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fuboTV
91
8.7
/1364529/
85
/25334/
84
/13827/
4.5
/1825756/
93
/167/
97
/29231/
92
/21/
cc age 18+

GoodFellas (1990)
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
poster
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
The Roku Channel
89
8.3
/29256/
79
/770/
75
/320/
4.4
/50913/
98
/60/
92
/881/
98
/19/
cc age 13+

Hoop Dreams (1994)
Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.
poster
88
8.2
/651565/
79
/10162/
78
/5301/
4.1
/366806/
99
/165/
94
/6451/
91
/28/
cc age 17+

L.A. Confidential (1997)
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
8.2
/3514/
81
/163/
74
/64/
4.4
/17109/
100
/12/

Streetwise (1984)
This documentary about teenagers living on the streets in Seattle began as a magazine article. The film follows nine teenagers who discuss how they live by panhandling, prostitution, and petty theft.
poster
Criterion Channel
87
7.9
/10397/
79
/302/
79
/227/
4.2
/43256/
94
/17/
93
/134/

Pixote (1980)
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
poster
Kanopy
85
8.1
/219792/
82
/4938/
80
/4355/
4.5
/869360/
96
/73/
95
/2374/
cc age 16+

La Haine (1995)
After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.
poster
85
7.9
/299757/
77
/6412/
76
/3396/
4.2
/561612/
91
/154/
89
/6370/
86
/28/
cc age 18+

Boogie Nights (1997)
Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.
poster
fuboTV
85
8.3
/1267350/
80
/22275/
80
/12665/
4.0
/1073465/
87
/192/
93
/28997/
84
/34/
cc age 17+

American Beauty (1999)
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
7.8
/7371/
79
/497/
83
/482/
4.0
/29690/
96
/74/
99
/113/
70
/17/
cc age 13+

Radical (2023)
In a Mexican border town plagued by neglect, corruption, and violence, a frustrated teacher tries an unorthodox new method to break through his students’ apathy and unlock their curiosity, their potential... and perhaps even their genius.
poster
84
8.0
/72803/
79
/4161/
77
/1678/
4.0
/136549/
100
/11/
92
/1486/
cc age 14+

Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code.
poster
83
7.9
/10888/
76
/133/
73
/112/
3.9
/9148/
93
/29/
93
/218/
79
/18/

Salaam Bombay! (1988)
After destroying his older brother's motorbike in retaliation for his constant bullying, 11-year-old Krishna is sent to a traveling circus to earn money to pay for the bike's repairs, but soon winds up in the streets of Bombay's poorest slums. There, he befriends the drug dealer Chillum and young prostitute Sola Saal, while trying to make enough money at a neighborhood tea stall to repay his debt to his family.
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
Netflix
82
7.5
/228154/
73
/4029/
70
/2295/
3.7
/93222/
93
/221/
85
/4672/
86
/34/
cc age 17+

Traffic (2000)
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin's sheltered trophy wife must learn her husband's ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
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
Criterion Channel
82
8.0
/136710/
79
/2686/
78
/1777/
4.0
/97501/
94
/68/
95
/4494/
75
/19/

Infernal Affairs (2002)
Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their older counterparts, Chen Wing Yan and Inspector Lau Kin Ming, respectively, race against time to expose the mole within their midst.
poster
Kanopy
82
8.3
/958810/
81
/18161/
80
/10617/
4.1
/1401221/
80
/182/
93
/28639/
71
/32/
cc age 18+

Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
81
7.4
/16324/
71
/234/
70
/236/
3.8
/9401/
97
/87/
88
/297/
86
/25/

Sweet Sixteen (2002)
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.
poster
MGM Plus
81
7.3
/41320/
72
/892/
69
/487/
3.8
/49070/
87
/99/
87
/1634/
85
/29/
cc age 17+

24 Hour Party People (2002)
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.2
/43413/
73
/900/
70
/594/
3.7
/65855/
97
/32/
85
/816/
82
/15/

Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.8
/9497/
79
/216/
76
/122/
3.7
/5955/
100
/71/
90
/352/
78
/20/
cc age 14+

Waste Land (2010)
An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.
poster
MGM Plus
81
7.7
/144280/
76
/2905/
75
/2098/
3.9
/162956/
93
/55/
88
/1988/
83
/16/
cc age 17+

Serpico (1973)
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
poster
80
7.6
/26987/
79
/580/
72
/330/
3.9
/22031/
92
/25/
93
/804/

Beautiful Thing (1996)
Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.3
/28309/
74
/731/
72
/494/
4.0
/55747/
100
/11/
85
/247/
78
/8/

Pusher II (2004)
Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
poster
80
7.7
/5954/
72
/44/
76
/26/
3.7
/2169/
79
/14/
85
/28/

Cabaret Balkan (1998)
20 people's paths crisscross one night in violent mid-'90s Belgrade.
poster
Fandor
80
7.3
/5221/
71
/89/
69
/141/
3.7
/4293/
100
/11/
91
/77/

Raining Stones (1993)
Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.
poster
Starz
80
7.6
/213442/
75
/5691/
73
/2178/
3.9
/525155/
94
/69/
90
/12144/
82
/21/
cc age 15+

