Social Decay
"social decay" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Athena
Synopsis:
Hours after the tragic death of their youngest brother in unexplained circumstances, three siblings have their lives thrown into chaos.
Starring:
Dali Benssalah,
Anthony Bajon,
Alexis Manenti
Plot:
death,
brother,
fight,
life,
chaos,
psychological thriller,
ghetto,
suburb,
police station,
france
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#2
Wild at Heart
Synopsis:
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who's also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever…
Starring:
Nicolas Cage,
Crispin Glover,
Harry Dean Stanton
#3
Videodrome
Synopsis:
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that th…
Starring:
Julie Khaner,
James Woods,
Jack Creley
Plot:
snuff film,
hallucination,
surrealism,
suicide,
satire,
cyberpunk,
cult,
body horror,
canuxploitation,
illegality
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#4
Trainspotting
Synopsis:
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends -- Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind when Begbie shows up at his front door on the lam, and a scheming Sick Boy follows.
Starring:
Ewen Bremner,
Ewan McGregor,
James Cosmo
Plot:
filthy toilet,
scotland,
drugs,
drug culture,
scottish,
1990s,
heroin,
voice over narration,
female nudity,
heroin addict
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#5
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
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#6
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Synopsis:
When Sally hears that her grandfather's grave may have been vandalized, she and her paraplegic brother, Franklin, set out with their friends to investigate. After a detour to their family's old farmhouse, they discover a group of crazed, murderous outcasts living next door. As the group is attacked one by one by the chainsaw-wielding Leatherface, who wears a mask of human skin, the survivors must…
Starring:
Marilyn Burns,
Allen Danziger,
Paul A. Partain
Plot:
leatherface,
cannibal,
chainsaw,
rural setting,
american horror,
hitchhiker,
texas,
cannibalism,
independent film,
summer
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#7
The Running Man
Synopsis:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certai…
Starring:
Yaphet Kotto,
Arnold Schwarzenegger,
María Conchita Alonso
#8
The Crazies
Synopsis:
Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.
Starring:
Richard France,
Lynn Lowry,
Lane Carroll
#9
Taxi Driver
Synopsis:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
Starring:
Robert De Niro,
Albert Brooks,
Jodie Foster
#10
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Synopsis:
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Starring:
John Hurt,
Cyril Cusack,
Richard Burton
#11
Night of the Living Dead
Synopsis:
A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse.
Starring:
Duane Jones,
Judith O'Dea,
Karl Hardman
#12
Natural Born Killers
Synopsis:
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Jared Harris
Plot:
media,
satire,
controversy,
mass media,
irony,
traumatic childhood,
media exploitation,
pop culture,
television,
murder
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#13
Death Wish
Synopsis:
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Starring:
Jack Wallace,
Hope Lange,
Charles Bronson
#14
Dawn of the Dead
Synopsis:
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Starring:
David Emge,
Ken Foree,
Scott H. Reiniger
#15
Cop Land
Synopsis:
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his id…
Starring:
Sylvester Stallone,
Robert De Niro,
Robert Patrick
#16
Chinatown
Synopsis:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Starring:
James Hong,
Jack Nicholson,
Roman Polanski
Plot:
neo noir,
private detective,
femme fatale,
detective,
police,
water rights,
tragedy,
year 1937,
racism,
domestic violence
...
#17
Wonder Woman 1984
Synopsis:
A botched store robbery places Wonder Woman in a global battle against a powerful and mysterious ancient force that puts her powers in jeopardy.
Starring:
Robin Wright,
Kristen Wiig,
Gal Gadot
Plot:
sequel,
dc comics,
superhero,
dc extended universe,
princess,
one woman army,
greed,
abuse of power,
con artist,
action heroine
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#18
Watchmen
Synopsis:
In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Starring:
Stephen McHattie,
Billy Crudup,
Jackie Earle Haley
#19
War Dogs
Synopsis:
Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.
Starring:
Jonah Hill,
Miles Teller,
Bradley Cooper
Plot:
lie,
drug,
2000s,
deal,
contract,
military,
helicopter,
soldier,
desert,
friendship
...
#20
Vanquish
Synopsis:
Victoria is a young mother trying to put her dark past as a Russian drug courier behind her, but retired cop Damon forces Victoria to do his bidding by holding her daughter hostage. Now, Victoria must use guns, guts and a motorcycle to take out a series of violent gangsters—or she may never see her child again.
Starring:
Morgan Freeman,
Ruby Rose,
Miles Doleac
Plot:
police,
co written by director,
priest,
revenge,
fireworks,
motorcycle,
cemetery,
cocaine,
shot in the head,
shot to death
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