swap_horiz Kidulthood Alternatives

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Made in Hong Kong

Made in Hong Kong is Fruit Chan's 1997 independent drama, produced by Andy Lau and winner of Best Picture at the 1998 Ho...

Youth INDIE Gangster 1990S

8.1 Great

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El Infierno

El Infierno is a 2010 Mexican black-comedy crime film by Luis Estrada, notable for satirizing drug-war violence during M...

Satire Mexican 2010S Cartel

7.8 Good

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Hiroshima Death Match

Hiroshima Death Match is the 1973 second Battles Without Honor and Humanity film by Kinji Fukasaku, centered on hitman S...

Japanese Yakuza 1970S Sequel

7.8 Good

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Mafioso

Mafioso is a 1962 Italian black-comedy crime film directed by Alberto Lattuada, notable for sending Alberto Sordi's fact...

Italian Dark Comedy 1960S Mafia

7.7 Good

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Friend

Friend is Kwak Kyung-taek's 2001 South Korean Busan gangster drama, a semi-autobiographical hit that set a domestic box-...

Korean Gangster 2000S Friendship

7.4 Good

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City of Men

City of Men is a 2007 Brazilian crime drama directed by Paulo Morelli, notable for continuing the TV story of two friend...

2000S Brazilian Gang Favela

7.3 Good

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American Me

American Me is a 1992 American crime drama directed by Edward James Olmos, notable for portraying Chicano prison-gang li...

American 1990S Prison Gang

7.2 Good

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Young and Dangerous

Young and Dangerous is a 1996 Hong Kong triad film by Andrew Lau, based on the Teddy Boy comic and central to the long C...

Youth Series 1990S Hong Kong

7.1 Good

9

South Central

South Central is a 1992 American crime drama directed by Steve Anderson, notable for adapting Donald Bakeer's novel abou...

American 1990S Los Angeles Redemption

6.9 Fair

10

Piranhas

Piranhas is a 2019 Italian crime film directed by Claudio Giovannesi, notable for adapting Roberto Saviano's novel about...

Italian Youth Naples 2010S

6.9 Fair

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The Show Must Go On

The Show Must Go On is a 2007 South Korean crime comedy by Han Jae-rim, starring Song Kang-ho as a gangster trying to be...

Korean Family Crime Gangster

6.9 Fair

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Blue Story

Blue Story is a 2019 British crime drama directed by Rapman, notable for expanding his YouTube series into a feature abo...

Youth London British 2010S

6.8 Fair

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Young and Dangerous 2

Young and Dangerous 2 is a 1996 Hong Kong sequel by Andrew Lau, expanding the Hung Hing saga through Chicken Chiu's Taiw...

Youth Sequel 1990S Hong Kong

6.7 Fair

14

Young and Dangerous 3

Young and Dangerous 3 is a 1996 Hong Kong triad sequel by Andrew Lau, notable for Roy Cheung's Crow and a plot that esca...

Youth Sequel 1990S Hong Kong

6.6 Fair

15

Adulthood

Adulthood is a 2008 British crime drama written and directed by Noel Clarke, notable as the Kidulthood sequel following...

London British 2000S Sequel

6.5 Fair

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Young and Dangerous 4

Young and Dangerous 4 is a 1997 Hong Kong sequel by Andrew Lau, focusing on a Tuen Mun branch election that tests Chicke...

Youth Sequel 1990S Hong Kong

6.4 Fair

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New Jersey Drive

New Jersey Drive is a 1995 American crime drama directed by Nick Gomez, notable for its Newark setting and focus on yout...

American 1990S Gang Car Theft

6.2 Fair

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Born to Be King

Born to Be King is a 2000 Hong Kong crime film by Andrew Lau, serving as the sixth and final Young and Dangerous sequel...

Youth 2000S Sequel Hong Kong

6.2 Fair

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Shottas

Shottas is a 2002 Jamaican crime film directed by Cess Silvera, notable for starring Ky-Mani Marley and Spragga Benz as...

Gangster 2000S Kingston Jamaican

5.9 Mediocre

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Dead or Alive: Final

Dead or Alive: Final is Takashi Miike's 2002 Japanese cyberpunk yakuza film, concluding the loose trilogy led by Riki Ta...

Japanese Yakuza Crime 2000S

5.9 Mediocre