
Movies with gritty vibe

1031. Take the Lead
Drama Music Professional Drama Dance-Centered Music Film2006•1h 58min
United States
Director: Liz Friedlander
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A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom dancer, Pierre Dulane.
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1032. Alpha Dog
Crime Drama Thriller Organized Crime Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller2006•2h 2min
Germany, United Kingdom
Director: Nick Cassavetes
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Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the Mazursky family, as Johnny and his 'gang' kidnap Jake's 15 year old brother and hold him hostage.
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1033. Annapolis
Drama Action Coming-of-Age Drama Military Action2006•1h 48min
United States
Director: Justin Lin
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Jake Huard, from a shipbuilders family, promised his dying mother he'ld make it to Anapolis Naval Academy. Thanks to tenaciously bugging a Congressman, he's selected despite dubious grades. Once inside, Jake soon proves sub-standard academically. Constantly challenged to his limits, repeatedly made the 'over-cocky' reason for the entire class to suffer, Jake nearly quits, but after facing his utterly un-supportive father's gloating returns just in time. Stubborn Jake finds support withs mates as well as Senor Ali, his lover-to-be, and a discipline he may excel in: the 'brigade' boxing tournament, open to all ranks.
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1034. Fearless
Drama Action Martial Arts Action Historical Drama2006•1h 43min
China, Hong Kong SAR China
Director: Ronny Yu
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After going through a series of tragic events in his life, martial arts master Huo Yuanjia returns to Tianjin and must fight four international soldiers, in order to safeguard his nation's pride.
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1036. Running Scared
Action Crime Drama Thriller Organized Crime2006•2h 2min
Germany, United States
Director: Wayne Kramer
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A low-level enforcer quietly dumps a gun that killed crooked cops, keeping his boss clean, UNTIL his kid swipes it and a friend uses it on an abusive stepfather, igniting an overnight chase through the city’s underbelly as every criminal, cop, and outsider closes in on the same smoking gun.
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1037. King Kong
Adventure Drama Action Adventure Epic Entertainment Industry Drama2005•3h 8min
United States, New Zealand
Director: Peter Jackson
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In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
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1038. Rent
Drama Romance Tragic Drama Passionate Romance2005•2h 15min
United States
Director: Chris Columbus
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In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
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1039. Breakfast on Pluto
Drama Comedy Coming-of-Age Drama Satire2005•2h 8min
Ireland, United Kingdom
Director: Neil Jordan
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In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother.
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1040. Joyeux Noel
Drama War Romance History Historical Drama2005•1h 56min
Belgium, France
Director: Christian Carion
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France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…
