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Amazon Prime Video
82
7.8
/232327/
77
/11510/
77
/4108/
3.8
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89
/244/
91
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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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Apple TV
81
7.7
/8732/
78
/963/
75
/178/
3.9
/24919/
95
/86/
85
/59/
74
/24/
cc age 14+

Beastie Boys Story (2020)
Here's a little story they're about to tell... Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of their band and 40 years of friendship in a live documentary experience directed by friend, collaborator, and their former grandfather, Spike Jonze.
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79
7.9
/10046/
78
/195/
79
/167/
3.8
/2807/
77
/87/
90
/470/
66
/33/
cc age 17+

Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
Home movies, photographs, and recited poetry illustrate the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the most beloved, revolutionary, and volatile hip-hop MCs of all time.
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Netflix
77
7.2
/5767/
70
/250/
66
/115/
3.8
/17763/
99
/139/
72
/66/
80
/28/
cc age 16+

The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.
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77
7.9
/46747/
77
/739/
73
/200/
3.7
/24113/
96
/26/
81
/73/
65
/4/
cc age 14+

Gully Boy (2019)
A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.
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Amazon Prime Video
77
7.1
/6498/
75
/552/
72
/125/
3.5
/9164/
89
/82/
84
/63/
75
/22/
cc age 16+

Bodied (2018)
A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.
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Kanopy
77
7.1
/3415/
73
/158/
69
/71/
3.5
/3262/
98
/41/
82
/43/
72
/14/

Nas: Time Is Illmatic (2014)
Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation.
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Starz
76
7.3
/45252/
73
/1090/
72
/423/
3.6
/22064/
83
/160/
83
/3536/
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.
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The Roku Channel
79
74
7.6
/4173/
77
/195/
71
/56/
3.8
/5347/
90
/61/
90
/269/
76
/22/
cc age 14+

Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)
Having forged a 20-year run as one of the most innovative and influential hip hop bands of all time, the Queens NY collective known as 'A Tribe Called Quest' have kept a generation hungry for more of their groundbreaking music since their much publicized breakup in 1998. Michael Rapaport documents the inner workings and behind the scenes drama that follows the band to this day. He explores what's next for, what many claim, are the pioneers of alternative rap.
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fuboTV
74
7.0
/32900/
74
/1158/
72
/435/
3.6
/39476/
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.
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Kanopy
73
6.6
/3416/
65
/178/
64
/47/
3.6
/13490/
93
/104/
75
/11/
71
/27/
cc age 15+

Mogul Mowgli (2020)
Zed, a young British rapper, is about to start his first world tour, when a crippling illness strikes him down, forcing him to move back in with his family. He tries to find himself between an international music career and Pakistani family traditions.
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73
7.2
/135471/
75
/5097/
71
/1947/
3.6
/214670/
77
/30/
91
/9184/
54
/9/
cc age 16+

Friday (1995)
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
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Amazon Prime Video
73
7.1
/199177/
70
/4203/
66
/2345/
3.6
/143800/
93
/185/
55
/792589/
75
/38/
cc age 14+

About a Boy (2002)
Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.
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72
6.8
/10781/
73
/460/
65
/209/
3.5
/9783/
86
/168/
78
/104/
67
/37/
cc age 16+

Patti Cake$ (2017)
Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.
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71
7.2
/348063/
73
/12438/
71
/7650/
3.6
/582579/
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.
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Amazon Prime Video
70
6.3
/5785/
66
/507/
61
/115/
3.3
/6243/
87
/85/
60
/47/
75
/29/
cc age 16+

Morris from America (2016)
13-year-old Morris Gentry has just relocated with his single father, Curtis to Heidelberg, Germany. Morris, who fancies himself the next Notorious B.I.G., is a complete fish-out-of-water—a budding hip-hop star in an EDM world. To complicate matters further, Morris quickly falls hard for his cool, rebellious, 15-year-old classmate Katrin. Morris sets out against all odds to take the hip-hop world by storm and win the girl of his dreams.
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The Roku Channel
69
6.7
/5127/
61
/147/
63
/78/
3.2
/3010/
80
/49/
73
/523/
63
/16/

Biggie & Tupac (2002)
In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop's infamous east-west rivalry. Nick Broomfield's film introduces Russell Poole, an ex-cop with damning evidence that suggests the LAPD deliberately fumbled the case to conceal connections between the police, LA gangs and Death Row Records, the label run by feared rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight.
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Disney Plus
68
5.4
/603/
59
/82/
62
/20/
3.1
/774/
100
/12/
81
/8/
58
/4/
cc age 10+

World's Best (2023)
Twelve-year-old mathematics genius Prem discovers his recently deceased father was a famous rapper and immediately sets out to learn more about his father’s life and passions. Empowered by imaginative hip-hop music-fueled fantasies, Prem is determined to find out if hip-hop truly is in his DNA.
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Starz
66
6.3
/5328/
69
/166/
64
/52/
3.0
/1769/
64
/67/
84
/388/
50
/23/

