs that they seize from dealers, kill the dealers, and blame the crimes on street gangs. Their scheme is going along smoothly until they kill an undercover DEA ...
Style:
hood, detective, neo noir, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, dirty cop, gangster, police corruption, drug, violence, urban, black, lawyer, brutality, corruption, murder ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
26%
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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, gang, black, hopes, rivalry, urban, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
13K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
Style:
hood, cult classic, stylized, talky, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, coming of age, friendship, urban, black, drug dealing, ambition, family relations, self discovery, social differences, teenage life, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 2006, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia, atlanta georgia, hawaii, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young African-American couple navigates the tricky paths of romance and athletics in this drama. Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) and Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, intense, touching, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
basketball, high school, true love, best friends in love, friendship, black, african american, relationships, love, coming of age, women, love story ...
Time:
80s, year 1993, year 2000, 20th century, year 1988 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, italy, barcelona ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.
Style:
sexy, hood, romantic, erotic, serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
urban, black, hip hop, african american, sex scene, love, making love, family relations, black history, violence, tragic romance, black woman ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
asia, vietnam, texas, houston texas
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams' main "Star" Matt Dunbar. Matt's older brother persuades him to ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, cheerleader, basketball, friendship, athlete's life, teenage life, ambition, love and romance, lifestyle, danger, rivalry, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Four black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks. While initially successful, a policeman who was involved in shooting one of the women's brothers is on their trail. As the ...
Style:
hood, touching, rom com, bleak, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, african american, bank robbery, female thief, ghetto, black, urban, hip hop, girl gang, women, gangster, robbery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, indiana, usa, mexico
Similarity:
22%
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, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, urban, gangster, drug dealing, family life, ghetto, buddies, juvenile delinquency, friendship, social decay, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
usa, memphis, philadelphia
Similarity:
22%
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