Low lives movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant low lives movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, rough, cult classic, bleak and tense films and TV shows about / with low lives, society, life is a bitch, anti hero, female nudity, violent content, dishonesty, gangster, police and urban plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as low lives: Capernaum (2018), Lust (2010), Ghosts with Shit Jobs (2012), Before I Disappear (2014), Cairo Exit (2010), Taxi Driver (1976), Ill Manors (2012), Scarface (1983), Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989), Illtown (1996).

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 8.4
 104K
Capernaum (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Lebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.
Style: social, sad, thought provoking, depressing, rough ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: poverty, refugee, traumatic childhood, slum, misery, child abuse, neglected child, life is a bitch, low lives, child protagonist, child neglect, starving child ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: lebanon, beirut lebanon, middle east, nebraska, maghreb ...
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 5.9
 173
Lust (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Egypt, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: “Lust” takes us into the lives of the inhabitants of a marginalised street in Alexandria, Egypt, before the revolution. Each character is isolated in their fierce, yet fragile dreams, including Umm Shooq, who has deserted her wealthy family to ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, rough, bleak
Plot: social decay, family relations, society, life is a bitch, urban ghetto life, low lives, family in crisis, family problems, realism, dealing with death, death in the family, child illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, middle east
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Ghosts with Shit Jobs (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 2040, a generation of Torontonians have grown up after the economic collapse of the west. The movie consists of episodes of a documentary series popular in mainland China about the bad jobs some white people have -- the plucky and resilient souls ...
Style: semi serious, clever, humorous, mockumentary, captivating ...
Plot: low lives, life is a bitch, workplace, society, social misfits, parallel world, poverty, homelessness, male female relationship, satire, brother brother relationship, janitor ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: china, canada
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Before I Disappear (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on the 2013 Academy Award® winning short film 'Curfew'. At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Style: depressing, melancholic, emotional, surreal, independent film ...
Plot: suicide attempt, depression, mental illness, self discovery, life, coming of age, suicide, loneliness, direction and purpose, regret, low lives, relationships ...
Time: y2k
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 6.5
 162
Cairo Exit (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A powerful account of life in contemporary Cairo, this raw drama about a pair of star-crossed lovers shines a powerful spotlight upon the social and cultural taboos that riddle the city's diverse population. Heralding a bold new shift for ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, rough, bleak
Plot: social decay, unfulfilled love, social differences, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, realism, society, life is a bitch, single parent, love and romance, working class ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, middle east, africa, cairo egypt
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 8.2
 913K
Taxi Driver (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style: psychological, neo noir, bleak, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: vigilante, character study, loner, alienation, obsession, vigilantism, violence, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, depression ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
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 7.1
 11K
Ill Manors (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, hood, anthology ...
Plot: urban ghetto life, gangster, drug addict, society, urban, ghetto, hip hop, police raid, british gangster, mafia, rivalry, danger ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom, britain
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 8.3
 909K
Scarface (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style: serious, cult classic, exciting, rough, suspense ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, mafia, organized crime, gunfight, drug lord, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, ambition, violence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place: miami, cuba, miami beach, florida, bolivia ...
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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Tokyo businessman (Hiroshi Hada), transferred to L.A, molests a teenage girl on a train. It turns out that the girl is the daughter of a vice cop. But in one of those plot twists that can only occur in the movies, the cop is assigned to find the ...
Style: grindhouse, action adventure, crime drama, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: yakuza, child rape, cannon, sex crime, violent, machine gun, drug dealing, prostitute, kidnapping, rape and revenge, revenge, teenage girl ...
Time: year 1989, 80s
Place: los angeles, usa
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 5.5
 491
Illtown (1996)
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: independent film, serious, realistic, surreal, gloomy ...
Plot: deaf, profanity, religions or cults, urban ghetto, tough heroes, vengeance, criminal's revenge, dishonesty, social misfits, gays and lesbians, law enforcement, going straight ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 1920s
Place: miami, florida, new jersey
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 5.5
 423
Cafe Society (1995)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: New York 1952. Mickey Jelke inherits a big sum of money and spends his nights in Manhattan, painting the city red. Night after night, he can be found in one Broadway bar or the other, in the company of disreputable persons like pimps and ...
