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Justice Drama, drama film, hood film, prison film
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, Avery Montgomery (Jones) is taking time off from college to spend time with his girlfriend Krista Wells (Melissa De Sousa) and help raise their young son. Avery is an avid swimmer and develops to a championship …
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Dramedy, Social Drama, comedy drama, drama film, hood film
Collin Hoskins, an African-American convicted felon, is struggling to finish the last three days of his probation. Collin, along with his short-tempered white best friend, Miles Turner, works for a moving company located in Oakland, Califo…
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Komödie, Musical, comedy film, hood film, musical film
Albert Brown, an aspiring rapper and suburban kid who idolizes the gangsta rappers he sees on TV, decides to start a rap group with his friends, Euripides and Otis. Unfortunately, even though all three of them are talented, they have no co…
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Police Film, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film, hood film, mystery film
Undercover narcotics officer Nick Tellis chases a drug dealer through the streets of Detroit. Tellis shoots and kills the dealer when he holds a child hostage, but a stray bullet hits the child's pregnant mother, causing her to miscarry. 1…
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Drama, crime film, drama film, hood film
Former U.S. Army Ranger and Global War on Terror veteran Jim Davis has PTSD. Jim, determined to marry his Mexican girlfriend Marta, and bring her into the United States to start a life together, returns to Los Angeles, California.
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Computeranimation, Fairy-Tale Film, children's film, comedy film, crossover fiction, family film, fantasy film, parody film
The story begins with the idea that the Wizard controls all of the fairy tales and governs the Scales of Good and Evil, an artifact that maintains the balance of all good and evil in Fairy Tale Land. With the help of his assistants, the up…
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Drama, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film, teen film
In 2002, at Ladbroke Grove, local school student Katie suffers intense physical and emotional bullying by a group of girls, as well as by another bully, Sam Peel. When her father picks her up from school that day, Sam quietly threatens to …
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Crime, Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, erotic film, hood film, romance film
As children, brothers Jason and Joshua Alexander witnessed the fatal shooting of their abusive father, Mad Dog (Forest Whitaker), one night when he came home drunk and attacked their mother. Said tragedy leaves deep scars and prompts them …
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Drama, LGBTQ-related film, crime film, drama film, hood film, musical film
Rich Bower (Power) is a mover and shaker in the world of rap music (he's involved with a number of other licit and illicit business ventures as well), and his apartment is a favored meeting place for musicians, hangers-on, and hipsters who…
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Fantasy, Horror comedy, hood film, horror film, slasher film
In ancient times, many Leprechauns are summoned by an ancient king to protect his gold. After the king's death, the Leprechauns return to their places of origin, all except one, who becomes corrupted through the ages and obsessed with the …
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Historie, Knights Tale, Komödie, Musical, musical film
King Roderick the Tyrant, having sent Lord Ravenhurst to slaughter the Royal Family of England, usurps the throne. The Black Fox and his band of rebels rescue the true king, an infant with the royal "purple pimpernel" birthmark on his back…
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Social Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, buddy film, comedy film, crime film, drama film, hood film
Spoon, Stretch, and Cookie are bandmates in the spoken word genre living in Detroit. When Cookie overdoses on her first hit of heroin, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their habit. Throughout a disastrous day, the two addicts dodge police …
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Action, Thriller, action film, hood film, thriller film, treasure hunt film
Two Fort Smith, Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, meet a hysterical old man in a burning building. The old man hands them an envelope, telling them that he stole from Jesus Christ. The old man tells them that he stole some things and stashe…
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Dark Comedy, Komödie, comedy film, hood film
Rob Douglas has just been released from jail for the second time. Fearing a third conviction, which will result in a life sentence, he decides to go straight and leave the street life. His friend J.J.
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Coming Of Age, drama film, female buddy film, hood film
The movie is told in 3 vignettes, Sad Girl’s Y-Que, Don’t Let Nobody Get You Down, and Suavecito and focuses on the Echo Park Locas girl gang. In Echo Park, Los Angeles, a neighborhood that has seen a significant amount of gang activity ov…
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Komödie, comedy thriller, hood film
Sean (Dr. Dre) and Dee Loc (Snoop Dogg) are roommates who have not paid their rent, and their landlord's given them a 3-day eviction notice. To make matters worse, Sean has just lost his job at Foot Locker due to Dee Loc stealing shoes, an…
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comedy film, hood film
Shawn, a low level employee at a beeper shop, is on parole. Following the death of his mother, Shawn declines an offer by his friend Burtie to participate in burglaries, but when his low income prevents him paying his bills, he decides to …
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Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, hood film
Flik Royale is a pampered 13-year-old boy from Atlanta who is sent to live with his preacher grandfather, Da Good Bishop Enoch Rouse, in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Flik struggles to connect with his religious grandfather, and clashes with him ove…
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drama film, hood film, thriller film
Berta, a Honduran refugee, is about to be raped by the Los Angeles street gang that kidnapped her. Her brother Oscar and half-brother Emilio assault the house where she is being kept and free her, but Oscar is shot before they can escape. …
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Action, Crime, Social Drama, action film, comedy drama, drama film, hood film, teen film
One night, after spotting his ex-wife Kimberly in a bar with her divorce attorney, alcoholic high-school teacher Rick Latimer fights with him, culminating in Rick bashing the hapless man's car with a baseball bat. Rick is arrested for the …
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Drama, crime film, drama film, hood film
Six years after being jailed for killing Trevor "Trife" Hector, Sam Peel was released from prison. During the course of the film, it is revealed that Sam, haunted by his crime, has changed dramatically and has learnt from his mistakes. Whi…
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Gangster Film, crime film, drama film, hood film
New Jersey Drive opens with Jason heading off to juvenile detention then unfolds in flashback as, chronologically, the incidents leading to his arrest surface one by one. First the audience sees the violent and poverty-ridden project where…
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found footage film, hood film
Three college students drive to the Bluff, a westside Atlanta neighborhood, intending to buy some drugs from a dealer. Clearly naive, they joke about flirting in hopes of getting free drugs, and reassure one another that they have nothing …
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Action, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, hood film, romance film
Ex-con Otis Samuel Sr. or "O2" on account of his ability to vanish from a crime scene like oxygen, has done his time and is determined to stay out of trouble and never leave his young son, Otis, Jr. When Otis arrives late to pick up Junior…
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