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Plot Summary:
Set against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 730
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: Israel, Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: beautiful
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Ice Grill, U.S.A. (2009)
Plot Summary:
"Ice Grill, USA" is a vivid yet stark examination of the pursuit of the American Dream. Set in the multicultural landscape of Atlantic City, NJ, IGU examines class struggle and the acquisition of status in a morally indifferent community.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: neo noir, underground film, avant garde, independent film
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Hip-Hop Task Force (2005)
Plot Summary:
Chicago Detective Khalil Jones always took risks when being wired to bring down the bad guys. Now he's been given another tough assignment lined up in Baltimore with the FBI to go undercover as a music producer at a Hip-Hop record label to pick up as much information to snag a crime lord that is affiliated with the label. Twist and turns, mind games and tactics are now being played as Jones begins to get comfortable with his hidden identity by building a friendship with the CEO of the label, Dajun Manning and a love connection with his daughter. Jones now needs to make a decision, will it be his badge or his feelings?.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 109
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Authentik (2021)
Plot Summary:
Biopic about French cult hip-hop duet Supreme NTM. A story of Paris suburbs, protests, police brutality that shaped the music of JoeyStarr and Kool Shen.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 650
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags:
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Forever Rich (2021)
Plot Summary:
This is the story of Richie and his journey to become the greatest rap-artist in the Netherlands. One evening he is violently mugged by a group of teenagers and loses his most prized possession: an expensive watch. When images of the humiliating robbery go viral, Richie's hard-earned reputation is damaged.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, hood, action thriller
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The Island (2007)
Plot Summary:
A drug dealing, secretive, and brutal clan control a tightknit community in Upper Egypt. The movie tracks the rise of the Mansour Hafny (Ahmed El-Sakka), the educated son of the clan’s leader, as he consolidates his power over the region. Mansour clashes with the police, enters a blood feud with a rival clan, but yearns for the daughter of his worst enemy. A police officer, Tarek (Mahmoud Abdel-Moghni), is posted to the region in order to stop Mansour, but discovers even deadlier secrets of corruption.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: islamic
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Tougher Than Leather (1988)
Plot Summary:
Legendary hip-hop group Run-D.M.C. stars in this cross between a blaxploitation film and a spaghetti western. They must find and punish the evil drug lord-record company executive who murdered their friend. Along the way, they encounter racist bikers, blonde bimbos, and the Beastie Boys!.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, eighties
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Double Edge (1992)
Plot Summary:
Upon arriving Israel on her first foreign assignment, American photojournalist Faye Milano is greeted by David, an Israeli officer and writer who's also the nephew of Jerusalem's mayor.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Angel (2018)
Plot Summary:
True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT bestselling book 'The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel' by Uri Bar-Joseph.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, UK, Egypt
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: clever, surprise ending, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic, inspirational, political
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South Beach (1993)
Plot Summary:
Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get Derringer and his ex-wife. Can Derringer put the pieces of this deadly puzzle together before its too late?.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 344
Genere: Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Killa Season (2006)
Plot Summary:
Flea was a basketball player, happy with his subtle hustle, until a Dominican connect introduced him to a new way to spread the work and make money.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: hood, crime drama
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Dangerous Ground (1997)
Plot Summary:
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to find him, but at first can only find his neighbor/girlfriend, Karin, a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn how conditions have changed since the end of apartheid, not always for the better for black men.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, atmospheric, realistic, rough, serious, captivating, hood, independent film, bleak
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Rollin' with the Nines (2006)
Plot Summary:
Too Fine and his friends Finny, Pushy and Rage hope to set up a successful urban underground garage.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: hood, tragic ending
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King of Paper Chasin' (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the city of 9 Million people everyone is engulfed in the everyday rat race chasing that almighty dollar. This movie tells the story of one of its own 'Carter Blanche'. Carter has staked his claim to the American dream. But history teaches us that behind every wealthy empire is a major crime; and Carter's rise to power is no exception. Trying to go legit, he is faced with deception, betrayal, and self serving agendas from those closest to him and must maneuver his way through all those who want to crumble what he has built. As he determines who's friend or foe. The decisions Carter makes can, and will cost lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 318
Genere: Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, hood, independent film, rough, serious, realistic, hispanic
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The Insult (2017)
Plot Summary:
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Cyprus, Belgium, Lebanon, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: political, tense, psychological, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, inspirational, social, art house, crime thriller
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Back in the Day (2005)
Plot Summary:
A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 800
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, serious, realistic, hood, neo noir
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Loyalty & Respect (2006)
Plot Summary:
In Cashville, two friend friends are torn apart buy fast money and launch an all out street war where no one can be trusted. Loyalty and Respect is lost over Cash in the city of Cashville.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 867
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, rough, suspense, independent film
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Knights Of The City (1986)
Plot Summary:
A street Gang that is also a rap group try to get a record contract.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Action, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Plot Summary:
The most feared battle emcee in early-'80s NYC was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At age 14, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, realistic, hood
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Before I Self Destruct (2009)
Plot Summary:
A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, Clarence (played by Jackson) is consumed by revenge and takes up a life of crime in order to support his younger brother.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: hood, rough, serious, realistic, crime drama, independent film
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Just Another Day (2009)
Plot Summary:
Follows a day in the life of two men living at either end of the music game. A successful rapper, A-Maze, is dealing with the pitfalls and trappings of his success and facing new challenges in the music business to get a check while the other, Young Eastie, is a young man struggling in a harsh world that is threatening to destroy him.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hood
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Juice (1992)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: hood, cult classic, tense, social, neo noir, dark, sexual, crime drama, atmospheric, rough
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Super Fly (1972)
Plot Summary:
Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death. He decides to build an escape from the life by making his biggest deal yet.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, hood, stylized, grim, cult classic, bleak, neo noir, independent film, crime drama, action adventure
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Corrupt (1999)
Plot Summary:
After decades of terror, two deadly street gangs reach a delicate truce and young MJ (Silkk the Shocker) sees a way out of the hood once and for all. Only Corrupt (Ice-T) stands in MJ's way, resulting into a violent and brutal roller coaster ride of action!.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: hood, independent film, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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A Day In The Life (2009)
Plot Summary:
Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz directs and stars in this hip-hop musical about a gangster who becomes caught up in a bloody war between two feuding crime families while struggling to leave the streets behind. When Black's family raids one of Stick's drug houses and kills two of his men, Stick is forced to choose between leaving it all behind or seeking revenge and feeding the cycle of violence.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: hood, serious, tense, captivating, suspense, crime drama, rough, offbeat, realistic, suspenseful
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Waist Deep (2006)
Plot Summary:
An ex-convict (Tyrese) gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: hood, suspense, intense, exciting, suspenseful, social, crime drama, independent film, rough, serious
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Turn It Up (2000)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Action, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: disturbing, rough, serious, realistic, hood, crime drama
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All Eyez on Me (2017)
Plot Summary:
All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Tupac rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: hood, factual, thought provoking, enigmatic, captivating, exciting, inspirational, sad, black cinema
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Plot Summary:
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: hood, harsh, stylized, serious, rough, exciting, sexual, crime drama, realistic, semi autobiographical
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Hustle & Flow (2005)
Plot Summary:
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: touching, bleak, realistic, hood, emotional, intense, sincere, rough, uplifting, serious
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Notorious (2009)
Plot Summary:
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.".
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: hood, melancholic, factual, sincere, serious, epic, sad, sexual, sentimental, rough