Style: neo noir, slasher, independent film, tense, realistic ...
Plot: cons and scams, mate swapping, friendship, jazz, prostitute, couples, social relations, political corruption, urban, low lives, social differences, celebrity culture ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 5.1
 656
Boulevard (1994)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A street prostitute takes in an abused young woman on the run from her misogynist boyfriend, leading to both facing off against the prostitute's dreaded pimp and a relentless police detective out to arrest all of them.
Style: erotic, independent film, realistic, serious, rough ...
Plot: lesbian sex, juvenile delinquency, prostitution, sex scene, making love, sex crime, black, lgbt, prostitute, adoption, rape, female nudity ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Dreaming of ascending the underworld ladder and gaining revenge on his sadistic boss, Sal, a Mafia flunky, Frankie, tries to take a step in the right direction by "saving" an exploited, drug-addicted porn actress, Margaret.
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, sexual, rough
Plot: gangster, adult filmmaking, sidekick, strong sexual content, sexual abuse, italian mafia, rape, sex crime, redemption, love, filmmaking, gambling ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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 6.6
 575
Little Saints (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After St. Jude appears in Esperanza's oven, she sets out to find her daughter, who died under mysterious circumstances. The journey forces Esperanza to challenge her own beliefs and face her fears in order to be reunited with her beloved ...
Style: cult classic, soap opera, realistic, serious, uplifting ...
Plot: magic realism, bittersweet, immigrant, wrestling, strong female presence, family problems, life is a bitch, hopes, society, obsessive quest, self discovery, prostitute ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: mexico, latin america, los angeles
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 6.6
 35K
The Homesman (2014)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, realistic, bleak, depressing ...
Plot: old west, twists and turns, mental illness, suicide, wild west, human nature, depression, native american, anti hero, obsessive quest, unlikely partners, partner ...
Time: 19th century, year 2014, 2010s
Place: iowa, usa, nebraska
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 6.1
 2K
The Narrows (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A 19 year old Brooklyn boy who is torn between two worlds when his photography portfolio wins him a partial scholarship to NYU. He must figure out how to balance his Italian neighborhood roots with the expansive, sophisticated world on the other ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: college student, moral dilemma, parents and children, city life, family relations, human nature, self discovery, society, coming of age, hot and sexy, nypd, family in crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
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Staten Island (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sully (Ethan Hawke) is desperate to give his unborn son the chance he never had. Jasper (Seymour Cassel) wants to escape the mobsters that have infiltrated his life and business. Parmie Tarzo (Vincent D'Onofrio), a local mob boss, dreams of ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: danger, dishonesty, gangster, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, violence, husband wife relationship, mob boss, murder, environmentalism, shooting, hustler ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Women Without Men (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Ukraine, Morocco, Iran
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Against the tumultuous backdrop of Iran's 1953 CIA-backed coup d'état, the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.
Style: sincere, stylized, serious, realistic, art house ...
Plot: women, feminist, society, life is a bitch, social differences, state affairs, rich and poor, coping, feminism, woman, female warrior, iranian ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: iran, middle east, persia, tehran iran
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 7.3
 2K
Taxi Blues (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Soviet Union, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi stiffs Ivan for the fare, so Ivan tracks him down and a ...
Style: psychological, contemplative, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: alcohol abuse, taxi, taxi driver, perestroika, driver, cold war, jazz singer, friends, life is a bitch, society, unlikely partners, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 80s
Place: soviet union, ussr, usa, russia
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Renaissance Man (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Danny DeVito plays an advertising man who is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job; Teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that ...
Style: touching, humorous, emotional, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: teacher, teachers and students, unemployment, shakespeare, underdog, self discovery, soldier, instructor, unlikely friendships, justice, teaching, teacher student relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: brooklyn new york city, detroit
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I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot ...
