Straight Outta Compton

2015-08-13

sibling relationship, aids, police brutality, rap music, hip-hop, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, vandalism, drug dealer, nightclub, ghetto, freedom of speech, gangster, protest, rapper, recording contract, rags to riches, assault, terminal illness, road trip, based on a true story, feud, gang, marijuana, police chase, hospital, racism, los angeles, california, detroit, michigan, racial slur, wrongful arrest, death of brother, milwaukee wisconsin, police raid, police harassment, duringcreditsstinger, record company, music tour, 1980s, intimidation by police, los angeles riots, compton california

Snake Outta Compton

2018-04-23

rap music, hip-hop, snake, giant monster, compton california

Friday

1995-04-26

rap music, parent child relationship, drug dealer, male friendship, rapper, urban life, job, slacker, bully, marijuana, pot smoking, los angeles, california, drugs, african american comedy

Boyz n the Hood

1991-07-12

street gang, black people, rap music, hip-hop, ghetto, street war, rapper, violence in schools, los angeles, california

Detroit

2017-07-28

fire, police brutality, church choir, based on a true story, murder, beating, racism, church, detroit, michigan, 1960s, police violence

Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

2017-04-21

police brutality, civil rights, looting, race riot, arson, racism, los angeles, california, 1980s, 1990s, los angeles riots, korean american, south central los angeles, criminal justice system

Burn Motherfucker, Burn!

2017-04-21

police brutality, los angeles riots

Brother

2000-09-09

sibling relationship, assassination, culture clash, war on drugs, yakuza, sake, loyalty, drug dealer, femme fatale, los angeles, california

8 Mile

2002-11-08

individual, street gang, adolescence, rap music, hip-hop, rhyme battle, trailer park, ghetto, ethnic stereotype, single, detroit, michigan, battle rap

LA 92

2017-04-28

police brutality, looting, race riot, arson, racism, los angeles, california, court trial, los angeles riots, korean american, south central los angeles

Colors

1988-04-15

police brutality, ghetto, delinquency, police, east los angeles, gang, gang member, mexican american, barrio, colleague

King of the Underground

2011-03-27

hip-hop, murder, los angeles, california, music industry, rap

White Boy Rick

2018-09-14

war on drugs, fbi, drug traffic, based on a true story, detroit, michigan, informant, 1980s

L.A. Burning: The Riots 25 Years Later

2017-04-18

police brutality, racism, los angeles riots, black lives matter, racial discrimination

Wonderland

2003-10-23

robbery, junkie, investigation, porn star, based on a true story, murder, los angeles, california, violence, drugs, 1980s

Billionaire Boys Club

2018-07-19

greed, based on a true story, murder, scam, los angeles, california, 1980s, lies

Menace II Society

1993-05-26

street gang, black people, drug dealer, ghetto, weapon, delinquency, los angeles, california

We Own the Night

2007-10-09

new york city, parent child relationship, nightclub, gangster, investigation, russian mafia, murder, raid, violence, drugs, car chase, 1980s

Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker

1989-11-12

police, based on a true story, serial killer, los angeles, california, true crime

My Brother's Keeper

2018-01-31

rap music, parent child relationship, brotherhood, rapper, brother, biography, white rapper, songwriter, childhood, finland, bipolar disorder

Dark Blue

2002-12-14

corruption, police brutality, riot, ghetto, street war, hold-up robbery, moral conflict, special unit, police everyday life, cop, los angeles, california, family

The Trip

2002-11-01

journalist, aids, 1970s, road trip, hiv, drug use, los angeles, california, writer, lgbt, 1980s, activism, gay

Mama Weed

2020-09-09

street gang, drug dealer, ghetto, marijuana

Training Day

2001-10-05

poker, california, police brutality, war on drugs, drug traffic, drug dealer, russian mafia, police corruption, los angeles, california, gang member, rookie cop, narcotics cop, mexican american, barrio, cholo, neo-noir

The Choirboys

1977-12-23

police, dominatrix, cop, los angeles, california

Outrage

1973-11-28

california, vandalism, police, vigilante, based on a true story, revenge, gang, killing a dog

O.J.: Made in America

2016-05-20

american football, police brutality, los angeles, california, true crime, racial tension, lapd, murder trial, criminal justice system, race relations

Convoy

1978-06-27

police brutality, waitress, fight, highway, chase, protest, police, road trip, truck, car crash, marijuana, based on song, poem or rhyme, truck driver, cb radio, convoy, truck stop

Filly Brown

2013-04-19

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005-11-09

street gang, loss of loved one, attempted murder, ghetto, career, musical, rapper, drugs

Bristol Boys

2005-01-01

drug dealer, drugs

Mac Dre: Legend of the Bay

2015-06-14

rap music, hip-hop, biography, music, oakland, california, death, bay area

Rep Yo Set: The Movie

2006-10-03

Rize

2005-01-15

street gang, hip-hop, dance, fight, breakdance, ghetto, musical, clowning, gang, los angeles, california

Zebrahead

1992-10-23

record store, interracial relationship, detroit, michigan

Hustle & Flow

2005-07-22

rap music, hip-hop, baby, midlife crisis, drug dealer, career, musical, rapper

Man Against the Mob

1988-01-10

gangster, los angeles, california

Death Drug

1978-01-01

recording contract, drugs, pcp

Mother and Daughter: California Dream

2016-02-05

parent child relationship, road trip, fashion

Chasing 3000

2010-07-16

sibling relationship, 1970s, baseball, sports, road trip, based on a true story, independent film, brother brother relationship, muscular dystrophy

