| The Fool (2014) | 8.0 | |
| The Divide (2011) | 5.7 | |
| The Hunger Games (2012) | 7.2 | |
| The Class (2007) | 7.9 | |
| The Professional (2003) | 8.4 |
Social decay movies and TV shows – page 3
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List of social decay movies
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Directed by Ian Gabriel, “Four Corners” revolves around a 13-year-old chess whiz drawn into the Cape Town’s well-known child-gang culture. Touted as the first film to delve into the 100-year-old war between South Africa’s so-called Number ...
Style:
tense, rough, serious, captivating, crime drama ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, social decay, teenage life, gang, prodigy, life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, kids in trouble, parents and children, youth, gang violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south africa, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three first-time filmmakers, Justin, Dana and John set out to make a documentary about the hardships of inner-city life. Justin follows two NYPD officers while Dana and John focus on Thomas (a black youth poised to move up from his hardships). ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, bleak, hood ...
Plot:
found footage, law enforcement, friendship, moral dilemma, social decay, teenage life, youth, social differences, society, danger, partner, filmmaking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Angelina lives in a big city on the sea coast, where handsome men and beautiful women are strolling the streets with only one purpose: to have fun, flirt and love. But Angelina, being pretty, intelligent, and nice, finds herself lonely. She is a ...
Style:
semi serious, sincere, realistic, touching, art house ...
Plot:
looking for love, social decay, human nature, dull life, society, life is a bitch, lone wolves, singleness, social misfits, small town, misfit, feminism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young singer-songwriter from the Bronx falls in love, but finds it difficult to escape from the violence in his environment.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, rough, emotional ...
Plot:
social decay, musician's life, follow your dream, fall in love, life is a bitch, family problems, love and romance, urban ghetto life, social differences, artists and showbiz, society, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate.
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
fall in love, dysfunctional family, prostitute, life is a bitch, social decay, family problems, friends, society, love and romance, friendship, haunted by the past, sexual content ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
japan, hokkaido
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Canada, Japan, UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Style:
apocalyptic, disturbing, bleak, intense, depressing ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, blindness, epidemic, plague, survival, dystopia, distopia, catastrophe, pandemic, isolation, chaos ...
Time:
year 2008, distant future, 21st century
Place:
portugal, sao paulo brazil, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A disaffected Texas teen spends his 16th birthday getting high, hanging out and having casual sex.
Style:
sincere, erotic, serious, rough, sensual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
female nudity, sex scene, erection, teenager, teenage life, small town, social decay, sex, couples, youth, society, human nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, India
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A woman, attended by two midwives, is giving birth in a small village in India. When the child's cry rings, the father bangs on a steel plate to attract the attention of all the villagers, ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, sexual, suspenseful, mind blowing ...
Plot:
gender, gang rape, physical abuse, marriage, dowry, jealousy, greed, revolt, incest, society, social decay, dystopian future ...
Time:
future
Place:
india, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The true story of two African-American teen radio reporters and their documentary investigation of a notorious child murder.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, rough, controversial ...
Plot:
journalism, murder, juvenile delinquency, uncover truth, teenage life, social decay, life is a bitch, society, human spirit, idealism, youth, hopes ...
Place:
chicago, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Three narratives ("Cutting Moments," "Home" and "Prologue") combine to create a shocking trilogy of modern American life, a portrait drawn with brushstrokes of hidden violence and disturbing cruelty. Directed by Douglas ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, murder of family, social decay, dysfunctional family, family problems, couple relations, society, life is a bitch, family life, sexual abuse, family in crisis, child molester ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Chile
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The elderly heir of a formerly wealthy and respected Chilean family, Andres, suffers from decadence and solitude. He hires young Estela in order to look after his tiranic and almost crazy grandmother. The differences in class and age don't stop ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, contemplative
Plot:
obsession, self discovery, love triangle, love affair, social decay, society, life is a bitch, aging, elderly, rich and poor, power relations, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
chile, santiago chile
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Freefall is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director Dominic Savage, the film takes a startling and provocative look at the events that caused people's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
debt, stock broker, society, social decay, downfall, life is a bitch, working class, dishonesty, unfulfillment, blind ambition, banker, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Deals with the phenomenon of sexual harassment in Egypt. Film depicts the moving story of three women Atfguen in some way or another to address the disturbing fact, the phenomenon can not be overlooked in the Egyptian and Arab street and the ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
sexual harassment, self defense, injustice, rebellion, social decay, society, vigilantism, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, defiant, men hatred, women's rights ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt, persia, africa, middle east ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Jamaica
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin ...
Style:
hood, realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang violence, gangster, street gang, urban, police chase, criminal heroes, social decay, black, immigrant, partner, disorder, drug dealing ...
Place:
caribbean, miami, usa, florida, jamaica
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom against a local ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, rough, hood ...
Plot:
urban ghetto life, youth, gang, juvenile delinquency, urban, kids in trouble, going straight, life is a bitch, social decay, friendship, family problems, orphan ...
