Gritty
"gritty" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Head to Head
Synopsis:
Hilarity meets danger when a lovesick chauffeur and a bootleg mechanic mistakenly pick up a retired crime lord, igniting a wild, life-changing adventure.
Starring:
Abdulaziz Alshehri,
Ziyad Alamri,
Adel Radwan
Plot:
satirical comedy,
satire comedy,
satire,
satirical,
lovesick,
gritty,
offbeat
...
#2
Banshee
Synopsis:
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.
Starring:
Frankie Faison,
Ulrich Thomsen,
Antony Starr
Plot:
sheriff,
double life,
pennsylvania, usa,
crime boss,
deputy,
man with no name,
pennsylvania,
thief,
tough girl,
hacker
...
#3
Confidential Informant
Synopsis:
During a crack epidemic two narcotics agents hunting for a cop killer. Hoping for leads, Moran and Thorton pay off a junkie informant. To provide for his wife and son, Moran involves the stool pigeon in a deadly scheme. This causes the partners to come under the scrutiny of a suspicious internal affairs agent.
Starring:
Kate Bosworth,
Mel Gibson,
Dominic Purcell
#4
The Warriors
Synopsis:
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
Starring:
Brian Tyler,
James Remar,
David Patrick Kelly
Plot:
new york city,
street gang,
disc jockey,
warrior,
truce,
social decay,
sociopath,
threatened with a knife,
fugitive,
survival
...
#5
The French Connection
Synopsis:
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
Starring:
Roy Scheider,
Gene Hackman,
Fernando Rey
#6
The Bourne Identity
Synopsis:
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
Starring:
Clive Owen,
Walton Goggins,
Franka Potente
#7
Romeo + Juliet
Synopsis:
In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.
Starring:
Vondie Curtis-Hall,
Leonardo DiCaprio,
Miriam Margolyes
Plot:
love,
gangster,
female nudity,
sex scene,
suicide,
murder,
wedding,
forbidden love,
helicopter,
tattoo
...
#8
Highlander
Synopsis:
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
Starring:
Clancy Brown,
Sean Connery,
Christopher Lambert
Plot:
scotland,
swordsman,
cult film,
police,
head chopped off,
snow adventure,
katana,
zoo,
nudity,
nun
...
#9
Hellboy
Synopsis:
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon—Hellboy—has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.
Starring:
Selma Blair,
John Hurt,
Ron Perlman
Plot:
nazi,
demon,
superhero,
hellboy character,
superhero action,
hero,
assassin,
occult detective,
based on comic book,
wilhelm scream
...
#10
Equilibrium
Synopsis:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Starring:
Dominic Purcell,
Christian Bale,
Angus Macfadyen
Plot:
dystopia,
suppression of emotion,
gun fu,
law,
brainwashing,
one against many,
one man army,
anti state,
post apocalypse,
neo noir
...
#11
Blade Runner
Synopsis:
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Starring:
Edward James Olmos,
Sean Young,
Daryl Hannah
#12
Moon Knight
Synopsis:
When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
Starring:
Oscar Isaac,
F. Murray Abraham,
Ethan Hawke
#13
Titans
Synopsis:
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
Starring:
Brenton Thwaites,
Ryan Potter,
Vincent Kartheiser
#14
The Boys
Synopsis:
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
Starring:
Laz Alonso,
Karl Urban,
Jessie T. Usher
#15
The Book of Boba Fett
Synopsis:
Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.
Starring:
Temuera Morrison,
Ming-Na Wen
Plot:
star wars,
spin off,
space western,
sci fi western,
gunfighter,
desert,
clone,
bounty hunter,
boba fett character,
crime lord
...
#16
Peaky Blinders
Synopsis:
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Starring:
Cillian Murphy,
Sam Claflin,
Anya Taylor-Joy
Plot:
gangster,
birmingham england,
1920s,
race fixing,
bookmaking,
crime boss,
gypsy,
gang war,
corruption,
world war one veteran
...
#17
Marvel's The Punisher
Synopsis:
A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
Starring:
Jon Bernthal,
Amber Rose Revah,
Josh Stewart
#18
Grimm
Synopsis:
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
Starring:
David Giuntoli,
Reggie Lee,
Russell Hornsby
#19
War for the Planet of the Apes
Synopsis:
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both t…
Starring:
Judy Greer,
Andy Serkis,
Woody Harrelson
Plot:
ape,
battle,
journey,
talking animal,
third part,
future war,
simian fiction,
prequel and sequel,
blonde girl,
mutation
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#20
Van Helsing
Synopsis:
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
Starring:
David Wenham,
Shuler Hensley,
Kevin J. O'Connor
Plot:
werewolf,
dracula,
vampire,
creature,
bride,
vampire hunter,
frankenstein's monster,
human versus monster,
orchestra,
costume
...