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Gangsters/Bands/Ghetto/Hood Movies

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  • Oulaya Amamra and Déborah Lukumuena in Divines (2016)

    1. Divines

    20161h 45m71Metascore
    7.3 (11K)
    A street teenager from a dysfunctional family from a banlieue (HLMs) in Paris comes across a young dancer who turns her life upside down.
    DirectorHouda BenyaminaStarsOulaya AmamraDéborah LukumuenaKévin Mischel
  • Harvey Keitel in The Young Americans (1993)

    2. The Young Americans

    19931h 43mR
    5.7 (2.9K)
    Experienced NYPD detective John Harris is sent to London to help a local task force investigate a series of killings organized by a new player in town, an American gangster. Harris uses a teen wronged by gangsters to get to him.
    DirectorDanny CannonStarsHarvey KeitelIain GlenJohn Wood
  • Fred Williamson and Gloria Hendry in Black Caesar (1973)

    3. Black Caesar

    19731h 27mR
    6.4 (4.3K)
    Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
    DirectorLarry CohenStarsFred WilliamsonGloria HendryArt Lund
  • Dog Eat Dog (2008)

    4. Dog Eat Dog

    20081h 46mTV-MA
    6.6 (1.9K)
    In the crime world of Colombia, there is an unwritten code. When Víctor and Eusebio, two hoods who bungle a shake-down job, break that code, they unwittingly sign their own death sentence.
    DirectorCarlos MorenoStarsMarlon MorenoÓscar BordaÁlvaro Rodríguez
  • Friday Foster (1975)

    5. Friday Foster

    19751h 30mR
    6.0 (2.8K)
    While investigating a plot to assassinate politicians, magazine photographer Friday Foster becomes a target herself.
    DirectorArthur MarksStarsPam GrierYaphet KottoGodfrey Cambridge
  • Damián Alcázar and Jorge Zárate in Hell (2010)

    6. Hell

    20102h 29mNC-17
    7.6 (13K)
    After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.
    DirectorLuis EstradaStarsDamián AlcázarJoaquín CosioErnesto Gómez Cruz
  • Flora Martínez and Unax Ugalde in Rosario Tijeras (2005)

    7. Rosario Tijeras

    20052h 6mR
    6.3 (2.6K)
    Two friends meet and are seduced by sensuous hit woman Rosario Tijeras. Full of hatred, violence is her way of life. The trio loose themselves in a passionate love triangle where the pain of love will be confused with that of death.
    DirectorEmilio MailléStarsFlora MartínezUnax UgaldeManolo Cardona
  • Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, and Margaret Hayes in Blackboard Jungle (1955)

    8. Blackboard Jungle

    19551h 41mApproved67Metascore
    7.4 (10K)
    A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
    DirectorRichard BrooksStarsGlenn FordAnne FrancisLouis Calhern
  • The Principal (1987)

    9. The Principal

    19871h 49mR37Metascore
    6.3 (12K)
    A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent, crime-ridden high school.
    DirectorChristopher CainStarsJim BelushiLouis Gossett Jr.Rae Dawn Chong
  • Tom Berenger in The Substitute (1996)

    10. The Substitute

    19961h 54mR41Metascore
    6.1 (17K)
    Shale's Mercenary team is retired after a (not so) covert mission in Cuba. He becomes a substitute teacher at his teacher fiancee's Miami high school to get those behind kneecapping her. His team helps him.
    DirectorRobert MandelStarsTom BerengerRaymond CruzWilliam Forsythe
  • Treat Williams in The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)

    11. The Substitute 2: School's Out

    19981h 29mRTV Movie
    5.2 (3.7K)
    A mercenary masquerades as a teacher in order to enter a tough urban school and wreak his revenge upon his brother's killer.
    DirectorSteven PearlStarsOwen StadeleEdoardo BalleriniChristopher Cousins
  • Sidney Poitier in To Sir, with Love (1967)

    12. To Sir, with Love

    19671h 45mApproved55Metascore
    7.6 (21K)
    Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
    DirectorJames ClavellStarsSidney PoitierJudy GeesonChristian Roberts
  • Los jefes (2015)

    13. Los jefes

    20151h 23m
    5.2 (487)
    Poncho, a college student in the Northern part of Mexico goes on an adventure around the different levels of the drug world after accepting to go and buy weed with a guy called Greñas for the first time. Los Jefes is a story based on facts of how tough the drug life is in Mexico and in the world. Protagonized by the Mexican Hip-hop group 'Cartel de Santa'.
    DirectorChiva RodriguezStarsRicardo ArreolaBaboAlejandro Garza Cabral
  • Hell Up in Harlem (1973)

