20 movies like Ghosts of Cité Soleil, ordered by similarity : Hobo With a Shotgun(2011), Northwest(2013), Restrepo(2010), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans(2009), The Rise of the Krays(2015), The Fall of the Krays(2016), Gangster No. 1(2000), Battle for Haditha(2007), Too Late for Tears(1949), The Godfather, Part II(1974), Deliver Us From Evil(2006), 99 River Street(1953) ...
Documentary, Action, Drama
Denmark|USA
2006
88 Minutes
gangster brother politician president aristide dark gritty disturbing haiti port-au-prince cité soleil slum war drug addiction natural disasters poverty fall underdog wretched excess revenge 2000s
Documents the violent lives of gang leaders in Haiti's worst slum, focusing on two brothers loyal to then-President Aristide.
Action, Crime, Adventure, Drama
Canada
2011
86 Minutes
Rutger Hauer Gregory Smith Molly Dunsworth Brian Downey Nick Bateman Pasha Ebrahimi Robb Wells Brian Jamieson
homeless person prostitute robber gangsters santa claus pedophile gory dark shocking profound disturbing brutal city street dark room outdoors alley bordello street fighting justice
A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.
Crime, Drama, Action
2013
91 Minutes
Lene Maria Christensen Roland Møller Dulfi Al-Jabouri Gustav Dyekjær Giese Oscar Dyekjær Giese Annemieke Bredahl Peppink Nicholas Westwood Kidd Sandra El-Hussein Clement Black Petersen Marina Vorobyeva Jelena Bundalovic
young man brother gang member friend brooding brutal dark disturbing gritty raw tense copenhagen inner city crime poverty ambition violence power underdog rivalry
Casper lives in one of Copenhagen's most impoverished areas and does what it takes to survive. When organized crime moves into the community, Casper digs in to resist being run out.
Crime, Drama
USA
2009
121 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Eva Mendes Val Kilmer Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner Fairuza Balk Shawn Hatosy Jennifer Coolidge Tom Bower Vondie Curtis-Hall Irma P. Hall Denzel Whitaker
lieutenant drug addict father police chief client prostitute disturbing intense gritty new orleans house apartment police station addiction moral dilemma hard times crime police work murder investigation fall
Terence McDonagh is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants.
Crime, Drama, Biography
UK
2015
100 Minutes
Simon Cotton Kevin Leslie Nicola Stapleton James Weber-Brown Danny Midwinter Philip Prajoux Matt Vael Olivia Moyles Phil Dunster
gangster gang leader twin gang members police officer brutal confident gripping gory gritty london prison street gang war gangs gangsters police work rise fall rivalry
Two brothers unleash a psychotic reign of terror on their journey to build an empire of unprecedented power in the British Mafia.
Crime, Drama
UK
2016
116 Minutes
George Webster Simon Cotton Kevin Leslie Josh Myers Adrian Bouchet Clare McGlinn Alexa Morden Paul Blackwell
brother wife gangster criminal police officer rival bleak brutal dark disturbing emotional gritty london street home office big city nightclub empire brother relationship
Simon Cotton as Ronnie Kray and Kevin Leslie as Reggie Kray, picks up the story of the infamous Firm as the sanity of the two brothers bring uncertainties to their business plans . now with... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
UK|Germany|Ireland
2000
103 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell David Thewlis Paul Bettany Saffron Burrows Kenneth Cranham Jamie Foreman Raz Adoti Doug Allen Eddie Marsan David Kennedy Andrew Lincoln
british man gangster crime boss criminal beautiful woman disturbing dark gritty london casino secret headquarters organized crime torture heist gang war rise to power released from prison rise rivalry revenge
Chronicles the rise and fall of a prominent, and particularly ruthless English gangster.
