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1. BMF (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.
Stars: Da'Vinchi, Michole Briana White, Demetrius 'Lil Meech' Flenory, Russell Hornsby
Votes: 6,541
2. Deadfall (2012)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Two siblings decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky | Stars: Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Sissy Spacek
Votes: 41,084 | Gross: $0.07M
3. RoboCop 2 (1990)
R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
RoboCop returns to protect the citizens of old Detroit but faces a deadly challenge when a rogue OCP member secretly creates a new, evil RoboCop 2.
Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer, Dan O'Herlihy
Votes: 93,289 | Gross: $45.68M
4. In the Land of Women (2007)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A sleazy writer has a chance to redeem himself when he goes to stay with his grandmother and befriends the neighbors.
Director: Jonathan Kasdan | Stars: Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan, Elena Anaya
Votes: 32,673 | Gross: $11.04M
5. Crow (2022)
90 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
One Halloween night, a Detroit man wades through a brutal odyssey of his memories and dreams, searching for the men who left him to die in the trunk of a car. A fan film dedicated to the cult series "The Crow" by James O'Barr.
Director: Matt Szakal | Stars: Justin Mane, Callie Bussell, Robert Laenen, Dan Pesta
Votes: 164
6. Secrets in the Walls (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A mother and her two teenage daughters move into an ancient house in a suburb of Detroit, when it is offered at a very low price.
Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Jeri Ryan, Kay Panabaker, Peyton List, Ian Kahn
Votes: 1,738
7. Vixen: The Movie (2017 Video)
Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Mari McCabe, an orphan who inherited her family Anansi totem, which allows her to have the speed and strength of any animal, must protect her totem, and 4 other elemental totems just like it, from her sister and others who try to take them
Directors: Curt Geda, James Tucker | Stars: Megalyn Echikunwoke, Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Franz Drameh
Votes: 2,000
8. Loqueesha (2019)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy
Faced with a financial crisis, Joe, a divorced, quick-witted bartender, applies for a job at a failing Detroit radio station -- as a black female disc jockey.
Director: Jeremy Saville | Stars: Susan Diol, Camille James Harman, Albie Selznick, Alveraz Ricardez
Votes: 1,091
9. Rouge (II) (2024)
90 min | Documentary
In the 1950s, legendary high school basketball coach Lofton Greene led the recently racially integrated River Rouge High School Panthers to a record number of state championships in a ... See full summary »
Director: Hamoody Jaafar | Stars: Brent Darby Jr., Legend Geeter, LaMonta Stone, Ahmoni Weston
Votes: 9
10. Fake Friends (2022)
103 min | Drama
Director: Michael Matthew | Stars: Steven Albert, Cheri Amor, Reginald Ballard, Taurean Brookins
11. What Lies Within (2024)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detroit Police Detective, Karoline Kane, discovers a string of missing person cases. Haunted by dreams of a lover who never existed and violent crimes she hasn't committed, she feels ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Pawlowski | Stars: Zakiyyah BG, Robert Q Jackson, Ciarah Amaani, Mone't Greenlee
12. Finally Got the News... (1970)
56 min
Directors: Stewart Bird, Peter Gessner, René Lichtman, John Louis Jr.
Votes: 23
14. Hastings Street Blues
Documentary | Filming
Joe's Record Shop on Hastings Street, owner Joe Von Battle, and the blues music he loved, produced, and recorded illuminate the vitality and complexity of mid-20th century African American ... See full summary »
Director: Juanita Anderson
15. Rome: Death to America (2023)
Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary
Write Brain TV's first special chronicles the past, present, and future of communist activist Rome as he tries to build the largest black militia in America - To overthrow the government.
Director: Kevin Ronca | Star: Rome Bethea
Votes: 18
16. Free Food at Her Mama's (2024)
Short, Comedy
At one of Detroit's most famous family-owned restaurants, legacy daughter Mindera brings her "boyfriend" Hudson to meet her family, but her family notices something is harrowingly off about their relationship.
Director: MacKenzie Galloway | Stars: Talia Breanna, Spencer Haisha, Daija Walls, Ciara Jameson
17. Dopefiends Are People Too (2021)
Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A young man discusses conflicting emotions while dealing drugs from a fleabag motel.
Director: Carl Jackson | Stars: G. Twilight, Drelaw Lewis, Sharita Baugh, Briana Boyle
18. We Can Be Heroes (2022)
82 min | Documentary
WCBH follows Detroit boxer "Machine Gun" Duerr, while he trains for a national title. He is also a struggling heroin addict. He gives his all to win the fight in the ring, while fighting like hell to not lose the fight outside the ring.
Director: Mike Ramsdell | Star: Taylor Duerr
19. Ingenuity in Action (1959)
27 min | Documentary, Short
NHRA drag racing team travels cross country for a big meet.
Directors: H. Haile Chace, Sid Davis
20. For Someone Grand (2023)
Short, Sci-Fi
Lucas discovers a clue to his missing friend Jonathan. He finds him, but at a cost. Made during the pandemic to feature a Metro Detroit sculpture people tend to overlook.
Director: Tyler Besh | Star: Tyler Besh
21. Side Pocket (2018 Podcast Series)
Drama
Vinny. A young entrepreneur. Mourning the loss of his wife, sells his company in Detroit and moves to Silicon Valley where he hits the one idea that he can turn into a successful business. ... See full summary »
Stars: Margaux Amie, Zoe Anastassiou, Debbon Ayer, Ron Bianchi
22. Toxic Values (2022 Music Video)
Music
The debut music video for artist, Meraki Trice, in Detroit, MI. Director, Alessandro Uribe-Rheinbolt's vision for a colorless, high-contrast scenes on Belle Isle are paired with the dancing and choreography of Marquise Adeleye.
