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Plot Summary:
White Powder is an award-winning, riveting micro-budget, independent, British gangsta film. It is set in modern-day, multi-cultural London and features a very diverse cast. It follows the story of 2 young lovers, who try to outwit a bunch of London gangstas, and each other, in an attempt to keep control of a stash of cocaine that they found.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Isolated (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jack Miller was once a normal man, but that all changed when he commits the biggest mistake of his life. He has the decision to go on the run, but he decides to stay and hope to make things right.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative, neo noir, minimal cast, visually appealing, one man show
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Mona and I (1989)
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Mona (Sophie Simon) is the girlfriend of Pierre (Denis Lavant), who is a member of a rather pathetic rock band in France. Their hero is the singer "Johnny Valentine "(Johnny Thunders) who, seeing that Mona is being neglected, decides to make her his own.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
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Brookside: Friday the 13th (1998)
Plot Summary:
There is trouble a-plenty in store for the Corkhill clan in this video-only special. Series creator Phil Redmond has returned to pen a dramatic script which follows on from a weekend special.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
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Shame (1992)
Plot Summary:
A tough female lawyer on holiday ends up in a small Pacific Northwest town where she befriends a local teenage girl and tries to persuade her to to press charges against the young thugs who raped her.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 176
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
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Diamonds (2009)
Plot Summary:
Complex tale about small and big players in the African diamond business wrapped around a murder of US senator's daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Drama
Country: USA, South Africa, Canada, UK
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, suspenseful, suspense
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Hunting of Man (2003)
Plot Summary:
A universal story with Latino characters told in an unconventional way (like Forrest Gump and Amadeus) about a man who's trying to keep his hot-headed younger brother from carrying out revenge.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 706
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: crime drama, independent film, serious, realistic, detective, hispanic
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Ferox (2013)
Plot Summary:
Arnaldur, a 16-year-old boy living a normal teenager's life in Reykjavik. One day, coming home from school, he finds his brother in the bathtub, dead. Despite clear signs of a suicide, Arnaldur is convinced that his brother's teacher is somehow responsible so he decides to take matters into his own hands and avenge his brother.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: crying
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The Truth Game (2001)
Plot Summary:
Accusations, revelations, lies and distrust abound when six friends, who think they know each other well, gather for a dinner party.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 56
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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La capture (2007)
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 141
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 92 min
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La Run (2011)
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Guillaume is a good young man. He has never taken hard drugs in his life, doesn't plan on trying, and has an honest job. Everything goes chaotic when he witnesses his father's attempted suicide over a heavy gambling debt. In order to pay out his father's debt in a record time, Guillaume follows his best friend, Manu, into the difficult world of drug dealing.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, psychedelic
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White Hot (1988)
Plot Summary:
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been an honest and clean of drugs, but when he spends his days surrounded by riches and drugs, he cannot resist... and neither can his addict wife. Written by Rob Hartill.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 171
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Reg (2016)
Plot Summary:
In June 2003, Reg Keys and his wife Sally return to their home in the Welsh countryside. As they switch on the TV to hear six military policemen have been murdered in Iraq, two men arrive bearing the terrible news that their son, Tom, was among them.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: political, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, rough, touching
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Ilegales (2010)
Plot Summary:
Tells the stories of a group of people in Ciudad de Juarez with one thing in common: they are all looking for a better life for them and their families. For many, that better life waits just a short walk away in the United States.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, touching, suspenseful, independent film, exciting, contemplative
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Deconstructing Griffith (2016)
Plot Summary:
Four characters are united on an arduous inner journey of self-discovery, striving to implement the Jewish concept of tikkun olam in a perilous world of drug-trafficking, gang violence, addiction, mental anguish and personal struggle. A story about deconstructing the imperialist and colonial heritage of the modern age, as well as overcoming OCD, Hyperthymesia and psychological turmoil.