The Brothers (2001)
This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the playboy gets engaged, the other three friends find themselves having to come to terms with their own issues of commitment and honesty...
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Amazon Prime Video
72
66
7.1
/3692/
74
/167/
66
/61/
3.5
/2119/
86
/28/
77
/184/
66
/11/
cc age 16+

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING: THE ART OF RAP is a feature length performance documentary about the runaway juggernaut that is Rap music. At the wheel of this unstoppable beast is the film's director and interviewer Ice-T. Taking us on a deeply personal journey Ice-T uncovers how this music of the street has grown to dominate the world. Along the way Ice-T meets a whole spectrum of Hip-Hop talent, from founders, to new faces, to the global superstars like Eminem, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West. He exposes the roots and history of Rap and then, through meeting many of its most famous protagonists, studies the living mechanism of the music to reveal 'The Art Of Rap'. This extraordinary film features unique performances from the entire cast, without resorting to archive material, to build a fresh and surprising take on the phenomenon that is Rap.
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Amazon Prime Video
68
66
6.5
/4735/
73
/272/
68
/93/
3.4
/3649/
57
/7/
83
/314/
68
/5/
cc age 14+

Beat Street (1984)
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.
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66
6.7
/47751/
70
/1355/
69
/775/
3.1
/24139/
52
/143/
65
/3303/
60
/32/
cc age 17+

Notorious (2009)
"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."
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64
6.3
/171676/
64
/8804/
63
/5045/
3.1
/436233/
68
/228/
52
/2624/
55
/34/
cc age 13+

The Visit (2015)
A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.
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Amazon Prime Video
63
6.4
/23016/
68
/859/
68
/516/
3.2
/15670/
62
/21/
54
/198/

Chained (2012)
A serial killer kidnaps a young boy after murdering his mother, then raises him to be his accomplice. After years in captivity, the boy must choose between escaping or following in his captor's bloody footprints.
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Paramount+ Amazon Channel
68
60
6.8
/2881/
68
/295/
72
/46/
3.2
/8658/
cc age 15+

Stans (2025)
A revealing, edgy, and disarmingly personal journey into the world of superfandom, told through the lens of one of the world's most iconic and enduring artists, Eminem, and the fans that worship him.
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59
6.7
/51943/
69
/1483/
65
/667/
3.2
/16040/
32
/25/
68
/1130/

Nothing to Lose (1997)
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.
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Amazon Prime Video
58
5.6
/856/
69
/118/
59
/29/
3.0
/1645/
76
/33/
73
/21/
52
/9/
cc age 13+

On the Come Up (2022)
Sixteen-year-old Brianna Jackson is a gifted rapper who plans to take the battle rap scene by storm to lift up her family and do right by the legacy of her father, a local hip-hop legend whose career was cut short by gang violence. However, when her first hit song goes viral for all the wrong reasons, she finds herself torn between the authenticity that got her this far and the false persona that the industry wants to impose on her.
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56
5.9
/7824/
68
/419/
66
/163/
3.1
/5752/
33
/9/
73
/483/
53
/5/

Breakin' (1984)
A struggling young dancer joins forces with two breakdancers and together they become a street sensation.
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81
56
8.0
/2633/
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/108/
76
/50/
4.1
/15758/
89
/14/

Runaway (2010)
A man falls in love with a half-woman/half-phoenix who fell to Earth from the sky.
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56
6.2
/11096/
68
/475/
60
/138/
3.2
/7642/
50
/26/
61
/384/
49
/20/

CB4 (1993)
A "rockumentary", covering the rise to fame of MC Gusto, Stab Master Arson, and Dead Mike: members of the rap group "CB4". We soon learn that these three are not what they seem and don't appear to know as much about rap music as they claim... but a lack of musical ability in an artist never hurts sales, does it? You've just got to play the part of a rap star...
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56
6.5
/60666/
70
/2003/
69
/1227/
3.2
/42017/
36
/45/
64
/1811/
46
/18/
cc age 15+

Dangerous Minds (1995)
Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.
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Plex
49
6.4
/14092/
62
/302/
62
/225/
2.9
/3051/
21
/52/
45
/490/
34
/14/
cc age 17+

Fireflies in the Garden (2008)
The semi-autobiographical story centers on the complexities of love and commitment in a family torn apart when faced with an unexpected tragedy.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
48
7.7
/1833/
75
/97/
75
/30/
3.8
/8867/
75
/8/
68
/8/
cc age 15+

A Man Named Scott (2021)
In 2009, Scott Mescudi aka Kid Cudi released his debut LP, Man on the Moon: The End of Day. A genre-bending album that broke barriers by featuring songs dealing with depression, anxiety and loneliness, it resonated deeply with young listeners and launched Cudi as a musical star and cultural hero. A Man Named Scott explores Cudi’s journey over a decade of creative choices, struggles and breakthroughs, making music that continues to move and empower his millions of fans around the world.
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Kanopy
48
5.4
/41212/
57
/938/
52
/679/
2.4
/15316/
31
/160/
27
/998/
47
/36/
cc age 15+

Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor. When the two are assigned a big case they must work out whether they want to solve the case or follow their hearts.
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74
46
7.3
/220/
68
/5/
3.5
/838/
95
/22/
66
/9/

