Movies and TV shows set in detroit

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in detroit ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, independent film, cult classic, entertaining and rough films and TV shows about / with police, profanity, murder, death, violence, police officer, gangster, pistol, blood and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, Germany, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as detroit: 8 Mile (2002), Four Brothers (2005), Blue Collar (1978), Detroit (2017), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), Gran Torino (2008), RoboCop (1987), Detroit 1-8-7 (2010), Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Hoffa (1992).

List of movies set in detroit

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 7.2
 318K
8 Mile (2002)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style: inspirational, serious, realistic, harsh, hood ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night
Plot: hip hop, underdog, music, follow your dream, rap, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, musician, rapper, poverty, street gang ...
Time: 90s, year 2002, y2k, 2000s, year 1995 ...
Place: detroit, michigan, america, los angeles, usa
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 6.8
 156K
Four Brothers (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
Style: harsh, entertaining, hood, intense, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: vengeance, revenge, robbery, vigilante, violence, funeral, adoption, murder, gangster, uncover truth, sibling relationship, criminal heroes ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
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 7.5
 11K
Blue Collar (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Style: neo noir, realistic, disturbing, clever, cynical ...
Plot: union, working class, heist, labor union, drinking, robbery, caper, female nudity, blaxploitation, fighting the system, crime gone awry, business ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
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 7.3
 56K
Detroit (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest citizens' uprisings in the history of the United States.
Style: suspense, hood, social, suspenseful, factual ...
Plot: racism, murder, police violence, police brutality, racial tension, police, riot, trial, violence, fear, motel, african american ...
Time: 60s, year 1967, year 2017, 2010s, year 1969 ...
Place: michigan, detroit
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Based on a true story. Shortly after World War II, Preston Tucker is a dynamic engineer and an enthusiastic showman who envisions the car of the future. Against mighty odds he manages to build a fleet of them - only to have his factory shut down by ...
Style: talky, intense, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot: entrepreneur, business, underdog, car, corruption, police investigation, biopic, twists and turns, justice, entrepreneurship, startup, dishonesty ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, future, year 1988, post world war two
Place: usa, chicago, michigan, detroit, washington d.c.
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 8.1
 811K
Gran Torino (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy old man who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors. ...
Style: serious, emotional, touching, suspense, thought provoking ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: gang, friendship, elderly, veteran, racism, prejudice, gunfight, widower, gangster, interracial relations, old man, vigilante ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan, italy, north america
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 7.6
 281K
RoboCop (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, black comedy, cyber, intense ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, teens, kids
Plot: cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, police, androids and robots, robocop, violence, revenge, dystopia, graphic violence, gory, superhero ...
Time: future, 80s, year 1987, near future
Place: detroit, usa, michigan
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Detroit 1-8-7 (2010)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Detroit 1-8-7 is an American police procedural series about Detroit's leading homicide unit, created by Jason Richman for ABC. It features an ensemble cast of actors including Michael Imperioli and James McDaniel. The series originally ran on ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: police detective, fighting crime, partners against crime, tough law enforcer, workplace, coworker, police procedural, law enforcement, female police officer, cop, police, investigation ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa
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Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
Style: suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: siege, police corruption, police station, survival, gunfight, criminal's revenge, shootout, police, danger, snow, attempted murder, master criminal ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa
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 6.6
 25K
Hoffa (1992)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Jack Nicholson's portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro (Danny DeVito). The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt all the way to a conclusion ...
Style: tense, suspense, factual, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot: labor union, organized crime, gangster, politics, conspiracy, working class, mafia, prison, social activist, corruption, rise and fall, greed ...
Time: 70s, 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 20th century ...
Place: detroit, washington d.c., new york, michigan, usa ...
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 6.8
 267K
It Follows (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But a seemingly innocent physical encounter turns sour and gives her the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, ghost, macabre, evil, being followed, teenage girl, voyeurism, coming of age, sex, supernatural being, supernatural horror, peeping tom ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
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Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Martin Blank is a hitman for hire. When he starts to develop a conscience, he botches a couple of routine jobs. On the advice of his secretary and his psychiatrist, he decides to attend his ten-year high school reunion in Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
Style: dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, funny, light ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gunfight, assassin, suburbs, hitman, secretary, high school reunion, small town, radio dj, psychiatrist, therapy, sniper, killer ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 80s, 90s
Place: michigan, detroit, usa
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 7.0
 99K
Out of Sight (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Meet Jack Foley, a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they're willing to risk it all to find out if ...
Style: sexy, neo noir, romantic, entertaining, light ...
Audience: date night, boys' night
Plot: heist, prison, bank robbery, hot and sexy, fbi, hotel, robbery, love story, crime gone awry, opposites attract, character study, love and romance ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan, miami, florida
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Best Thanksgiving Ever (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When Kevin is witness to the holiday heartbreak of his life, Brad and friends come to the rescue with a disastrous guys night out.
Style: entertaining, captivating, light, humorous, exciting ...
Plot: thanksgiving, friend, party, group of friends, wild party, friendship, best friend, supportive friend, friends, holiday, friendship between men, new year
Place: detroit
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Vanishing on 7th Street (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic ...
