Graffiti movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant graffiti movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out independent film, serious, realistic, cult classic, captivating and rough films and TV shows about / with graffiti, friendship, urban, hip hop, profanity, youth, fight, police officer, friend and police plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as graffiti: Wholetrain (2006), The Can (2007), The Graffiti Artist (2004), Basquiat (1996), Downtown 81 (2000), Gimme the Loot (2012), The Warriors (1979), Soft Matter (2018), Beat Street (1984), I Came By (2022).

List of graffiti movies

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 6.9
 1K
Wholetrain (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story: This feature takes a look at the graffiti movement and young people who populate the niche culture. Following four such artists as they shape the graffiti community through both their art and their interactions, the film tells the story of how the ...
Style: serious, captivating, tense, stylized, fast ...
Plot: graffiti, hip hop, gang, rebelliousness, youth, on the run, vandalism, rebellion, fighting the system, nightlife, society, city life ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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 6.2
 1K
The Can (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This movie is about strange relationships in one "noname" gymnasium in Czech republic.
Plot: alcoholic mother, graffiti, friendship, student, police, painter, teacher student relationship, high school, friendship between boys, teacher, teenager, lesbian ...
Place: prague
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The Graffiti Artist (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Adrift in the lush, nocturnal urban landscape of THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, Nick (Ruben Bansie-Snellman) is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle and Portland. ...
Style: sincere, atmospheric, serious, realistic, erotic ...
Plot: gay teenager, gay, street kid, graffiti, youth, teenage life, social differences, lifestyle, juvenile delinquency, friendship, drug abuse, rebelliousness ...
Place: oregon, seattle, usa, portland oregon, washington state
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 6.9
 22K
Basquiat (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Director Julian Schnabel illustrates the portrait of his friend, the first African-American pop artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who unfortunately died at a young age and just as he was beginning to make a name for himself in the art world. Alongside the ...
Style: stylized, factual, inspirational, atmospheric, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: art, artist, graffiti, painter, drug abuse, biopic, painting, drug addiction, art history, drug, self destructing, rising to stardom ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1981
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.9
 2K
Downtown 81 (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown streets carrying a painting he hopes to sell, encountering friends, ...
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, contemplative, sincere ...
Plot: art, artist, prodigy, musician's life, twentysomething life, profanity, graffiti, art history, punk, street life, underground, stoner ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
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Gimme the Loot (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Malcolm and Sofia, two determined teens from the Bronx, are the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they must hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark, but they need to raise $500 to pull ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, rough, independent film ...
Plot: graffiti, gang, teenager, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, city life, cons and scams, teenage life, vandalism, coming of age, black, street art ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, bronx new york city
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 7.5
 110K
The Warriors (1979)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' ...
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, futuristic, stylized, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: survival, street gang, gang, violence, gang war, subway, gang member, gangster, chase, murder, graffiti, assassination ...
Time: future, year 1979, 70s, near future
Place: new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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 3.1
 179
Soft Matter (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Two graffiti artists break into an abandoned, reportedly haunted research facility in hopes of creating an art installation, but stumble upon a secret team of demented researchers who are in the process of resurrecting an ancient sea creature - who ...
Style: humorous, bleak, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: slime, lightning, graffiti, fire, immortality, creature, monster, science, beast, painter, sea creature, evil being
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 6.5
 4K
Beat Street (1984)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Style: hood, independent film, grim, serious, realistic ...
Plot: hip hop, dancing, graffiti, subway, rap, hip hop culture, gangster, urban, black, ghetto, music, street gang ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa, bronx new york city
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 6.2
 33K
I Came By (2022)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, serious, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: missing son, hidden door, pregnant girlfriend, graffiti, shock, street artist, fear, painter, hidden room, friends, human trafficking, friend ...
Time: 2020s
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Cool Cat Saves the Kids (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Cool Cat is the coolest cat in town. All the kids love him. Except for the bully Butch, who hates Cool Cat for his coolness. He terrorizes Cool Cat, his friends and family with threats, taunting, and the internet. Can Cool Cat face his fears and ...
Style: black comedy, cult classic, anime, underground film, experimental ...
Plot: interracial family, bullying, mental illness, cyberbullying, furry, surrealism, lobotomy, child, graffiti, meme, exploitation, gunfight ...
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 6.9
 31K
The Wackness (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, ...
Style: realistic, touching, independent film, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: marijuana, coming of age, hip hop, misfit, dysfunctional family, first love, depression, high school, friendship, weed, drug, stoner ...
Time: year 2008, 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: usa, new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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 6.7
 30K
Colors (1988)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Style: realistic, hood, psychological, serious, exciting ...
Plot: police, gangster, gang, ghetto, hip hop, buddy cop, gunfight, chase, mafia, cop, urban, gang war ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california, south central los angeles
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Bomb the System (2002)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Anthony ā€˜Blestā€™ (Mark Webber) is one of the most talented and notorious graffiti artists in New York City. Despite the tragic loss of his older brother during a nightly 'bombing' foray with a graffiti crew, Anthony has the same ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, rough ...
Plot: graffiti, hip hop, street art, gang, juvenile delinquency, social decay, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, society, youth, teenage life, politics ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, new york state
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 6.8
 229
Follow Me Home (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Three muralists (one Chicano, one Black, one American Indian) and the socially-maladjusted cousin of the Chicano muralist set off on a road trip with the intent of painting their images on the White House. Along the way they meet a mysterious Black ...
Style: spiritual, independent film
Plot: drug addiction, racism, graffiti, native, interracial relations, chicano, collaboration, enlightenment, racial injustice, emancipation, racial relations, introspection ...
