Ghetto Drama Movies

List of the best ghetto drum movies selected by our site visitors: Mid90s, American Gangster, Love, Simon, Sully, Don't Look Up, Five Feet Apart, The Judge, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Wild, Dallas Buyers Club.

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:25

Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for somewhere to belong. He finds it at the Motor Avenue skate shop.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama, crime, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:37

Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Based on a true story.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:03

On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and career.

Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
CountryUSA

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control -- all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

    A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, India

    Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, adventure, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

      Loosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, South Africa, USA
      Duration01:54

      Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:17

      In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryGermany, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:05

      A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand, USA, India, Australia
      Duration02:40

      A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:30

      An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:00

        A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genredrama, detective, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration00:40

        After the sudden death of ex-Secret Intelligence Service man Alexander, his wife Alison investigates when mysteries from her husband's past come knocking.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:43

        A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
        Duration01:41

          Alice Howland, happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a devastating diagnosis, Alice and her family find their bonds tested.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA

          Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:46

            The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

            Markimdb: 7.7
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:00

              After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genredrama, military
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration02:11

              While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genredrama, music
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:50

              The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary boundaries to fulfill his dream of success in hip hop. With his pal Future and the three one third in place, all he has to do is not choke.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:41

                A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genredrama, crime, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:56

                Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.

                Markimdb: 8
                Genredrama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:26

                Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genredrama, crime, biography
                CountryGermany, USA
                Duration02:03

                A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genredrama, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:12

                A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration02:00

                After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genredrama, biography
                CountryUSA

                Directed by Clint Eastwood and based on true events, "Richard Jewell" is a story of what happens when what is reported as fact obscures the truth. "There is a bomb in Centennial Park. You have thirty minutes." The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security guard who reports finding the device at the 1996 Atlanta bombing-his report making him a hero whose swift actions save countless lives. But within days, the law enforcement wannabe becomes the FBI's number one suspect, vilified by press and public alike, his life ripped apart. Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

                Markimdb: 8.1
                Genredrama, crime, biography
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:33

                  In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

                  Markimdb: 6.7
                  Genrethriller, drama, adventure, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:31

                  Kenny Wells, a modern-day prospector, hustler, and dreamer, is desperate for a lucky break. Left with few options, Wells teams up with an equally luckless geologist to execute a grandiose, last-ditch effort: to find gold deep in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

                  Markimdb: 7.9
                  Genredrama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:46

                    The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genredrama
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:27

                    Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

                    Markimdb: 8.1
                    Genredrama, sport
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:20

                    The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother, an ex-marine with a tragic past.

                    Markimdb: 7.1
                    Genremelodrama, drama
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:52

                    Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

                    Markimdb: 7.1
                    Genrecomedy, drama, family
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:04

                    Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, sport
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:44

                    A family dog—with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind—evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

                    Markimdb: 7.8
                    Genredrama, biography, history
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:32

                    The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

                    Markimdb: 8.1
                    Genredrama, biography, history
                    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                    Duration02:13

                    In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

                    Markimdb: 6.9
                    Genrecomedy, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA, Canada
                    Duration01:11

                    Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.

                    Markimdb: 7.9
                    Genredrama, adventure, family, biography, history
                    CountryUSA

                    The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genredrama
                    CountrySpain, Thailand, USA
                    Duration01:49

                      In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

                      Markimdb: 7.7
                      Genremelodrama, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:13

                      Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genremelodrama, drama
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                      Duration02:25

                      A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds apart and trapped together by circumstance, the two get off to a rocky start. But the girl becomes determined to prove to the man that life is worth living and as they embark on a series of adventures together, each finds their world changing in ways neither of them could begin to imagine.

                      Markimdb: 7.8
                      Genredrama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:33

                      After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
                      CountryFrance, USA
                      Duration01:50

                      On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

                      Markimdb: 7.2
                      Genremelodrama, drama
                      CountryAustralia, USA
                      Duration02:23

                      An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.




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