Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 9 Nov 2005 · English

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

New Jack City

Movie · 6.7 / 10 · 8 Mar 1991 · English

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.

American Gangster

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 2 Nov 2007 · English

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.

Fresh

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 15 Jun 1994 · English

Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.

Bound by Honor

Movie · 8.2 / 10 · 5 Feb 1993 · English

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 crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.

Menace II Society

Movie · 7.5 / 10 · 26 May 1993 · English

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

We Die Young

Movie · 6.8 / 10 · 9 May 2019 · English

Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.

Code of Silence

Movie · 5.9 / 10 · 3 May 1985 · English

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.

Juice

Movie · 7.2 / 10 · 17 Jan 1992 · English

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.

Boyz n the Hood

Movie · 7.6 / 10 · 12 Jul 1991 · English

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...

The Cotton Club

Movie · 6.5 / 10 · 14 Dec 1984 · English

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

End of Watch

Movie · 7.4 / 10 · 20 Sept 2012 · English

Two 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.