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War Dancing - Dance to Win (1989)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story: War Dancing tells the tale of Slammer, a small-time hood whose life changes when he is allowed to take part in a music video shoot. He begins to feel that a career in music might get him on the right track, but the video's choreographer ...
Style: independent film
Plot: dancing, graffiti, dance performance, music competition, dance contest, rivalry, dancer, love, dance school, competition, street gang, school dance
Place: los angeles
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Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Croatia, Switzerland, UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure. Radu Jude (Aferim!) delivers an ...
Style: captivating, intellectual, independent film, freeze frame, sitcom ...
Plot: explicit sex, erection, sex tape, oral sex, penetration, bare breasts, unsimulated sex, female masturbation, teacher, lechery, close up of a penis, nun ...
Time: future
Place: rome italy, romania, bucharest
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 6.0
 198K
Shark Tale (2004)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Thriller
Country: USA, France, North Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Oscar is a small fish whose big aspirations often get him into trouble. Meanwhile, Lenny is a great white shark with a surprising secret that no sea creature would guess: He's a vegetarian. When a lie turns Oscar into an improbable hero and ...
Style: computer animated, entertaining, feel good, humorous, funny ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: fish, underwater, shark, gangster, anthropomorphism, loss of son, talking animal, animal, crime boss, vegetarian, anthropomorphic animal, lie ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
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 6.7
 194K
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Robert McCall returns to deliver his special brand of vigilante justice -- but how far will he go when it's someone he loves?
Style: suspense, action thriller, action adventure, retro, bloody ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: revenge, cia, vigilante, one against many, ex military, vigilantism, violence, tough guy, martial arts, loner, one man army, taxi driver ...
Time: 2010s
Place: boston, istanbul turkey, turkey, europe, north america ...
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 6.9
 3K
King Jack (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, independent film
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, bullying, teenage boy, friendship, small town, teenage life, brutality, violence, party, mental illness, cruelty, drinking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york state
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 5.0
 284
Loren Cass (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Adolescents come to terms with their lives after the rebellions of 1996 St. Petersburg.
Style: independent film
Plot: sex, punk, punk rock, rock, punk rocker, teenage girl, suicide, robbery, graffiti, rock band, cocaine, burglary ...
Place: florida, los angeles, new york, california
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 5.5
 17K
The Wiz (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a Harlem apartment, where a 24-year-old schoolteacher named Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross) lives with her Aunt Em (Theresa Merritt) and Uncle Henry (Stanley Greene). Extremely introverted, she ...
Style: stylized, cult classic, sweet, dark drama, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: wizard of oz, broadway, black, magic, dancing, fantasy world, music, african american, black history, disco, urban, black woman ...
Time: year 1978
Place: new york, harlem, new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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 7.4
 16K
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Style: disturbing, realistic, sentimental, bleak, depressing ...
Audience: teens, toddlers, teen drama
Plot: heroin, coming of age, innocence lost, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, prison, drug dealer, downfall, dysfunctional family, family relations, teenager, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2002, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, europe, united kingdom
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 5.9
 11K
Street Trash (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A group of hobos begin melting into multicolored piles of goo after drinking sixty-year-old liquor. At the same time, the psychotic Vietnam War vet who rules the hobo camp snaps and begins killing at random. Two brothers set out to stop the liquor ...
Style: disturbing, horror comedy, scary, rough, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: body horror, toxic, misfit, store, supernatural, experiment gone awry, death, society, violence spree, zombie, gory, homelessness ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york
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 6.1
 2K
Service (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines, France, South Korea, Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A struggling family (Gina PareƱo, Jaclyn Jose, Coco Martin) owns a Filipino porn theater where prostitutes conduct their business.
Style: sexy, serious, atmospheric, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: gay, erection, unsimulated sex, family relations, unwanted pregnancy, family business, family problems, estrangement, realism, couples, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: asia, the philippines
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Samurai Champloo (2004)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: Mugen is a ferocious, animalistic warrior with a fighting style inspired by break-dancing. Jin is a ronin samurai who wanders the countryside alone. They may not be friends, but their paths continually cross. And when ditzy waitress Fuu gets ...
Style: anime, exciting, thought provoking, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: samurai, pride and honor, martial arts, sword fight, friendship, master warrior, danger, katana, breakdance, on the road, road trip, journey ...
Time: 17th century
Place: japan, okinawa japan
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Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
Style: realistic, tense, serious, emotional, retro ...
Plot: hollywood, coming of age, showbiz, rise and fall, family relations, lifestyle, human nature, ambition, rising to stardom, rags to riches, secret relationship, tomboy ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 1936
Place: california, los angeles, usa, arizona
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Blood Harvest (1987)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Tiny Tim stars in his first dramatic film role in this taut drama. A Beautiful young girl, Jill Robinson, returns to her peaceful rural home town to find that her life has been turned upside down. The house she grew up in has been defaced, her ...
Style: slasher, cult classic, psychotronic, slasher horror, independent film
Plot: clown, killer clown, evil clown, killer, serial killer, fear, supernatural being, amusement park, freak, pig killer, sleazy, bare breasts ...
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 6.6
 469K
Elysium (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ...
Style: futuristic, cyber, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, space station, apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, class conflict, space and aliens, dark future, ecological disaster, post apocalypse, utopia, dystopian future ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place: los angeles, seattle, peru, africa, usa
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 6.6
 4K
Love Hurts (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Renata is a young high-class girl and Ulises is a poor guy. They both fall in love, but they must fight against everyone, specially Renata's rich parents, who want to stop their love by sending her to Canada. The story remarks the difference ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, contemplative ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: teenage love, forbidden love, against the odds, social differences, poverty, wealth, fall in love, youth, society, young lovers, parents and children, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico city, mexico, latin america
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