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) ... ...
7.7/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA|Japan
1992
201 Minutes
Denzel Washington Angela Bassett Albert Hall Al Freeman Jr. Delroy Lindo Theresa Randle Kate Vernon Lonette McKee Tommy Hollis James McDaniel
activist gangster love interest criminal inspiring new york city prison inner city brooklyn, n.y. religion racism violence surveillance politics malcolm x discovery rise 20th century
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.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
2011
97 Minutes
Adrien Brody Marcia Gay Harden James Caan Christina Hendricks Lucy Liu Blythe Danner Tim Blake Nelson William Petersen Bryan Cranston Sami Gayle Betty Kaye
substitute teacher grandfather principal counselor runaway student gritty emotional touching high school inner city classroom teaching emotional involvement student-teacher relationship teen angst discovery transformation 2010s
A substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
7.6/10
Action
USA|France|UK
1993
115 Minutes
Michael Douglas Robert Duvall Barbara Hershey Rachel Ticotin Tuesday Weld Frederic Forrest Lois Smith Raymond J. Barry
ex-husband ex-wife daughter police officer gang member storekeeper disturbing intense tense amusing dark brutal los angeles inner city convenience store venice, calif. street phone booth disillusionment mental breakdown
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
7.6/10
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
109 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Michael Peña Natalie Martinez Anna Kendrick David Harbour Frank Grillo America Ferrera Cle Sloan Jaime Fitzsimons Cody Horn
police officer partner police captain criminal wife drug dealer gritty intense thrilling moving los angeles apartment street crime scene wedding inner city law enforcement inner-city life friendship drug trade
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.
7.5/10
Crime, Drama
France|Germany|USA|Japan
1999
116 Minutes
Forest Whitaker John Tormey Cliff Gorman Henry Silva Isaach De Bankolé Tricia Vessey Victor Argo Gene Ruffini Richard Portnow Camille Winbush
hitman mobster daughter friend child dark quirky inner city jersey city, n.j. mansion park mafia murder loyalty samurai quest revenge 2000s
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
7.4/10
Comedy, Drama
Germany
1999
101 Minutes
Denis Lavant Chulpan Khamatova Philippe Clay Terrence Gillespie E.J. Callahan Djoko Rossich Catalina Murgea Tudor Georgiev
swimming instructor attendant blind man beautiful woman swimmer love interest charming amusing witty playful cheeky lighthearted swimming pool cathedral inner city father/son relationship blindness new love entertainment family
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 »
7.3/10
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
2006
112 Minutes
Laurence Fishburne Angela Bassett Keke Palmer Curtis Armstrong Tzi Ma Lee Thompson Young Dalia Phillips Craig Wasson J.R. Villarreal Sean Michael Sara Niemietz
young girl teacher bully principal single mother inspiring emotional los angeles school washington, d.c. inner city airplane friendship family birthdays competition education rivalry rise 2000s
A young girl from South Los Angeles tries to make it to the National Spelling Bee.
7.2/10
Action, Crime, Drama
Japan
1966
83 Minutes
Tetsuya Watari Chieko Matsubara Ryuji Kita Hideaki Nitani Tamio Kawaji Tsuyoshi Yoshida Eimei Esumi Eiji Gô Isao Tamagawa Michio Hino Tomoko Hamakawa
crime boss rival thug assassin young woman thrilling suspenseful eerie tokyo inner city countryside gang war betrayal murder plot crime pursuit rivalry revenge 1960s
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.
7.1/10
Comedy, Drama
Ireland
2004
85 Minutes
Mark O'Halloran Tom Murphy Louise Lewis Gary Egan Dylan Grimes Deirdre Molloy Mary Murray Paul Roe Ian Cregg Michael Ryan Gerry Moore
junkie friend criminal drug dealer disturbing bleak cheeky ireland dublin field inner city addiction heroin friendship desperation crime poverty quest wretched excess 2000s
2 heroin addicts negotiate their way through Dublin's city centre, encountering friends and family as they search for their next fix.
7.1/10
Documentary
USA|UK
2005
85 Minutes
dancer dance instructor activist neighbor teenager unrestrained inspiring los angeles south central street stage inner city performance race relations riots krumping rap music gangs transformation rise
Rize chronicles a dance movement that rises out of South Central Los Angeles with roots in clowning and street youth culture.
