Housing project movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant housing project movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, crying, rough, suspenseful and sincere films and TV shows about / with apartment complex, family relations, society, black, cigarette smoking, ghetto, poverty, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship and beating plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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housing project movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as housing project: Candyman (1992), Candyman (2021), Primal Fear (1996), Beautiful Thing (1996), The Son of No One (2011), Clockers (1995), Moonlight (2016), Cuties (2020), Triple 9 (2016), Good Times (1974).

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 6.7
 100K
Candyman (1992)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Style: scary, slasher, gothic, bloody, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: urban legend, serial killer, supernatural, ghost, gory, macabre, belief, urban decay, investigation, blood, revenge, mirror ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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 5.9
 75K
Candyman (2021)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his ...
Style: scary, suspense, slasher, bloody, dark ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: urban legend, strong violent content, urban decay, supernatural, african american, revenge, vengeful ghost, mirror, ghost, fear, murder, serial killer ...
Time: 2020s, year 1977, 2010s, 70s, year 2019
Place: chicago, usa, oceania
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 7.7
 245K
Primal Fear (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not ...
Style: psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, tense, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: mental illness, twists and turns, plot twist, trial, courtroom drama, psychology, lawyer, murder, courtroom, psychopath, corruption, manipulation ...
Time: 90s, future, year 1996, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa
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Beautiful Thing (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A pair of teenage boys growing up in a working-class neighbourhood of Thamesmead, in south-east London, become aware of their homosexuality. While both were vaguely aware they might be gay, neither had ever acted on their impulses. Once they decide ...
Style: touching, sweet, romantic, lgbt cinema, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: gay, homosexuality, coming of age, gay teenager, lgbt, lgbt teen, homosexual, gay love, teenage love, friendship, teenager, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: london, england, britain, europe
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The Son of No One (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A rookie cop is assigned to the 118 Precinct in the same district where he grew up. The Precinct Captain starts receiving letters about two unsolved murders that happened many years ago in the housing projects when the rookie cop was just a kid. ...
Style: serious, tense, bleak, realistic, rough ...
Plot: police detective, police corruption, haunted by the past, law enforcement, murder, mental institution, husband wife relationship, police, nypd, police officer, sex crime, worship ...
Time: 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 6.9
 23K
Clockers (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein ...
Style: hood, detective, grim, neo noir, realistic ...
Plot: ghetto, hip hop, urban, organized crime, drug, violence, blaxploitation, black, gangster, murder, gang, investigation ...
Time: year 1995, 90s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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 7.4
 329K
Moonlight (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Style: serious, lgbt cinema, art house, hood, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: lgbt, forgiveness, african american, drug dealer, lgbtq, coming of age, gay, homosexuality, drug addict, dysfunctional family, bullying, beach ...
Time: year 2016, 2000s, 2010s
Place: florida, indiana, idaho, atlanta georgia, miami
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 3.6
 33K
Cuties (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
Style: controversial, independent film, sad, crying, disgusting
Plot: coming of age, 11 year old girl, competition, friendship, child, dancer, dancing, teenage sex, twerking, dancehall girl, brother sister relationship, teenager ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france, paris france
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 6.3
 77K
Triple 9 (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across town.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, stylized, intense ...
Plot: heist, police corruption, murder, bank robbery, dirty cop, corrupt cop, mafia, violence, corruption, betrayal, strip club, gangster ...
Time: year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: atlanta georgia, usa, tel aviv israel
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 7.4
 8K
Good Times (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman Lear, the series' primary executive ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, retro ...
Plot: african american, black, family relations, ghetto, urban, parents and children, family life, young lovers, love and romance, suburban life, workplace romance, friendship ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago, florida, usa
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 7.0
 10K
Girlhood (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in ...
Style: sentimental, captivating, touching, serious, hood ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, friendship, society, teenager, youth, innocence lost, peer pressure, poverty, street gang, against the rules, dull life, teenage life ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: paris france, africa, france
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1, 2, 3, Freeze (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home ...
Style: sexy, experimental, controversial, non-linear, surreal ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, milf, interracial relations, theft, first love, poverty, unemployment, teacher student relationship, children, death of boyfriend, mother daughter relationship, fear ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, france, marseille
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 6.4
 33K
Hardball (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Style: feel good, suspense, emotional, serious, tear jerker ...
Audience: teens
Plot: underdog, baseball, gambling, poverty, children, gang, redemption, brutality, gangster, addiction, urban ghetto life, gambling debt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, detroit, usa, illinois
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Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story: During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Style: grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, splatter, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, infection, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, monster, epidemic, end of the world, survival, living dead, siege, shopping mall, undead ...
Time: 70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, pittsburgh, philadelphia, bolivia, usa
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 7.5
 11K
All or Nothing (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Penny's love for her partner, taxi-driver Phil, has run dry. He is a gentle, philosophical guy, and she works on the checkout at a supermarket...
Style: depressing, emotional, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot: working class, taxi driver, dysfunctional family, loneliness, depression, poverty, family problems, injustice, parents and children, couples, unwanted pregnancy, family in crisis ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe, florida, algeria
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 4.8
 355
I'm Bout It (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: I'm Bout It is a 1997 film by rapper Master P. The plot details his life in a New Orleans uptown ghetto. Master P wrote, directed and acted in the film.
