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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
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
Criterion Channel
88
8.2
/14595/
80
/530/
83
/364/
4.5
/68776/
100
/26/
94
/99/
91
/6/

A Brighter Summer Day (1991)
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
poster
88
8.1
/175693/
77
/2270/
78
/1690/
4.2
/132531/
99
/115/
95
/3155/
91
/15/
cc age 13+

On the Waterfront (1954)
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
poster
88
8.5
/1527378/
83
/30831/
81
/15697/
4.3
/1346590/
91
/285/
94
/58083/
85
/39/
cc age 17+

The Departed (2006)
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
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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
85
84
8.2
/23349/
80
/426/
80
/514/
4.2
/49365/
91
/43/
95
/281/

The Young and the Damned (1950)
A group of juvenile delinquents live a violent life in the infamous slums of Mexico City; among them Pedro, whose morality is gradually corrupted and destroyed by the others.
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Netflix
84
7.8
/165545/
78
/4321/
76
/2145/
4.0
/271316/
96
/71/
93
/3912/
76
/20/
cc age 17+

Boyz n the Hood (1991)
In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...
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Amazon Prime Video
84
7.9
/66760/
79
/4446/
77
/1664/
3.8
/88098/
100
/6/
93
/899/
cc age 14+

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
poster
83
7.9
/24520/
77
/494/
75
/337/
3.9
/15842/
100
/24/
92
/641/

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
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
83
8.0
/17511/
80
/695/
79
/493/
4.4
/73672/
90
/21/
88
/243/
78
/11/

Love Exposure (2009)
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
poster
83
7.4
/104278/
73
/2372/
70
/1526/
3.7
/134271/
95
/62/
84
/2634/
97
/15/
cc age 13+

American Graffiti (1973)
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
poster
82
7.2
/126331/
70
/2488/
71
/2218/
3.7
/201664/
92
/78/
84
/2265/
96
/11/
cc age 18+

Mean Streets (1973)
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
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Amazon Prime Video
82
7.6
/126287/
73
/3044/
72
/1980/
3.9
/239762/
92
/115/
84
/5795/
86
/17/
cc age 11+

West Side Story (1961)
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.
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Kanopy
82
7.5
/3662/
74
/131/
67
/52/
3.9
/2542/
99
/92/
82
/150/
86
/24/

The Interrupters (2011)
The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three Violence Interrupters — former gang members who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once caused.
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.
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AMC
81
8.1
/852345/
81
/18237/
79
/11225/
3.8
/436360/
81
/234/
90
/31596/
73
/34/
cc age 17+

Gran Torino (2008)
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
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MGM Plus
81
7.9
/249532/
78
/6419/
78
/4534/
4.0
/308698/
98
/56/
91
/3315/
65
/7/
cc age 11+

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
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Kanopy
80
7.4
/29335/
73
/450/
70
/442/
3.9
/21729/
96
/133/
77
/404/
87
/33/
cc age 16+

The Kid with a Bike (2011)
Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in the hands of an unqualified childcare provider.
poster
fuboTV
80
7.5
/60554/
74
/1592/
72
/1466/
3.7
/28404/
93
/118/
87
/3550/
82
/30/

Tell No One (2006)
A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
poster
80
7.7
/160882/
78
/6830/
75
/3024/
4.0
/191973/
90
/188/
89
/10747/
78
/38/
cc age 14+

Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
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Kanopy
80
7.6
/287441/
76
/8141/
73
/3474/
3.8
/256173/
85
/179/
86
/5606/
68
/37/
cc age 18+

End of Watch (2012)
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
poster
80
7.6
/341066/
75
/15714/
72
/7098/
3.6
/212896/
91
/314/
87
/2551/
81
/48/
cc age 13+

Bridge of Spies (2015)
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.
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Disney Plus
80
7.8
/543006/
80
/37918/
77
/16197/
3.8
/1404496/
90
/226/
91
/5917/
74
/39/
cc age 7+

Big Hero 6 (2014)
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
poster
Criterion Channel
81
79
7.8
/14983/
74
/298/
77
/407/
4.0
/30254/
96
/24/
86
/117/

Germany, Year Zero (1948)
In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.
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FXNow
79
7.1
/104289/
69
/3607/
69
/1697/
3.6
/438515/
91
/392/
93
/2274/
85
/62/
cc age 13+

West Side Story (2021)
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
7.3
/59911/
71
/1594/
73
/1148/
3.8
/98430/
96
/51/
80
/1124/
89
/7/
cc age 14+

