Organized Crime movies

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Dry Intense

Overview

Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of life. But J is given a chance to take another path when a cop seeks to help him.

Themes

Family loyalty under pressure, Violence as leverage, Criminal indoctrination and control, Law enforcement corruption and complicity, Trust and betrayal within kin, Youth exposure to crime

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Dynamic Raw Claustrophobic Brutal Dry

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Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.

Themes

Deception and disguise, Consequences of violence, Power and accountability, Rumor-driven belonging, Underdog vigilantism, Family vengeance dynamics

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Relentless

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A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.

Themes

Family loyalty under threat, Moral ambiguity in justice, Deception within crime networks, Past life vs present identity, Revenge as obsession, Investigation pressures and leverage

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Playful Dry Fast-paced Chaotic Witty

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While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of trash. There Bazil begins his quest for revenge against the people who produced the gun that shot him.

Themes

Outsider solidarity, Unemployment precarity, Arms trade critique, Staged reality, Public exposure, Scavenger community resilience

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Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak Relentless

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Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI. Desperate to capture the elusive outlaw, Hoover makes Dillinger his first Public Enemy Number One and assigns his top agent, Melvin Purvis, the task of bringing him in dead or alive.

Themes

Romance under danger, Loyalty under pressure, Surveillance and control, Economic desperation, Modern policing methods, Treachery and deception, Manhunt intensity

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Realistic Tense Raw Claustrophobic Relentless

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Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a history of bad blood between them. And the simmering embers of hatred are about to flare up again, burning away any last remnants of the truce they had so rigorously observed until now.

Themes

Rivalry between schools, Gang codes under pressure, Friendship tested by violence, Ambition and status pursuit, Destructive loyalty, Power struggles and truces

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Dynamic Brutal Relentless Fast-paced Stylish

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When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner. But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmaneuver him. And the two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Risk and reward, Deception and trust, Family ties under strain, Competition and alliance, Crime and law tension

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Immersive Realistic Tense Claustrophobic Bleak

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Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.

Themes

Survival under coercion, Violence and control, Migration and border danger, Family separation and resilience, Gang loyalty and initiation, Pursuit and risk

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Tense Dynamic Raw Claustrophobic Brutal

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In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Trust under pressure, Loyalty under threat, Crime and ambition, Power under coercion, Survival in underground fighting

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Realistic Tense Intimate Claustrophobic Deliberate

Overview

A trailer is burning in the middle of a plain. The bodies of two adulterous lovers are found. Scenes from both families, before and after the dramatic events, suggest an unusual connection between them. But what is their secret?

Themes

Language barrier, Forbidden romance, Identity reinvention, Intergenerational consequences, Abandonment and longing, Familial deception

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