Most Similar Movies to Once Were Warriors (1994)
If you are looking for movies like Once Were Warriors (1994), you might like movies tagged with keyword : violence, family, poverty, alcoholism, abuse, social issues, new zealand, gangs, racism, trauma, despair, resistance, urban life, cultural conflict, identity, anger, survival, tragedy, realism, social injustice .
Chapter & Verse (2015), Black Girl (1972), Orphans (1998), Manito (2002), A Way of Life (2004), What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999), Dayveon (2017) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Chapter & Verse (2015)
A reformed gang leader returns to Harlem and takes a job delivering meals. When he meets and bonds with an older woman, the two of them discover there is hope and joy in their surroundings.
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Black Girl (1972)
An aspiring dancer and her wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.
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Orphans (1998)
Four siblings gathered together for their mother's funeral in Glasgow face individual torments over night during a tumultuous storm that rips the roof off the church.
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Manito (2002)
Fifteen years ago, their Washington Heights neighborhood was dubbed the crack-cocaine capital of the world, but today it is transforming into one of the most vibrant, Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. While the drug dealers continue to disappear, their violent legacy still casts a shadow over the neighborhood and its residents. Junior, an ex-convict s...Read all
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A Way of Life (2004)
At 17 LeighAnne Williams has a six month old baby to look after, with only the help of three teenage squatters who flog stolen gear to make ends meet. A neighbour (actually from Turkey) across the street becomes target to her growing paranoia that Social Services are going to take her daughter, Rebecca, away from her. Her behavior becoming increasingly desperate as he...Read all
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What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999)
Jake Muss' oldest son is killed in a gang fight and the younger son wants revenge, but Jake doesn't want to lose his other son to violence as well.
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Dayveon (2017)
In the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world.
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Emma Mae (1976)
A Naive Country Girl from Mississippi comes to town with an aunt to the Big City. She takes up with her family and goes out with them and meets a guy. A loser, pill-popping head nothing who is involved with the local street gang. She Falls in love with him, but he gets arrested and goes to jail. With the $5K bail over his head, she tries a couple of ways both good and...Read all
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The Wide Blue Road (1956)
A provincial fisherman (Yves Montand) angers other villagers by using dynamite illegally to expedite his catch.
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Boesman & Lena (2000)
A South African couple (Danny Glover, Angela Bassett) try to overcome personal tragedy within their love/hate relationship.
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Beautiful City (2004)
In Islamic Iran, how much is a woman worth in comparison with a man, and who pays the difference? This film is tale of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure & the concept of "blood money."
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Tyrannosaur (2011)
Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.
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Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
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The Selfish Giant (2013)
Two thirteen year-old working-class friends in Bradford seek fortune by getting involved with a local scrap dealer and criminal.
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Osama (2003)
After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order to find work to support her mother and grandmother.
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Where the Spirit Lives (1989)
A young Native Canadian (First Nations person) fights to keep her culture and identity when she is abducted to a residential school.
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Small Faces (1995)
Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and Alan are beginning to experience the power of raging hormones, the story focuses on Lex, who begins a downward spiral after he accidentally shoots the leader of Bobby's gang. Lex's coc...Read all
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Gook (2017)
2 Korean American brothers run a shoe store in LA county. Their friend, black 11 y.o. Kamilla, drops in and helps. This day, the Rodney King verdict ignites the 1992 LA riots.
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