Films like Bound by Honor
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent cr...
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American Me
Film · 1992 · also crime and dramaDuring his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old...
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Menace II Society
Film · 1993 · also crime and dramaA young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
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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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Colors
Film · 1988 · also crime and dramaA confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors th...
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Shot Caller
Film · 2017 · also crime and dramaA newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
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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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Paid in Full
Film · 2002 · also crime and dramaAce is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in...
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End of Watch
Film · 2012 · also crime and dramaTwo young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
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Assault on Precinct 13
Film · 1976 · also crime and thrillerA highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty stre...
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Dark Blue
Film · 2002 · also crime and dramaSet during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
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