    14. Hell Up in Harlem

    19731h 34mR
    5.9 (2K)
    A gangster in Harlem must rescue his ex-wife, who has been kidnapped by the Mafia.
    DirectorLarry CohenStarsFred WilliamsonJulius HarrisGloria Hendry
  • The Concrete Jungle (1960)

    15. The Concrete Jungle

    19601h 26mTV-14
    6.8 (1.9K)
    In the UK, after pulling a racetrack robbery, repeat offender Johnny Bannion hides the loot in a farmer's field but the police and the local mob come looking for Johnny and the money.
    DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsStanley BakerSam WanamakerGrégoire Aslan
  • Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, and Ralph Macchio in The Outsiders (1983)

    16. The Outsiders

    19831h 31mPG45Metascore
    7.0 (106K)
    In Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1964, the rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, heats up when one gang member accidentally kills a member of the other.
    DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsC. Thomas HowellMatt DillonRalph Macchio
  • Michelle Pfeiffer, Ivan Sergei, Wade Dominguez, Paula Garcés, Marisela Gonzales, Bruklin Harris, Rahman Ibraheem, Renoly Santiago, and Marcello Thedford in Dangerous Minds (1995)

    17. Dangerous Minds

    19951h 39mR46Metascore
    6.5 (60K)
    LouAnne, a retired US marine, becomes a teacher in a Californian high school. But her mostly Latino and black students from an impoverished and racially segregated locality do not easily embrace her.
    DirectorJohn N. SmithStarsMichelle PfeifferGeorge DzundzaCourtney B. Vance
  • Bill Paxton, Ice Cube, Ice-T, and William Sadler in Trespass (1992)

    18. Trespass

    19921h 41mR54Metascore
    6.3 (15K)
    Two firemen in a burning building get a treasure map - stolen gold church items are hidden in a closed down factory in St. Louis. Once there, they're trapped in by a black gang considering it their territory.
    DirectorWalter HillStarsBill PaxtonIce-TWilliam Sadler
  • Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Stephen Dorff, and Denis Leary in Judgment Night (1993)

    19. Judgment Night

    19931h 50mR46Metascore
    6.6 (20K)
    Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives.
    DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsEmilio EstevezCuba Gooding Jr.Denis Leary
  • Don Johnson, Sam Shepard, and Michael C. Hall in Cold in July (2014)

    20. Cold in July

    20141h 49mR73Metascore
    6.7 (39K)
    When a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and violence while having to confront their own inner psyche.
    DirectorJim MickleStarsMichael C. HallSam ShepardDon Johnson
  • Steven Mackintosh, Andy Serkis, and Ashley Walters in Sugarhouse (2007)

    21. Sugarhouse

    20071h 30mR
    5.8 (1.4K)
    Determined to kill his wife's lover, a middle-class accountant attempts to purchase a .38 from an inner-city crackhead, unaware the gun actually belongs to a psychotic drug lord who'd kill to get his weapon back.
    DirectorGary LoveStarsSteven MackintoshAshley WaltersAndy Serkis
  • Christian Bale in Out of the Furnace (2013)

    22. Out of the Furnace

    20131h 56mR63Metascore
    6.7 (129K)
    A steelworker takes matters into his own hands after police fail to find his missing brother.
    DirectorScott CooperStarsChristian BaleCasey AffleckZoe Saldaña
  • Martha Canga Antonio and Aboubakr Bensaihi in Black (2015)

    23. Black

    20151h 35m74Metascore
    7.0 (4.7K)
    When Mavela, member of the notorious youth gang Black Bronx, falls madly in love with a boy from a rival gang, she is forced to make a choice between loyalty and love. A choice that will have dramatic consequences.
    DirectorsAdil El ArbiBilall FallahStarsSanâa AlaouiMartha Canga AntonioAboubakr Bensaihi
  • Prince (2015)

    24. Prince

    20151h 18mNot Rated65Metascore
    6.5 (1.5K)
    A troubled teenager attempts to conquer the love of his life by becoming the baddest boy on the block.
    DirectorSam de JongStarsAyoub ElasriJorik ScholtenAchraf Meziani
  • Tom Sizemore, Juana Acosta, Kuno Becker, and Manolo Cardona in The Snitch Cartel (2011)

    25. The Snitch Cartel

    20111h 42mR
    6.3 (1.4K)
    The life of Andres Lopez Lopez during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle".
    DirectorsCarlos MorenoJuancho CardonaStarsManolo CardonaJuana AcostaDiego Cadavid

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