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51. The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
R | 104 min | Drama
A gifted young man is caught up in gang life.
Director: Michael Campus | Stars: Rony Clanton, Don Gordon, Joyce Walker, Paul Benjamin
Votes: 611 | Gross: $1.09M
52. Take the Lead (2006)
PG-13 | 118 min | Drama, Music
A dance teacher offers to conduct detention for a group of misfit students by teaching them ballroom dancing. He overcomes their insecurities and prejudices, to enter them in a dance competition.
Director: Liz Friedlander | Stars: Antonio Banderas, Rob Brown, Yaya DaCosta, Alfre Woodard
Votes: 26,685 | Gross: $34.74M
53. Grand Canyon (1991)
R | 134 min | Crime, Drama
The fates of several people are randomly intertwining. Their sympathy of each other faces multiple differences in their lifestyles.
Director: Lawrence Kasdan | Stars: Danny Glover, Kevin Kline, Steve Martin, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 16,751 | Gross: $33.24M
54. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–1985)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
The educational adventures of a group of Afro-American inner city kids.
Stars: Bill Cosby, Gerald Edwards, Lou Scheimer, Erika Scheimer
Votes: 2,626
55. The PJs (1999–2001)
TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy
The lives of occupants of an inner-city housing project.
Stars: Loretta Devine, Ja'net DuBois, Michele Morgan, Pepe Serna
Votes: 4,131
56. Blankman (1994)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A simpleton inventor becomes a superhero with a bulletproof costume and a low budget.
Director: Mike Binder | Stars: Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier, Robin Givens, Christopher Lawford
Votes: 10,524 | Gross: $7.89M
57. The Principal (1987)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A teacher is assigned to be the principal of a violent, crime-ridden high school.
Director: Christopher Cain | Stars: Jim Belushi, Louis Gossett Jr., Rae Dawn Chong, Michael Wright
Votes: 11,834 | Gross: $19.73M
58. South Central (1992)
R | 98 min | Crime, Drama
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
Director: Stephen Milburn Anderson | Stars: Glenn Plummer, Byron Minns, Lexie Bigham, Vincent Craig Dupree
Votes: 6,745 | Gross: $1.37M
59. China Girl (1987)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A modern day Romeo & Juliet story is told in New York when an Italian boy and a Chinese girl become lovers, causing a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: James Russo, Richard Panebianco, Sari Chang, David Caruso
Votes: 2,354 | Gross: $1.26M
60. 13th (2016)
TV-MA | 100 min | Documentary, Crime, History
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Director: Ava DuVernay | Stars: Melina Abdullah, Michelle Alexander, Cory Booker, Dolores Canales
Votes: 37,740
61. Losing Isaiah (1995)
R | 111 min | Drama
The biological and adoptive mothers of a young boy are involved in a bitter, controversial custody battle.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Jessica Lange, Halle Berry, David Strathairn, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Votes: 6,564 | Gross: $7.60M
62. Kidulthood (2006)
R | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
Director: Menhaj Huda | Stars: Aml Ameen, Red Madrell, Noel Clarke, Adam Deacon
Votes: 19,806
63. Jason's Lyric (1994)
R | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two brothers, survivors of family tragedy, take different life paths: one falls for a high-spirited waitress and dreams of success, the other follows a life of petty crime. Their lives reconnect in shattering fashion.
Director: Doug McHenry | Stars: Allen Payne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bokeem Woodbine, Anthony 'Treach' Criss
Votes: 4,704 | Gross: $20.85M
64. Streetwise (1984)
91 min | Documentary, Drama
Gritty documentary that looks at the lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle.
Director: Martin Bell | Stars: Annie, Eddie, Antoine, Erica
Votes: 2,987 | Gross: $0.01M
65. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Margaret Hayes
Votes: 9,906
66. The Class (2008)
PG-13 | 128 min | Drama
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio, Arthur Fogel
Votes: 36,511 | Gross: $3.77M
67. Pride (2007)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Sport
The determined Jim Ellis starts a swim team for troubled teens at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation.
Director: Sunu Gonera | Stars: Terrence Howard, Bernie Mac, Kimberly Elise, Tom Arnold
Votes: 6,909 | Gross: $7.04M
68. Tekkonkinkreet (2006)
R | 111 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Two boys defend Treasure Town and Yakuza try to take over and clear it for new development.
