Film Tone: Confrontational

1.

Degrassi: The Next Generation

Canadian teen drama television series

Overview: Degrassi: The Next Generation (also known as Degrassi for seasons 10 through 14) is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood ...

Release date: 14 October 2001

Genre: Drama, Music, Comedy, Family, Romance

Director: Philip Earnshaw, Eleanor Lindo

Cast: Stefan Brogren, Aislinn Paul, Melinda Shankar, A.J. Saudin, Shane Kippel, Miriam McDonald

Producer: Linda Schuyler, Stephen Stohn

Writer: Kit Hood, Yan Moore

The lives of the kids at Degrassi Community School dealing with the serious and sometimes taboo issues that plague teenagers.

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Coming-of-age television shows 75T

2000s Canadian LGBT-related drama television series 11T

Television series about teenagers 1,025T

2.

Blood In, Blood Out

1993 film directed by Taylor Hackford

Overview: 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. It follows the intertwining lives of three ...

Release date: 16 April 1993

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Taylor Hackford

Cast: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego, Benjamin Bratt, Enrique Castillo, Victor Rivers, Delroy Lindo

Producer: Jimmy Santiago Baca, Gina Blumenfeld

Writer: Ross Thomas, Jimmy Santiago Baca

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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Films with screenplays by Floyd Mutrux 7T

1990s English-language films 3,883T

Spanish-language American films 65T

3.

All in the Family

American television series

Overview: All in the Family is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS for nine seasons, from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. Afterwards, it was produced as the continuation series Archie Bunker's Place ...

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Paul Bogart, John Rich

Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Mike Evans, Isabel Sanford

Producer: Norman Lear, Brigit Jensen

Writer: Norman Lear, Johnny Speight

A working class bigot constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

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American English-language television shows 9,718T

1970s American multi-camera sitcoms 36T

CBS sitcoms 388T

4.

The Breakfast Club

1985 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film by John Hughes

Overview: The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American teen coming-of-age comedy-drama film written, produced, and directed by John Hughes. It stars Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and ...

Release date: 7 February 1985

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Director: John Hughes

Cast: Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald

Producer: Gil Friesen, John Hughes

Writer: John Hughes

Five high school students meet in Saturday detention and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

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1980s English-language films 3,418T

Films about juvenile delinquency 29T

1980s coming-of-age comedy-drama films 24T

5.

Indecent Proposal

1993 film by Adrian Lyne

Overview: Indecent Proposal is a 1993 American drama film based on the novel of the same name by Jack Engelhard, in which a married couple's relationship is put into turmoil by a stranger's offer of a million dollars ...

Release date: 7 April 1993

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Adrian Lyne

Cast: Robert Redford, Demi Moore, Woody Harrelson, Seymour Cassel, Oliver Platt, Billy Bob Thornton

Producer: Alex Gartner, Sherry Lansing

Writer: Jack Engelhard, Amy Holden Jones

A married woman agrees to have sex with another man for $1,000,000.

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1990s American films 4,780T

Films with screenplays by Amy Holden Jones 6T

Golden Raspberry Award winning films 253T

6.

Goodfellas

1990 crime film directed by Martin Scorsese

Overview: Goodfellas (stylized GoodFellas) is a 1990 American biographical crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, who also wrote with Nicholas Pileggi, and produced by Irwin Winkler. It is an film adaptation of ...

Release date: 12 September 1990

Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Martin Scorsese

Cast: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero

Producer: Barbara De Fina, Bruce S. Pustin

Writer: Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese

The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito ...

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1990 crime films 4T

Cultural depictions of the Mafia 78T

Films about the American Mafia 93T

7.

Machete

2010 film by Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis

Overview: Machete is a 2010 American exploitation action film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. Based on the eponymous character from the Spy Kids franchise, the film is an expansion of ...

Release date: 1 September 2010

Genre: Thriller, Crime, Action, Drama, Adventure

Director: Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez

Cast: Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Jeff Fahey

Producer: Ashok Amritraj, Elizabeth Avellan

Writer: Robert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodríguez

After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his ...

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Golden Raspberry Award winning films 242T

2010s Spanish-language films 406T

2010 Western (genre) films 9T

8.

Varsity Blues

1999 film by Brian Robbins

Overview: Varsity Blues is a 1999 American coming-of-age sports comedy-drama film directed by Brian Robbins that follows a small-town high school football team and their overbearing coach through a tumultuous season ...

Release date: 15 January 1999

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport, Romance

Director: Brian Robbins

Cast: James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ron Lester, Scott Caan, Richard Lineback

Producer: Herb Gains, David Gale

Writer: W. Peter Iliff

A back-up quarterback is chosen to lead a Texas football team to victory after the star quarterback is injured.

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1990s American films 4,757T

1990s English-language films 6,413T

1990s coming-of-age comedy-drama films 59T

9.

V for Vendetta

2005 film by James McTeigue

Overview: V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political action film directed by James McTeigue (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by the Wachowskis. It is based on the 1988 DC Vertigo Comics limited ...

Release date: 13 February 2006

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama

Director: James McTeigue

Cast: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt, Tim Pigott-Smith

Producer: Jessica Alan, Grant Hill

Writer: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman ...

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2000s English-language films 4,356T

Films about mass surveillance 11T

English-language German films 842T

10.

Training Day

2001 film directed by Antoine Fuqua

Overview: Training Day is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Ayer. It stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, two LAPD narcotics officers ...

