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The Cross and the Switchblade
1970 • Drama
David Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang violence they were involve…
Why matched: genres Drama
Vigilante
1983 • Thriller • Crime • Action
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corru…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
1973 • Drama • Crime • War
A black man plays Uncle Tom in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American Revolution.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
The Telephone
1988 • Drama • Comedy
Crazy out of work actress Vashti Blue spends all her time in her small apartment with her pet owl and her telephone, which she uses to try and solve all her problems with life.
Why matched: genres Drama, Comedy
In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro
1986 • Horror
There's a big drought in Africa. Food and water are scarce. 90,000 wild baboons suddenly start attacking humans and eating them in order to survive. Some people find themselves…
Why matched: genres Horror
Defiance
1980 • Thriller • Crime • Action
Tommy takes up temporary housing in a New York neighborhood plagued by a violent gang called the Souls. Tommy is waiting for his next assignment as a seaman and though he tries…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Shaft's Big Score!
1972 • Thriller • Crime • Action
John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995 • Thriller • Action
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to blow up Washington DC and o…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Action
Brubaker
1980 • Drama • Crime
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
29th Street
1991 • Comedy
After winning $6.2 million in the 1976 New York State Lottery, he is arrested for throwing rocks at a church. He then tells his story at the police station.
Why matched: genres Comedy
Harlem Nights
1989 • Drama • Crime • Comedy
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
Pulp Fiction
1994 • Thriller • Crime • Comedy
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl…
Why matched: genres Thriller, Crime