Outback (1971), End of the Century (2003), The Shadow of Violence (2019), Drunken Angel (1948), For a Few Dollars More (1965), Circo (2010), Act of Violence (1949), The Italian (2005) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Gritty movies.
Storyline: After finishing up the school term in a remote outback town, teacher John Grant (Gary Bond) looks forward to spending his holiday with his girlfriend in Sydney. But John gets waylaid in a mining town where a gambling spree leaves him completely broke. He quickly falls in with the hard-drinking locals, who constantly ply him with alcohol and force him to participate in a gruesome kangaroo hunt. Disgusted, John tries to hitchhike out of town and, when that fails, begins to contemplate suicide.
Plot Keywords: schoolteacher, sheriff, doctor, alcoholic, frightful, gritty, school ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee -- better known as The Ramones -- changed the course of rock history with their rebellious punk ethos and minimalist approach to songwriting, and in the process became counterculture icons. "End of the Century" follows the Queens kids from their earliest underground gigs in the 1970s to their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, featuring rare archive concert footage and candid interviews with the band members.
Plot Keywords: rock star, parent, audience, raw, gritty, queens, n.y., new york city ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A former boxer cares for his autistic son while working as an enforcer for a family of drug dealers in rural Ireland.
Plot Keywords: crime boss, enforcer, father, boxer, brooding, disheartening, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Akira Kurosawa's postwar allegory focusing on an alcoholic doctor's determination to cure a gangster of tuberculosis.
Plot Keywords: doctor, gangster, criminal, victim, neighbor, gritty, tokyo ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A man with no name (Clint Eastwood) and a man with a mission (Lee Van Cleef) hunt a Mexican bandit (Gian Maria Volonte) for different reasons.
Plot Keywords: bounty hunter, rival, colonel, outlaw, woman, adult, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Throughout the world, the circus is an old-fashioned form of entertainment that's slowly fading away, and in Mexico, the situation is no different. The Ponces, captained by lead manager and ringmaster Tino, struggle to bring in the crowds and keep their generations-old family business going strong. Compounding this challenge is a weakened economy, particularly in the rural areas where the Ponces pitch their big tent. The soundtrack is enlivened by the music of country-rock band Calexico.
Plot Keywords: ringmaster, acrobat, circus performer, fascinating, gritty, emotional, offbeat ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley (Van Heflin) is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank actually aided his Nazi captors, and he closely guards this secret. Frank's shameful past comes back to visit him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson (Robert Ryan) emerges, intent on making the turncoat pay for his betrayal. As Joe closes in on Frank, the traitor goes into hiding, abandoning his wife, Edith (Janet Leigh), who has no clue about her husband's wartime transgressions.
Plot Keywords: veteran, prisoner of war, wife, girlfriend, prostitute, hit man, gritty ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Abandoned by his mother, 6-year-old Vanya (Kolya Spiridonov) lives in an orphanage run by a greedy woman (Mariya Kuznetsova) and her cruel lover (Nikolai Reutov). Vanya decides to run away and find his mother after a wealthy Italian couple offer to buy him and after observing that the older children in the home survive by stealing or prostitution. He faces many dangers on his journey, including the pair at the orphanage who tried to sell him.
Plot Keywords: orphan, alcoholic, madam, driver, mother, friend, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The continuing saga of the Corleone crime family tells the story of a young Vito Corleone growing up in Sicily and in 1910s New York; and follows Michael Corleone in the 1950s as he attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
Plot Keywords: gangster, murderer, brother, father, criminal, politician, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Casper lives in one of Copenhagen's most impoverished areas and does what it takes to survive. When organized crime moves into the community, Casper digs in to resist being run out.
Plot Keywords: young man, brother, gang member, friend, brooding, brutal, dark ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Director Zhang Yimou's tale of a Chinese boy's eye-opening experiences during a week in the realm of organized crime.
Plot Keywords: teenager, criminal, singer, uncle, rival, striking, intense ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In March 1993, Islamic militants execute a series of devastating bomb blasts that rocks Mumbai, India, and kills more than 300 people.
Plot Keywords: police officer, terrorist, witness, investigator, prisoner, police chief, brutal ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Blondie (The Good) (Clint Eastwood) is a professional gunslinger who is out trying to earn a few dollars. Angel Eyes (The Bad) (Lee Van Cleef) is a hitman who always commits to a task and sees it through, as long as he is paid to do so. And Tuco (The Ugly) (Eli Wallach) is a wanted outlaw trying to take care of his own hide. Tuco and Blondie share a partnership together making money off of Tuco's bounty, but when Blondie unties the partnership, Tuco tries to hunt down Blondie. When Blondie and Tuco come across a horse carriage loaded with dead bodies, they soon learn from the only survivor, Bill Carson (Antonio Casale), that he and a few other men have buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. Unfortunately, Carson dies and Tuco only finds out the name of the cemetery, while Blondie finds out the name on the grave. Now the two must keep each other alive in order to find the gold. Angel Eyes (who had been looking for Bill Carson) discovers that Tuco and Blondie met with Carson and knows ...
Plot Keywords: stranger, bandit, criminal, killer, union soldier, bounty hunter, amusing ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A widowed Russian (Ekaterina Rednikova) with a young son (Misha Filipchuk) falls for a soldier (Vladimir Mashkov) who turns out to have another identity.
Plot Keywords: soldier, mother, child, dark, gritty, siberia, hospital ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A nameless first person narrator (Edward Norton) attends support groups in attempt to subdue his emotional state and relieve his insomniac state. When he meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), another fake attendee of support groups, his life seems to become a little more bearable. However when he associates himself with Tyler (Brad Pitt) he is dragged into an underground fight club and soap making scheme. Together the two men spiral out of control and engage in competitive rivalry for love and power. When the narrator is exposed to the hidden agenda of Tyler's fight club, he must accept the awful truth that Tyler may not be who he says he is.
Plot Keywords: salesman, rebel, boss, love interest, friend, traveling salesman, dark ...
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