California Schemin' (2026)
In the late 1990s, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd had their musical ambitions consistently ridiculed for having the 'wrong' accents, so they went for broke and reinvented themselves as Californian rappers. The duo re-recorded their own tracks with fake accents and turned up in London claiming to be an established duo on the Cali scene as well as childhood friends with Eminem. They quickly bagged themselves a record deal, a hefty sum in advances, and an appearance on MTV... until it all came crashing down.
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63
44
6.5
/3566/
60
/26/
62
/40/
3.4
/912/
64

Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Even though Nelli's parents have the perfect career and man planned for her, she dreams of becoming a singer. In a studio, she meets a young hip hop artist Sune and asks him to help her make a demo tape.
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Netflix
66
44
6.4
/2170/
69
/228/
69
/361/
3.2
/9911/
64
/1/

Street Flow (2019)
Noumouké, from the suburb of Paris, is about to decide which brother's foot steps to follow - the lawyer student Soulaymaan or the gangster Demba.
poster
65
37
6.1
/2031/
62
/33/
48
/22/
3.4
/639/
89
/9/
65
/18/

The District (2004)
In an effort to end family feuding, a young gypsy travels back in time to kill mammoths to ensure Hungary becomes rich by killing mammoths in order to create a massive oil reservoir. Things don't go entirely according to plan...
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Kanopy
56
37
5.5
/1237/
66
/160/
56
/95/
2.8
/1051/
44
/9/
63
/13/
54
/4/

Love Beats Rhymes (2017)
A young woman dreams of making it big in the world of hip hop, but her parents demand that she finish her university degree. She dutifully agrees to complete her education, but her spoken word proves to have a powerful impact in the classroom.
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MGM Plus
38
37
3.6
/13324/
50
/417/
50
/292/
2.2
/7281/
18
/94/
30
/2456/
40
/17/
cc age 15+

Dance Flick (2009)
Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
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Hoopla
36
4.2
/1513/
55
/53/
48
/26/
2.7
/487/
10
/39/
25
/26/
18
/16/

Turn It Up (2000)
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.
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Amazon Prime Video
57
33
5.4
/1233/
56
/52/
45
/23/
73
/82/

Rollin' with the Nines (2006)
Too Fine and his friends Finny, Pushy and Rage hope to set up a successful urban underground garage...
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34
32
3.0
/10785/
49
/259/
49
/197/
2.2
/7323/
3
/33/
43
/410/
24
/10/

Cool as Ice (1991)
Freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician Johnny rolls into a small town with his band, and meets Kathy, an honor student who catches his eye. Meanwhile, Kathy's father, after being in the Witness Protection Program, is finally tracked down by two corrupt cops he escaped from years ago, who want the money he owes them.
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67
30
6.6
/155/
67
/33/
70
/72/
3.4
/1062/

Bigflo & Oli: Hip Hop Frenzy (2020)
Go backstage with French rap duo Bigflo & Oli in this intimate music documentary, then join the superstar siblings as they embark on a major tour.
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71
30
7.1
/690/
70
/23/
66
/15/
3.7
/784/
77
/33/

The Carter (2009)
An in-depth look at the artist Dwayne "Lil Wayne" Carter Jr, proclaimed by many as the "greatest rapper alive" With comprehensive and personal interviews with Lil Wayne, this film will also feature insight from those that know him best. The world will finally get to know the history surrounding one of the most prolific artists of this generation.
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Amazon Prime Video
74
27
7.1
/875/
76
/66/
77
/11/
3.4
/325/
79
/30/

Welcome to Death Row (2001)
The record label Death Row Records has, since its creation in 1993, been synonymous with the American hip-hop climate. Formed by ex-bodyguard Suge Knight, the label has released seminal rap albums from luminaries including Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and the famous hip-hop martyr Tupac Shakur. WELCOME TO DEATH ROW is a fascinating, well-researched documentary which explores the history of this intriguing and incredibly significant company.
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74
24
7.3
/205/
78
/22/
76
/43/
3.5
/345/

Numero Zero: The Roots of Italian Rap (2015)
In the eighties comes from overseas powerful, unstoppable, the wave of hip hop. Few years later the rap music begins to take roots in Italy with the firts album in 1990. Thus began a golden age that from the undergrowth of the counterculture reaches a diverse audience, passing through the masterpiece of Sangue Misto, the evergreen Kaos and Colle Der Fomento, until the commercial success of Neffa, Frankie Hi-Nrg, Sottotono, Articolo 31 and the debut of a young Fabri Fibra. Then, suddenly, the dark at the dawn of the new millenium. Why? An epic, unique season of musical creativity narrated by its big players and accompanied by the voice of a talented and renowed freestyler grown up with those great musicians: Ensi. - Written by Bisi, Enrico
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Hoopla
54
21
5.5
/356/
54
/60/
52
/117/
2.9
/491/

The Grad Job (2014)
Teenagers, in their last year of High School, steel the subjects of the Baccalaureate from the education exam division in order to succeed at the exam.


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