| Fight Club (1999) | 8.8 | |
| The Hunger Games (2012) | 7.2 | |
| The Class (2007) | 7.9 | |
| Batman Begins (2005) | 8.2 | |
| Serpico (1973) | 7.7 |
Social decay movies and TV shows – page 2
Best films
New films
| Moonfall (2022) | 5.2 | |
| Squid Game (2021) | 7.9 | |
| MaXXXine (2024) | 6.2 | |
| Awake (2021) | 4.9 | |
| Caged Birds (2020) | 5.9 |
List of social decay movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Itou Kaiji is a bum who steals car emblems and slashes tires on what seems to be a regular basis. This routine changes one day when he is paid a visit by a man in a trench-coat. Once the two get talking, it seems that the visitor (Calling himself ...
Style:
tense, anime, captivating, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
survival, social decay, contests and competitions, rivalry, risk, danger, rich and poor, society, lifestyle, job seeking, deathtrap, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
totalitarianism, distopia, resistance, book, dystopia, satire, rebellion, dystopian future, fighting the system, fire, alienation, dictatorship ...
Time:
year 1966, future, distant future, 60s, near future
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of ...
Style:
serious, homoerotic, disturbing, factual, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
soccer, gang, hooligan, hooliganism, friendship, self discovery, subculture, buddies, friends, uninhibited rivalry, obsession, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, harvard university
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.
Style:
realistic, suspense, neo western, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
robbery, bank robber, brother, texas ranger, bank robbery, redemption, small town, armed robbery, gunfight, bank, heist, desperation ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, future, y2k, 21st century
Place:
texas, nebraska, oklahoma, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotics and Japan's Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are commonplace, used for anything from soldiers to prostitutes. Casella Reese is a prototype ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, cyber, erotic, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, cyborgs, robot, on the run, terminator, bare breasts, doomed love, assassination plot, corporation, androids and robots, hitman ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, hood, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, gang, urban ghetto life, ghetto, juvenile delinquency, coming of age, urban, teenage life, social decay, gangster, friendship, teenage love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, britain, europe
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Corner presents the world of Fayette Street using real names and real events. The miniseries tells the true story of men, women and children living amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. It chronicles a year in the lives of ...
Style:
serious, emotional, rough, sitcom, hood ...
Plot:
rehabilitation, heroin, addiction, drug dealing, drug abuse, urban, lifestyle, social decay, teenage life, going straight, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
90s
Place:
baltimore
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China, Japan, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
Style:
meditative, melancholic, brutal, art house, lyrical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
violence, wuxia, brutality, loneliness, working class, life philosophy, injustice, social decay, life is a bitch, capitalism, multiple storylines, hardcore ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
china, tokyo, japan, india
Is relevant?
744K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
"Round Six" is a story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win ten million US dollars. The game takes place at an unknown location, and the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, saga, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, game of death, cruelty, prize, brutality, game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, graphic violence, violence, violent man, most dangerous game ...
Time:
2020s, 80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Is relevant?
301
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
It’s been twelve years since the Blast Fall, an unexplained disaster that left countless dead and many more maimed. Society is divided and every citizen feels the burn, most of all the Resembles – people whose mangled bodies have been rebuilt ...
Style:
anime, rough, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
bounty hunter, survival, haunted by the past, social decay, dystopian future, escapades, missing child, danger, teaching the ways of the world, society, chaos, miraculous event ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set during the cull of the stray dogs in the city of Bucharest, The Wild Dogs weaves together a week in the lives of several citizens of and visitors to the hauntingly beautiful city. Geordie, a visiting Canadian pornographer, Bogdan, a reluctant ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, disturbing, bleak
Plot:
culture clash, rich and poor, social decay, family relations, life is a bitch, society, redemption, friendship, city life, homelessness, deformity, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
romania, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Mali, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, captivating, social ...
Plot:
young lovers, politics, fighting the system, social decay, injustice, legal investigation, dishonesty, society, life is a bitch, legal, unemployment, racism ...
Place:
africa, south africa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An ordinary guy escapes his turbulent home life when he is invited to an exclusive Hollywood party by his movie star friend, only to discover that there's more to the glamorous world than meets the eye.
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
hollywood, social decay, couples, unfulfillment, nightlife, family problems, drug, movie star, party, danger, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Poland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The year is 2047. Our planet is ruled by the repressive Confederate Central Government (CCG). Ryan is a Green War rebel agent sent on a mission by Sponge to collect evidence against the CCG for its heinous crimes. Ryan soon faces the sinister ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, totalitarianism, heroes, rebellion, social decay, heroic mission, chaos, society, rivalry, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, danger ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"Barbarians" is a teenage drama about coming of age in a world where there is no opportunity. A portrait of a young generation growing up in a society of lost values.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, rough, tense ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, social decay, realism, life is a bitch, youth, society, friendship between boys, troubled youth, coming of age, barbarian, boy, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bosnia herzegovina, serbia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, touching, social, hispanic ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, hopes, injustice, spanish history, social decay, false accusation, woman in danger, danger, dishonesty, society, betrayal, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1940s, year 1938, year 1939 ...