6.9/10
Drama
France|UK
2004
90 Minutes
Vahina Giocante Mohammed Khouas Karim Ben Haddou Lotfi Chakri Hamid Dkhissi Edmonde Franchi Carmen Lebbos Stéphanie Fatout Ghandi Assad Barbara Chossis Dominique Bluzet
teen girl young man best friend aunt mother moving raw charming marseilles, france inner city street coming of age writing rape mother/son relationship sex jealousy growing up love rivalry
Two inner-city teenagers engage in an obsessive, innocent flirtation fueled by Lila's sexually explicit overtures.
6.8/10
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
1988
120 Minutes
Sean Penn Robert Duvall Maria Conchita Alonso Randy Brooks Grand L. Bush Don Cheadle Rudy Ramos Trinidad Silva Damon Wayans
police officer gang member racist criminal mexican-american raw gripping disheartening los angeles inner city interracial conflict interracial romance friendship law enforcement violence gangs transformation forbidden love sacrifice 1980s
An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.
6.7/10
Comedy, Drama
Canada
2005
87 Minutes
Jay Baruchel Sarah Lind Jim Byrnes Lucas Blaney
drug dealer girlfriend prostitute homeless person boyfriend junkie dark amusing quirky emotional vancouver, british columbia inner city apartment hospital street time travel romantic dilemma changing the past drug addiction coma
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.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1997
119 Minutes
Samuel L. Jackson John Heard Kelly Rowan Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Tony Plana Karina Arroyave Lobo Sebastian Jack Kehler Jonah Rooney Demetrius Navarro
school principal schoolteacher student gang member counselor gritty disheartening brooklyn, n.y. california high school inner city classroom troubled youth teaching education urban crime courage relocation underdog transformation
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.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|UK|South Africa|USA
2006
102 Minutes
Tim Robbins Derek Luke Bonnie Henna Mncedisi Shabangu Tumisho K. Masha Sithembiso Khumalo Terry Pheto Michele Burgers
coach police officer wife son beauty queen suspenseful engaging powerful south africa prison inner city car freedom torture corruption politics revolution racism revenge rise
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.
6.6/10
Drama
UK
2008
99 Minutes
Noel Clarke Adam Deacon Scarlett Alice Johnson Jacob Anderson Ben Drew Danny Dyer Femi Oyeniran Shanika Warren-Markland Red Madrell
ex-convict young man young woman victim gritty bleak tense somber raw london inner city making amends violence crime street life growing up underdog revenge rivalry 2000s
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 »
6.6/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Nick Nolte Trevor Morgan Sonia Feigelson Rosemarie DeWitt Sally Kirkland Timothy Hutton Michael Higgins Noah Fleiss Marlyne Afflack Whitney Bashor James Ponsoldt
alcoholic student friend father emotional melodramatic endearing cemetery inner city house disillusionment death family dysfunction father/son relationship loneliness illness discovery transformation 2000s
An aging, disillusioned alcoholic (Nolte) gets a younger friend (Morgan) and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.
6.5/10
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Australia
1998
104 Minutes
Alex Dimitriades Paul Capsis Julian Garner Tony Nikolakopoulos Elena Mandalis Eugenia Fragos Damien Fotiou Andrea Mandalis Maria Mercedes Dora Kaskanis Alex Papps
greek person homosexual teenager mother father immigrant gritty brooding uneasy hedonistic melbourne, australia inner city bedroom sexual identity identity crisis dysfunctional family homosexuality hedonism drugs wretched excess
A 19 year old Greek Australian youth struggles with his sexual identity and has one clumsy heterosexual and several homosexual encounters.
6.5/10
Drama
UK
2004
89 Minutes
Ashley Walters Luke Fraser Clare Perkins Leon Black
young man brother best friend criminal tense brutal london inner city street england violence ghetto life guns vengeance friendship loyalty underdog rivalry revenge 2000s
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 »
6.5/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1994
99 Minutes
Dermot Mulroney Rick Schroder Kelli Williams Noah Wyle Jill Schoelen Kristin Minter Lucy Deakins Kenny Ransom Seymour Cassel Paul Gleason Frederick Coffin
high-school student hippie poor boy surfer african-american teenager valedictorian amusing uneasy brooding los angeles inner city house high school beach class conflict life lessons vietnam war watts riots political activism coming of age
Graduates of a Los Angeles high school in 1965 see America's culture and politics gradually change.
