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Boulevard Nights (1979)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A focus on life in a gang, Boulevard Nights portrays the dangers of street violence. Richard Yniguez plays a young Chicano who tries to get out of the gang, but he keeps finding himself drawn back into it.
Style:
hood, crime drama, hispanic, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, disturbing, biting, tragic ending ...
Plot:
gang, gang member, gangster, mexican gang, chicano, mafia, street gang, brother brother relationship, teenager, ghetto, street kid, gang war, coming of age, employer employee relationship, machismo, exodus, thug, african american gangster, family relations, sibling relationship, youth, rich and poor, life is a bitch, society, urban ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s
Place:
los angeles, south america, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, hood and rough films with plots about society, gang, gangster, life is a bitch, urban, urban ghetto and ghetto mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres. Some movies like Boulevard Nights: American Me (1992), My Crazy Life (1993), South Central (1992), Belly (1998), Boyz n the Hood (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
prison, gang, prison gang, violence, sexual abuse, gay rape, homosexual rape, racism, prison life, visceral, jail, mafia ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, 50s, 1950s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa, san francisco
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
gang, gang member, coming of age, friendship, chicano, juvenile delinquency, teenager, drug dealing, unlikely friendships, gangster, urban ghetto, urban ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, tokyo, california ...
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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:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, africa
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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:
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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:
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Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, america, usa ...
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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:
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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:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", ...
Style:
cult classic, intense, entertaining, bad ending, serious ...
Plot:
gang, street gang, prison gang, drug abuse, prison, gangster, destiny, male nudity, jail, ghetto, violence spree, drug addiction ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, ecuador, south america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930's. They establish their family in ...
Style:
independent film, touching, sad, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, chicano, marriage, family relations, father son relationship, prison, death of wife, cultural difference, gang member, mexican gang, culture, gang ...
Time:
1920s, 1950s, 50s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, mexico
Similarity:
100%
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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:
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Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
hispanic, serious, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, latin america, mexico
Similarity:
100%
259
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A teen commits murder, gets away with it and a year later, he turns himself in, but before doing so, he confesses to the victim's family.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, going straight, haunted by the past, police investigation, criminal heroes, gangster, redemption, teenage life, society, crime gone awry, drug dealing, hopes ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, unusual plot structure, disturbing, hood, hispanic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, serious, hood, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
gang, found footage, ghetto, urban, tough heroes, social decay, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, drug dealing, society, criminal heroes, going straight ...
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
los angeles, south america, california
Similarity:
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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:
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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:
21%
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:
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Similarity:
21%
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, california
Similarity:
21%
678
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, hood ...
Plot:
vengeance, juvenile delinquency, working class, criminal heroes, youth, society, life is a bitch, homecoming, small town, teenage pregnancy, murder, ghetto ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.
Style:
hood, heartbreaking, dark, tense, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghetto, street gang, gang member, bandit, gang, teenager, criminal gang, gunfight, gang violence, youth, friends, rivalry ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.
Style:
serious, captivating, touching, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
boy, family relations, odd couple, dysfunctional family, friendship, black, life is a bitch, orphan, danger, african american, hip hop culture, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
Similarity:
20%
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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:
hood, rough, realistic, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, vengeance, society, drug addict, juvenile delinquency, teenage life, criminal's revenge, youth, life is a bitch, ghetto, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, britain, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Wounded in the war, Tommy Donahue and DD Davis return home from Iraq to the slum neighborhood they grew up in. Tommy returns to his wife, Faith, whom he abandoned while she was pregnant to escape a life of crime. Tommy meets his disabled six ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
racism, murder, iraq war, urban ghetto, haunted by the past, homecoming, family problems, gang, society, war veteran, profanity, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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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
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342
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An Italian street hood gets romantically involved with a woman who is the ex-girlfriend of a leader of a white supremacist gang, after being being brutally attacked by the gang he seeks revenge via his street connections.
Style:
bleak, rough, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vengeance, rivalry, racism, police corruption, gangster, youth, urban ghetto, city life, going straight, law enforcement, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
19%
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 ...
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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:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, ...
Style:
emotional, period piece, harsh, rough, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, childhood, friendship, urban ghetto life, foul language, street kid, swimming pool, gangster, loss of friend, depression, anger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2006, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, california, america, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
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