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Kanopy
89
8.6
/857997/
85
/13573/
84
/7895/
4.6
/959916/
91
/163/
97
/15603/
79
/33/
cc age 18+

City of God (2002)
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
poster
Netflix
88
8.1
/123870/
83
/2490/
79
/889/
4.3
/696177/
97
/204/
97
/182/
85
/43/
cc age 14+

I'm Still Here (2024)
A woman married to a former politician during the 1971 military dictatorship in Brazil is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary act.
poster
Starz
83
7.5
/90418/
75
/2847/
73
/1377/
4.0
/128840/
94
/212/
87
/1811/
85
/46/
cc age 17+

Fruitvale Station (2013)
Oakland, California. Young Afro-American Oscar Grant crosses paths with family members, friends, enemies and strangers before facing his fate on the platform at Fruitvale Station, in the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2009.
poster
82
7.5
/15885/
75
/518/
72
/225/
3.8
/10536/
88
/40/
91
/402/
81
/28/

Fresh (1994)
Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
82
7.4
/34013/
75
/2174/
73
/706/
4.1
/76985/
94
/178/
86
/299/
75
/43/
cc age 16+

Blindspotting (2018)
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men’s friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.4
/17507/
72
/320/
69
/244/
3.8
/4204/
100
/93/
90
/751/
82
/25/

Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
poster
82
7.5
/68726/
78
/2082/
75
/841/
3.9
/79133/
84
/45/
93
/2211/
76
/19/
cc age 17+

Menace II Society (1993)
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
poster
Starz
82
7.8
/479330/
78
/10960/
76
/5799/
3.9
/294977/
81
/213/
90
/82/
76
/38/
cc age 17+

American Gangster (2007)
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
poster
Hulu
82
7.8
/231386/
77
/11422/
78
/4089/
3.8
/333755/
89
/244/
91
/2595/
72
/41/
cc age 17+

Straight Outta Compton (2015)
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
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Kanopy
81
7.3
/147795/
71
/2504/
69
/1566/
3.7
/100138/
89
/194/
82
/5260/
88
/40/
cc age 16+

Capote (2005)
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
poster
Kanopy
80
7.3
/4790/
72
/96/
74
/81/
3.7
/4108/
79
/58/
88
/176/
cc age 17+

My Family (1995)
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.
poster
79
7.8
/17405/
80
/1077/
77
/500/
4.2
/69668/
86
/7/
95
/7532/
53
/5/
8.1
/46755/

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogrammed to forget their real identities and renamed The Crescendolls, the group quickly becomes a huge success playing soulless corporate pop. At a concert, Shep manages to free all the musicians except Stella, and the band sets out to rediscover who they really are — and to rescue Stella.
poster
Netflix
77
7.8
/507516/
78
/12704/
75
/6326/
4.0
/491577/
74
/169/
89
/11258/
71
/36/
cc age 17+

Training Day (2001)
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/32183/
72
/531/
69
/334/
3.5
/11028/
82
/130/
86
/1673/
70
/35/
cc age 17+

Tsotsi (2005)
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the criminal life isn’t the best way.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/26131/
74
/843/
73
/453/
3.7
/50987/
86
/113/
95
/8465/
73
/29/
cc age 14+

Love & Basketball (2000)
Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.
poster
Kanopy
77
7.2
/84457/
72
/2693/
71
/1560/
3.6
/212731/
98
/46/
81
/2285/

Ring (1998)
A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.4
/5941/
74
/156/
70
/80/
3.6
/1371/
79
/53/
85
/308/
68
/15/

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he becomes a minor celebrity & faces a public outcry against the practice of hanging. Based on true events.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
76
7.3
/45032/
73
/1075/
71
/419/
3.6
/20954/
83
/160/
83
/3535/
68
/37/
cc age 18+

Hustle & Flow (2005)
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
poster
Starz
76
7.0
/12126/
74
/295/
68
/154/
3.9
/23562/
79
/33/
89
/751/
65
/16/
cc age 13+

Crooklyn (1994)
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
poster
76
7.6
/33004/
75
/758/
69
/314/
3.6
/12931/
81
/21/
89
/1336/

Gettysburg (1993)
In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.
poster
Netflix
76
7.6
/419817/
76
/12174/
73
/6134/
3.7
/271000/
86
/210/
85
/14529/
76
/39/
cc age 17+

Inside Man (2006)
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
poster
Netflix
75
6.6
/46587/
69
/3201/
66
/683/
3.7
/216987/
95
/135/
82
/368/
74
/27/
cc age 16+

They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.
poster
75
7.7
/347322/
77
/9551/
73
/4414/
4.0
/448337/
78
/155/
89
/11518/
69
/30/
cc age 14+

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
poster
80
75
7.5
/10934/
73
/221/
72
/194/
3.8
/10495/
100
/18/
87
/85/

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
poster
75
7.1
/11289/
76
/529/
74
/381/
3.5
/7421/
73
/11/
90
/450/
66
/11/
cc age 17+

American Me (1992)
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.
poster
75
7.6
/91694/
78
/2839/
79
/2358/
3.7
/196882/
69
/124/
87
/14587/
64
/29/
cc age 13+