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Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min
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Hollow (2011)
Plot Summary:
In the outskirts of the city, where crime is a way of life, the paths of four desperate people collide. Jordan Coleman, a local drug dealer, finds himself at a crossroads when his friend and mentor gets in too deep with a ruthless gangster and club owner. Chelsea Hammond, an exotic dancer, finds herself being pushed into the dark world of adult entertainment as she fights to regain control of her life. Narcotics detective Sam Riley struggles with an online addiction he has tried to keep hidden from his wife. Reformed street thug Harrison Green goes back to his old neighborhood to try and connect with a street brother he left behind. These four will face their ultimate test at the hands of Copernicus Jones, a ruthless gangster who will let nothing stand in his way.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: tense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, christian film, controversial
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South West 9 (2001)
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Five very different characters are thrown together in one weird, mashed up day. It started out like any other, but 24 hours later everything had changed. South West 9 takes you through the windscreen of the new millenium. The death of idealism, capitalism, religion and hippies. Even the drugs don't work anymore. The 'summer of love' generation have come down and they're ready to riot. Seattle. Stockholm. Paris. Genoa. May Day riots.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 401
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
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Icebox (2018)
Plot Summary:
Forced to flee his home in Honduras, Óscar seeks asylum in the United States, only to find himself trapped in the immigration system.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 815
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: rough, suspense, ambiguous ending, touching, suspenseful, political
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To Dream (2016)
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If your dreams could come true, what would you dream? If you could escape, where would you go? TO DREAM is a story about friendship, full of hope and intimacy, set against a harsh inner city backdrop. Best friends, LUKE and TOMMY, live in an unforgiving part of London. They've known each other forever. Having dropped out of school and still living at home, they're dreaming about what's coming next. Their big plan has always been to escape London's grime and head for an American paradise. It's a dream that's helped them escape the harsh realities of growing up in abusive homes and it's a dream that cements their friendship. Tortured by flashbacks, family secrets and an abusive father, Luke desperately clings to a world that no longer seems to want him in it. Tommy is the only one who can pull Luke from his shell. Tommy walks a thin line between impish teenage rebellion and falling into a world of serious crime. The only thing stopping him from jumping feet first is his loyalty to Luke.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, dark drama
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Castle in the Ground (2019)
Plot Summary:
After the untimely death of his mother, a grieving teen befriends his charismatic but troubled neighbor, only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of his small town.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 992
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, independent film
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Life and Death in the Warehouse (2022)
Plot Summary:
Follows Megan, who in a desperate attempt to keep her new job at a Welsh warehouse, presses Alys – who is pregnant – to get her "pick rate" up, putting her and her baby at risk.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 537
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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County Lines (2019)
Plot Summary:
A powerful drama about a mother and her fourteen year old boy who is groomed into a lethal nationwide drug selling enterprise, a 'County Line', which exploits vulnerable children and traffics them across Britain.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark
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Nosedive (2007)
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NOSEDIVE depicts a world of unlimited drugs, wild parties, beautiful people, and no sleep. However, when reality takes a dark turn, a group of characters are forced to step out of the nightclub and into darkness.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing
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Four Hours (2011)
Plot Summary:
Unhinged gangster Capone (Paul Bibb) walks into a bar with accomplice Tung (Peter Peralta,) with the plan of stealing the contents of the safe. The situation gets complicated when they have to wait four hours to get the code to the safe. For Capone it's a job, for Tung it's a lifeline. To ensure that they get the code, Capone and Tung hold feisty barmaid Charleene (Alexandra B. Harris) and lovable loser Bob (Amar Adatia) hostage. Will Capone and Tung get the contents of the safe? Will Bob and Charleene get out of this alive? One thing is for sure, it is going to be an interesting Four Hours!.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 24
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, touching, captivating, suspense, independent film
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The Knife That Killed Me (2014)
Plot Summary:
A journey through the memories of teenager Paul Varderman as he reflects on the events leading to the fatal moment his life is cut short. Paul moves to a new school and becomes involved with 'The Freaks', a group on the periphery of school life, those who don't fit in: scene kids, emo kids, indie kids. Outsiders. At the same time he attracts the attention of the schools twisted and manipulative bully, Roth. When Paul delivers a message from Roth to the leader of a gang at a rival school, it sparks a dangerous feud. Faced with growing pressures from both groups, Paul must decide where his friendship lies, a decision that may cost him his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, bleak, gloomy
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Abusing Protocol (2015)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his brother (Tommy), RJ moves in with Gang Leader (Cane) and quickly finds himself wrapped up in a world of abuse and drugs. Local businessman (Dave) is watching the things he loves disappear in front of his very eyes. What happens when these two people, with nothing to lose, abuse protocol?.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Welcome to No Man's Land (2015)
Plot Summary:
Pete, Steven and Dave are good friends that have fallen on hard times; They are unemployed and hardly get by on benefits. Coincidentally, they are approached by a low-key gangster who offers them what seems like quick cash-in-hand work. One drop-off. Six bags of cocaine. Both estranged and tempted by the situation, they accept, only things don't go to plan.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Bobby G. Can't Swim (1999)
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Bobby G. lives life on the edge in this real, raw New York street drama. Bobby is a small-time coke dealer, always on the hustle but rarely successful. He lives in Hell's Kitchen with his Puerto Rican girlfriend Lucy, who makes ends meet as a prostitute. A typical day finds Bobby selling $20 bags to neighborhood locals and passing cars. A yuppie kid looking to score a kilo of coke approaches him to broker a deal and Bobby sees the opportunity of a lifetime to make some real money. His rough days may just be over. With the tidy profit he could even leave the business. Playing out of his league, Bobby arranges to get the kilo from Astro, a fearsome, high-level drug dealer. Though Lucy announces that she's decided to go back to Puerto Rico and pleads with him to make a fresh start too, Bobby is sticking to his deal and isn't going anywhere now, convinced he'll be 'livin' large in a matter a' days.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychological, tense, rough, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Yardie (2018)
Plot Summary:
Jamaica, 1973. When a young boy witnesses his brother’s assassination, a powerful Don gives him a home. But 10 years later, when he’s sent to London, his past catches up to him.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, inspirational, hood, powerful
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Adulthood (2008)
Plot Summary:
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: hood, rough, serious, realistic, cult classic, gloomy, bleak
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Bullet Boy (2004)
Plot Summary:
Ricky is just out of a young offenders institute, heading home to Hackney and determined to go straight. Instead, he heads straight for trouble when he becomes involved in a street confrontation, siding with his best friend Wisdom against a local rude boy. The trouble escalates into a series of tit-for-tat incidents that threaten to spiral out of control. Ricky's 12-year-old brother Curtis, hero-worships Ricky, though he appears smart enough to know he doesn't want to follow his example. Yet, despite the stern warnings from his mother and support from her friends in the community, might Ricky's bad boy allure be too attractive for Curtis to resist?.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, serious, realistic, hood, bleak, gloomy