| Bomb City (2017) | 6.8 | |
| Los hongos (2014) | 6.5 | |
| Downtown 81 (2000) | 6.9 | |
| Microphone (2010) | 7.3 | |
| Reign Supreme (2022) | 7.7 |
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, realistic, melancholic, atmospheric, captivating and serious films and TV shows about / with graffiti, coming of age, urban, friendship, street art, hip hop, teenager, youth culture, redemption and gang plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as graffiti: The Can (2007), Wholetrain (2006), Gimme the Loot (2012), Basquiat (1996), The Graffiti Artist (2004), Downtown 81 (2000), Los hongos (2014), The Wackness (2008), Soft Matter (2018), The Warriors (1979).
Best films
New films
| Entergalactic (2022) | 7.4 | |
| Two to One (2024) | 6.1 | |
| Uproar (2023) | 6.7 | |
| Altered (2025) | 3.6 | |
| Shelby Oaks (2024) | 5.4 |
List of graffiti movies
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This movie is about strange relationships in one "noname" gymnasium in Czech republic.
Style:
ironic, light hearted, romantic comedy, black comedy, teen comedy
Plot:
friendship, graffiti, student, police, alcoholic mother, teacher student relationship, high school life, coming of age, youth culture, adolescence, satire, social commentary ...
Place:
czech republic, prague
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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:
captivating, serious, stylized, tense, fast ...
Plot:
graffiti, hip hop, rebelliousness, gang, rebellion, nightlife, fighting the system, youth, on the run, vandalism, city life, society ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
germany, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 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:
teenager, graffiti, gang, drug dealing, juvenile delinquency, city life, teenage life, cons and scams, vandalism, coming of age, black, drug dealer ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, bronx new york city, africa
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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:
inspirational, stylized, sexy, factual, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
artist, art, graffiti, painter, biopic, drug abuse, painting, drug addiction, friendship, art history, drug, self destructing ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1981
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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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, social differences, teenage life, juvenile delinquency, lifestyle, friendship, drug abuse, life is a bitch ...
Place:
oregon, seattle, usa, portland oregon, washington state
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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, humorous, witty, contemplative, atmospheric ...
Plot:
art, artist, prodigy, profanity, musician's life, twentysomething life, graffiti, art history, punk, street life, african, painting ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia, France, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ras is a graffiti artist from the city of Cali who works in construction, he works during the day and paints walls at night. One day he is caught stealing cans of paint from the construction site where he works, for which he is fired. With no money, ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, atmospheric, sentimental, thought provoking
Plot:
graffiti, youth, against the rules, rebelliousness, teenage life, friendship, adolescence, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, social decay, interracial relations, social differences ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia
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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:
touching, independent film, humorous, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
marijuana, coming of age, hip hop, misfit, dysfunctional family, teenager, high school, depression, first love, friendship, drug, stoner ...
Time:
year 1994, year 2008, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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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:
suspenseful, bleak, humorous, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
monster, slime, fire, immortality, lightning, graffiti, science, creature, evil being, sea creature, beast, painter ...
Is relevant?
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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:
cult classic, neo noir, retro, grindhouse, grim ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, street gang, gang, gang war, gang member, subway, violence, warrior, gangster, chase, murder, graffiti ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1979, near future, 80s
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, bronx new york city, usa, north america ...
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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, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, graffiti, dancing, subway, rap, gangster, black, urban, music, ghetto, discrimination, street gangster ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, tokyo, israel ...
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two documentary filmmakers travel through alternate dimensions to uncover the truth about a graffiti artist who has vanished.
Style:
dark, surreal, independent film, experimental, psychological ...
Plot:
found footage, graffiti, alternate dimension, missing person, investigation, urban decay, symbolism, macabre, investigative journalism, identity crisis, obsession, conspiracy ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the "classic Spider-Man mold", Miles Morales must juggle his high school life with his status as a superhero. Until he learns by Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man, that there is a multiverse, called the "Spider-Verse", in ...
Style:
feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, anime, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, multiverse, teenager, peter parker character, superheroine, teenage life, teenage girl, spider man, alternate universe, love, teenage superhero, father son relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Hallows Estate is on alert as strange graffiti tags with messages declaring the streets will be taken over on Halloween night begin to appear on walls around the place, along with sightings of strange figures lurking in the shadows. One of the ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
halloween, gang, supernatural, criminal, murder, gang leader, assault, estate, poverty, graffiti, fear, holiday horror ...
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Genre: Crime, Family, Mystery, Thriller
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, mental illness, bullying, cyberbullying, furry, copyright, lobotomy, surrealism, graffiti, meme, child, schizophrenia ...
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Simon and Frede lives in a provincial village south of Copenhagen.
The year is 1991, and if you don't like watching football, there are few alternatives.
Simon is good at drawing, and is reminded over and over again that this is a useless ...
Style:
moody
Plot:
graffiti, coming of age, friendship, youth culture, street art, frustration, identity, aspiration, teenage rebellion, peer pressure, loyalty, betrayal ...
Time:
90s
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
After a graffiti artist loses his brother and fellow partner-in-crime to the hands of a vigilante killer he vows to give up graffiti forever. That lasts until he hooks up with his best friend, a tag-banger out to make a name for himself.