Style: atmospheric, harsh, bleak, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: apocalypse, post apocalypse, vestiges of humanity, survival, darkness, supernatural, group of strangers, disappearance, natural disaster, hospital, church, danger ...
Time: year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit
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 6.3
 2K
Buzzard (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Paranoia forces small-time scam artist Marty to flee his hometown and hide out in a dangerous Detroit. With nothing but a pocket full of bogus checks, his Power Glove, and a bad temper, the horror metal slacker lashes out.
Style: psychological, cynical, horror comedy, tense, captivating ...
Plot: slacker, workplace, workplace situations, dark humor, cons and scams, satire, psychopath, violence, rock, punk, fraud, anarchy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, detroit
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The Color of Time (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: poet, poetry, parent child relationship, artists and showbiz, couple relations, writer's life, haunted by the past, husband wife relationship, writers, biopic, professional, art ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 50s, 80s, 60s ...
Place: usa, detroit, new york
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 6.4
 8K
Cobb (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ...
Style: factual, intense, inspirational, serious, rough ...
Plot: baseball, storytelling, biopic, dark hero, underdog, mentor, adaptation, lone hero, brutality, historical figure, life is a bitch, athlete's life ...
Time: 20th century, year 1994, 50s, 1940s
Place: detroit, georgia, usa
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 6.3
 1K
Zebrahead (1992)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Interracial love story set in Detroit.
Style: multicultural, independent film, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: interracial relations, hip hop, interracial romance, urban, high school, forbidden love, racism, interracial, teenager, prejudice, school, love ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
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 7.2
 23K
Hung (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Desperate times call for desperate measures and Ray Drecker's situation couldn't be much tougher. The former high school sports legend turned middle-aged high school basketball coach is divorced and struggling to provide for his kids when ...
Style: erotic, humorous, sexual, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sexual relations, gigolo, male escort, hot and sexy, lifestyle change, middle aged, adolescence, family life, lifestyle, talented, family problems, financial problem ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit, michigan
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Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 799 min.
TV show
Story: High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
Style: humorous, retro, light, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: nerd, coming of age, socially awkward, weed, cheerleader, friendship, social relations, teenager, teenage life, teacher, teacher student relationship, youth ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 2000s, year 1980 ...
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
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 5.5
 12K
Action Jackson (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Vengence drives a tough Detroit cop to stay on the trail of a power hungry auto magnate who's systematically eliminating his competition.
Style: cult classic, neo noir, black comedy, action comedy, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, violence, black, chase, nudity, police investigation, frame up, death, police, car chase, brutality, drug addiction ...
Time: 80s
Place: detroit, usa
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The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.
Style: sentimental, realistic, uplifting, touching, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: coming of age, youth, friendship, looking for love, hopes, teenage love, lifestyle, suburban life, love and romance, society, teenage life, summer ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: detroit, usa
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 7.9
 241K
True Romance (1993)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Style: stylized, neo noir, dark comedy, intense, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night
Plot: lovers on the run, cocaine, gunfight, mafia, organized crime, drug dealing, husband wife relationship, hotel, pimp, love, mobster, gangster ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: los angeles, usa, detroit, california, michigan ...
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Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Tough-talking Detroit cop Axel Foley heads to the rarified world of Beverly Hills in his beat-up Chevy Nova to investigate a friend's murder. But soon, he realizes he's stumbled onto something much more complicated. Bungling rookie ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, funny, exciting, witty ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: police, car chase, fish out of water, buddy cop, buddy, reluctant partners, undercover, investigation, death of friend, law enforcement, damsel in distress, gunfight ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, detroit, beverly hills, usa, michigan ...
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Coffee & Kareem (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A Detroit cop reluctantly teams with his girlfriend's 11-year-old son to clear his name and take down the city's most ruthless criminal.
Style: feel good, exciting, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Plot: child with gun, police officer killed, corrupt cop, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dealer, gangster, family relations, danger, cop, spy, woman with a gun, white supremacy ...
Time: 2020s
Place: detroit
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 6.9
 70K
Whip It (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In Bodeen, Texas, Land Of The Dragon, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Style: feel good, uplifting, teen, cute, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, adolescence, contests and competitions, strong female lead, teenager, small town, teenage girl, female athlete, roller derby, relationships, high school, feminism ...
Time: 2000s, y2k, year 2009, 21st century
Place: usa, austin texas, detroit, texas
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 8.2
 5K
Detroiters (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: Best friends and fledgling ad men Sam and Tim may not have the money, connections or talent that the big guys do, but they have ambition out the wazoo. Together, they’re out to build a local advertising empire and restore their home city of ...
Style: buddy comedy, sitcom, humorous, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot: workplace, advertising agency, direction and purpose, advertising executive, friends, ambition, friendship, city life, money problems, ambitious man, satire, businessman ...
Place: detroit
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 6.1
 239K
RoboCop (2014)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, intense, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, girls' night
Plot: cyborgs, police, robot, androids and robots, cyberpunk, urban, androids, haunted by the past, superhuman powers, graphic violence, technology, robocop ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 2020s ...
Place: detroit, usa, tehran iran, pentagon, china ...
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 7.5
 198K
The Crow (1994)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.
Style: gothic, suspenseful, dark fantasy, rough, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: supernatural, vengeance, superhero, vigilante, good versus evil, goth, halloween, murder, afterlife, justice, vigilantism, gunfight ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, near future, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit, seattle
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