Director: Alessandro Uribe-Rheinbolt | Stars: Marquise Adeleye, Meraki Trice
23. Embisivle Friend (2016 Podcast Series)
240 min | Drama
Stars: Margaux Amie, Zoe Anastassiou, Debbon Ayer, Ron Bianchi
24.
America's Book of Secrets (2012–2021)
Episode:
FBI vs. MLK
(2021)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary
In 1962, J. Edgar Hoover ordered "his bureau" to investigate Martin Luther King Jr. and soon discovered that King was associated with something he considered far more dangerous than peaceful protests: Communism.
Stars: Lance Reddick, Leon Isaac Kennedy, Keith Rice, Ben Kamin
Votes: 15
25.
Curious Life and Death of .. (2020– )
Episode:
Harry Houdini
(2020)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, Mystery
The most famous celebrity of the early 20th Century, the magician and escape artist's sudden death at the peak of health has long remained mysterious.
Director: Marc Tiley | Stars: Lindsey Fitzharris, Joe Posnanski, Rajon Lynch, Brian Hook
Votes: 6
26.
History's Greatest Mysteries (2020– )
Episode:
The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa
(2022)
TV-PG | Documentary, History, Mystery
A powerful union activist disappears from a Detroit suburb. 45 years later, he is still a missing person cases. The mystery of Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance seems like a Hollywood movie plot.
Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Gregory Stejskal, Rebecca Salminen-Witt, James Buccellato
Votes: 63
27.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
The Golden Door (Beginnings-1938)
(2022)
TV-14 | 129 min | Documentary, History
A xenophobic backlash prompts Congress to restrict immigration. Hitler and the Nazis persecute German Jews, forcing many to seek refuge. FDR is concerned by the growing crisis but is unable to coordinate a response.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Peter Hayes, Daniel Mendelsohn, Rebecca Erbelding
Votes: 203
28.
Outlaw Empires (2012– )
Episode:
American Bikers
(2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History
What all began with a love for bikes and freedom of riding turned into the popularization of the American outlaw biker gangs. The dynasty lives to this day, though it has moved beyond just ... See full summary »
Director: Marielle Woods | Stars: Kurt Sutter, Rick, John, Chuck Zito
Votes: 19
29.
Gangsters: America's Most Evil (2012– )
Episode:
The Ultimate Outlaw: Harry 'Taco' Bowman
(2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Bowman, as international president of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, ordered kidnappings, firebombings, assaults and murders. He joined another exclusive club in 1997, the "FBI Ten Most ... See full summary »
Stars: Mickey Powers, Mike Lynn, Steve Cook, Tim Donovan
Votes: 22
30.
America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode:
19-14
(2010)
Documentary, Crime, History
The countdown of crimes and mysteries that have baffled America continues with a bizarre blend of brutal murders, skyway robbery, lost riches, lost colonies, and an unexplained disappearance.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Troy Taylor, Paul Aron, Michael Newton, Michael Green
31.
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode:
The Assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy - 1968
(2023)
Documentary, History
In 1968, both Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated.
Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Peter B. Levy, Clay Risen, Clayborne Carson, Meena Bose
Votes: 5
32.
Becoming Frida Kahlo (2023)
Episode:
Love and Loss
(2023)
56 min | Documentary, Biography
Frida accompanies her husband to America, where she establishes her own style and seeks to become an artist of her own right.
Directors: Jane Buckwalter, Louise Lockwood | Stars: Gabriela Cerda, Bethzabe Diaz
Votes: 11
33.
Walkabout (1999– )
Episode:
Walkabout: Detroit
(2014)
Director: Ronny Kristoffersen | Stars: Ronny Kristoffersen, Nils Wærstad
34.
Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode:
Tea Parties, Revolution and Anarchy
(2013)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
The origin of the gangs that dominated crime and invented their own codes of conduct. A look at the roots of organized crime starting with the American Revolution to the prohibition of alcohol.
Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke
Votes: 5
35.
Gangster Empire: Rise of the Mob (2013– )
Episode:
1929 - Year of Chaos and Crime
(2013)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
1929 was the year of chaos and crime that saw the St Valentine's Day massacre with the shooting of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side gang and the stock market crash.
Director: Kevin R. Hershberger | Stars: Coby Batty, Matt K. Baker, Todd Barsness, James Christopher Cooke
36.
Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode:
Allen Dorfman: The Mafia's Banker
(2012)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A close associate of longtime Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa and associated with the Chicago Outfit, Alan Dorfman embezzled millions for the mob and himself until he was violently murdered in 1983.
Director: Elliot McCaffrey | Stars: James W. Wagner, Leone J. Flosi, Kent Clifford, Douglas P. Roller
Votes: 8
37.
Vegas: The City the Mob Made (2009)
Episode:
The Mob Before Las Vegas
(2009)
Documentary, Crime, History
An exploration of the Mob's beginnings and influence in the city of New York.
Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Michael Green, Kirk Gill, Dennis McLatchey, Fulgencio Batista
38.
1968: The Year That Changed America (2018)
Episode:
Part One: Winter
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, History
The turning point in the Vietnam War as well the beginning of the 1968 presidential election that changed the course of history.
Stars: Dan Rather, Jesse Jackson, Robert Dallek, Thomas Ricks
Votes: 44