Dazed and Confused (1993)
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
poster
The Roku Channel
79
7.9
/257394/
78
/5917/
75
/2921/
4.0
/257075/
93
/60/
93
/9525/
59
/19/
cc age 17+

True Romance (1993)
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
poster
79
7.1
/15945/
70
/391/
66
/203/
3.7
/20190/
93
/58/
76
/189/
87
/20/

One False Move (1991)
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the fugitives' presence in the area. Underestimating Dixon, the criminals have no idea what they are about to face.
poster
78
8.5
/1332223/
84
/28672/
83
/15596/
4.0
/1231996/
76
/66/
95
/14696/
64
/12/
cc age 16+

Léon: The Professional (1994)
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
poster
79
78
7.7
/13460/
75
/374/
78
/733/
4.0
/33358/
86
/68/

El Infierno (2010)
After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.5
/33747/
73
/1125/
73
/1399/
3.9
/181510/
80
/10/
85
/303/

Christiane F. (1981)
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco with most modern equipment. Although she's legally too young, she asks a friend to take her. There she meets Detlef, who's in a clique where everybody's on drugs. Step by step she gets drawn deeper into the scene.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
7.0
/52787/
70
/1258/
69
/1259/
3.7
/36622/
90
/155/
71
/2117/
87
/30/

Gomorrah (2008)
An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families, the Camorra in Naples and Caserta. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. Power, money and blood: these are the "values" that the residents of the Province of Naples and Caserta have to face every day. They hardly ever have a choice and are forced to obey the rules of the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a normal life.
poster
MGM Plus
78
8.5
/1219299/
83
/22434/
81
/11000/
4.1
/815593/
87
/83/
96
/25630/
76
/22/
cc age 17+

The Usual Suspects (1995)
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
poster
77
7.6
/190115/
74
/3565/
73
/2476/
3.9
/103877/
80
/176/
85
/4045/
69
/40/
cc age 18+

25th Hour (2002)
In New York City in the days following the events of 9/11, Monty Brogan is a convicted drug dealer about to start a seven-year prison sentence, and his final hours of freedom are devoted to hanging out with his closest buddies and trying to prepare his girlfriend for his extended absence.
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
/6745/
72
/122/
70
/87/
3.6
/2026/
97
/68/
81
/220/
82
/22/

Ajami (2009)
Ajami is an area of Tel Aviv in Israel where Arabs, Palestinians, Jews and Christians live together in a tense atmosphere. Omar, an Israeli Arab, struggles to save his family from a gang of extortionists. He also courts a beautiful Christian girl: Hadir. Malek, an illegal Palestinian worker, tries to collect enough money to pay for his mother's operation. Dando, an Israeli cop, does his utmost to find his missing brother who may have been killed by Palestinians.
poster
77
7.0
/36497/
71
/763/
67
/540/
3.5
/43001/
89
/70/
76
/1458/
76
/22/

Sid and Nancy (1986)
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.
poster
Kanopy
77
8.5
/1006388/
85
/22172/
82
/17985/
4.1
/732301/
75
/128/
93
/2825/
57
/31/
cc age 16+

The Intouchables (2011)
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
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
HBO Max
77
76
7.6
/15871/
76
/418/
74
/211/
3.8
/21658/
85
/87/

Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007)
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.
poster
76
7.2
/205635/
73
/5519/
69
/2260/
3.5
/137788/
81
/141/
84
/7953/
73
/30/
cc age 17+

Layer Cake (2004)
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
poster
Hoopla
75
7.0
/10860/
69
/243/
63
/96/
3.6
/11885/
81
/106/
79
/484/
67
/32/
cc age 17+

Better Luck Tomorrow (2002)
A group of over-achieving Asian-American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extra-curricular criminal activities.
poster
75
6.9
/10999/
69
/311/
67
/205/
3.7
/35027/
87
/45/
65
/73/
70
/23/

Light Sleeper (1992)
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
poster
The Roku Channel
75
7.3
/9050/
75
/235/
71
/135/
3.8
/13007/
85
/13/
84
/226/
67
/9/

Over the Edge (1979)
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.2
/31332/
71
/1434/
75
/2260/
3.7
/42350/
84
/117/
78
/38/
71
/29/

Dogman (2018)
Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.
poster
The Roku Channel
74
7.1
/41579/
68
/1919/
68
/583/
3.8
/193229/
90
/211/
75
/190/
76
/49/
cc age 17+

Red Rocket (2021)
After hitting rock bottom in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber returns to his hometown in Texas to stay with his estranged wife and mother-in-law. Just as tensions begin to ease, he becomes infatuated with a young doughnut shop worker named Strawberry.
poster
The Roku Channel
74
6.6
/2641/
62
/85/
62
/36/
3.6
/2477/
91
/69/
65
/57/
81
/27/
cc age 16+

Gimme the Loot (2012)
When their latest work is buffed by a rival crew, two determined graffiti writers embark on an elaborate plan to bomb the ultimate location: the New York Mets' Home Run Apple.


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