Directors: Michael Arias, Hiroaki Andô | Stars: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yû Aoi, Yûsuke Iseya, Kankurô Kudô
Votes: 14,591
69. Critical Thinking (2020)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
The true story of the Miami Jackson High School chess team which was the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess Championship.
Director: John Leguizamo | Stars: John Leguizamo, Rachel Bay Jones, Michael Kenneth Williams, Corwin C. Tuggles
Votes: 2,765
70. Black Caesar (1973)
R | 87 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney.
Director: Larry Cohen | Stars: Fred Williamson, Gloria Hendry, Art Lund, D'Urville Martin
Votes: 3,904
71. Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2014)
PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
Director: Jo Kastner | Stars: Joel Courtney, Jake T. Austin, Katherine McNamara, Noah Munck
Votes: 1,036
72. Original Gangstas (1996)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a gang shoots his father, Bookman (Fred Williamson) returns to his hometown, rounds up some of his own people and begins an all-out war to restore the neighborhood to its rightful sense of justice.
Directors: Larry Cohen, Fred Williamson | Stars: Fred Williamson, Jim Brown, Pam Grier, Paul Winfield
Votes: 2,021 | Gross: $3.01M
73. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Unrated | 126 min | Drama
At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan
Votes: 9,400 | Gross: $21.30M
74. Claudine (1974)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the 1970s Harlem, garbage collector Roop feels intimidated by the idea of dating Claudine who is a single mother of six on welfare.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Tamu Blackwell
Votes: 2,524 | Gross: $3.51M
75. Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama
The owner of an historic South Side Chicago barbershop is pressured to sell out to a land developer, but must face the impact this would have on his close-knit community.
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Ice Cube, Cedric The Entertainer, Eve, Queen Latifah
Votes: 16,004 | Gross: $65.11M
76. Smithereens (1982)
R | 93 min | Drama, Music
A talent-challenged girl tries to promote herself to stardom in New York's waning punk music world.
Director: Susan Seidelman | Stars: Susan Berman, Brad Rijn, Richard Hell, Nada Despotovich
Votes: 2,650
77. Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
PG | 104 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
At Madame Zenobia's illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set out to recover it.
Director: Sidney Poitier | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte, Flip Wilson
Votes: 2,826 | Gross: $4.57M
78. Daybreak (1993 TV Movie)
R | 91 min | Action, Drama, Romance
This drama, based on Alan Bowne's play "Beirut," takes place in a decrepit New York City of the near future, controlled by a fascist government.
Director: Stephen Tolkin | Stars: Moira Kelly, Cuba Gooding Jr., Martha Plimpton, Omar Epps
Votes: 1,757
79. Crows Zero (2007)
130 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A transfer student attempts to take over the most violent high school in the country, whose students form factions and battle each other for power.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Shun Oguri, Kyôsuke Yabe, Meisa Kuroki, Kenta Kiritani
Votes: 8,951
80. You, the Living (2007)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
You, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved.
Director: Roy Andersson | Stars: Elisabeth Helander, Jörgen Nohall, Jan Wikbladh, Björn Englund
Votes: 16,326 | Gross: $0.02M
81. Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Approved | 124 min | Drama
The experiences of a young female English teacher in an inner-city New York high school.
Director: Robert Mulligan | Stars: Patrick Bedford, Sandy Dennis, Eileen Heckart, Ruth White
Votes: 2,482
82. The George McKenna Story (1986 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Biography, Drama
He risked it all to make the grade.
Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Denzel Washington, Lynn Whitfield, Akosua Busia, Richard Masur
Votes: 1,081
83. Alley Cat (1984)
R | 82 min | Action
A martial artist stops a street gang from stealing her car, but her grandmother ends up being killed by the same gang. She witnesses firsthand how corrupt and inept law enforcement is, and decides to take matters into her own hands.
Directors: Victor M. Ordonez, Ed Palmos, Al Valletta | Stars: Karin Mani, Robert Torti, Britt Helfer, Michael Wayne
Votes: 1,058
84. Unexpected (2015)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
An inner-city high school teacher discovers she is pregnant at the same time as one of her most promising students and the two develop an unlikely friendship while struggling to navigate their unexpected pregnancies.
