| Goodfellas (1990) | 8.7 | |
| Top Dog (2020) | 7.3 | |
| Boy A (2007) | 7.5 | |
| Boyz n the Hood (1991) | 7.8 | |
| Short Term 12 (2013) | 7.9 |
Criminality movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant criminality movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, tense, captivating, bleak and emotional films and TV shows about / with criminality, troubled youth, youth, society, coming of age, teenager, police, violence, runaway and life is a bitch plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as criminality: The Rookie (2018), Street Savages (2020), Totem (2017), Rio Connection (2023), Sam: A Saxon (2023), Taiwan Crime Stories (2023), Fresh (1994), Lilya 4-Ever (2002), Top Dog (2020), Bimmer (2003).
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120K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama, serious ...
Plot:
lapd, police officer, police, male protagonist, police station, crime investigation, daring rescue, life risking, race against time, terrorism, forced into action, criminality ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
A crime boss in a dangerous neighborhood does anything and everything in his power to make sure he maintains his power on the mean streets.
Style:
realistic, talky, crime drama, mumblecore, social ...
Plot:
gang, violent content, crime boss, antisocial behavior, rivalry, criminality, male bonding, street gang, uninhibited rivalry, aggression, society, brutality ...
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194
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Wild ( Karol Bernacki ) after leaving prison becomes a goalkeeper in the nightclub. His girlfriend - Dagmara, one of the dancers working in it. Ambition tells him to seek a better life, and the young boy wants to break free from the social plight. ...
Style:
rough, serious, realistic, clever, suspenseful ...
Plot:
illegal drugs, drug, brutality, criminal heroes, rivalry, murder, gangster, intrigue, group of friends, forced prostitution, disorder, illegal prostitution ...
Place:
poland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
In 1970s Brazil, a Corsican gangster, a Sicilian Capo and a master forger join forces to revolutionize the Mafia in South America. As American and Italian law enforcement close in, the trio must navigate dangerous alliances, shady deals and their ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime drama, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, underworld, on the lam, criminal, bandit, fighting crime, criminality, criminal underworld, criminal as protagonist, criminal gang, power struggle ...
Time:
70s
Place:
brazil, south america, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
Based on the true story of Sam Meffire’s rise and fall in East Germany, this miniseries follows Sam’s desperate search for a place he can call home, as he fights for recognition and justice. Sam goes from being the first Black cop in the GDR to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, historical drama, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
life, police, police officer, criminal, german reunification, biopic, african american protagonist, african american, criminal gang, black, criminal underworld, bandit ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
german democratic republic, east germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Anthology crime television series inspired by four real-life cold cases in Taiwan, exploring themes such as faith, temptation, redemption, and obligation through the eyes of the people of Taiwan.
Style:
anthology, psychological, dramatic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
redemption, faith, true crime, murder, investigation, criminal, cold case, temptation, criminality, felony, murder case, commitment ...
Place:
taiwan
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Michael is a 12-year-old drug pusher who lives in a crowded house with his cousins and aunt. His father has become a street bum,but still meets with Fresh on occasion to play chess. Fresh is rather quiet in a crazy world. Fresh's sister is a ...
Style:
hood, realistic, bleak, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
chess, childhood trauma, coming of age, drug dealing, drug lord, african american, ghetto, father son relationship, drug, hip hop, urban ghetto, blaxploitation ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, africa
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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: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Pat Tate embarks on a rampage to avenge his loyal and trusted footsoldier's violent death, venturing beyond his comfort zone of Essex into the dark side of 90s Soho to track down the villain responsible. Set to execute his revenge, Tate will ...
Style:
tense, harsh, crime thriller, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, avenge, violent, handheld weapon, weapons, ex soldier, soldier, british, male protagonist, organized crime, murder ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A mysterious disappearance makes two completely separate worlds collide, creating an extremely odd couple – the lawyer Emily and recently released convict Teddy. They have two opposing desires. She wants up. He wants out. She wants to secure her ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, psychological
Plot:
mafia, lawyer, investigation, criminal underworld, prison, conspiracy, career, law firm, brother brother relationship, family tragedy, female lawyer, crime boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, stockholm sweden
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Corrupt cops, street gangs, "Bratki" in "Bummers" (BMWs) steal and "Merins" (Mercedeses), angry truck drivers, beautiful women and death are what four friends in a black Bummer who go on a mission from one region of ...
Style:
serious, road movie, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
russian mafia, criminal heroes, group of friends, gangster, corrupt law enforcer, dishonesty, crime gone awry, intrigue, bribery, murder, on the road, chases and races ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia, Germany, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Aleksandra is a student from Krško, a small town in Slovenia. She has a plan to conquer the world. Working as a prostitute, her life is heading to where she wants it, but an accidental death has her wrestling with new feelings of fear, loneliness, ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, realistic, captivating, sexual ...
