Urban Drama
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    alaska.de

    The run-down neighbourhoods of East Berlin form the backdrop to the lives of Sabine and Eddie, two...

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    3 A.M. (2001)

    Three New York City cabdrivers working the graveyard shift must deal with a murderer who targets...

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    Colorz of Rage

    A portrayal of a young interracial couple who move to New York City from the suburbs of Boston,...

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    Quase Dois Irmaos (2005)

    An optimistic politician makes a proposition to his old friend (Antônio Pompêo), an incarcerated...

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    Joe (1970)

    A blue-collar bigot (Peter Boyle) helps a New York adman (Dennis Patrick) search hippie drug dens...

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    In the City (2005)

    The hidden desires of a group of 30-somethings in Barcelona. Seemingly close friends, they all still...

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    Love Me

    Young Gabrielle Rose sets off to a nightclub where she meets musician Lennox, a hero from her youth.

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    Thicker Than Water (1999)

    The story of rival "top dogs" from two inner-city gangs who cooperate amidst a turf war to promote...

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    J'embrasse pas

    A young man leaves his rural hometown for Paris, where he aspires to be an actor. After various...

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    ZigZag (2002)

    A Big Brother (John Leguizamo) advises a troubled 15-year-old (Sam Jones III) who has an abusive...

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    Chungking Express (1996)

    The lives of young loners in downtown Hong Kong is the focus of this two-part tale of two...

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    25 Watts

    24 hours in the life of three street youths in Montevideo.

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    Slam (1998)

    Jailed as a murder suspect and a drug dealer, a black poet (Saul Williams) denounces violence, gangs...

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    True Friends (1998)

    The story of three lifelong Italian-American friends in the Bronx who, as adults, try to raise...

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    London Kills Me (1992)

    In 1990's London underground, a group of homeless teens try to better their situation.

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    Real Women Have Curves (2002)

    A Latin teenager (America Ferrera) comes to terms with her self-image while helping her sister...

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    December Ends

    After his mother tragically dies, Chris' father falls apart and Chris turns to running drugs for...

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    Montreal Vu Par...

    A tribute to Montreal's 350th anniversary via six short vignettes involving the city.

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    Summer of Sam (1999)

    Working-class people (John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino) live in terror as the Son of Sam...

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    New Jack City (1991)

    Undercover officers (Ice-T, Judd Nelson) and their boss target the king (Wesley Snipes) of a...

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    Nuit et jour (1993)

    A young woman in Paris juggles two lovers.

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    All the Vermeers in New York (1992)

    A French actress, living in Manhattan, and a Wall Street broker both take refuge in the Metropolitan...

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    Fresh (1994)

    Death and violence anger a 12-year-old drug courier (Sean Nelson) who pits his employers against...

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    Leap Into the Void

    Alex, a 20-year-old dealer in illegal weapons, is a woman for whom killing or being killed are...

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    Bailame el Agua

    Twenty-somethings David and Maria meet on the subway and fall in love. But money troubles and...

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    Three Days of Rain (2005)

    A struggling artisan, a railroad worker, a drug-addled woman (Merle Kennedy) and other residents of...

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    State Property 2 (2005)

    Three gangsters (Beanie Sigel, Damon Dash) wage war for control of the Philadelphia drug trade.

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    Maelstrom (2002)

    A woman (Marie-Josée Croze) thinks she may have killed her lover's (Jean-Nicolas Verreault) father...

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    Midnight Dancers (1995)

    An erotically charged tale of three brothers who work as "macho" dancers and prostitutes in Manila's...

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    The Republic of Love

    Divorced three times, a disc jockey (Bruce Greenwood) falls for a curator (Emilia Fox) who has a...