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
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Kanopy
77
7.5
/178056/
76
/6522/
72
/3501/
3.6
/127417/
87
/53/
85
/3020/
69
/11/
cc age 15+

Trading Places (1983)
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
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
NBC
76
7.2
/99764/
72
/3482/
71
/1613/
3.5
/230102/
86
/331/
92
/600/
75
/55/
cc age 14+

Belfast (2021)
Buddy is a young boy on the cusp of adolescence, whose life is filled with familial love, childhood hijinks, and a blossoming romance. Yet, with his beloved hometown caught up in increasing turmoil, his family faces a momentous choice: hope the conflict will pass or leave everything they know behind for a new life.
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MGM Plus
76
7.5
/497674/
75
/11361/
73
/6972/
3.7
/419545/
72
/210/
81
/11176/
72
/39/
cc age 17+

Gangs of New York (2002)
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and to find a place for the Irish people.
poster
76
7.5
/15328/
75
/648/
73
/397/
4.1
/30620/
77
/22/
88
/950/
65
/9/
7.9
/47228/

Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
Two penniless orphans, Black and White, struggle to survive on the mean streets of Treasure Town. When a megacorporation threatens to tear down the town to build an amusement park, Black and White engage in the fight of their life.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
76
7.5
/12853/
73
/299/
71
/230/
4.1
/37331/
85
/47/
85
/262/
77
/22/
cc age 17+

Ratcatcher (1999)
James Gillespie is 12 years old. The world he knew is changing. Haunted by a secret, he has become a stranger in his own family. He is drawn to the canal where he creates a world of his own. He finds an awkward tenderness with Margaret Anne, a vulnerable 14 year old expressing a need for love in all the wrong ways, and befriends Kenny, who possesses an unusual innocence in spite of the harsh surroundings.
poster
Criterion Channel
76
7.5
/102538/
73
/2400/
73
/1330/
4.0
/129919/
84
/106/
86
/2130/
68
/31/

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
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Hoopla
76
7.7
/459260/
75
/7503/
72
/3711/
3.0
/142749/
73
/239/
88
/29740/
66
/36/
cc age 16+

Crash (2005)
In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.3
/13237/
77
/403/
69
/211/
3.6
/8591/
89
/19/
87
/326/
64
/13/

The Wanderers (1979)
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
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Hoopla
75
7.3
/23524/
75
/694/
76
/419/
3.5
/26775/
89
/63/
79
/718/
77
/11/
cc age 13+

Stand and Deliver (1988)
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
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.
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Kanopy
75
7.2
/17803/
72
/496/
68
/501/
3.6
/19839/
88
/130/
81
/64/
76
/29/
cc age 17+

Dheepan (2015)
Three war-torn strangers posing as a family flee Sri Lanka’s civil war to start over in a troubled Paris suburb, but their past traumas resurface as they struggle to survive in their new environment.
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
74
7.1
/40560/
70
/828/
70
/731/
3.8
/58553/
77
/39/
80
/882/
63
/8/
cc age 17+

Rumble Fish (1983)
Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.4
/74443/
72
/1372/
71
/1167/
3.8
/60630/
82
/50/
81
/1136/
64
/7/
cc age 17+

Marathon Man (1976)
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
poster
81
74
7.4
/7230/
75
/168/
69
/329/
4.0
/16024/
100
/5/
89
/99/

Kids Return (1996)
Shinji and Masaru spend most of their school days harassing fellow classmates and playing pranks. They drop out and Shinji becomes a small-time boxer, while Masaru joins up with a local yakuza gang. However, the world is a tough place.
poster
74
7.3
/8481/
72
/152/
68
/111/
3.6
/2127/
79
/87/
81
/288/
72
/26/

I Served the King of England (2007)
Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he must be diligent, listen and observe as much as he can, be always discreet and use what he learns to his own advantage; but the turbulent tides of history will continually stand in his way.
poster
Hulu
74
8.1
/70164/
76
/740/
72
/272/
3.5
/12582/
75
/123/

OMG: Oh My God! (2012)
A shopkeeper takes God to court when his shop is destroyed by an earthquake.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
74
7.2
/17001/
69
/397/
71
/260/
3.5
/7486/
86
/104/
79
/596/
64
/30/
cc age 14+

A Better Life (2011)
A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
poster
74
7.5
/117641/
76
/3746/
76
/2274/
3.9
/165723/
88
/52/
88
/5888/
65
/16/
cc age 16+

The Warriors (1979)
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' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.


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