6.4/10
Drama
USA
2020
117 Minutes
John Alberto Leguizamo Rachel Bay Jones Michael Kenneth Williams Corwin C. Tuggles Jorge Lendeborg Jr. Angel Bismark Curiel Will Hochman Zora Casebere
teacher student friend drug dealer parent african-american confident emotional passionate uplifting intense moving school chess tournament family home inner city united states city apartment chess inner-city life
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.
6.3/10
Action
USA
1992
101 Minutes
Bill Paxton Ice-T William Sadler Ice Cube Art Evans Devoreaux White Bruce A. Young Glenn Plummer Stoney Jackson T.E. Russell Tommy "Tiny" Lister
fireman crime boss gang member homeless person treasure hunter half brother tense gripping dark thrilling intense abandoned building st. louis slum river inner city treasure hunting gang war witnessing murder kidnapping
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.
6.3/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1999
104 Minutes
Omar Epps LL Cool J Nia Long Stanley Tucci Hill Harper Pam Grier Veronica Webb Jake Weber Nas Mya Harrison Ron Canada
drug lord undercover cop girlfriend drug dealer commander dark gory tense thrilling cincinnati inner city police station identity crisis organized crime drug trade undercover operations loyalty temptation rivalry discovery
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.
6.2/10
Crime, Drama
USA
2001
85 Minutes
Kerry Washington Khari Streeter Lonette McKee Eugene Byrd Barbara Montgomery Sticky Fingaz Samantha Brown Todd Williams Jacqui Parker Naheem Allah Susan Alger
shoplifter mother grandmother boyfriend gangster manager suspenseful raw emotional boston department store inner city salon heist mother/daughter relationship african-americans fashion struggle inner-city life wretched excess
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.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1996
99 Minutes
Rhea Perlman Fredro Starr Carol Kane Terrence Howard Camille Saviola De'aundre Bonds James Harris Anthony C. Hall Antwon Tanner Shawn Michael Howard
basketball coach gym teacher high-school student basketball player friend amusing inspiring heartwarming high school basketball court inner city household basketball teamwork self-respect high-school sports drugs racial tension rise transformation
A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.
5.9/10
Crime, Drama
UK
2019
91 Minutes
Stephen Odubola Micheal Ward Rohan Nedd Kadeem Ramsay Khali Best Junior Afolabi Salokun Karla-Simone Spence Eric Kofi Abrefa Jo Martin
friend rival gang member teenage mother love interest best friend bleak dreamy gripping intense uneasy gritty london inner city high school neighborhood street subway city life gang war
Feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.
5.8/10
Comedy
Australia
2003
96 Minutes
Paul Fenech Paul Nakad Johnny Boxer Jabba Tahir Bilgic Rob Shehadie Annalise Braakensiek Maria Venuti Michael Craig Merv Hughes Tim Ferguson
chef mail-order bride pizza delivery man virgin rapper elderly woman hilarious offbeat shocking restaurant apartment sydney inner city kitchen australia restaurant friendship financial crisis modern life boredom
The life at a suburban Sydney pizzeria.
5.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2011
93 Minutes
Evan Ross Brittany Snow Christian Serratos J. Michael Trautmann Jessie Rusu Adam Trahan Sharon Morris David Oyelowo Justin Martin Markice Moore Jon Chaffin
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.
5.6/10
Drama
UK|USA
1988
105 Minutes
Denzel Washington Dorian Healey Amanda Redman Sean Chapman Graham McTavish Geff Francis Frank Harper Craig Fairbrass
paratrooper cop friend girlfriend criminal war hero dark gritty intense london inner city vigilantism military citizenship poverty crime racism quest revenge transformation
A retired British soldier struggles to adjust to everyday life, with increasing difficulty.
5.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
Spain|USA
2007
100 Minutes
Wes Bentley Mark Borkowski Joanne Baron Beth Grant Marina Gatell Kenny Johnson
filmmaker serial killer sister collaborator witness suspenseful brutal bleak alley apartment inner city police station documentary filmmaking serial murders unlikely allies blackmail addiction quest mystery discovery
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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