Plot:
call girl, prostitute, nubile, female nudity, sex scene, nymph, rough sex, sexual relations, pimp, sexual attraction, prostitution, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
slovenia, former yugoslavia, bosnia herzegovina, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Wisecracking, gum-chewing 12-year-old Gilly is well known in the foster system. Totally unmanageable, she has stayed with more families than she can remember and has outwitted them all. After all, how can she settle down when her real mother, the ...
Style:
entertaining, sincere, captivating, feel good, sad ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
foster home, foster child, birth mother, bully, social services, friendship, soul mate, brother sister relationship, secret, mother daughter relationship, social worker, name calling ...
Place:
maryland
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68K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Everything changes for 15 year old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Style:
sexy, emotional, sincere, bleak, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, age difference, coming of age, teenage girl, rebelliousness, mother's boyfriend, hopes, dancing, youth, sexual content, older man younger woman relationship, fall in love ...
Time:
year 2009, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, england, california
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Style:
suspense, realistic, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vengeance, vigilantism, vigilante, violence, vigilante justice, murder, gang, revenge, investigation, juvenile delinquency, gangster, violent ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, y2k, 21st century
Place:
england, london, britain, persia, europe ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A teen gang in a grim South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.
Style:
horror comedy, horrifying, dark comedy, bleak, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
date night, manly, family friendly, boys' night, teens ...
Plot:
gang, alien invasion, space and aliens, deadly creature, chase, creature, alien, violence, first contact, brutality, children, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, somalia
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Genre: Drama, Music, War
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The chance to shine in a singing competition offers much-needed hope for a Southern middle-schooler who's drowning in worries, from bullies in the halls to turmoil at home -- and the news that his reservist father has been called back to ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
boy, military, parents and children, family problems, wartime life, hopes, military life, soldier, contests and competitions, family in crisis, society, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, afghanistan, middle east, alabama
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams, just like all young people of any social class or place in the world. They live in a low-income neighborhood in the periphery of Rio de Janeiro and find in prostitution a way to survive and satisfy their ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
pedophile, teenage sex, coming of age, friends, society, lifestyle, prostitution, friendship, rivalry, poverty, teenage pregnancy, troubled youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, latin america, brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Runaway teen Lexi find herself alone and pregnant on the streets. Seemingly beyond hope, she must turn to Devon, a woman with her own demons, to help her find a way back from her past mistakes.
Style:
realistic, rough, sincere, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
escape, homeless, teenage life, life is a bitch, kids in trouble, love, dysfunctional family, youth, society, pregnancy, family problems, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, usa, portland oregon
Is relevant?
775
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tommy, 10 years old, is well known by Social Services. He is considered a danger to society. Gilles, his guardian at this halfway house, sees potential for redemption in this kid driven by violence.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
boy, kids in trouble, juvenile delinquent, child abuse, social worker, isolation, youth, danger, precocious child, police, redemption, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec
Is relevant?
551
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
At thirteen-years-old, with an unusually high IQ and a knack for observing things about other people, Lou Bertignac is not only the youngest in her class at school; she is also the most unusual. Painfully shy, she has few friends, save for Lucas, ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, teen, feel good
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
homelessness, teen drinking, depression, high school, human spirit, social differences, teenage life, youth, best friend, society, life is a bitch, teenage love ...
Time:
year 2010
Place:
france, europe, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style:
touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, teenage love, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, year 1991, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Is relevant?
16K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets, interrogating abusive parents, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, erotic, sincere ...
Plot:
violence against women, pedophile, abused child, journalism, policewoman, confession, abusive parent, police station, police investigation, social decay, life is a bitch, fighting crime ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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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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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ...
Style:
uplifting, touching, serious, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
teacher, homeless, youth, changing lives, children, power relations, hopes, idealism, society, teachers and students, school, dedication ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
albuquerque new mexico, new mexico, usa, salt lake city utah
Is relevant?
420
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A 20-year-old homeless girl is suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome on the streets of Hollywood and Venice beach.
Style:
realistic, serious
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
homeless, juvenile delinquency, society, youth, haunted by the past, orphan, street life, survival, life is a bitch, trouble, poverty, criminality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, italy, texas, venice
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
All fourteen-year-old Robbie Hendrick ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again fearing a breakdown and he's left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess. As the deep ...
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, youth, little boy, american football, family relations, family problems, social relations, innocence lost, small town life, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Life of a King is the true story of one man's mission to give inner city kids of Washington DC something he never had - a future. After being incarcerated for eighteen years, Eugene Brown established the Big Chair Chess Club to get kids off the ...
Style:
sincere, rough, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
chess, dedicated educator, hardcase students, ex convict, teenage life, ambition, gain trust, bad attitude, society, contests and competitions, youth, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, washington d.c., usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
social worker, juvenile delinquent, teen angst, juvenile delinquency, teenage boy, judge, pregnant teenager, teenage pregnancy, juvenile detention, mother's boyfriend, truancy, nervousness ...
Time:
year 2015, 90s, year 1997
Place:
france
Is relevant?
1.1M
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Style:
suspense, black comedy, psychological thriller, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
poverty, wealthy family, working class, social satire, class differences, scam, wealth, basement, plot twist, rich snob, driver, unemployment ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, asia, india
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