Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "gang-banger"

1. Havoc (2005)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama

Two affluent suburban girls clash with the Latino gang culture of East Los Angeles.

Director: Barbara Kopple | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips, Shiri Appleby, Michael Biehn

Votes: 20,417

2. Crash (I) (2004)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.

Director: Paul Haggis | Stars: Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, Thandiwe Newton, Karina Arroyave

Votes: 449,103 | Gross: $54.58M

3. Lords of Dogtown (2005)

PG-13 | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

The film follows the surf and skateboarding trends that originated in Venice, California during the 1970s.

Director: Catherine Hardwicke | Stars: Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk, Johnny Knoxville

Votes: 58,244 | Gross: $11.01M

4. Candyman (1992)

R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons

Votes: 100,203 | Gross: $25.79M

5. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Highway Patrol Officer, two criminals and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston, Laurie Zimmer, Martin West

Votes: 55,655

6. Menace II Society (1993)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes | Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, June Kyoto Lu, Toshi Toda

Votes: 64,501 | Gross: $27.90M

7. Colors (1988)

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.

Director: Dennis Hopper | Stars: Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, Maria Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks

Votes: 29,840 | Gross: $46.62M

8. Band of the Hand (1986)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Five juvenile lost causes are sent to the Everglades where a war veteran tries to reform them using survival tactics. Their new skills and resolve are tested when a Miami drug lord targets them for trying to clean up their neighborhood.

Director: Paul Michael Glaser | Stars: Stephen Lang, Michael Carmine, Lauren Holly, John Cameron Mitchell

Votes: 3,244 | Gross: $4.87M

9. From Prada to Nada (2011)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A Latina spin on Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility": two spoiled sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles.

Director: Angel Gracia | Stars: Camilla Belle, Alexa PenaVega, Kuno Becker, Tina French

Votes: 15,620 | Gross: $3.02M

10. 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: 6,718 | Gross: $1.37M

11. 10 Items or Less (2006)

R | 82 min | Comedy, Drama

An actor prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk, and together they hit the road to show each other their respective worlds.

Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Jonah Hill, Anne Dudek

Votes: 16,253 | Gross: $0.08M

12. Hamlet 2 (2008)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Music

In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Director: Andrew Fleming | Stars: Steve Coogan, Elisabeth Shue, Catherine Keener, J.J. Soria

Votes: 17,358 | Gross: $4.88M

13. Sherrybaby (2006)

R | 96 min | Drama

Sherry tries to integrate again into society and become a good mother.

Director: Laurie Collyer | Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ryan Simpkins, Sam Bottoms, Michelle Hurst

Votes: 12,067 | Gross: $0.20M

14. True Crime: New York City (2005 Video Game)

M | Action, Crime, Mystery

Street cop Marcus Reed, a former gangster, tries to uncover who is behind the murder of his friend and mentor, Lt. Terrance Higgins.

Stars: Avery Kidd Waddell, Laurence Fishburne, Mickey Rourke, Christopher Walken

Votes: 1,047

15. Oh Lucy! (2017)

95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.

Director: Atsuko Hirayanagi | Stars: Shinobu Terajima, Soseki Yamatoya, Miyu Yagyu, Kayano Masuyama

Votes: 3,360 | Gross: $0.38M

16. Next Day Air (2009)

R | 84 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two inept criminals are mistakenly delivered a package of cocaine and think they've hit the jackpot, triggering a series of events that changes 10 people's lives forever.

Director: Benny Boom | Stars: Yasiin Bey, Mike Epps, Donald Faison, Wood Harris

Votes: 11,135 | Gross: $10.02M

17. Dirty (2005)

R | 97 min | Crime, Thriller

Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD.

Director: Chris Fisher | Stars: Frank Alvarez, Clifton Collins Jr., Brittany Daniel, Keith David

Votes: 5,874 | Gross: $0.27M

18. Collar (2014)

89 min | Horror

"Collar" takes the viewer on journey to Hell when a rookie cop becomes the helpless victim of a Satanic derelict's trap.

Director: Ryan Nicholson | Stars: Nick Principe, Aidan Dee, Mihola Terzic, Ronald Patrick Thompson

Votes: 234

19. A Moment of Romance (1990)

92 min | Action, Crime, Drama

During a bank heist, the getaway driver Wah took a young woman Jo Jo hostage. After preventing her from getting killed by his accomplices, they began a forbidden relationship causing mayhem and chaos for their friends and family.

Director: Benny Chan | Stars: Andy Lau, Chien-Lien Wu, Man-Tat Ng, Kwong-Leung Wong

Votes: 1,752

20. The Family Tree (2011)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

A mother and wife stricken with memory loss allows a dysfunctional family a second chance at harmony and happiness.

