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Plot Summary:
Follows Toni, who has a complete breakdown and ends up in a mental facility after the unexpected news that his husband was murdered, and even her was a suspect. She must now fight to clear her name and figure out who betrayed her husband.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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The Deadliest Lie (2021)
Plot Summary:
A woman becomes friends with her new mentor but begins to question her intentions as her life starts to mysteriously unravel.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Lust: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (2021)
Plot Summary:
Tiffanie is about to have the wedding of her dreams to her soul mate, the dashing Damon King, founder of King Enterprises. But when Damon’s old friend Trey arrives, fresh from prison to step in as Damon’s best man, Tiffanie’s whole world gets rocked. Sexy and mysterious, Trey triggers a passion in Tiffanie that she never expected, and suddenly the life she’s always planned with Damon is uncertain.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 276
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
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Keys to the City (2019)
Plot Summary:
A widower from Bankhead, Russell Savage, is diligently running to become the youngest Mayor in the history of Atlanta. His opponent is August King, the man who has raised Russell and his brother as his own since they were kids. But when the beautiful Avery Long joins the campaign, Russell finds himself fighting to sustain everything he's worked for including his campaign for Mayor, and his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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Playing with Fire (1985)
Plot Summary:
Gary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee parents until it is too late.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
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The Preacher's Son (2017)
Plot Summary:
When the romantic secrets of his family members become public, the career and community standing of a respected bishop are threatened.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
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Urban Hymn (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set against the backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, Jamie, a young female offender who possesses a remarkable voice, meets a determined social worker who inspires her to use it.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min
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Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
Plot Summary:
Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don Letts's documentary, Gil tells his own story for the first time-from being one of the first black children to integrate an all white Southern state school to becoming the Godfather of Rap. There are contributions from Chuck D, Mos Def, Richi Havens and the Last Poets, among others. Filmed in October 2003, Gil performs live and recites poetry out on the streets of Harlem, which have inspired so much of his music.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 12
Genere: Biography
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min
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Reefa (2021)
Plot Summary:
Reefa Hernandez Jr, an 18-year-old Colombian immigrant and talented artist spending his last summer in Miami with friends, family and his new girl Frankie before moving to New York City on an art scholarship.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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The Great Divide (2012)
Plot Summary:
At a monthly gathering of her friends, a student of the Tantra and Kama Sutra introduces an unusual game designed to elicit the feelings and impressions men and women have about one another.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags:
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Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads (1983)
Plot Summary:
Zack Homer takes over managing the barbershop after Joe is killed for trying to rip off his "investor", Mr. Lovejoy. All Zack wants to do is run a traditional barbershop giving traditional haircuts, but modern styles have passed him by and business is slow. One evening, Mr. Lovejoy shows up to offer Zack the same deal he gave to Joe. It could turn his business around, but what will he have to give in return?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 371
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: independent film, student film
Similar in 79%
Lady Cocoa (1975)
Plot Summary:
Foxy Lady Cocoa is out to take down her mobster boyfriend.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, campy
Similar in 82%
No Way Back (1976)
Plot Summary:
Crowder is a an unethical private detective in pursuit of a gangster who's after embezzled money.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, detective
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Envy: A Seven Deadly Sins Story (2021)
Plot Summary:
Gabrielle seems to have it all - a devoted husband, a beautiful daughter, and a successful career in public relations. However, she soon stands to lose everything when she meets Keisha, her devious half sister who wants everything Gabrielle has.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 230
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
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Part 2, Sounder (1976)
Plot Summary:
Poor black sharecroppers band together to build a school for their children.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: independent film
Similar in 79%
Book of Numbers (1973)
Plot Summary:
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Grandma's House (2016)
Plot Summary:
