Menace II Society

1993-05-26

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

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

Mama Weed

2020-09-09

street gang, drug dealer, ghetto, marijuana

Dirty

2005-11-10

street gang, street war, internal affairs, los angeles, california, guilt

Never Heard

2018-11-01

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

Youngblood

1978-05-24

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

Malibu's Most Wanted

2003-04-10

street gang, los angeles, california

Crime in the Streets

1956-06-10

street gang, juvenile delinquent

Paulette

2012-10-04

street gang, drug dealer, ghetto, marijuana, old woman

Colors

1988-04-15

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

Brother

2000-09-09

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

Passenger Side

2009-10-28

los angeles, california

Urban Justice

2007-01-01

drug crime, revenge, gang, los angeles, california

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

1971-04-23

mexico, black people, pimp, anti hero, black panther party, blaxploitation, los angeles, california

New Jack City

1991-03-08

new york city, street gang, drug dealer, ghetto, nudity, heroin, undercover agent, gang leader, crack, cop, drugs

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005-11-09

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

Rize

2005-01-15

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

Only in L.A.

2013-11-30

hollywood, los angeles, california

Sleight

2016-04-28

mother, kidnapping, drug dealer, magic, sister, los angeles, california, dead mother, death, young, street

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

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

Mi Vida Loca

1994-06-08

east los angeles, gang, los angeles, california, poverty, gang member, hispanic, mexican american, girl gang, woman director, cholo, chola, echo park

Taciturn Tango

2018-12-03

subway, los angeles, california

Divines

2016-08-31

paris, france, street gang, dancer, ghetto, friendship, drugs

South Central

1992-09-18

gang war, los angeles, california

Being Charlie

2015-09-14

drug addiction, drug rehabilitation, drug use, los angeles, california

Street Knight

1993-03-12

Pizza King

1999-12-18

denmark, drug dealer

Gridiron Gang

2006-09-15

competition, american football, prisoner, probation assistant , sports, based on a true story, los angeles, california, violence, mother son relationship, juvenile delinquency

Gutter

2018-09-22

los angeles, california

The Executioner

1974-08-10

Angel's Flight

1965-01-01

stripper, noir, los angeles, california

The Fast and the Furious

2001-06-22

street gang, car race, undercover, auto-tuning, street race, los angeles, california, car, aftercreditsstinger, duringcreditsstinger

The Deal

2012-05-14

drug dealer, police officer, woman director

Death Wish II

1982-02-20

rape, detective, drug traffic, vigilante, revenge, los angeles, california, surveillance, vigilante justice

Where the Day Takes You

1992-09-11

street gang, runaway, hustler, independent film, male prostitute, hollywood, los angeles, california, prostitution, drugs, realism, homeless teenager, teenagers

Dope

2015-06-19

california, hip-hop, harvard university, geek, coming of age, los angeles, california, teenager, drugs, high school student

Shrink

2009-07-24

suicide, alcohol, depression, drug dealer, therapist, los angeles, california, psychiatrist, widower, pot head

Bliss

2019-09-27

painter, bar, drug dealer, artist, gore, pay phone, los angeles, california, drugs, brutal violence

Fatal Blade

2000-04-04

japan, martial arts, yakuza, katana, los angeles, california

Sell By Date

2020-04-18

drug abuse, drug crime, drug dealer, social drama

Man Against the Mob

1988-01-10

gangster, los angeles, california

Paid in Full

2002-10-25

street gang, drug traffic, ghetto, drug smuggle, rapper

Heat Wave

1990-08-13

los angeles, california, urban setting

The George McKenna Story

1988-01-12

L.A. Crackdown II

1988-01-01

los angeles, california

Lowriders

2017-04-28

artist, brother, street artist, east los angeles, los angeles, california, car, ex-con, young, lowrider, car culture

Busting

1974-02-27

los angeles, california

Naked Youth

1961-09-08

juvenile delinquent

Fresh

1994-08-24

new york city, chess, street gang, loss of loved one, war on drugs, drug traffic, drug dealer, drug mule, ghetto, childhood trauma, drug scene, revenge, dog fighting, drugs, witness to murder, death, brooklyn, new york city

Possessed

1947-05-29

noir, los angeles, california, psychiatric ward

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

S.W.A.T.

2003-08-08

liberation, transport of prisoners, special unit, weapon, los angeles, california

Havoc

2005-10-16

upper class, street gang, hip-hop, gun, gangster, high school, east los angeles, marijuana, underage drinking, gang rape, teenager, drugs, inner city, wild party, gang violence, privileged life, woman director, pacific palisades, rebellious teenager, sex game

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

2004-09-27

The Children of Times Square

1986-03-03

new york city, runaway, drug dealer, times square, juvenile delinquent

The Choirboys

1977-12-23

police, dominatrix, cop, los angeles, california

Los zetas

2007-01-01

mexico, drug crime, drug dealer, drug cartel, gun shooting, mexican cartel

Tough Enough

2006-03-09

individual, berlin, germany, street gang, ex-boyfriend, blackmail, drug traffic, cocaine, neukölln, zehlendorf, drug dealer, move, neglect, drug mule, protection money, friendship, class, single, murder, youth gang, marijuana, police officer, unemployment

More Things That Aren't Here Anymore

1998-02-28

los angeles, california

Gomorrah

2008-05-16

street gang, money delivery, ghetto, gang war, mafia boss, camorra, gang, drugs, criminal, fashion, financial transactions

Mandem

2020-03-22

drug dealer

NOIR

2015-04-10

drug dealer, montreal, canada, organized crime, drugs, teenage romance

L.A. Wars

1994-01-01

Smog

1962-10-04

social satire, los angeles, california

Less than Zero

1987-11-06

based on novel or book, drug addiction, self-destruction, cocaine, los angeles, california, hedonism, beverly hills, decadence

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

Ambushed

2013-09-21

strip club, drug dealing, los angeles, california, dea agent, lapd

Runner

2018-08-21

The Black Dahlia

2006-09-15

pornography, observer, los angeles, california, neo-noir, murder hunt

Perro callejero 2

1981-04-30

heroin, delinquency, sequel, drug dealing, social issues

Almost Home

2019-11-29

los angeles, california, homeless, homeless teenager

Playing God

1997-10-17

fbi, gang war, surgeon, los angeles, california, drugs, drug addict

Broken Angel

1988-03-13

drugs

District 13: Ultimatum

2009-02-18

prison, corruption, street gang, martial arts, ghetto, chase, delinquency, parkour, sequel, prison escape, shootout, drug dealing, violence, fighting, duringcreditsstinger, hand to hand combat

Spin

2007-01-26

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

Between the Miles

2016-09-27

homelessness, los angeles, california, woman director, homeless teenager

The Blue Knight

1973-11-11

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

City of God

2002-02-05

street gang, photographer, rio de janeiro, ghetto, gang war, coming of age, woman director

Kidulthood

2006-03-03

london, england, street gang, gun, ghetto, bullying, hood, school