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Biographical picture, Gangster Film, Romance Film, biographical film, crime film, drama film, hood film, prison film
The film spans 30 years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles. The story opens with the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943 and depicts a young Latino couple, Esperanza and Pedro Santana, being racially targeted by sailors. Pedro is beaten alongside oth…
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Adventure, Fantasy, Komödie, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film, steampunk film, time-travel film
Young Kevin is fascinated by history, particularly Ancient Greece, while his parents are obsessed only with modern consumerism and buying the latest household gadgets. One night, Kevin sees an armoured knight on horseback burst out of his …
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Biographical picture, Fairy-Tale Film, Historie, adventure film, comedy film, crossover fiction, fantasy film, horror film, werewolf film
In 1811, Will and Jake Grimm are traveling con artists who use Jake's extensive knowledge of folklore to fool people into believing they exorcise the supernatural, along with their sidekicks Hidlick and Bunst, in French-occupied Germany. I…
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Buddy Cop, Buddy Film, Komödie, action film, buddy cop film, comedy film, hood film
Eight years after taking down Fouchet, Miami PD detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are investigating drug trafficking of MDMA in Miami. They infiltrate a Ku Klux Klan meeting, only to discover that they are buyers, not distributors.…
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Social Drama, biographical film, drama film, hood film, teen film
LouAnne Johnson, a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, applies for a high school teaching job and is surprised and pleased to be offered the position with immediate effect, even though it is a low paying job. Showing up the next day…
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Crime, Drama, action film, crime film, drama film, hood film
Roland Bishop, Quincy "Q" Powell, Raheem Porter, and Eric "Steel" Thurman are four teenage African-American friends growing up together in Harlem. They regularly skip school, instead spending their days hanging out at Steel's apartment, at…
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, hood film, neo-noir
In the New York City neighborhood of Harlem, Nino Brown and his gang, the Cash Money Brothers (CMB), become the dominant drug ring once crack cocaine is introduced to the streets. His gang consists of Gerald "Gee Money" Wells, his best fri…
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Action, Crime, Drama, action film, drama film, hood film
Ace is a young man living with his mom and sister in Harlem working at a dry cleaning shop. His sister Dora's boyfriend, Calvin, is a successful cocaine dealer while Ace's close friend Mitch is a flashy, popular drug dealer. Despite both o…
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Action, Police Film, Thriller, action film, crime film, hood film, thriller film
Los Angeles Police Department SWAT officer Jim Street, his partner Brian Gamble, and their team infiltrate a bank taken hostage by robbers (in a scene loosely based on the North Hollywood shootout), where Gamble disobeys orders and engages…
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Coming Of Age, Komödie, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film, romance film
Joseph "Jody" Summers waits for his girlfriend Yvette at an abortion clinic after compelling her to go. They then have a heated argument about his lack of commitment and selfishness; she asks him if he will ever come live with her and thei…
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Action, LGBTQ-related film, Thriller, action film, drama film, female buddy film, girls with guns, heist film, hood film, thriller film
Los Angeles bank teller Francesca "Frankie" Sutton witnesses a robbery in the bank where she works. As a result, four people are killed, and Frankie is fired due to her recognizing one of the robbers from her Southern California neighborho…
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Criminal Comedy Film, Gangster Film, comedy drama, comedy film, heist film, hood film, romance film
In 1918 Harlem, small-time gambling operator Sugar Ray is nearly killed by a disgruntled customer, but his young errand boy, Vernest Brown, shoots the man dead. Discovering that Vernest is an orphan, Ray takes him in and raises him as his …
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Road Movie, Romance Film, drama film, hood film, romance film
Justice is a young African American woman living in South Central, Los Angeles, named by her deceased mother who became pregnant with her while attending law school. After her boyfriend Markell is fatally shot while they are on an outing a…
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Coming Of Age, Family Drama, Justice Drama, drama film, hood film, prison film, sport film
Jesus Shuttlesworth, the top high-school basketball player in the United States, is being pursued by the top college basketball programs in the nation. His father, Jake, is a convicted felon serving time at Attica Correctional Facility for…
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Social Drama, Sport, drama film, hood film, white savior film
Gambler and ticket scalper, Conor O'Neill, secretly bets $6,000 on his dead father's account and is now in debt with two bookies. After turning to a stockbroker friend to borrow the money to repay them, he reluctantly agrees to take his fr…
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Musical, Social Drama, drama film, hood film, musical film
DJay, a pimp and drug dealer in Memphis, Tennessee, is dissatisfied with his life but feels powerless to change it. After reconnecting with his old friend Key, a sound technician, DJay is inspired to try his hand at hip hop music. Backed b…
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Biographical picture, Crime, Musical, Social Drama, action film, biographical film, blaxploitation film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film, thriller film
Marcus is a quiet boy who adores his mother Katrina, and the two live a relatively comfortable life on her drug-dealing income. After Marcus writes a song for his love interest Charlene, her stepfather sends her away to live with her grand…
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Action, Anti-War Film, Gangster Film, Social Drama, crime film, drama film, heist film, hood film, neo-noir
In 1968, Anthony Curtis, a soon-to-be high school graduate in The Bronx, chooses to enlist in the United States Marine Corps rather than go to college. He deploys to Vietnam, leaving behind his middle-class family, his girlfriend Juanita, …
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Fairy-Tale Film, Horror, Thriller, action film, cinematic fairy tale, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, werewolf film
Valerie lives with her parents, Cesaire and Suzette, and older sister Lucie in Daggerhorn, a village on the edge of a forest plagued by a Wolf that is also a werewolf. She is in love with her childhood friend Peter, a local woodcutter, but…
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Christmas film, Criminal Comedy Film, LGBTQ-related film, Silly Movie, comedy film, hood film
On the early morning of Christmas Eve, a robber disguised as Santa Claus breaks into Craig and Day-Day's apartment. Craig tries to fend him off, while making failed frantic calls to a sleeping Day-Day. The robber escapes with Craig and Day…
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Criminal Comedy Film, comedy film, hood film
After finding out Deebo escaped prison with his brother Tyrone to get revenge on Craig, Willie decides it would be safer for Craig to move to Rancho Cucamonga to live with his uncle Elroy and cousin Day-Day, who just won the lottery, until…
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Action, Adventure, Komödie, Musical, Silly Movie, action film, blaxploitation film, hood film
Pootie Tang sits down for a TV interview, at which the interviewer (Bob Costas) asks about Pootie's upcoming movie. At this point, a movie clip is played. Although initially unclear, the events described below all appear to be part of the …
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Crime, action film, crime film, drama film, hood film, neo-noir
In 1999, Tommy "Buns" Bundy and Sincere ("Sin"), two young street criminals from Queens, New York, murder five people during a violent nightclub robbery along with two associates, Mark and Black. After celebrating with the gang, Sincere re…
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Action, Drama, action film, crime film, drama film, hood film
In Missouri, college student Jason Collins is persuaded by his friend Craig to allow a shipment of drugs to be sent to his house. He signs for the package which contains pills and a tracking device. DEA officers break into the house; Jason…
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