Freedom Writers (2007)
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
74
6.9
/54241/
71
/1180/
67
/765/
3.6
/48768/
82
/65/
83
/1375/
64
/21/
cc age 17+

He Got Game (1998)
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
poster
fuboTV
74
7.0
/32640/
74
/1143/
71
/430/
3.6
/35996/
81
/32/
90
/1660/
60
/17/
cc age 17+

Juice (1992)
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.
poster
Kanopy
76
73
7.3
/13668/
69
/289/
69
/206/
3.6
/14858/
92
/26/
74
/293/
83
/9/

42nd Street (1933)
A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
73
6.9
/24643/
70
/552/
66
/340/
3.7
/22119/
75
/64/
74
/454/
71
/20/
cc age 17+

Clockers (1995)
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. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
7.2
/91314/
74
/4552/
71
/1535/
3.5
/127155/
88
/161/
83
/1099/
72
/37/
cc age 17+

Dope (2015)
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
poster
72
6.7
/41563/
72
/1415/
66
/565/
3.4
/32505/
81
/37/
80
/1186/
61
/13/

New Jack City (1991)
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.7
/20363/
69
/1494/
66
/600/
3.5
/22999/
87
/98/
71
/77/
72
/26/

Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Manji, a highly skilled samurai, becomes cursed with immortality after a legendary battle. Haunted by the brutal murder of his sister, Manji knows that only fighting evil will regain his soul. He promises to help a young girl named Rin avenge her parents, who were killed by a group of master swordsmen led by ruthless warrior Anotsu. The mission will change Manji in ways he could never imagine.
poster
72
6.5
/2596/
70
/60/
66
/35/
3.6
/3852/
73
/22/
87
/165/

Mi Vida Loca (1994)
Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.
poster
72
6.8
/7287/
75
/255/
67
/94/
3.4
/3124/
78
/9/
83
/152/
64
/16/

South Central (1992)
During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby struggles to convince Jimmie to leave the gang that was his only family during the painful years his absent father spent behind bars.
poster
72
6.5
/18047/
72
/628/
71
/332/
3.4
/18927/
72
/93/
87
/2240/
55
/26/
cc age 16+

Baby Boy (2001)
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.9
/37031/
81
/908/
81
/1465/
4.0
/21884/
64
/14/
94
/1854/
47
/12/

Bound by Honor (1993)
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
poster
Netflix
72
7.3
/187504/
76
/5312/
75
/3166/
3.8
/252073/
63
/146/
85
/10576/
57
/36/
cc age 14+

Coach Carter (2005)
Based on a true story, in which Richmond High School head basketball coach Ken Carter made headlines in 1999 for benching his undefeated team due to poor academic results.
poster
Netflix
71
7.2
/346075/
73
/12228/
71
/7604/
3.6
/554202/
76
/211/
54
/1027848/
77
/38/
cc age 17+

8 Mile (2002)
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
poster
71
6.9
/14257/
65
/416/
67
/296/
3.5
/30113/
89
/36/
69
/206/

The Black Cat (1934)
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
poster
76
71
7.1
/6051/
74
/210/
68
/66/
3.7
/7566/
85
/52/
88
/243/
72
/8/

Cooley High (1975)
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.
poster
71
7.4
/24317/
78
/966/
73
/329/
3.5
/17254/
71
/21/
85
/1299/
58
/13/
cc age 14+

Lean On Me (1989)
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.
poster
70
6.6
/5024/
71
/166/
67
/55/
3.3
/2288/
58
/24/
90
/382/

Jason's Lyric (1994)
The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.
poster
70
6.2
/8928/
71
/326/
59
/119/
3.4
/6516/
86
/29/
59
/211/
71
/9/

Car Wash (1976)
This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of eccentric customers -- including a smooth-talking preacher, a wacky cab driver and an ex-convict -- while cracking politically incorrect jokes to a constant soundtrack of disco and funk. Some of the workers find romance as the day moves along, but most are just happy to get through another shift.
poster
Hoopla
73
70
6.9
/9035/
69
/268/
67
/148/
3.5
/4073/
94
/35/
71
/277/

Neds (2010)
NEDs (Non Educated Delinquents) is the story of a young man’s journey from prize-winning schoolboy to knife-carrying teenager. Struggling against the low expectations of those around him, John McGill changes from victim to avenger, scholar to NED, altar boy to glue sniffer. When he attempts to change back again, his new reality and recent past make conformity near impossible and violent self determination near inevitable.
poster
MGM Plus
70
7.0
/10928/
74
/357/
66
/106/
3.6
/7182/
61
/57/
92
/1116/
52
/21/

The Wood (1999)
In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the twenty-something trio's childhood exploits, the memories capture the mood and nostalgia of the '80s era.
poster
Starz Apple TV Channel
70
6.2
/12824/
73
/363/
69
/164/
3.5
/9236/
63
/84/
86
/5020/
63
/25/
cc age 14+

ATL (2006)
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
poster
69
6.7
/32424/
71
/883/
64
/508/
3.3
/17189/
75
/40/
71
/549/
66
/15/

Colors (1988)
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.


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