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Wild Style
1982 • Music • Drama
Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the movie concerns the tension b…
Why matched: genres Music, Drama
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
2010 • Documentary
A thoughtful portrait of a renowned artist, this documentary shines the spotlight on New York City painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. Featuring extensive interviews conducted by Basq…
Why matched: genres Documentary
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
2014 • Music • Documentary
Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation.
Why matched: genres Music, Documentary
Rachel Getting Married
2008 • Drama • Romance
A young woman who has been in and out from rehab for the past 10 years returns home for the weekend for her sister's wedding.
Why matched: genres Drama, Romance
Downtown '81
2001 • Music • Drama • Comedy
The film is a day in the life of a young artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, who needs to raise money to reclaim the apartment from which he has been evicted. He wanders the downtown…
Why matched: genres Music, Drama
Tupac: Resurrection
2003 • Music • Documentary
Home movies, photographs, and recited poetry illustrate the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the most beloved, revolutionary, and volatile hip-hop MCs of all time.
Why matched: genres Music, Documentary
New Jack City
1991 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to becom…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019 • History • Documentary
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the hundreds of films that were produced in Hong Kong over the decades, transform…
Why matched: genres History, Documentary
She's Gotta Have It
1986 • Romance • Comedy
The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit s…
Why matched: genres Romance, Comedy
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021 • Music • Documentary
Christopher Wallace, AKA The Notorious B.I.G., remains one of Hip-Hop’s icons, renowned for his distinctive flow and autobiographical lyrics. This documentary celebrates his lif…
Why matched: genres Music, Documentary
Juice
1992 • Drama • Thriller • Crime
Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the gr…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller
Barry
2016 • Drama
A young Barack Obama forges his identity while dealing with race, divergent cultures and ordinary life as a New York City college student.
Why matched: genres Drama
American Gangster
2007 • Drama • Crime
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning f…
Why matched: genres Drama, Crime
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 • Drama • Thriller • Mystery
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond…
Why matched: genres Drama, Thriller