Director: Vivi Friedman | Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Max Thieriot

Votes: 2,092 | Gross: $0.00M

21. 96 Minutes (2011)

R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller

The story of 4 lives slammed together in a shocking moment. Intercutting between a carjacking and the separate stories of the 4 kids in Atlanta, we watch as they hurtle toward a life-changing end.

Director: Aimee Lagos | Stars: Brittany Snow, Evan Ross, Sharon Conley, Justin Martin

Votes: 3,400

22. Drylongso (1998)

R | 86 min | Drama

Drylongso follows a woman in a photography class who begins taking pictures of black men out of fear they will soon be extinct.

Director: Cauleen Smith | Stars: Toby Smith, April Barnett, Will Power, Channel Schafer

Votes: 197

23. Bounty Tracker (1993 Video)

R | 86 min | Action, Drama

The staff of a tax consultant office are brutally murdered by a team of professional killers

Director: Kurt Anderson | Stars: Lorenzo Lamas, Matthias Hues, Cyndi Pass, Eric Mansker

Votes: 753

24. Skins (1994)

R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A married couple is separated because of the husband's drinking. They are reunited to seek justice when their homosexual son is murdered by Neo- Nazi skinheads.

Director: Wings Hauser | Stars: Wings Hauser, Linda Blair, Cole Hauser, Talbert Morton

Votes: 202

25. Under the Hula Moon (1995)

R | 94 min | Action, Comedy

In the desert outside Cactus Gulch, Arizona, Buzzard and Betty Jean Wall live in a trailer decorated in Hawaiian themes. Betty's trying to get pregnant. Buzz wants to market "Cammo," a sun ... See full summary »

Director: Jeff Celentano | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Emily Lloyd, Chris Penn, Musetta Vander

Votes: 293

26. Police Quest: Open Season (1993 Video Game)

T | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Police procedural crime thriller point and click semi-FMV adventure game. What starts off as a random gang-related cop-killing, turns into manhunt for a vicious serial killer.

Director: Tammy Dargan | Stars: Brandon Massey, Andrew Witches, Jeff Bianchi, Dan Rogers

Votes: 82

27. Latin Dragon (2004)

R | 101 min | Action, Adventure

A decorated war hero and covert agent, Danny Silva returns home to East L.A. and finds his neighborhood has been taken over by violent street gangs headed by the brutally corrupt Bishop Thorn.

Director: Scott Thomas | Stars: Fabian Carrillo, Gary Busey, Lorenzo Lamas, Robert LaSardo

Votes: 395

28. Street Corner Justice (1996)

Not Rated | 102 min | Action

A Pittsburgh detective is kicked off the force for beating a rape suspect and moves to L.A. There, he becomes the central force in a bullet ridden neighborhood battle to win back its streets from brutal gang members.

Director: Charles Bail | Stars: Marc Singer, Steve Railsback, Kim Lankford, Beverly Leech

Votes: 256

29. OT: Our Town (2002)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary

Dominguez High, in the infamous Compton, CA, has not produced a play in over twenty years. With no money and no stage, two teachers and twenty-four students attempt to produce Thornton Wilder's American Classic OUR TOWN.

Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy | Stars: Catherine Borek, Karen Greene, Ebony Starr Norwood-Brown, Archy Posada

Votes: 323

30. States of Grace (2005)

PG-13 | 128 min | Drama

The lives of a street preacher, an aspiring actress, a Mormon missionary, and a young gang banger intersect in this ensemble drama set in present-day Santa Monica, California.

Director: Richard Dutcher | Stars: Ignacio Serricchio, Lucas Fleischer, Lamont Stephens, Rachel Emmers

Votes: 528 | Gross: $0.06M

31. Cutthroat Alley (2003)

R | 95 min | Horror

Timothy Wayne Folsome's urban horror film Cutthroat Alley features a masked serial killer who slits the throats of each of his victims in the hood of South Central Los Angeles. The film ... See full summary »

Director: Timothy Wayne Folsome | Stars: Bizzy Bone, Stacy Arnell, Janice Butler, Cisco Reyes

Votes: 416

32. Now Eat (2000 Video)

76 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A rapper named Brotha Lynch Hung shots people in a home invasion. So a crazy witch casts a spell on him making him eat whatever he kills.

Director: Kerry Alan Williams | Stars: Brotha Lynch Hung, Art Battle, Loki, Sicx

Votes: 84

33. Road of Death (1973)

R | 70 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two couples on a picnic are attacked by a gang of vicious bikers, who beat up the men and rape the women. One of the men finds out who the bikers are, arms himself and goes after them.

Director: Rene Martinez Jr. | Stars: Carol Connors, Joe Banana, Jack Birch, Lea Vivot

Votes: 81

34. Music Store Massacre (2013)

106 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

Fed up with the evils of today's Society? So is Reverend Smith, but unlike you he has a remedy for it. See how he deals with murderers, rapists, white supremacists, child pornography, ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Price | Stars: David B. Meadows, Gordon Price, Diane Sokolowich, Wendy Dillard

Votes: 24

35. Shots Fired (III) (2019)

9 min | Short, Crime, Drama

A police chase gone wrong leads to the killing of an African-American teenager. Rookie cop Ryan finds himself in the balance between his partner and the thin line separating right and wrong.

