
Movies with gritty vibe

1191. Shottas
Action Adventure Crime Drama Organized Crime2002•1h 35min
Jamaica, United States
Director: Cess Silvera
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A raw urban drama about two friends raised on the dangerous streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Biggs and Wayne take on the "Shotta" way of life to survive. As young boys, they begin a life of crime, eventually moving to the US where they begin a ruthless climb from the bottom. They remain bound to each other by their shottas loyalty as they aggressively take control of the Jamaican underworld.
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1192. John Q
Drama Thriller Crime Family Drama Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller2002•1h 56min
United States
Director: Nick Cassavetes
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John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
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1193. 24 Hour Party People
Comedy Drama Music Satire Entertainment Industry Drama2002•1h 57min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
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1194. The Salton Sea
Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Narcotics Crime2002•1h 43min
United States
Director: D.J. Caruso
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After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
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1195. NARC
Crime Drama Mystery Thriller Narcotics Crime2002•1h 45min
United States, Germany
Director: Joe Carnahan
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When the investigation into a police officer’s murder hits a dead end, a narcotics cop who was previously suspended is brought in. His task is to track down the killer and, in the end, solve the crime.
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1196. Black Hawk Down
Action War History Military Action Modern Conflicts2001•2h 25min
United Kingdom, United States
Director: Ridley Scott
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When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
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1197. Charlotte Gray
Drama History Romance War Historical Drama2001•2h 1min
Australia, Germany
Director: Gillian Armstrong
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This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.
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1198. Monster's Ball
Drama Romance Relationship Drama Passionate Romance2001•1h 53min
United States
Director: Marc Forster
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A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
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1199. Mean Machine
Comedy Drama Dark Comedy Sports Competition2001•1h 39min
United Kingdom
Director: Barry Skolnick
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Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and change the lives of the prisoners. When these prisoners have the chance to put one over the evil guards during a prison football match, Danny takes the lead.
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1200. Ichi the Killer
Action Crime Horror Serial Killer Crime Gore Horror2001•2h 9min
Japan
Director: Takashi Miike
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As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.