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Blood In Blood Out (also known as Bound by Honor and Blood In Blood Out: Bound By Honor) is a 1993 American epic crime drama film directed by Taylor Hackford that has become a cult classic film among ...
Release date: 16 April 1993
Genre:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.
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The Players Club is a 1998 American dark comedy drama thriller film written and directed by Ice Cube in his feature film directorial debut. In addition to Ice Cube, the film stars Bernie Mac, Monica C ...
Genre:
Drama, Comedy
A woman must contend with rival strippers and her boss in an attempt to make a legitimate living.
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Set It Off is a 1996 American heist drama crime action film directed by F. Gary Gray and written by Kate Lanier and Takashi Bufford. The film stars Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, and Kimberly ...
Release date: 6 November 1996
Genre:
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Romance
Desperation drives four inner-city women to bank robbery in Los Angeles, then they start mistrusting each other.
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Belly
1998 film directed by Hype Williams
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Belly is a 1998 American crime drama film written and directed by music video director Hype Williams, in his feature film directing debut. Filmed in New York City, the film stars rappers Nas and DMX in ...
Release date: 4 November 1998
Genre:
Crime, Drama
Two young friends involved in organized crime and drug dealing find that their priorities differ.
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Ricochet
1991 film directed by Russell Mulcahy
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Ricochet is a 1991 American action crime thriller film, directed by Russell Mulcahy, written by Steven E. de Souza, and starring Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, and Lindsay Wagner ...
Release date: 4 October 1991
Genre:
Action, Crime, Thriller
A District Attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
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Poetic Justice is a 1993 American romantic drama film written and directed by John Singleton, and starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur, with Regina King and Joe Torry in supporting roles. The film ...
Genre:
Drama, Romance
Grieving hairdresser, Justice, goes on a road trip from South Central L.A. to Oakland on a mail truck alongside her friend and a postal worker which she ...
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New Jack City
1991 American action crime film directed by Mario Van Peebles
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New Jack City is a 1991 American crime action film directed by Mario Van Peebles (in his feature film directorial debut) and written by Thomas Lee Wright and Barry Michael Cooper, based on a story by ...
Release date: 17 January 1991
Genre:
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action
A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megalomaniacal while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
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Mi Vida Loca (also known as My Crazy Life) is a 1993 American coming-of-age drama film directed and written by Allison Anders. It centers on the plight of cholas (the female counterparts to cholos) growing ...
Release date: 21 May 1993
Genre:
Drama, Crime
Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood...
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Menace II Society (pronounced Menace to Society) is a 1993 American teen crime drama film directed by the Hughes Brothers in their directorial debut. Set in the Watts and Crenshaw neighborhoods of Los ...
Release date: 26 May 1993
Genre:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
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He Got Game is a 1998 American sports drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington and Ray Allen. The film revolves around Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington) ...
Release date: 1 May 1998
Genre:
Drama, Sport
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter sentence.
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Dangerous Minds is a 1995 American drama film directed by John N. Smith, written by Ronald Bass, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It is based on the 1992 autobiography My Posse Don't ...
Release date: 11 August 1995
Genre:
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Biography
An ex-Marine turned teacher struggles to connect with her students in an inner city school.
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Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American coming-of-age hood crime drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his feature directorial debut. It stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube (in his film debut) ...
Release date: 2 July 1991
Genre:
Crime, Drama
Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future ...
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Bad Boys
Based on a book from the 1995 action film directed by Michael Bay
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Bad Boys is a 1995 American action comedy film directed by Michael Bay in his feature directorial debut and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The film stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith ...
Release date: 7 April 1995
Genre:
Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two hip detectives protect a witness to a murder while investigating a case of stolen heroin from the evidence storage room from their police precinct ...
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American History X is a 1998 American crime drama film directed by Tony Kaye (in his feature directorial debut) and written by David McKenna. The film stars Edward Norton and Edward Furlong as two brothers ...
Release date: 30 October 1998
Genre:
Crime, Drama
A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.
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Above the Rim is a 1994 American sports drama film co-written and directed by Jeff Pollack in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Barry Michael Cooper, adapted from a story by Benny Medina ...
Release date: 23 March 1994
Genre:
Crime, Drama, Sport
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen ...
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is a 1998 neo-noir black comedy crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie. It follows a heist involving a confident young card sharp who loses £500,000 to a powerful ...
Release date: 28 August 1998
Genre:
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
A botched card game in London triggers four friends, thugs, weed-growers, hard gangsters, loan sharks and debt collectors to collide with each other in ...
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Tales from the Hood is a 1995 American black horror comedy anthology film directed by Rusty Cundieff (who also wrote the film with Darin Scott) and starring Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, Rusty Cundieff ...
Release date: 24 May 1995
Genre:
Horror, Crime, Action, Thriller
A funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
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Sugar Hill is a 1994 American crime drama film directed by Leon Ichaso and written by Barry Michael Cooper. It stars Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright as brothers Roemello and Raynathan Skuggs. Considered ...
Release date: 1 October 1993
Genre:
Thriller, Drama, Crime
A drug dealer tries to get out of the life and start anew with his girlfriend, but the transition is tragically difficult.
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New Jersey Drive is a 1995 crime drama film written and directed by Nick Gomez and executive produced by Spike Lee. The film is about joyriding teenagers in 1990s Newark, New Jersey, then known as the ...
Release date: 24 March 1995
Genre:
Crime, Drama
Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world...
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Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. Starring Lee, Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee ...
Release date: 5 June 1991
Genre:
Drama, Romance
Friends and family of a married black architect react in different ways to his affair with an Italian secretary.
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