Directors: Sascha Kuznia, Vladimir Scheiermann | Stars: Brian Caspe, Marios Gavrilis, Terrell Robinson

Votes: 15

36. The Shadow (1994 Video Game)

Action, Crime, Fantasy

Beat 'em up very loosely based on The Shadow (1994). On a dark rainy night in 1930s New York City, the Shadow must reach the lair of Shiwan Khan and defeat him. While never officially released, the game did get leaked online.

Votes: 12

37. Extreme Ghostbusters (1997)
Episode: Eyes of a Dragon (1997)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The EGBs investigate the mysterious disappearance of a Chinatown merchant who is possessed by an ancient bone-stealing demon.

Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Tara Strong, Maurice LaMarche, Jason Marsden, Pat Musick

Votes: 33

38. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Parent Trap (1993)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

Rollins represents a man who is fighting to keep his pregnant girlfriend, put in a coma after a car accident, on life-support so their unborn child can be brought to full-term. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »

Director: Steven Robman | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 28

39. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: All in a Day's Work (1989)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A man haunted by his doppelganger asks a white witch and single mother to help him raise a demon to defeat it before it takes him and her son.

Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, James Morrison, Brandon Bluhm, Eddie Velez

Votes: 142

40. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Perchance to Dream (1990)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Following a blow to the head, Alex's nightmares appear to be becoming reality. His girlfriend asks a psychologist for help and he suggests for Alex to enter the dream world and face his subconsciousness.

Director: Paul Boyington | Stars: Raphael Sbarge, Sarah Buxton, Kenneth Danziger

Votes: 92

41. Odyssey 5 (2002–2004)
Episode: Time Out of Mind (2002)

TV-14 | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Odyssey crew begin to lose their memories of the future and their present mission to save the Earth.

Director: David Straiton | Stars: Peter Weller, Sebastian Roché, Christopher Gorham, Leslie Silva

Votes: 96

42. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: Maniac at Large (1992)

Not Rated | 28 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A mousy librarian over-react reports of a serial killer.

Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Blythe Danner, Salome Jens, Clarence Williams III, Obba Babatundé

Votes: 811

43. American Gangster (2006–2009)
Episode: Stanley 'Tookie' Williams (2006)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary

Explore Tookie Williams' involvement in the Crips, their continuous battles with rival gang the Bloods, and the history of gangs in L.A. from WWII to the present.

Stars: Charles Pitchford, Fred Shaw Jr., Bonnie Williams

Votes: 14

44. Crime 360 (2008–2009)
Episode: Deadly Secrets (2008)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

Bad chemistry between gay and transsexual members of the African-American community leads to an overkill gunshot murder.

Directors: Rob Dorfmann, Craig Santy | Stars: Elizabeth Balraj, James Ealey, Walley Everett, Michele Johnson

Votes: 10

45. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
Episode: No Way Out (2009)

TV-14 | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While investigating a gang-related shooting in an otherwise quiet suburban neighborhood, Raymond and Riley are held hostage.

Director: Alec Smight | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda

Votes: 693

46. Burn Notice (2007–2013)
Episode: Friendly Fire (2010)

TV-PG | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Michael helps track down a child predator for one of Sam's old friends, and winds up igniting a war between two rival gang leaders. Meanwhile, Michael also makes contact with Diego's killer, who has in interest in his services.

Director: Terry Miller | Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 643

47. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Blood in, Blood Out (2010)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a member of Cho's former gang, the Avon Park Playboys, is found murdered, Patrick Jane insists on helping Cho with his off-the-books investigation.

Director: John Polson | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,425

48. Outlaw Empires (2012– )
Episode: Nuestra Familia (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Established in the California prison system as a way for members from Northern California to fend off violence from the Mexican Mafia, Nuestra Familia has become renowned for its ... See full summary »

Director: Tiller Russell | Stars: Johnny Angel Martinez, Kurt Sutter, Angel Botello, Anthony Aria

Votes: 13

49. Major Crimes (2012–2018)
Episode: Out of Bounds (2012)

Not Rated | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The death of a quarterback threatens to spark racial tensions at a local high school, and the investigation puts a member of the team in grave danger.

Director: Rick Wallace | Stars: Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Michael Paul Chan

Votes: 316

50. The Matt Walsh Show (2018– )
The Government Accidentally Confirms That It Has Absolutely No Evidence to Support So-Called 'Gender Affirming Care' for Minors (2024 Podcast Episode)

News, Talk-Show

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Director: Mark Jones | Star: Matt Walsh

Votes: 11