| The Class (2007) | 7.9 | |
| Taxi Driver (1976) | 8.2 | |
| The Purge (2013) | 5.8 | |
| Bully (2001) | 6.9 | |
| The Professional (2003) | 8.4 |
Social decay movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant social decay movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspense, bleak, realistic, disturbing and psychological films and TV shows about / with social decay, society, violence, brutality, life is a bitch, violent, storytelling, corruption, death and female nudity plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as social decay: Taxi Driver (1976), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Big Feast (1973), The Class (2007), Lilya 4-Ever (2002), Everybody Dies But Me (2008), Detachment (2011), Sin City (2005), The Divide (2011), Antiviral (2012).
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List of social decay movies
1.0M
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: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, insanity, dystopia, surrealism, gang, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, sociopath, murder ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A group of men hire some prostitutes and go to a villa in the countryside. There, they engage in group sex and resolve to eat themselves to death.
Style:
erotic, satirical, controversial, disturbing, black comedy ...
Plot:
decadence, food, suicide, sex, lust, cooking, sexual promiscuity, wealth, group of friends, dark humor, gluttony, satire ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
france, europe, paris france, turkey
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17K
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An average guy of an Estonian high-school decides to defend his bullied classmate. This starts war between him and the informal leader of the class. As teenagers' honour is a touchy thing, everything ends in bloodshed.
Style:
serious, disturbing, tense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, school shooting, youth, humiliation, vengeance, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social misfits, teenage life, mistreatment, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
estonia, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Lilya lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilya hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working ...
Style:
sad, bleak, depressing, harsh, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
poverty, human trafficking, prostitution, friendship, sexual abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, suicide, teenage prostitution, teenage life, depression, rape ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
denmark, estonia, europe, russia, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which rapidly becomes the most important moment ever in their ...
Style:
touching, realistic, gloomy, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
friends, teenage life, life is a bitch, boy girl relationship, youth, family problems, friendship, high school life, social relations, dysfunctional family, school, social decay ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
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110K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style:
psychological, depressing, bleak, thought provoking, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, high school life, teen angst, human relationship, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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818K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, surreal, dark, anthology ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
corruption, justice, revenge, comic book, vengeance, gory, vigilante, redemption, dark hero, hitman, dystopia, distopia ...
Time:
year 2005, y2k, 80s, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
texas, iran
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Style:
suspense, satanic, tense, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
isolation, group of strangers, nuclear holocaust, torment, losing-it hero, survival, survival horror, social decay, violence, confined, apocalypse, nuclear explosion ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, north korea
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17K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After becoming infected with the virus that killed superstar Hannah Geist, Syd March must unravel the mystery surrounding her death to save his own life .
Style:
disturbing, medical horror, tech noir, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
body horror, obsession, infection, celebrity, uncover truth, social decay, infected, hidden truth, danger, cannibalism, visceral, existentialism ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada, california
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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
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Fool is a movie about a simple plumber. An honest man, he is up against an entire system of corrupted bureaucrats. At stake are the lives of 800 inhabitants of an old dorm that is at risk of collapsing within the span of the night.
Style:
harsh, atmospheric, realistic, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
fighting the system, apartment building, courage, injustice, society, tragedy, moral dilemma, dishonesty, violence, small town, lone hero, plumber ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 90s, 21st century
Place:
russia, soviet union
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2.6M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, self destructing, psychology, split personality, plot twist, nihilism, insanity, obsession, dissociative identity disorder, insomnia, identity crisis, mental illness ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, seattle, iran, america, los angeles ...
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43K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering ...
Style:
disturbing, sexy, bleak, erotic drama, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot:
bullying, sexual abuse, teenager, nudity, murder, violent, rivalry, bully comeuppance, revenge, sex, social decay, drug ...
Time:
year 2001, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
usa, bronx new york city, florida
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and ...