Place:
england, africa, london, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, serious, crime drama ...
Plot:
interracial relations, friendship, culture clash, street life, social decay, tragic love, social differences, opposites attract, unlikely couple, musician's life, racism, love affair ...
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a senseless act of hatred, openly gay college student Matthew Shepard was murdered in 1998. This critically-acclaimed, moving film recounts the final days of Matthew's killers' trial—and the weeks leading to Matthew's ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, weeping, detective ...
Plot:
gay slur, gay, lgbtq, lgbt, death penalty, gay lead character, gays and lesbians, gay interest, murder, courtroom drama, social decay, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1998, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Luxembourg, Germany, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two young Kurdish refugees, recently arrived in Germany struggle to make their way through the harshness of the occidental city. Their encounter with a gang of Turks will rapidly led them into an inevitable tragical spiral filled with death and ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, bleak, disturbing
Plot:
kurd, politics, racism, immigrant, orphan, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, social decay, friendship, injustice, society, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe, kurdistan
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
The Legend of Bhagat Singh is a 2002 Indian historical biographical film about Bhagat Singh, a freedom fighter who fought for Indian independence.It shows in detail how Singh came to develop his views on the British Raj and his struggle for Indian ...
Style:
sincere, inspirational, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
sikh, revolution, freedom fighter, patriotism, police brutality, patriot, social decay, indian history, danger, rebelliousness, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
asia, india
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11K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story follows Jamie, a troubled young man with a birthmark on his face, which has left him feeling isolated and fearful, hiding from the world outside. He lives in the East End of London, an area notorious for its violent hooded gangs. According ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, demonic ...
Plot:
demon, nightmare, murder, evil force, social decay, vengeance, gang, rivalry, life is a bitch, human nature, moral dilemma, social misfits ...
Time:
year 2009, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, britain, europe
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2K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Crash is an American television drama series that tells the story of how the lives of how several very diverse Southern Californians intersect.
Style:
sincere, serious, touching, realistic, medical drama ...
Plot:
racism, police detective, partner, social decay, family problems, injustice, society, law enforcement, dishonesty, immigrant, interracial relations, latinos ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 1998, three white men in the small town of Jasper, Texas, chained a black man to the back of their pickup truck and dragged him to his death. This film relates that story and how it affected all of the residents of the town, both black and white.
Style:
disturbing, sincere, realistic, serious, freeze frame
Plot:
african american, racism, small town, fighting the system, investigation, social decay, social differences, society, life is a bitch, human spirit, injustice, murder ...
Time:
90s
Place:
austin texas, midwest, texas, usa
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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, rough, stylized, bleak
Plot:
unfulfilled love, dysfunctional family, social decay, social differences, family problems, family relations, realism, single parent, love and romance, life is a bitch, society, working class ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt, africa, middle east, cairo egypt
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Authentic and committed, moving and stormy drama of street kids from Mexico City. Wonderful adaptation of successful play about street kids who have more trouble with corrupt cops, than with dirty and heavy work.
Style:
sincere, touching, serious, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
kids in trouble, gang, juvenile delinquency, social decay, drug dealing, life is a bitch, youth, society, police corruption, urban ghetto life, social misfits, down on your luck ...
Place:
latin america, mexico
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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, life is a bitch, society, urban ghetto life, family in crisis, low lives, family problems, realism, dealing with death, death in the family, child illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt, middle east
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Germany, USA, Czech Republic, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
During the early 16th Century idealistic German monk Martin Luther, disgusted by the materialism in the church, begins the dialogue that will lead to the Protestant Reformation.
Style:
biblical, costume drama, inspirational, political, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
christianity, renaissance, inquisition, religion, clergy, politics, reformation, tudors, rebellion, idealism, human spirit, hypocrisy ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 2003 ...
Place:
rome italy, germany, austria, europe, england ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky ...
Style:
hood, tense, rough, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, ghetto, african american gangster, organized crime, roman empire, urban, rapper, drug, gangster, drug lord, black ...
Time:
80s, year 2002, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A pseudo documentary study of an archetypal German who tries to model his world according to his ideas of law and (sexual) order.
Style:
realistic, cynical, not serious, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
vigilantism, idealism, society, social decay, ambition, misfit, fighting crime, dark humor, life is a bitch, buddies, farce, losing-it hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe, rome italy
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A woman subject to mental, physical, and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.
Style:
tense, serious, slasher, bloody, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
revenge, rape and revenge, rape, island, murder, woman in danger, friendship, isolation, slavery, social decay, life is a bitch, injustice ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, seoul, korea
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Sex is currency. It commands power and can instill fear. Tom, a young man with a troubled past finds himself sucked into a seedy underworld by George Norris, a now super villain with a sadistic streak. A helpless pawn in one of Norris's ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, tense, rough, erotic ...
Plot:
gay anal sex, male nudity, male prostitute, gay, gay rape, sexual abuse, psychopath, haunted by the past, social decay, lgbt, gangster, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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