Director: Kris Rey | Stars: Cobie Smulders, Anders Holm, Gail Bean, Elizabeth McGovern
Votes: 3,246
85. The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
PG | 102 min | Action, Drama, Crime
A black man plays 'uncle Tom' in order to gain access to CIA training, then uses that knowledge to plot a new American revolt.
Director: Ivan Dixon | Stars: Lawrence Cook, Janet League, Paula Kelly, J.A. Preston
Votes: 1,572 | Gross: $1.00M
86. Won't Back Down (2012)
PG | 121 min | Drama
Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.
Director: Daniel Barnz | Stars: Viola Davis, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Holly Hunter, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 6,884 | Gross: $5.31M
87. Big Shots (1987)
PG-13 | 94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Ivan Reitman brings you Big Shots, a slam-bang comedy-adventure with a heart as big as Chicago.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Ricky Busker, Darius McCrary, Robert Joy, Robert Prosky
Votes: 906 | Gross: $3.39M
88. Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional couple. They live amid chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody except each other. Things become interesting when Sammy's father visits.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Shashi Kapoor, Claire Bloom, Frances Barber, Ayub Khan-Din
Votes: 1,539 | Gross: $1.20M
89. Zebrahead (1992)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A white, hip-hop loving teen falls in love with a black girl.
Director: Anthony Drazan | Stars: Michael Rapaport, DeShonn Castle, Kevin Corrigan, Lois Bendler
Votes: 1,470 | Gross: $1.47M
90. The Violation of Sarah McDavid (1981 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
Sarah McDavid, an idealistic young teacher, takes a job in a rough high school where she is eventually attacked and raped in her classroom after school hours and decides to buck the school ... See full summary »
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Patty Duke, Ned Beatty, James Sloyan, Vernee Watson
Votes: 144
91. The Architect (2006)
R | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An architect engages in conflict with an activist who lives in a dangerous complex the architect designed.
Director: Matt Tauber | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere
Votes: 1,392 | Gross: $0.01M
92. Knightwatch (1988–1989)
60 min | Crime, Drama
A group of youths come together to form the Knights, a team of vigilantes who fight for justice.
Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Calvin Levels, Don Franklin, Paris Vaughan
Votes: 71
93. The House I Live In (2012)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary
From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Eugene Jarecki, David Simon, Shanequa Benitez, William Julius Wilson
Votes: 5,398 | Gross: $0.21M
94. The Cool World (1963)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A look at the horrors of Harlem ghetto slum life filled with drugs, violence, human misery, and a sense of despair due to the racial prejudices of American society.
Director: Shirley Clarke | Stars: Rony Clanton, Carl Lee, Yolanda Rodríguez, Clarence Williams III
Votes: 666
95. 'R Xmas (2001)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.
Director: Abel Ferrara | Stars: Drea de Matteo, Lillo Brancato, Lisa Valens, Ice-T
Votes: 1,636 | Gross: $0.00M
96. American Gun (2005)
R | 95 min | Drama
Seemingly disparate portraits of people -- among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student -- Distinctly American -- all affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
Director: Aric Avelino | Stars: Marcia Gay Harden, Forest Whitaker, Donald Sutherland, Linda Cardellini
Votes: 3,209 | Gross: $0.02M
97. Together Brothers (1974)
PG | 94 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A group of ghetto kids try to find out who killed a popular police officer.
Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Ahmad Nurradin, Anthony Wilson, Nelson Sims, Kenneth Bell
Votes: 246 | Gross: $0.55M
98. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Elizabeth Hinton, Nelson George, Alan Charles, Felipe Luciano
Votes: 3,888
99. Crack House (1989)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In this bristling, urban drama, two teenage lovers must overcome tremendous odds to make it off the mean streets of L. A., or die trying. Features football legend Jim Brown.
Director: Michael Fischa | Stars: Jim Brown, Anthony Geary, Richard Roundtree, Cher Butler
Votes: 484 | Gross: $0.86M
100. A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 87 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Mary Thomas is a single mother with nine children in a rough Chicago neighborhood. She struggles through poverty, resisting gangsters, violence and drugs while battling an indifferent city ... See full summary »
Director: John Patterson | Stars: Alfre Woodard, A.J. Johnson, Leon, Garland Spencer
Votes: 122