The Yards (
2000) | IMDb:
6.4
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg
,
Joaquin Phoenix
,
Charlize Theron
,
James Caan
,
Ellen Burstyn
,
Faye Dunaway
Basquiat (
1996) | IMDb:
6.9
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
Starring:
Jeffrey Wright
,
David Bowie
,
Dennis Hopper
,
Gary Oldman
,
Benicio del Toro
,
Claire Forlani
Clockers (
1995) | IMDb:
6.9
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Starring:
Harvey Keitel
,
John Turturro
,
Delroy Lindo
,
Mekhi Phifer
,
Isaiah Washington
,
Keith David
Fresh (
1994) | IMDb:
7.5
Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.
Starring:
Sean Nelson
,
Giancarlo Esposito
,
Samuel L. Jackson
,
N'Bushe Wright
,
Ron Brice
,
Jean-Claude La Marre