War, Drama
UK
2007
93 Minutes
Elliot Ruiz Matthew Knoll Nathan DelaCruz Yasmine Hanani Andrew McLaren Thomas Hennessy
marine army officer iraqi refugee victim woman bleak intense touching brutal melodramatic sad iraq war zone battlefield war war aftermath iraq war battle refugees
An investigation of the massacre of 24 men, women and children in Haditha, Iraq allegedly shot by 4 U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of a U.S. Marine killed by a roadside bomb. The movie follows the story of the Marines of Kilo Company, an Iraqi family, and the insurgents who plant the roadside bomb.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
99 Minutes
Lizabeth Scott Don DeFore Dan Duryea Arthur Kennedy Kristine Miller Barry Kelley Denver Pyle Virginia Mullen Richard Irving George Mann Harry J. Vejar
wife husband brother brother-in-law sister-in-law private investigator creepy disturbing shocking suspenseful tense uneasy hollywood hollywood hills apartment car train station money murder greed
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
200 Minutes
Al Pacino Robert Duvall Diane Keaton Robert De Niro John Cazale Talia Shire Lee Strasberg Michael V. Gazzo G.D. Spradlin Richard Bright Gastone Moschin
gangster murderer brother father criminal politician dark gritty new york city italy cuba airport washington, d.c. bedroom betrayal murder mafia abuse crime revolution
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Documentary, Crime, Drama
USA
2006
103 Minutes
Nancy Sloan Roger Mahony John Manly
filmmaker pedophile priest victim mother father creepy dark california family home church child molestation scandal dark secrets pursuit revenge 2000s
Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.
Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1953
83 Minutes
John Payne Evelyn Keyes Brad Dexter Frank Faylen Peggie Castle Jay Adler Jack Lambert Eddy Waller Glenn Langan Ian Wolfe Peter Leeds
cab driver thief actress wife dark gritty suspenseful street household theater new york city adultery murder robbery love triangle mystery revenge fall 1950s
A former boxer turned cab driver has to hide from the police when his badgering wife is murdered by the jewel thief she was having an affair with.
Crime, Drama
USA
1990
146 Minutes
Robert De Niro Ray Liotta Joe Pesci Lorraine Bracco Paul Sorvino Frank Sivero Tony Darrow Mike Starr Frank Vincent Chuck Low Frank DiLeo
mobster gangster thief partner agent mob enforcer gritty dark thrilling amusing brutal florida new york city restaurant courtroom nightclub prison robbery money mafia
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 in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
Drama
UK
2010
94 Minutes
Manjinder Virk Christine Bottomley Neil Dudgeon Natalie Gavin Robert Emms Parvani Lingiah Danny Webb Liam Price
playwright daughter son drug addict mother bleak dark shocking housing project bradford, england street estate poverty drug addiction tragedy writing andrea dunbar family dysfunction wretched excess escape
Portrayal of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
2016
103 Minutes
Reza Sixo Safai Helena Mattsson Parviz Sayyad Julian Sands Dominic Rains Laura Harring Nikolai Kinski Nikohl Boosheri David Diaan Gregory Kasyan
mobster real estate agent poker player soldier brooding intense gripping gritty los angeles club apartment street car poker iran--iraq war secrets drug addiction drug trade escape fall
In the Persian and Russian underworld of Los Angeles, an Iranian gangster must hunt down stolen drugs after being wrongly accused of stealing from his former boss.
Drama
USA
2010
99 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence John Hawkes Kevin Breznahan Dale Dickey Garret Dillahunt Sheryl Lee Lauren Sweetser Tate Taylor
daughter family brother father sheriff lawman bleak dark gritty suspenseful the ozarks arkansas rural community abandonment family dysfunction poverty drug trade conspiracy darkness sacrifice
An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
War, Drama, History
UK|USA
1987
116 Minutes
Matthew Modine Adam Baldwin Vincent D'Onofrio R. Lee Ermey Dorian Harewood Arliss Howard Kevyn Major Howard Ed O'Ross
marine journalist drill instructor sergeant photographer prostitute dark disturbing raw gripping frightening sad barracks parris island, s.c. vietnam city boot camp war zone war violence
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2011
Minutes
Isha Koppikar Raj Arjun Pradeep Rawat Manish Wadhwa Zakir Hussain
young woman mother alcoholic younger brother goon police officer gripping thrilling intense powerful india city slum house police station street gangsters alcoholism crime brother/sister relationship
An impoverished woman faces off against gangsters as well as the police after her brother is killed.
Action, Crime, Drama
USA|France
1993
116 Minutes
Christian Slater Patricia Arquette Dennis Hopper Val Kilmer Gary Oldman Brad Pitt Christopher Walken Bronson Pinchot Michael Rapaport Saul Rubinek Chris Penn
prostitute pimp gangster dark gritty suspenseful hollywood, calif. motel michigan death drugs robbery romance chase road trip pursuit revenge love 1990s
In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine, the Mob, track them down in an attempt to reclaim it.