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In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Keliaudami po Alabamą du vaikinai sustoja degalinėj, prisipildo degalų ir… užmiršta sumokėti už žuvies konservus. Netrukus juos sustabdo policininkas. Alabamos įstatymai labai griežti ir konservatyvūs, tad abu tučtuojau prisipažįsta ką “nudžiovę”. Tačiau paaiškėja, kad juos kaltina degalinės pardavėjo nužudymu. Į pagalbą dviem nelaimėliams iš Niujorko atskuba vieno iš įtariamųjų giminaitis, nevykėlis advokatas, neturintis patirties ir nieko neišmanantis apie jam patikėtą bylą.
JAV karinio laivyno seržantas Džekas Starksas Persijos įlankos mūšio metu sunkiai sužeidžiamas ir tik per plauką išlieka gyvas. Jį ima kankinti amnezijos priepuoliai. Dabar, nebetinkamas armijai, jis leidžia laiką klajodamas pakeleivingais automobiliais netoli gimtojo Vermonto. Vieną vėlyvą žiemos vakarą, Džekas šalikelėj užtinka sugedusį sunkvežimį. Šalia - neblaivi moteris ir jos aštuonmetė dukra. Niekuo negalėdamas padėti Džekas traukia toliau, tačiau netrukus kelia pastoja policija. Kas vyksta toliau, Džekas pasakyti negali – jį ištinka amnezijos priepuolis. Džekas atgauna sąmonę ir atmintį mažo miestelio teismo salėje. Ką tik atsigavusį vyrą ištinka šokas – jis kaltinamas žmogžudyste.
Valteris Deivisas – tikras darbo aistruolis. Visas jėgas jis skiria darbui, o asmeniniam gyvenimui nelieka nei laiko, nei fantazijos.
Kartą Valteris sumano savo klientams padaryti gerą įspūdį ir į susitikimą ateina su neregėto grožio mergina. Tačiau Nadia, jo brolio žmonos pusseserė, turi vieną trūkumą – nuo lašo alkoholio ji tampa nebesuvaldoma. Išgerta šampano taurė sužlugdo ne tik svarbų susitikimą, o ir nepriekaištingą Valterio karjerą.
Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.
Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipulating him for her criminal boyfriend.
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country’s entire judicial system is put to the test after years of alleged corruption.
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
A young boy loses his innocence in a pre-perestroika Russian prison during the chaotic last months of the Khrushchev regime
Madan comes from a poor family background. Unable to find employment, he takes to gambling in order to pay for his sister's medical expenses. Soon, he forms a bond with Leena, a dancer, and is falsely accused of her murder.
A young man’s life is suddenly and inexplicably derailed, as he finds himself at the mercy of automated ‘justice’.
Luisa Latin, betrayed by her husband, is imprisoned for the murder of her husband's mistress - who is still alive. When Luisa is released from prison, she kills her.
Imprisoned for a murder he did not commit, John Brant escapes and ends up out west where, after giving the local lawmen the slip, he joins up with an outlaw gang. Brant finds out that 'Jones', one of the outlaws he has become friends with, committed the murder that Brant was sent up for, but has no knowledge that anyone was ever put in jail for his crime. Willing to forgive and forget, Brant doesn't realize that 'Jones' has not only fallen for the same pretty shopgirl Brant has, but begins to suspect that Brant is not truly an outlaw.
A lover selflessly steps aside to let her guy go so he can hook up with a rich dame. Sadly, the goodie good girl ends up marrying some scum bag gambler. When the scum bag is shot and killed, the little goodie good is the prime suspect. Can her old beau come to the rescue and save her from the death penalty? Hell, its the least he can do, or is he a scum bag too!
Five friends are picked up as suspects in a political murder, and the cops detain one among them to save face in front of the media. To save him, the guy’s friend and a straightforward cop try to track down the real killer.
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.