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Mar 5, 2024 · Movies set in a law or court-based arena are ripe for potent cinematic drama. After all, there’s some sort of conflict—often an actual lawsuit—at the center. But the great films have more than that.
- The Right Stuff. Released: 1983. Rated: PG. Director: Philip Kaufman. A gripping story about the birth of the U.S. space program, The Right Stuff is most often remembered as the inspiration for the “crew slo-mo walking towards the camera as they prepare for their defining mission” shot that has been imitated and spoofed in everything from kids’ movie Monsters, Inc.
- Vertigo. Released: 1958. Rated: PG. Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring Jimmy Stewart as a former police detective suffering from an acute fear of heights as well as the titular sense of dizziness and disorientation, this drama movie follows Stewart’s “Scottie” Ferguson as he trails a mystery woman played by Kim Novak.
- Moonlight. Released: 2016. Rated: R. Director: Barry Jenkins. Moonlight tells the story of a young black man named Chiron coming of age in Miami, but everything from its quiet intensity to its distinct “three chapters” structure defies expectations and takes you on a true emotional journey.
- Gladiator. Released: 2000. Rated: R. Director: Ridley Scott. The tale of a Roman general who is betrayed, left for dead, and then begins a slow and violent road towards vengeance as a gladiator, Ridley Scott’s movie is epic in every sense of the word.
- 4,770 votes. Bound by Honor. Widely regarded as one of the best movies about gangs ever told and a pitch-perfect depiction of gang life in Los Angeles, Bound by Honor, or as it is also known Blood In, Blood Out, is an epic, engrossing, and excellent look at Latin culture, crime, and the brotherhood that forms in the chaos.
- 6,550 votes. American History X. A provocative and volatile showcase of the effects of our actions and how the sins of our past still remain ever present even in the wake of trying to become a better person, American History X is a nearly impossible-to-watch look at the evilness of man and the legacy we leave for our children.
- 4,060 votes. Menace II Society. An incredibly sobering and realistic look at gangs in movies and the seemingly neverending hold they have on a person once they enter the street life, Menace II Society is arguably one of the best movies about gangs ever made.
- 3,668 votes. Gangs of New York. A fascinating time capsule of power in the 1800s, Gangs of New York traverses audiences into a strange yet familiar world of gang violence that shows strength, determination, and guts can get a man anywhere he wants to be in life.
Oct 4, 2023 · Ahead, peruse our list of the best dramas of all time. And when you’re done scrolling, be sure to update your watch lists with our roundups of the best comedy films and true-crime...
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- 7 The Wanderers
- 6 Gangs of New York
- 5 West Side Story
- 4 Boyz N The Hood
- 3 Menace II Society
- 2 The Warriors
- 1 The Outsiders
Frodo found a different ring to rule them all here in the grimy backstreets of London. Elijah Wood plays Harvard-expelled journalism student, Matt Buckner. After the school discovers cocaine in his dorm, belonging to his well-to-do roommate, he is wrongfully accused of possessing it. Rather than defend himself, he takes his roommate's family's hush...
From the director of the remake of The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Philip Kaufman brings a gangster coming-of-age film that predates The Outsidersfilm adaptation by a few years. It is a slightly different vessel, featuring Italian (the Wanderers), African (the Del Bombers), Chinese (the Wongs), and Irish-American (the Ducky Boys) gangs f...
An American tale about blood, sweat, tears, and sociopolitical influence through the ranks of rivalry gangs in late-19th century New York. Heavy hitters like Daniel Day-Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio bounce off each other as the latter plots a mole-style murder against the first who took his father's life and claimed dominion over the ground they more...
Inspired by William Shakespeare's young lovers' quarrel play, Romeo and Juliet, which was inspired byArthur Brooke's 1562 The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet, this musical about Manhattan's Upper West Side youths in gangs is grounded in similar controversies from its source material. Rather than the disapproving Italian families of power-stru...
Capturing the urban African American culture of the 1990s, Boyz n the Hood began as an application to film school for famed director, John Singleton. The story surrounds college-bound Tres Styles (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) who lives with his father Furious Styles (Laurence Fishburne) in South Central Los Angeles. He grows up with his best friend Doughboy ...
The Hughes Brothers debut film in the same vein as Boyz n the Hood, Menace II Society recounts the lives of O-Dog (Larenz Tate) and Caine (Tyrin Turner) who grow up in the housing projects of Los Angeles in gang territory. They both commit crimes, but Caine has more of a conscience while O-Dog is known for being a live wire. The film's visceral vio...
A fictional gang is blamed for the murder of another gang's leader and must confront them in a turf war on Coney Island. The film's focus on the adolescent mindset through a gang's point of view shows how impressionable minds are shaped so easily by vandalism and violence. Developing a personal identity, navigating the world, and taking claim of wh...
The Outsiders is the classic coming-of-age teen drama from author S.E. Hinton about the Greasers and the Socs. No other gangs are more recognizable than these two polar opposites. Francis Ford Coppola received a letter and petition from Lone Star Elementary School asking him to make the adaptation. He directed the dawn of the Brat Pack genre, along...
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A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life. Director Albert Hughes Allen Hughes Stars Tyrin Turner Larenz Tate June Kyoto Lu 3.
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Nov 26, 2021 · The list ranks movies by an adjusted critical score that Rotten Tomatoes derived from a weighted formula to account for the variation in number of reviews for each film.