Place:
spain, morocco, catalonia, europe, barcelona ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Beth's life was going backwards. Her husband suddenly walks out on her, she has an alcoholic mother, an ambivalent father and so she decides to begin making a change by going back to school in order to take charge of her life.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, emotional, talky
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
dysfunctional family, drunkenness, thanksgiving, lifestyle, social decay, couple relations, society, human nature, family problems, parents and children, family gatherings, family life ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
City of Men is a Brazilian television programme created by Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles, the directors of the film City of God. The series was watched by 35 million viewers in Brazil and was released internationally on DVD shortly after the ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, serious, rough, atmospheric ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, friendship, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, social decay, street kid, social problems, struggle, youth, young heroes, society, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sao paulo brazil, rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A portrait of a homeless park community bonded by crack cocaine addiction. In the park's drug-fixated shantytown, Cody is a kind of crackhead father figure who helps his friends when they are in trouble or in desperate need of a ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, sincere, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
drug abuse, life is a bitch, downfall, social decay, lifestyle, rehabilitation, youth, addiction, social misfits, urban ghetto life, down on your luck, homelessness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Is relevant?
53K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have ...
Style:
tense, harsh, realistic, serious, depressing ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang war, mafia, camorra, gangster, death, danger, organized crime, italian mafia, gang, power, character study ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
italy, napoli italy, europe, venice, miami ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A couple discover that the baby girl they're trying to adopt is being auctioned off to the highest bidder. The couple become part of a sting operation to bust the baby-selling ring.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
sting operation, babies and infants, trial, black market, fighting the system, kids in trouble, social decay, society, dishonesty, legal, injustice, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, hungary, usa
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Style:
sincere, emotional, harsh, rough, art house ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homeless, redemption, poverty, youth, dysfunctional family, baby, black market, going straight, social decay, society, life is a bitch, human nature ...
Time:
2000s, year 2005, 90s, 21st century
Place:
belgium, france, europe, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Italy
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
NEDs (Non Educated Delinquents) is the story of a young man’s journey from prize-winning schoolboy to knife-carrying teenager. Struggling against the low expectations of those around him, John McGill changes from victim to avenger, scholar to NED, ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, gang, street kid, bullying, coming of age, youth, gang war, social decay, teenage life, society, social problems, realism ...
Time:
year 2010, 70s, 20th century
Place:
scotland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a decript apartment, a young man watches as his father and a friend shoot an amateur porn film. Issues of morality, reality TV and friendship are explored.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, bleak, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexploitation, porn industry, losing-it hero, father son relationship, obsession, dysfunctional family, social decay, sex, family problems, life is a bitch, human nature, teenage life ...
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sommer ’04 is a character study of a family on vacation. German director Stefan Krohmer examines the emotional abyss and problems behind the seemingly nice facade of an intact family as they experience guilt, love and jealousy.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, erotic, sensual ...
Plot:
grownups, gender, battle of the sexes, infidelity, innocence lost, adultery, sex scene, social decay, lifestyle, dysfunctional family, love affair, destructive relationship ...
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
809
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An autobiographical film taken from the experiences of writer-director Rob Moretti, CRUTCH is a coming-of-age tale about a young man's struggle with family problems and substance abuse. Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, emotional, bleak ...
Plot:
coming of age, gay, male nudity, gay relationship, dysfunctional family, family relations, rehabilitation, suburbs, kids in trouble, dangerous attraction, lifestyle, social decay ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
114
Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
"Engwkentro" follows two teenage brothers attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run from rival gang leaders and the state's ...
Style:
tense, serious, rough, disturbing, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, politics, mayor, juvenile delinquency, vigilantism, moral dilemma, social decay, dishonesty, youth, rivalry, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines, asia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Ireland, South Africa
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An American reporter and an Afrikaans poet meet and fall in love while covering South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, emotional, sincere, political thriller ...
Plot:
apartheid, politics, journalism, hopes, interracial relations, african american, social decay, injustice, life is a bitch, idealism, society, racism ...
Time:
year 2004, 90s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1995
Place:
south africa, africa, chile, florida
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
It has been over one year since the start of the outbreak. Our society has collapsed and the world has descended into chaos. Elvis and Tweeter are two of the last people left alive, and band together to flee the United States for a remote island ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, escape, plague, zombie, apocalypse, on the run, survival, cannibalism, supernatural, social decay, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, caribbean
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