Style: hood, independent film, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: hip hop, urban, ghetto, discrimination, rapper, hip hop culture, profanity, friends, urban ghetto, gang, criminal heroes, society ...
Time: 90s
Place: new orleans, louisiana, usa
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 5.3
 203
Babymother (1998)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A single mother determined to make it as a singer puts together an all girl reggae group named Neeta, Sweeta, & Nastie with her friends. Living in a housing project with little support, the odds are obviously against her. Emotionally she ...
Plot: black, african, girl group, on off relationship, ambition, concert, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, friendship, female protagonist, single mother, little girl ...
Time: 90s
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Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Drama exploring the story of ten-year-old Damilola Taylor, who died on a housing estate in South London in 2000. After leaving Nigeria to embark on a new life in the UK, the young Damilola and his family are full of optimism. Little do they realise ...
Style: tense, disturbing, suspenseful, psychological, bleak ...
Plot: boy, murder, death of child, child murder, justice, brother brother relationship, husband wife relationship, true crime, trial, injustice, police station, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2000
Place: africa, nigeria, london
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American Assassin (2017)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Style: psychotronic, action adventure, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: cia, terrorism, counter terrorism, terrorist, terrorist plot, one against many, revenge, mentor, spy, training, kickboxing, government agent ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s
Place: london, turkey, italy, rome italy, virginia ...
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The Architect (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.
Style: serious, emotional, melancholic, absurd, realistic ...
Plot: architect, dysfunctional family, social differences, lifestyle, family problems, parents and children, society, human nature, youth, life is a bitch, gay interest, lgbt ...
Time: year 2006, year 2005
Place: chicago, usa
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Wesh Wesh, qu'est-ce qui se passe ? (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Kamel, a young man from the french ghetto, near Paris, is coming back to France. He was arrested for dealing drugs, he spent five years in jail and was banned from France for two years. He tries, with his family's support, to find a job and ...
Plot: lgbt, job seeking, police corruption, ex convict, drug traffic, troubled youth, police arrest, police officer, police brutality, drug abuse, drug use, drug dealer ...
Time: 2000s
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 5.4
 4K
Renegades (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Buster McHenry (Sutherland) is as an undercover agent for the police. His mission involves him in a robbery. Buster gets shot but Hank Storm (Phillips), an Indian, helps Buster. Since Hank wants a spear in the possession of the criminals that Buster ...
Style: detective, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, buddy cop, police corruption, car chase, violence, revenge, law enforcement, machismo, partners against crime, reluctant partners, undercover, working undercover ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: philadelphia
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Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, retro, cult classic ...
Plot: cold war, jazz, immigrant, friendship, culture clash, circus, fall in love, american dream, kgb, refugee, freedom, shopping ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, russia, usa, miami, miami beach ...
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Meet the Browns (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street.But when she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, realistic, not serious, black comedy ...
Plot: female protagonist, family relations, single parent, death in the family, family gatherings, family life, eccentric family, siblings relations, black, parents and children, small town life, madea ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, georgia
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 6.7
 20K
Kidulthood (2006)
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: hood, serious, tense, rough, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: urban ghetto life, bullying, gang, ghetto, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, urban, teenage life, social decay, gangster, friendship, teenage love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, england, united kingdom, britain, europe
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The Flower of Evil (2003)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Three generations of a wealthy Bordeaux family are caught in the crossfire when Anne decides to run for mayor, thanks to a political pamphlet that revives an old murder scandal.
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, political thriller, suspense ...
Plot: incest, haunted by the past, womanizer, murder, bourgeoisie, forbidden love, society, politics, family problems, parents and children, love and romance, campaign ...
Time: year 2003
Place: vichy, france
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 7.3
 65K
Fish Tank (2009)
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: bleak, emotional, gloomy, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: age difference, mother's boyfriend, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, rebelliousness, coming of age, dancing, youth, life is a bitch, sex with a minor, dysfunctional family ...
Time: year 2009, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
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Games of Love and Chance (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The life of a band of teenager in a suburb near Paris. But instead of showing what would be the "urban legend" of this kind of poor suburb (violence, rapes...), Abdelatif Kechiche shows us what's the daily life of those guys: not much ...
Style: slang, semi serious, touching, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: couples, suburbs, teacher, rehearsal, theater, high school, school, fall in love, looking for love, group of friends, youth, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s
Place: france, paris france, europe
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 7.1
 2K
24 City (2008)
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong, Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Chengdu nowadays. The state owned factory 420 shuts down to give way to a complex of luxury apartments called "24 CITY". Three generations, eight characters : old workers, factory executives and yuppies, their stories melt into the History ...
Style: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, aesthetic ...
Plot: factory, working class, working conditions, introspection, workplace, society, revolution, politics, social differences, childhood memory, fired from the job, media ...
Time: 70s, 50s, 20th century, 80s, 2000s ...
Place: china, asia
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Down in the Delta (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Rosa Lynn sends her druggie daughter Loretta and her children Thomas and Tracy away from the big city to live with their uncle Earl in the ancestral home in rural Mississippi. Earl puts Loretta to work in his restaurant, Just Chicken, while also ...
Style: touching, emotional, independent film, serious, realistic ...
Plot: slavery, black, bittersweet, dysfunctional family, women of color, african american, storytelling, drug addiction, solace, black girl, anti racism, racism ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: mississippi, chicago, indiana, usa, atlanta georgia ...
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