Style: independent film, clever, disturbing, surreal, art film ...
Plot: art, artist, lesbian, feminist, biopic, women, writers, painter, feminism, lgbt, art history, true crime ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1996
Place: new york, usa
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 7.7
 27K
Sorcerer (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Four criminals from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of unstable nitroglycerin across dangerous jungle.
Style: road movie, neo noir, political, existential, cynical ...
Plot: survival, jungle adventure, terrorist, criminal, existentialism, driver, on the road, trucker, politics, road trip, expedition, oil ...
Time: year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place: bolivia, south america, nicaragua, central america, latin america ...
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 6.2
 136K
Twins (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Julius and Vincent Benedict are the results of an experiment that would allow for the perfect child. Julius was planned and grows to athletic proportions. Vincent is an accident and is somewhat smaller in stature. Vincent is placed in an orphanage ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, road movie, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, date night
Plot: twins, road trip, buddy, fish out of water, family relations, on the road, partner, brothers, buddies, culture clash, brother brother relationship, siblings ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place: usa, los angeles, arizona, austin texas, santa fe new mexico ...
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 7.1
 8K
Top Cat (1961)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Top Cat is a Hanna-Barbera prime time animated television series which ran from November 26, 1961 to April 18, 1962 for a run of 30 episodes on the ABC network. Reruns are played on Cartoon Network's classic animation network Boomerang.
Style: anime, not serious, retro, slapstick, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: dishonesty, friends, disorder, urban, city life, police, surrealism, cartoon cat, police officer, talking cat, streetwise, prank ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
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California Dreamin' (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Romania
Duration: 155 min.
Story: Romanian director Cristian Nemescu's comedy California Dreamin' (aka Nesfarsit, 2007) unfolds against the backdrop of the Kosovo War, circa 1999. A NATO train rolls through a Romanian hamlet, transporting a plethora of weapons across the ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, depressing ...
Plot: military, ego clash, ambition, hopes, society, nothing goes right, soldier, hypocrisy, disorder, culture clash, military life, mayor ...
Time: 2000s, 90s
Place: balkan, eastern europe, kosovo, europe, former yugoslavia
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Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. Centred on the life of eccentric, social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket, the sitcom follows her obsessive and determined attempts to impress in middle class ...
Style: sitcom, hilarious, game show, funny, realistic ...
Plot: snob, englishwoman, working class, humour, cooking show, young adult, young heroes, satire, women, sketch, family relations, upscale ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england, europe
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 7.1
 55K
Hard Eight (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
Style: neo noir, cult classic, noir, independent film, clever ...
Plot: gambling, blackmail, redemption, casino, prostitute, hotel, kindness, mentor protege relationship, dark past, motel, secret, father figure ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: las vegas, atlantic city, nevada, usa, atlantic city new jersey ...
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 7.6
 205K
Falling Down (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: On the day of his daughter's birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. ...
Style: psychological, rough, suspense, disturbing, black comedy ...
Audience: manly, date night
Plot: rage, vigilante, anger, violence, midlife crisis, alienation, heat wave, social commentary, character study, traffic jam, urban decay, obsession ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, persia, usa
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 8.6
 1.4M
The Green Mile (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story: A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, ...
Style: touching, emotional, sentimental, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot: prison, death penalty, stephen king, death row, magic realism, supernatural, convict, false accusation, electric chair, life & death, life philosophy, psychic ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 1935
Place: usa, southern usa, louisiana, america, persia
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 8.2
 904K
Snatch (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The second film from British director Guy Ritchie. Snatch tells an obscure story similar to his first fast-paced crazy character-colliding filled film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” There are two overlapping stories here – one is the ...
Style: entertaining, witty, dark comedy, funny, clever ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: heist, caper, gambling, organized crime, gangster, robbery, criminal heroes, cons and scams, group of criminals, sarcasm, master criminal, boxing ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 2000s, 20th century
Place: england, london, britain, antwerp, belgium ...
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