Street crime movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant street crime movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out tense, crime drama, suspense, dark, suspenseful and realistic films and TV shows about / with street crime, moral ambiguity, violence, urban, corruption, gang, revenge, police, urban decay and betrayal plots mostly in Crime, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as street crime: Punk Payback with Bas Rutten (2011), The Blue Knight (1973), Inner City Rats (2019), Romper Stomper (1992), Dead Presidents (1995), The Usual Suspects (1995), American History X (1998), Empty Pocket (2022), The Ground (2017), When the Bullet Hits the Bone (1996).
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
UFC heavyweight champ and 3x King of Pancrase, Bas Rutten, has surveyed hundreds of hours of footage and found the best examples of punks who have gotten away with their crimes. Along with the hottest stars of MMA, motocross, and skateboarding, Bas ...
Style:
educational, captivating
Audience:
adult
Plot:
streetfighting, street crime, boxing, martial arts, self defense, personal safety, protection, martial arts training, street punk, street fighter, battles, fight ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the criminal element on his beat.
Style:
crime drama, noir, suspenseful, action adventure, existential
Plot:
police officer, retirement, street crime, police procedural, character study, moral ambiguity, anti hero, tough cop, urban, violence, corruption, working class ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Black market gun deals, petty scams, convenience store stick-ups, and drug-fueled parties reveal glimpses into the lives of young misfits and low level criminals across New York City.
Style:
dark comedy, crime drama, rough, humorous, tension ...
Plot:
street life, urban, street crime, realism, streetwise, urban decay, scam, survival, poverty, black market, violence, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nazi skinheads in Melbourne take out their anger on local Vietnamese, who are seen as threatening racial purity. Finally the Vietnamese have had enough and confront the skinheads in an all-out confrontation, sending the skinheads running. A woman ...
Style:
sexy, political, brutal, harsh, retro ...
Plot:
skinhead, neo nazi, racism, gang, violent, brutality, sex scene, violence, immigrant, strangulation, vandalism, profanity ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s, 20th century
Place:
australia, oceania, melbourne, new zealand
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Depicts a heist of old bills, retired from circulation and destined by the government to be "money to burn". However, more broadly, it addresses the issues of Black Americans' involvement in the Vietnam War and their subsequent ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, cult classic, neo noir, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
violence, vietnam war, african american, heist, robbery, redemption, gangster, violent, blaxploitation, profanity, black, urban ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1974, year 1970 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, asia, vietnam ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an ...
Style:
neo noir, surprise ending, twist ending, clever, confusing ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, heist, master criminal, whodunit, manipulation, organized crime, murder mystery, criminal, bank robber, killer, dialogue ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1995, year 1981
Place:
los angeles, new york, hungary, turkey, north america ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two pickpockets wanted a little more cash. So they stupidly accepted a job to steal from a psychopath. Of course it goes wrong and the two thieves are hunted by a lunatic who enjoys opening throats a little too much.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, crime drama, grim, fast paced ...
Plot:
pickpocket, desperation, cat and mouse, violent, heist gone wrong, chase, street crime, escalation, survival, panic, moral ambiguity, suspicion ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Two men living in a criminal-ran city have two choices: Either fight back or join the corruption. Chaos just always seems to find them.
Style:
crime drama, dark, crime thriller, tense, noir ...
Plot:
corruption, violence, danger, urban, street crime, moral dilemma, moral ambiguity, gang, crime boss, betrayal, hopelessness, anti hero ...
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Genre: Action
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An emergency-room doctor declares war on street crime after linking drug traffic to the federal government.
Style:
dark, action packed, tense, independent film, neo noir ...
Plot:
conspiracy, vigilante, corruption, drug traffic, street crime, urban, violent, police corruption, revenge, moral ambiguity, underground, urban decay ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A police officer is suspended for assaulting gang members who threatened a young woman and her boyfriend. Meanwhile, his fellow officers need help in catching a group of murderous thugs about to make a big time bust.
Style:
action thriller, suspense, dark, tension, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police, gang, urban, danger, investigation, extreme violence, street crime, justice, organized crime, police procedural, assault, nightlife ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
hong kong
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless pusher/killer.
Style:
detective, dark, suspense, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
narcotics, rookie, drug trade, undercover, drug addiction, police procedural, urban, moral ambiguity, street crime, law enforcement, sting operation, betrayal ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Action
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Emily Russo and her son are victims of a carjacking that results in the Sam's death. No one believes that thugs dressed as cops are the perpetrators; in fact Emily is accused of committing the murder herself and inventing the carjacking story ...
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, tense, dramatic, twisted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
falsely accused, on the run, police corruption, female protagonist, false accusation, fear, mother son relationship, conspiracy, single mother, chase, cover up, paranoia ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A street kid's wish to run away to Tijuana is hampered by lies and betrayal
Style:
crime drama, tense, melancholic, suspenseful, ambiguous ending
Plot:
betrayal, kidnapping, friendship, survival, manipulation, street kid, street crime, violence, prison, desperation, power struggle, loss of innocence ...
Place:
mexico, tijuana mexico
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On their way home from Brooklyn psychiatrist Vic, daughter Julie and sister Stacey run short of gas. They leave they highway to search a petrol station - but end up erring around in South Bronx. A youth gang under the sadistic Ice stops their car ...