Based upon the true story of Kimberley T. Zulkowski's Grandmother, Margie Ree Harris. "Grandma's House" gives a compelling insight into how the Executive Producer's life changed when she moved into her Grandmother's home, and their generations became one under the same roof. Chock-full of passion, Faith, and Family, the Film demonstrates the trials and tribulations she faced living with a Grandparent who stood as an inner-city Matriarch and Pillar of Strength to selflessly serve her Family, and surrounding community.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 238
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags:
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Monster (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, anamorphic
Similar in 75%
Flipping (1996)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 179
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, tense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hit Man (1972)
Plot Summary:
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: neo noir, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black cinema
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Murder in Mississippi (1990)
Plot Summary:
In 1964, members of the Ku Klux Klan murdered three Civil Rights workers who had traveled to the South to encourage African-American voter registration. Examines the last three weeks in the lives of the slain activists.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: political
Similar in 82%
Snow on tha Bluff (2011)
Plot Summary:
When Curtis Snow steals a video camera from some college kids during a dope deal, he gives the camera to his best friend, Pancho, and they start documenting their lives. At first its business as usual for Curtis. He robs dope boys, he runs from the cops, he sells drugs, all while trying to provide for his two-year-old son. But when one of the dealers he ripped off comes for revenge, Curt’s life starts to spiral out of control.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, hood, captivating, psychological, tense, rough, crime drama, disturbing
Similar in 76%
Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)
Plot Summary:
A Special Jury Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this drama stars a then-19-year-old Matty Rich (who also wrote and directed it). Rich plays Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn who decides he wants out and turns to crime to fund his escape. But his plan involves scamming the neighborhood's biggest drug kingpin, a heist that's dangerous at best.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 659
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: hood, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 78%
The Mack (1973)
Plot Summary:
Goldie returns from five years at the state pen and winds up king of the pimping game. Trouble comes in the form of two corrupt white cops and a crime lord who wants him to return to the small time.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, funny, cult classic, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized
Similar in 82%
LUV (2012)
Plot Summary:
Over the course of one day, a shy 13-year-old forms a bond with his troubled uncle.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, rough, realistic, hood, crime drama, independent film
Similar in 90%
Willie Dynamite (1974)
Plot Summary:
Willie Dynamite is a pimp who operates in New York City. Willie was a big success as a pimp, but now, just as fast as he rose to the top, he has hit bottom. A former prostitute who has become a social worker tries to get Willie to clean up his life while it is still possible.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: hood, crime drama, grim, rough, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, detective
Similar in 75%
Blood Brothers (1993)
Plot Summary:
Blood Brothers- While coming of age in the inner city, Darryl Crawford, a young African-American man, witnesses a gang-related murder and is horrified to discover that his beloved older brother Sly is one of the perps. Darryl grapples with his conscience over informing on Sly -- but this fear becomes secondary when the remaining gang members close in on both brothers and threaten their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 98
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Similar in 76%
Blue Hill Avenue (2001)
Plot Summary:
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: hood, rough, bleak, realistic, serious, crime drama, beautiful
Similar in 89%
Squeeze (1997)
Plot Summary:
Ty, Hector, and Bao are close friends in a tough section of Boston, where they're called "the PG-13 crew." They're 14, decent kids with few skills who've bailed out of school. A small gang of older tough guys, led by Marcus and Tommy, menace them, and when the PG-13s fight back and rob one of the gang, Marcus and Tommy vow to kill them. They seek protection from Derick, a drug dealer, who agrees to help if they'll sell drugs. Meanwhile, Ty is recruited to work at a community center by J.J., its quiet leader. Ty and his friends are in a squeeze: surrounded by violence, drugs, and no opportunities, is there any way out?.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Gang Tapes (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a brutal carjacking yields a videocamera, a teenage boy decides to document his life and the lives of his fellow gangbangers.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, hood, tense, suspense, crime drama, realistic
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Sucker Free City (2004)
Plot Summary:
The film follows three young men as they are drawn into lives of crime. Nick (Crowley) uses his entry-level corporate job to commit credit card fraud and deals drugs on the side. K-Luv (Mackie) is a member of the "V-Dubs", an African-American street gang. Lincoln (Leung) is a rising figure in the Chinese mafia. Gentrification forces Nick's family to move out of their home in the Mission District into Hunter's Point where they are harassed by the V-Dubs. K-Luv's side business of selling bootleg compact discs leads him to enlist Nick's help to bootleg CDs and to negotiate a truce with Lincoln. Lincoln conducts an affair with his boss' daughter Angela (Carpio), a Stanford student engaged to a medical student classmate.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, tense, bleak, crime drama