Release date: 5 October 2001

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Antoine Fuqua

Cast: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Harris Yulin, Raymond J. Barry

Producer: David Ayer, Bruce Berman

Writer: David Ayer

A rookie cop spends his first day as a Los Angeles narcotics officer with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears to be.

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2000s American films 7,187T

Films about the Los Angeles Police Department 28T

2000s English-language films 10,182T

11.

Thelma & Louise

1991 drama movie directed by Ridley Scott

Overview: Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American female buddy road film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri. It stars Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who embark on a ...

Release date: 24 May 1991

Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Ridley Scott

Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Christopher McDonald, Stephen Tobolowsky

Producer: Mimi Polk Gitlin, Callie Khouri

Writer: Callie Khouri

Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for ...

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1990s English-language films 2,208T

American adventure comedy-drama films 37T

American crime comedy-drama films 119T

12.

The Green Berets

1968 film by John Wayne, Ray Kellogg

Overview: The Green Berets is a 1968 American war film directed by John Wayne and Ray Kellogg and starring John Wayne, David Janssen and Jim Hutton, based on the 1965 novel by Robin Moore. Much of the film was shot ...

Release date: 4 July 1968

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Director: Ray Kellogg, John Wayne

Cast: John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton, Aldo Ray, Raymond St. Jacques, Bruce Cabot

Producer: John Wayne, Michael Wayne

Writer: James Lee Barrett, Robin Moore

Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken ...

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1960s English-language films 3,111T

American war adventure films 38T

1960s war adventure films 14T

13.

The Girl Next Door

2007 film by Gregory M. Wilson

Overview: Jack Ketchums The Girl Next Door (also known as Jack Ketchum's Evil) is a 2007 American horror drama film directed by Gregory M. Wilson from a screenplay by Daniel Farrands and Philip Nutman. It is based ...

Release date: 19 July 2007

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Horror

Director: Gregory Wilson

Cast: William Atherton, Blythe Auffarth, Blanche Baker, Kevin Chamberlin, Dean Faulkenberry, Gabrielle Howarth

Producer: Daniel Farrands, Marius Kerdel

Writer: Daniel Farrands, Philip Nutman

Follows the unspeakable torture and abuses committed on a teenage girl in the care of her aunt and the boys who witness and fail to report the crime.

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Films scored by Ryan Shore 27T

American splatter films 332T

Crime horror films 79T

14.

The Devil Wears Prada

2006 film directed by David Frankel

Overview: The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. The screenplay, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, is based on Lauren Weisberger's 2003 ...

Release date: 29 June 2006

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: David Frankel

Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Simon Baker, Adrian Grenier

Producer: John Bernard, Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.

Writer: Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger

A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.

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Films with screenplays by Aline Brosh McKenna 10T

2000s English-language films 4,280T

Films about fashion in the United States 9T

15.

Slap Shot

1977 ice hockey film directed by George Roy Hill

Overview: Slap Shot is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to ...

Release date: 25 February 1977

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport

Director: George Roy Hill

Cast: Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Jennifer Warren, Lindsay Crouse, Jerry Houser

Producer: Robert Crawford Jr., Stephen J. Friedman

Writer: Nancy Dowd

A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.

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1970s English-language films 3,270T

American ice hockey films 42T

1977 comedy films 149T

16.

Ricochet

1991 film directed by Russell Mulcahy

Overview: 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

Director: Russell Mulcahy

Cast: Denzel Washington, John Lithgow, Ice-T, Kevin Pollak, Lindsay Wagner, Mary Ellen Trainor

Producer: James Herbert, Barry Josephson

Writer: Fred Dekker, Menno Meyjes

A District Attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

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Films with screenplays by Fred Dekker 8T

Films with screenplays by Menno Meyjes 12T

1990s American films 4,776T

17.

Point Break

1991 film by Kathryn Bigelow

Overview: Point Break is a 1991 American crime action drama thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by W. Peter Iliff. It stars Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Lori Petty and Gary Busey, and the film's ...

Release date: 12 July 1991

Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sport, Thriller

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Cast: Patrick Swayze, Keanu Reeves, Gary Busey, Lori Petty, John C. McGinley, James Le Gros

Producer: Peter Abrams, James Cameron

Writer: Rick King, W. Peter Iliff

An FBI agent goes undercover to catch a gang of bank robbers who may be surfers.

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American surfing films 63T

1991 action thriller films 27T

Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation 148T

18.

On the Waterfront

1954 film by Elia Kazan

Overview: On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, and ...

Release date: 24 June 1954

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance

Director: Elia Kazan

Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson

Producer: Sam Spiegel

Writer: Budd Schulberg, Malcolm Johnson

An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect ...

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1950s English-language films 1,584T

Films scored by Leonard Bernstein 4T

1954 crime drama films 40T

19.

Magnum Force

1973 film

Overview: Magnum Force is a 1973 American action thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan, after the 1971 film Dirty Harry. Ted Post, who also directed Eastwood in the ...

Release date: 25 December 1973

Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Director: Ted Post

Cast: Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitchell Ryan, David Soul, Tim Matheson, Kip Niven

Producer: Robert Daley

Writer: Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink

San Francisco Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is on the trail of vigilante Police Officers who are not above going beyond the law to kill the ...

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1970s English-language films 3,267T

Films about police corruption 32T

Films about police brutality 22T

20.

Madea Goes to Jail

2009 parodic comedy-drama directed by Tyler Perry

Overview: Madea Goes to Jail is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, which was based on his 2006 play. The play and the film deal with Perry's signature character Madea going to ...