The Revenge Tour: XXXTENTACION Live In Los Angeles

2020-04-06

Zabriskie Point

1970-02-09

california, free love, police brutality, 1970s, students' movement, counter-culture, desert, student protest, death valley

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

2009-02-07

husband wife relationship, 1970s, surgeon, biography, based on a true story, doctor, detroit, michigan, neurosurgeon, surgery, conjoined twins, 1980s, pediatrician, 1960s, mother son relationship, african american, medical

Gully Boy

2019-02-14

slum, rap music, ghetto, mumbai (bombay), india, rapper, poverty, rap star, rapper wannabe

The Straight Story

1999-10-15

sibling relationship, mississippi river, wisconsin, lawnmower, iowa, biography, road trip, based on a true story, family relationships, family, elderly man

CHiPS

2017-01-16

police, police corruption, los angeles, california, buddy cop

Marriage Story

2019-11-06

new york city, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, infidelity, theatre group, theater director, lawyer, los angeles, california, divorce, divorce lawyer, actress, 2019, domenica

The Mouth Agape

1974-05-08

husband wife relationship, terminal illness, death, mother son relationship

Youngblood

1978-05-24

ghetto, coming of age, gang, drugs, social issues

Assault on Precinct 13

1976-11-05

ambush, street gang, child murder, blackout, siege, police, survival, shootout, gunfight, los angeles, california, brutality, convict, police station, silencer, jail cell, ice cream truck, prison bus

The Blood Is at the Doorstep

2017-03-13

schizophrenia, police brutality, police, mental illness, milwaukee wisconsin, black lives matter

Get Outta Town

1960-01-01

b movie, los angeles, california

NWA & Eazy-E: The Kings of Compton

2016-01-04

rap music, hip-hop, music

Gutter

2018-09-22

los angeles, california

Bringing Down the House

2003-03-07

prison, parent child relationship, ex-boyfriend, support, mistaken identity, escape, lawyer, racism, los angeles, california, catfight, single father, racial stereotype, wrongful conviction, online dating, divorced man, online chat, catfishing

Fruitvale Station

2013-07-26

new year's eve, police brutality, oakland, california, based on a true story, racism, day in a life

Shades

2013-08-17

california, thriller, drugs, found footage

Spin

2007-01-26

dancing, alcohol, waitress, nightclub, love, mobster, los angeles, california, drugs, veterinary, dealer, question

The Blue Knight

1973-11-11

based on novel or book, los angeles, california, police officer, lapd

Out of Bounds

1986-07-25

airport, bus, iowa, new orleans, louisiana, heroin, chase, police, smuggling, murder, shootout, fish out of water, hollywood, los angeles, california, drugs, framed, car chase, drug lord, knife throwing, car fire, hollywood sign, docks

Above Suspicion

1995-01-01

sibling relationship, paralysis, police, cop, courtroom, neo-noir

The Case of the Wrong Man

2017-05-11

racism, true crime, police violence, brazil

Crash

2005-05-06

race politics, daughter, installer, police, fall, car crash, racism, los angeles, california, bigotry, social services, collision

Bound by Honor

1993-02-05

street gang, ghetto, juvenile prison, artist, jail, east los angeles, hood, gang, youth gang, racism, drugs, mexican american, barrio, police shootout, cholo, lowrider

Everything's Gonna Be Great

1998-11-27

sibling relationship, parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, cheating, lie, vacation, old man, cheating wife, older brother

The Color of Time

2012-11-16

parent child relationship, husband wife relationship, biography, poet, flashback, based on song, poem or rhyme, woman director

Knights Of The City

1986-02-14

dancing, miami, florida, street gang, rap music, musician, punk, rapper, music competition, contest

Detroit Rock City

1999-08-13

parent child relationship, 1970s, kiss, drugs, detroit, michigan

The Muppets

2011-11-22

musical, puppetry, hollywood, los angeles, california, robot, oil tycoon, studio tour, duringcreditsstinger, based on tv series

Mammoth

2018-06-23

brother, friendship, terminal illness, death, illness, assisted suicide, short

City of Lies

2018-09-06

based on novel or book, based on a true story, los angeles, california, true crime, tupac shakur, rap, the notorious b.i.g.

Profiled

2016-01-01

police brutality, racism, white supremacy, racial profiling

Never Heard

2018-11-01

drug dealer, faith, prayer, los angeles, california, incarceration

Smog

1962-10-04

social satire, los angeles, california

Narc

2002-01-14

child abuse, police brutality, undercover, assertion, investigation, cover-up, murder, beating, internal affairs, violence, detroit, michigan, drug addict, drug overdose, narcotics cop, police shootout, neo-noir

Forever and Ever

2001-03-08

aids, parent child relationship

The House Is Burning

2006-11-16

adolescence, parent child relationship, infidelity, drug dealer

Ant

2020-06-11

Straight Outta L.A.

2010-05-11

sports

The Lost Man

1969-07-11

robbery, police brutality, based on novel or book, class society, interracial relationship, racism

True Confessions

1981-09-25

based on novel or book, brothel, cop, priest, los angeles, california, murder investigation, lapd, catholic priest, neo-noir, 1940s, stag film, confession booth, brother brother relationship

La Haine

1995-05-31

paris, france, neo nazism, police brutality, hip-hop, socially deprived family, breakdance, ghetto, male friendship, racism, xenophobia, paris suburb