Style:
grindhouse, disturbing, dark comedy, sexy, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
vigilante, vigilantism, gory, homeless, violence spree, social decay, fighting crime, violence, bum, prostitute, brutality, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2011, 80s, 21st century
Place:
nova scotia, usa, canada, new jersey
Is relevant?
145K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, political, clever, grim ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
police corruption, police, fighting the system, corruption, whistleblower, undercover cop, police investigation, corrupt cop, hippie, female nudity, cop, mafia ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973, 60s
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
Style:
disturbing, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, gang, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, italian mafia, gangster, strong violent content ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe, napoli italy, new mexico
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: China, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their harsh historical past.
Style:
suspense, scary, saga, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival horror, killing spree, immigrant, social decay, desert, civil war, racist, racism, murder, dystopia, pregnant woman, distopia ...
Time:
2040s, 2020s, near future, 21st century
Place:
mexico, el paso texas, texas, usa
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728K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France, Bulgaria
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A 2002 French experimental film directed by Philippe Grandrieux and starring Zachary Knighton and Anna Mouglalis. The story involves a young American who falls obsessively in love with a mysterious courtesan named Melania against the backdrop of a ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, erotic, exciting ...
Plot:
obsession, social decay, nihilism, destructive relationship, society, prostitute, forbidden love, couples, dancer's life, starting over, sexual relations, relationship problems ...
Time:
turn of the century, 21st century
Place:
england, london, france, new york, europe
Is relevant?
1.7M
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal ...
Style:
dark, exciting, saga, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, manly, chick flick, kids, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, batman, vigilante, secret identity, heroes, double life, disguise, justice, corruption, superpower, good versus evil, martial arts ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 20th century, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
usa, himalaya, africa, north america, asia ...
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1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, villain, loneliness, mental patient, psycho, comedian, psychological trauma, mental disorder, psychopath, social problems, insanity, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia, bronx new york city
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that ...
Style:
tense, touching, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, law enforcement, life turned upside down, family tragedy, babies and infants, moral dilemma, society, injustice, social decay, nordic, grief, suicide of wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, eastern europe
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, intense, psychological, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
politics, vigilante, revenge, gunfight, election, death, murder, violence, distopia, survival, brutality, vengeance ...
Time:
near future, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
washington d.c., florida
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mo Ali’s futuristic knife-crime drama brings the dystopian environment of CHILDREN OF MEN and DISTRICT 13 to London’s East 17. SHANK delivers a ruthless vision of forthcoming urban life, where guns have been superseded by knives and are fiercely ...
Style:
captivating, tense, rough, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, social decay, gay, profanity, society, dystopian future, youth, life is a bitch, uninhibited rivalry, urban, revenge, ghetto ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, london, europe
Is relevant?
114K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, absurd, visually appealing, cyber ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, dystopia, dystopian future, evil corporation, dystopic future, rebel, fight scenes, virtual reality, biopunk, chase, hitman ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2010, 2010s
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
213K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, satirical, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dystopian future, time travel, distopia, stupidity, social satire, satire, dystopia, absurdism, social decay, dimwit, hibernation, dark humor ...
Time:
future, year 2006, year 2005, distant future, y2k ...
Place:
texas, usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A dispossessed, violent man's life is a disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order. Successively deprived of parents and homes and with few other ties, Ballard descends to the level of a cave dweller as he falls deeper into crime and ...
Style:
disturbing, gothic, bleak, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, necrophilia, murder, social decay, misfit, social misfits, insanity, criminal, mountain, mental disorder, homeless, outlaw ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
tennessee, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The plot is set in modern Moscow, in the 1990s, with "New Russians", Hummer H1 SUVs, bribery, violence, truck fulls of tinned stew as a dowry, etc.
Style:
surreal, not serious, humorous, black comedy, suspense ...
Plot:
bribery, social decay, mentally unstable, doomed romance, fall in love, society, love triangle, social commentary, dark humor, social satire, satire, post soviet ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
moscow russia, russia
Is relevant?
259K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, survival horror, self defense, danger, violence spree, security system, dystopia, family in danger, society, killing spree, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, usa
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