Movies like Colors
Colors (1988) is a action movie directed by Dennis Hopper. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Bound by Honor (1993)
★ 8.2 · 1,657 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
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2. American Me (1992)
★ 7.5 · 426 votes · Crime, Drama
During his 18 years in Folsom Prison, street-gang leader Santana rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, Santana goes back to his old neighborhood, intending to lead a peaceful, crime-free life. But his old gang buddies force him back into his old habits.
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3. Training Day (2001)
★ 7.5 · 6,919 votes · Action, Crime, Drama
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
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4. District 13: Ultimatum (2009)
★ 6.4 · 1,328 votes · Action, Thriller, Crime
Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city’s secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.
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5. Menace II Society (1993)
★ 7.5 · 963 votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
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6. End of Watch (2012)
★ 7.4 · 3,819 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel during a routine traffic stop.
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7. First Blood (1982)
★ 7.5 · 7,167 votes · Action, Thriller, Drama
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
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8. City of God (2002)
★ 8.4 · 8,520 votes · Drama, Crime
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
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9. Les Misérables (2019)
★ 7.6 · 1,633 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stéphane has recently joined the Anti-Crime Squad in Montfermeil, in the suburbs of Paris, France, where Victor Hugo set his famed novel “Les Miserables”. Alongside his new colleagues Chris and Gwada – both experienced members of the team – he quickly discovers tensions running high between local gangs. When the trio finds themselves overrun during the course of an arrest, a drone captures the encounter, threatening to expose the reality of everyday life.
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10. Street Kings (2008)
★ 6.7 · 1,836 votes · Action, Crime, Drama
Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in the execution of a fellow officer, he is forced to go up against the cop culture he's been a part of his entire career, ultimately leading him to question the loyalties of everyone around him.
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11. Memories of Murder (2003)
★ 8.1 · 4,872 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
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12. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
★ 7.6 · 2,373 votes · Drama, Crime
Three friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles navigate a neighborhood plagued by violence, unemployment, and crime, each responding differently to the harsh realities of street life. As tragedy strikes close to home, their friendship, choices, and hopes for a better future are put to the ultimate test.
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13. Pulp Fiction (1994)
★ 8.5 · 31,085 votes · 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 in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
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14. The Fast and the Furious (2001)
★ 7.0 · 11,229 votes · Action, Crime, Thriller
Dominic Toretto is a Los Angeles street racer suspected of masterminding a series of big-rig hijackings. When undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrates Toretto's iconoclastic crew, he falls for Toretto's sister and must choose a side: the gang or the LAPD.
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15. Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
★ 6.8 · 1,082 votes · Drama, Crime, Music
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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16. Shot Caller (2017)
★ 7.0 · 2,318 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
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17. Gangster Squad (2013)
★ 6.4 · 4,351 votes · Crime, Drama, Action
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has his way — every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians who are under his control. It’s enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop… except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O’Mara and Jerry Wooters who come together to try to tear Cohen’s world apart.
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18. The Substitute (1996)
★ 7.0 · 610 votes · Action, Crime, Drama
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.
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19. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
★ 7.3 · 1,271 votes · Thriller, Action, Crime
A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
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20. We Die Young (2019)
★ 6.8 · 363 votes · Drama, Action, Crime
Lucas, a 14-year-old boy inducted into the gang life in Washington D.C., is determined that his 10-year-old brother won't follow the same path. When an Afghanistan war veteran comes into the neighborhood, an opportunity arises.
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