20 best movies like Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

List of the best movies like Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005): 8 Mile, South Central, Boyz n the Hood, New Jack City, The Theory of Everything, Turn It Up, Notorious, Times Change You, Straight Outta Compton, Hustle & Flow.

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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: 6.8
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

A man is put to prison for 10 years. Coming out of prison he wants to live a normal life and stop with crime but his son has yet followed the criminal path of his father.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genredrama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:37

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
Duration02:03

    The Theory of Everything is the extraordinary story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane Wilde.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genreaction, drama, crime, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:08

    Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate studio time. To pay the bills, he and Gage run drugs for "Mr. B." Inside a week, Diamond's beloved mother dies suddenly, his father appears after an absence of 12 years and wants a relationship, and his girlfriend Kia tells him she's pregnant, asking him if he's ready to be a father. Gage steals $100,000 in a multiple-felony robbery so that Diamond can record a full album, not knowing it's Mr. B's money he's taken. B wants his money, Diamond wants his music, Tia wants an answer.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama, crime, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:02

    NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."

    Markimdb: 3
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryGermany
    Duration01:34

    The life story of German gangsta rapper, Bushido.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, music, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

      In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

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

      With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music, biography
      CountryBrazil, France
      Duration02:20

      A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). In turn, bandit, transvestite, street fighter, brothel cook, convict and father to seven adopted children, dos Santos – better known as Madame Satã – was also a notorious gay performer who pushed social boundaries in a volatile time.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:35

        All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration02:12

        John Gotti rises to the top of the New York underworld to become the boss of the Gambino crime family. His life takes a tumultuous turn as he faces tragedy, multiple trials and a prison sentence.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genredrama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:46

        Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryCanada, USA

        John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:25

        Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

        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: 6.1
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, music
          CountryUSA

          As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA

          When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a dizzying tale, revealing the untold truth about his life as the notorious boss of Murder Inc. and the National Crime Syndicate.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, film noir, biography
          CountryUSA

          The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:45

          Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengalilike influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:28

          A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genredrama, crime, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:07

          Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrefantasy, drama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

          The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy balanced with harsh reality, the movie follows Renee on her courageous journey towards recovery.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          A vending machine robbery by small time thief and drug addict Bobbie (Vincent Kartheiser) goes badly awry, and his friends contact street-wise thief and part-time druggie Mel (James Woods) to patch him up.Recognizing a kindred spirit, Mel befriends Bobbie and his girlfriend Rosie (Natasha Gregson Wagner), inviting them to join him and his long-suffering girlfriend Sid (Melanie Griffith) on a drug robbery which should set them up for life. The seemingly simple robbery is a great success, but the sale of the drugs afterward fails badly, and Mel and Bobbie are shot.The four take refuge with the Reverend, who charges them half of their haul from the robbery to care for them. In a desperate attempt to recover their losses, Mel involves the crew in a disastrous, ill-advised jewellery robbery, and they become caught up in a web of violence that rapidly spirals out of control.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:24

          Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.

          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: 6.4
          Genredrama, crime, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:48

          The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genreaction, drama, crime
          CountrySouth Africa
          Duration01:59

          This South African movie tracks the rise of a once-petty criminal to the heights of the criminal underworld. After cutting his teeth on hijacking, before moving onto bigger game, an ambitious man hits a setback when most of his gang are shot.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUSA

          The most feared battle emcee in early-'80s NYC was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At age 14, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryIndia

          A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genreaction, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:49

          An Indian Vietnam veteran trains five street punks in the Everglades to fight vice in Miami.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genredrama, crime, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:38

          Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker Sam Donager, who sets out to chronicle it with her husband, Terry. But before Bower was a rapper, he was a gangster, and his criminal past comes back to haunt him and all those around him.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genreaction, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:55

          Egocentric bandit Salvatore Guiliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama, crime, music, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, USA, Hungary
          Duration02:16

          A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

          Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genredrama, crime, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:29

          New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all strong-willed Virginia Hill detain him while his family wait back home. Then a trip to a run-down gambling joint at a spot in the desert known as Las Vegas gives him his big idea.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genredrama, crime, film noir, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:00

          Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police arresting them. As a revenge they tell the police that Barbara is the murderer.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
          CountryCanada, USA

          "To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genreaction, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:38

          A tough, Jewish ex-con just released from prison crosses a powerful drug dealer and former prison rival in his return to a life of crime.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:37

          Sobering and incisive, this cautionary drama centers on a street tough 18-year-old facing a moral quandary while trying to turn his life around.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genredrama, crime
          CountryFrance, Canada, United Kingdom
          Duration01:31

            Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:45

            An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:49

            Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:41

            A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down.

            Markimdb: 6.4
            Genreaction, drama, crime, biography
            CountryIndia

            This is the gritty and sensational true story of Arun Gulab Gawli, a mill worker’s son who grew up in Mumbai’s impoverished Dagdi Chawl, to become an infamous don, politician and chief rival of the most powerful crime boss of the day, Dawood Ibrahim. Daddy realistically charts Mumbai’s true crime history from the 1970s and 1980s until 2012, when Gawli was finally sentenced to life imprisonment.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
            CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:38

            In this true story, Veronica Guerin is an investigative reporter for an Irish newspaper. As the drug trade begins to bleed into the mainstream, Guerin decides to take on and expose those responsible. Beginning at the bottom with addicts, Guerin then gets in touch with John Traynor, a paranoid informant. Not without some prodding, Traynor leads her to John Gilligan, the ruthless head of the operation, who does not take kindly to Guerin's nosing.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genreaction, drama, crime, biography
            CountryCanada, Germany, South Africa, United Kingdom
            Duration01:51

            The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genredrama, crime, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:41

            Young Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the ranks of Torrio's gang and eventually takes over. On top, he works to consolidate his power by eliminating his enemies, fixing elections to his advantage and getting rich. In his spare time, Capone courts the principled Iris Crawford.




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