Style:
tense, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, escape, danger, fear, street crime, urban, gang violence, desperation, chase, pursuit, violence, home invasion ...
Time:
90s
Place:
brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
High Incident is a police drama series produced by DreamWorks Television for the ABC network. The show was created by Steven Spielberg, Michael Pavone, Eric Bogosian and Dave Alan Johnson. It first aired on March 4, 1996, running a total of 32 ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, fast paced, dark, action packed ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police officer, law enforcement, crime investigation, urban, law and order, street crime, moral ambiguity, justice, violence, sacrifice, nypd, police corruption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two detectives are out to nail a gang of teenagers who have run wild through the city and brutally raped a woman.
Style:
detective, dark, tense, suspense, noir ...
Plot:
violence, rape, investigation, female victim, crime investigation, brutality, urban, vigilantism, street crime, rape and revenge, police procedural, law enforcement ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Russian detectives unwind the ball of the most intricate and cruel crimes. They are consummate professionals, the best cops in town. Even on the most dangerous missions, this quartet never loses their sense of humor. It is it that helps them find ...
Style:
detective, tense, crime drama, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, law enforcement, police investigation, friendship, police procedural, crime investigation, injustice, good versus evil, police station, murder, society, post soviet ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia, ukraine
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Genre: Drama
Country: Algeria, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Omar, an unstable and lonely teenager, lives in a slum in the suburbs of Mostaganem, Algeria. He is addicted to a famous psychotropic, nicknamed “Madame Courage”: Artane tablets, very popular among young Algerians, for their euphoric effect of ...
Style:
intense, bleak, realistic, crime drama
Plot:
drug addiction, street crime, unrequited love, poverty, coming of age, moral ambiguity, urban decay, social realism, alienation, desperation, male protagonist, character study ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
algeria
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Rowan's life spirals when Finn is coerced into a botched drug deal by a local gang. With Finn's life on the line and a violent gang leader encroaching on her life, Rowan is faced with recouping the money that Finn lost.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
organized crime, drug, desperation, gang violence, drug deal, protective parent, gang war, crime boss, threat, drug traffic, life is a bitch, drug smuggling ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Times are tough for Jez .and his motley crew of car mechanics, scraping a dishonest living in a small town on the Essex coast. So when they hear on the grapevine that a million pounds in cash is being transported across town, Jez plans an elaborate ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, tension, realistic ...
Plot:
robbery, heist, gang, organized crime, criminal underworld, street crime, danger, working class, fleeing, small town, risk, blue collar ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The story of a streetwise party girl who gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out - by masquerading as a Catholic nun.
Style:
tense, captivating, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
topless woman, sex scene, nun, female nudity, escapades, drug, drug lord, criminal, lifestyle, girlfriend, party, woman with a gun ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In the streets of Thailand, a trail of destruction and mayhem ensues when a notorious soldier (Byron Gibson) and criminal kickboxer (Ron Smoorenburg) join forces to become the biggest illegal steroid supplier in Asia.
Style:
action packed, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
drug, organized crime, soldier, boxer, violence, martial arts, criminal, chaos, criminal gang, drug dealing, urban, street crime ...
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, southeast asia, asia
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Genre: Crime
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
"Pitbull" shows every-day police work the way it is, without unnecessary commentary, using documentary form. The story evolves around few CID policemen, each of whom has his own private problems.
Style:
detective, dark, disturbing, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
police, moral ambiguity, police procedural, homicide, violence, investigation, realism, law enforcement, criminal underworld, drug traffic, partners against crime, fighting crime ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
poland, warsaw poland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Lantouri is the name of a gang that mugs people in broad daylight on the streets of Tehran and breaks into homes in the city’s rich northern district. The gang also kidnaps children from families who have become wealthy through corruption and ...
Style:
dark, emotional, psychological, tense, tragic
Plot:
revenge, social commentary, violence, gang, vigilante, kidnapping, moral ambiguity, corruption, domestic violence, justice, street crime, toxic masculinity ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iran, tehran, persia, tehran iran
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938
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A journalist becomes a vigilante in order to bring down a chain-snatching gang, unaware of the fact that his younger brother is a part of it.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, crime drama, realistic ...
Plot:
gang, family conflict, brother, vigilante, conflict, criminal, brother brother relationship, bandit, street gang, criminal gang, intrigue, fighting crime ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
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692
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A sequel to Kwak Kyeong-taek's "Friend" in 2001, "Friends 2" is about three men who are gangsters based in the background of the year 1963 and 2010.
Style:
crime drama, suspense, captivating, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
friendship, betrayal, east asian lead, gang war, violence, prison, gangster, buddies, youth, ambition, adulthood, rise to the top ...
Place:
korea, busan
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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 ...
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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, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loner, vigilante, character study, alienation, vigilantism, violence, obsession, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, social decay ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Seven years ago, Zaid went to war against the Copenhagen underworld to avenge his dead brother. His identity as a respected doctor of cardiology and life as a family man is but a fading dream, and in prison Zaid suffers the loss of his son Noah, ...
Style:
tense, dark, rough, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, vigilante, police, gangster, underworld, revenge, criminal underworld, jail, deal, confined, police investigation ...
Place:
copenhagen
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