Inner City Movies, Movies about Inner City

Here we've displayed a list of the best Inner City films : Malcolm X(1992), Detachment(2011), Falling Down(1993), End of Watch(2012), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(1999), Tuvalu(1999), Akeelah and the Bee(2006), Tokyo Drifter(1966), Adam & Paul(2004), Rize(2005), Lila Says(2004), Colors(1988) ... ...

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Malcolm X

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.

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Detachment

A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.

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Falling Down

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

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End of Watch

Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves.

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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

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Tuvalu

In a desolate and colorless landscape stands a dilapidated bathhouse run by a puffed-up blind man, his long-suffering wife, and their son Anton, who does all the work. He's lonely and ... See full summary »

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Akeelah and the Bee

A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee.

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Tokyo Drifter

After his gang disbands, a yakuza enforcer looks forward to life outside of organized crime but soon must become a drifter after his old rivals attempt to assassinate him.

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Adam & Paul

2 heroin addicts negotiate their way through Dublin's city centre, encountering friends and family as they search for their next fix.

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Rize

Rize chronicles a dance movement that rises out of South Central Los Angeles with roots in clowning and street youth culture.

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Lila Says

Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.

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Colors

An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.

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Fetching Cody

Art, a drug-addicted dealer and hustler, arrives at his girlfriend Cody's apartment to find that she has overdosed on heroin. He tries to fix things by traveling back in time in an attempt to prevent her death.

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One Eight Seven

15 months after being stabbed 9 times by a student at work as a high school teacher in NYC, Mr. Garfield is working in LA as a substitute teacher come full-time. He refuses to be a victim anymore.

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Catch a Fire

A drama about terrorism in Apartheid-era South Africa, revolving around a policeman and a young man who carries out solo attacks against the regime.

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Adulthood

Six years after KiDULTHOOD, Sam Peel is released from jail for killing Trife, he realizes that life is no easier on the outside than it was on the inside and he's forced to confront the ... See full summary »

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Off the Black

An aging, disillusioned alcoholic (Nolte) gets a younger friend (Morgan) and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.

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Head On

A 19 year old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters.

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Bullet Boy

In one of East London's most volatile neighborhoods, pride, rivalry and revenge are the only codes on the street. Touted as a British Boyz in the Hood, Bullet Boy is a gripping and ... See full summary »

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There Goes My Baby

Graduates of a Los Angeles high school in 1965 see America's culture and politics gradually change.

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Critical Thinking

The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.

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Trespass

Two firemen in a burning building get a treasure map - stolen gold church items are hidden in a closed down factory in St. Louis. Once there, they're trapped in by a black gang considering it their territory.

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In Too Deep

Right out of police academy, Jeff/Omar Epps starts as undercover cop in Cincinnati. First it's small time cases but he proves himself and moves up to a big case - befriending a brutal crime boss.

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Lift

Niecy lives in inner-city Boston snd works at an upscale mall. Ambitious, intelligent, stylish, and a proficient shoplifter of clothes & credit cards, she's lured into a diamond heist. She'll find that crime pays - 'til the payback.

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Sunset Park

A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.

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Blue Story

Feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.

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Fat Pizza

The life at a suburban Sydney pizzeria.

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96 Minutes

The story of 4 lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of the 4 kids in Atlanta, we watch as they hurtle toward a life-changing end.

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For Queen and Country

A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.

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The Ungodly

Mickey is about to get his big break as an amateur filmmaker, from a serial killer who turns him and his camera into 'the perfect witness'.

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