Films like A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.
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Adulthood
Film · 2008 · also crime and dramaAfter serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
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Once Upon a Time in America
Film · 1984 · also crime and dramaA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of...
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Boyz n the Hood
Film · 1991 · also crime and dramaThree friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding differently to the harsh reali...
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Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Film · 2005 · also crime and dramaA tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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The Bygone
Film · 2019 · also crime and dramaWhen a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at...
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The Woman in the Window
Film · 2021 · also crimeAn agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
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Charm City Kings
Film · 2020 · also dramaMouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-...
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The Hate U Give
Film · 2018 · also crime and dramaRaised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend,...
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The Drop
Film · 2014 · also crime and dramaBob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, an...
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Thief
Film · 1981 · also crime and dramaFrank is an expert professional safecracker, specialized in high-profile diamond heists. He plans to use his ill-gotten income to retire from crime and build a nice life...
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