Movies and TvShows featuring "mean-streets" theme.
Angels with Dirty Faces is a crime drama film noir set in the urban streets of New York City. The story revolves around a tough Irish-American gangster who is sentenced to death and finds himself facing his own mortality. As he awaits his execution, he rekindles his friendship with a childhood friend who has become a Catholic priest. The film delves into themes of redemption, loyalty, and the consequences of a life of crime. It features intense gunfights, a showdown between the protagonist and a rival gang, and a tearful final goodbye on death row.
The Dark Corner is a film noir crime drama about a private investigator who gets framed for murder. With the help of his loyal secretary, he must uncover the conspiracy and clear his name before it's too late.
In Angels Over Broadway, a playwright and a con man scheme to save a good-bad girl from her crooked business partner. The story takes place in a greasy spoon cafe and explores themes of infidelity, remorse, and deception. As the plot unfolds, the characters find themselves in a series of mean streets, pawn shops, and skid row hotels, facing violence and comeuppance. With the help of a fake angel, they navigate through the night club scene, encountering night people and a night court judge. The film features a captivating song and a racetrack tout. Ultimately, the characters learn that in Broadway, nothing is as it seems.
Madame Satã follows the life of João Francisco dos Santos, also known as Madame Satã, a prominent figure in the LGBT community in Rio de Janeiro in the 1930s. The film explores his struggles as a transgender performer, his involvement in crime, and his pursuit of artistic expression.
In the diverse and changing city of Riyadh, Fahad Algadaani, a mentally fragile man, must navigate underground subcultures and societal classes while working as a delivery app driver to save his father. MANDOOB is a gripping tale of desperation, pressure, and the search for solutions in a fast-moving world.
Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.
Lights of New York is a pre-code crime drama film set in 1920s New York City. It tells the story of a former chorus girl who becomes involved with a gangster and gets caught up in a murder investigation. As she tries to navigate the dangerous world of speakeasies and gangsters, she must also confront her past and decide where her loyalties lie. With twists and turns at every corner, this film explores the dark underbelly of the city during the roaring 20s.
In Down Three Dark Streets, a federal agent is tasked with investigating a series of crimes in New York City. As he delves deeper into the case, he discovers a web of deception and violence that leads him to the heart of a dangerous criminal organization. With the help of a newspaper reporter and an informant, he must navigate the treacherous streets and overcome numerous obstacles in order to bring the culprits to justice.
Chick Hewes is released from prison and finds work as an accountant. Two years later, Chick's crooked friend, Benny LaMarr, to whom he is indebted for past kindnesses, steals a diamond necklace from the home safe of the district attorney. When the district attorney threatens to accuse the police of inefficiency in crime fighting, Garvey, who is campaigning for the office of police commissioner, promises to catch the thief in twenty-four hours.
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.
A vampire in the East Village picks up women, and while having sex with them kills them and drinks their blood. Meanwhile, a young Puerto Rican guy begins searching the Village for his sister, who is one of the vampire's victims.
A just-married young woman attempts suicide after her husband tells her he really doesn't love her because he has become involved in an extortion racket, then finds herself becoming involved with the doctor who has saved her life and become attracted to her.
In the midst of the Prohibition era in 1930s New York City, a poor working girl finds herself becoming a taxi-dancer in order to make a living. She is thrust into a world of wealth and glamour, but soon faces a false accusation of infidelity that threatens to destroy her newfound happiness. As she navigates through the turbulent waters of love and betrayal, she must also contend with the violent underbelly of the city, dealing with gamblers, money lenders, and the constant tension that permeates her life. This pre-code film explores the hardships and struggles of a woman trying to make her way in a challenging world.
A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
A man goes to a loan shark to finance his family's vacation.
A group of young police officers make up for the harsh realities of working on mean streets by sharing a dream house at the beach in California.
Bowery Blitzkrieg follows a group of young boys known as the East Side Kids as they navigate the mean streets of the Bowery, getting involved in boxing, gangsters, and various misadventures. When one of the kids gets framed for a crime he didn't commit, it's up to the gang to clear his name and bring the real culprits to justice.
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out to fix basketball.
The story of the infamous Purple Gang - a ring of bootleggers, hijackers and killers in 1920's Detroit.