Films like Where the Day Takes You
King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie Greg. When Heather, a beautiful girl from Chicago, starts hang...
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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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Bound by Honor
Film · 1993 · also crime and dramaBased 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 th...
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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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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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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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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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Kids
Film · 1995 · also crime and dramaA group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.
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Layer Cake
Film · 2004 · also crime and dramaWhen a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, b...
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State Property
Film · 2002 · also crime and dramaA Philadelphia gang member becomes a drug kingpin and starts a feud with vicious rivals in his quest for the American Dream.
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The Krays
Film · 1990 · also crime and dramaTwins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over...
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