Style:
independent film, tension, realistic, noir, hispanic
Plot:
graffiti, urban, street art, subculture, vigilante, friendship, revenge, redemption, loyalty, loss, rebellion, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
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Country: Japan
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Japanese film directed by Tadanobu Asano.
Style:
anthology, avant garde, art house, experimental, independent film ...
Plot:
graffiti, modern dance, street art, dance performance, performance art, urban, experimental music, minimalism, love triangle, beach, youth culture, relationships ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Upon his return to Alexandria, Khaled becomes intrigued with a graffiti mural opposite his apartment. As he pursues this further, a larger underground arts scene slowly reveals itself, composed of musicians, filmmakers, and graffiti artists. As they ...
Style:
reflective, melancholic, visual, islamic, independent film
Plot:
graffiti, youth culture, social commentary, subculture, counterculture, street art, identity, nostalgia, getting home, realism, slice of life, bohemian ...
Place:
alexandria egypt, middle east, egypt
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
In the bustling heart of Shibuya, four young women—an artist, a retired idol, a V-tuber, and a composer—form JELEE, an anonymous artist group. United in their quest for self-expression, they journey towards self-discovery and finding their voice.
Style:
anime, emotional, aesthetic, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot:
musician, female friendship, music, artist, music and dance, musician's life, music band, teamwork, music business, slice of life, singer, graffiti ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
While investigating the kidnapping and murder of a little girl, a detective spots a piece of graffiti that depicts the crime scene perfectly—but the graffiti was drawn a month before the crime took place, and that the artist knows more than he is ...
Style:
psychological, detective, crime thriller, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, child murder, graffiti, abduction, police investigation, unlikely friendships, mind reading, crime investigation, society, secret, destiny ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Haruko Azumi is a 28-years-old woman. She is a single and works at an office. One day, she suddenly disappears on a typical street with retail stores lined up. After her disappearance, her missing person poster is spread across the city.
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, suspense ...
Plot:
schoolgirl, missing child, japanese girl, japanese schoolgirl, cat, graffiti, missing person, girl gang, missing girl, media frenzy, violence, social media ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Netherlands, USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
“Darling, Something's Wrong with Your Head＂ a
story of forbidden love, is the first fiction feature set in
Gaza in over 15 years. The film is a modern re-telling
of the legendary tragic romance 'Majnun Layla', which
was set in ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, art house, independent film ...
Plot:
forbidden love, poetry, women of color, graffiti, passion, young lovers, cultural conflict, student, urban, family drama, tragic romance, intimate ...
Place:
palestine, middle east
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 80s, the beginnings of french hip hop told through the birth of the french rap band NTM and the ascension of dancer and graffiti artist Lady V and DJ Dee Nasty.
Style:
captivating, period piece
Plot:
hip hop, ambition, musician, music band, rising to stardom, rap star, culture, rap, music business, music, desire for fame, biopic ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france
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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, gang, gangster, hip hop, buddy cop, chase, gunfight, mafia, urban, cop, gang member, partner ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, venice beach california ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Thanks to a tip from teenager Matt, who survives on the streets as a graffiti artist, policeman Ray is able to arrest Sergei, a diamond smuggler. In return, Matt gets Jules Daniels's file, his biological mother.
Style:
suspense, emotional, realistic, crime thriller, tense ...
Plot:
runaway teen, urban, survival, mother son reunion, family secret, graffiti, street art, informant, adoption, motherhood, redemption, social issues ...
Time:
90s
Is relevant?
226
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Baklava is a fairy tale about a country in the heart of the Peninsula and two brothers, separated by the timelessness of the Transition. Djore is 26, dresses in black, listens to drum & bass and does graffiti. Kotze is 9, wears a silver ...
Style:
independent film, sincere, captivating, road movie, dark comedy ...
Plot:
treasure, brother brother relationship, sibling relationship, brothers, hidden treasure, treasure hunt, brother, family relations, treasure hunter, travel, social change, coming of age ...
Place:
bulgaria, eastern europe, balkan
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440
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a provocative autobiography, this story — set in a largely Muslim neighborhood in Berlin — follows a teenage gang member who is caught between hiding his Jewish identity and saving his life.
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, multicultural, tension ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, religion, teenager, gang, coming of age, youth, identity, social problems, gang member, arab culture, relationship problems, drug dealer ...
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A punk chick flick about teen girls that mixes highly stylized fictional elements with documentary material: loneliness, pussy-power, Kawaii, electric green, hentai, graffiti, vibrators, friendship, teddy bears, resting bitch face, ART, fire, fear, ...
Style:
stylized
Plot:
punk, girl gang, social media, internet culture, rebellion, loneliness, teen angst, college, friendship, sexuality, graffiti, lgbt ...
Place:
scandinavia, denmark
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1K
Genre: Family
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Slacker Schoolboy Tim is an expert in wasting time. So what happens when he discovers he has two hours left to live?
Style:
humorous, sentimental, inspirational, touching, life affirming ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
desire, bucket list, school bully, hidden room, secret, scientific experiment, friendship, museum, dignity, acceptance, destiny, self discovery ...
Place:
london
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