A portrait of union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro. The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt.

Crossing the Bridge

1992

English

6.3

♡ 9

53%

Mike Binder Director

Tom McCarthy as Chris

Stephen Baldwin as Danny Morgan

David Schwimmer as John Anderson

Rita Taggart as Kate Golden

A film about three high school friends who find their happy-go-lucky existence tarnished forever the instant they get embroiled in a drug-running scheme that goes awry. When things start getting messy, they rue the day they agreed to the venture; instead of smuggling weed from Canada to Detroit, which they'd expected, the threesome's forced to traffic a huge stash of heroin.

Life of Crime

2013

English

5.8

♡ 24

67%

Daniel Schechter Director

Tim Robbins as Frank Dawson

Will Forte as Marshall Taylor

Isla Fisher as Melanie

Jennifer Aniston as Mickey Dawson

Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.

No Sudden Move

2021

English

6.4

♡ 133

92%

Steven Soderbergh Director

Matt Damon as

Jon Hamm as Joe Finney

David Harbour as Matt Wertz

Benicio Del Toro as Ronald Russo

A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what's really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.

S.W.A.T.: Firefight

2011

English

5.3

♡ 26

33%

Benny Boom Director

Matt Bushell as Danny Stockton

Giancarlo Esposito as Inspector Hollander

Carly Pope as Kim Byers

Robert Patrick as Walter Hatch

Los Angeles S.W.A.T. officer, Lt. Paul Cutler, is sent to train the Detroit S.W.A.T. team on new anti-terrorism and homeland security techniques. Cutler has a hard time settling into his assignment as he locks horns with his new captain and encounters resistance from the team he must lead. Cutler begins to adjust to his new assignment, starting a budding romance with police psychologist Kim Byers along the way. Unexpectedly, a routine hostage call turns deadly, and a relentless ex-government agent named Walter Hatch vows revenge on Cutler and the entire S.W.A.T. team for killing the woman he loves. Cutler must use his considerable S.W.A.T. training and knowledge to save his teammates and defeat a trained killer.

Zebrahead

1992

English

6.3

♡ 5

75%

69%

detroit, michigan

Drama

interracial relationship

Romance

Anthony Drazan Director

Alberta Watson as Phyliss

Ray Sharkey as Richard

Jon Seda as Vinnie

Michael Rapaport as Zack

A white, hip-hop loving teen falls in love with a black girl in Detroit.

Noble Intentions

2022

English

4.6

♡ 5

96%

James C. Turner Director

Daniel Hall as Dabs

Lisa Thomas as Dr. Turner

Aaron D. Spears as Mr. Green

Obba Babatundé as Pastor Stevens

A teenage boy reluctantly turns to the streets to earn $6,000 a month for his mother's cancer medicine and quickly discovers that street money does not come easy. When an old family friend makes him a syndicate boss, jealousy and greed immediately turn his friends against him. With pressure mounting from all sides, he must choose between saving his mother’s life and saving his own.

Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale

7.1

Aaron Schillinger Director

Martha Reeves as Narrator

For over 85 years, steamship Ste. Claire transported generations of Detroiters to Boblo Island, an amusement park nestled in the waters between the US and Canada. When the vessel comes under threat of ruin, a doctor, psychic and amusement park fanatic unite to save their beloved steamship from the scrapyard. Interweaving local lore and mythology, "Boblo Boats" explores the whitewashed history of amusement parks and one crew's crusade to bring back the memories.

First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story

2023

English

5.6

♡ 5

Vivica A. Fox Director Leon

Leon as Emerson

Anita Moore as FBI Agent

Tobias Truvillion as Harvey

Brian Foreman as Prison Guard

Inspired by the true life of Detroit native Tonesa Welch. It charts Welch's rise from a teenager's mother to a drug dealer, she is referred to by federal prosecutors as "The First Lady of the BMF"

Burn

2012

English

7.4

♡ 1

100%

Tom Putnam Director

Brendan Doogie Milewski as Self

Dave Parnell as Self

Jeff Urbas as Self

Chris Palm as Self

A character-driven, action-packed documentary about Detroit, told through the eyes of the Detroit firefighters, the men and women charged with the thankless task of saving a city that many have written off as dead.

Mr. Mom

1983

English

6.6

♡ 37

77%

Stan Dragoti Director

Miriam Flynn as Annette

Bruce French as Douglass

Michael Ensign as Exec. #2

Christopher Lloyd as Larry

Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue...

Detroit Rock City

1999

English

6.8

♡ 31

51%

parent child relationship

Adam Rifkin Director

Shannon Tweed as Amanda Finch

Melanie Lynskey as Beth

Natasha Lyonne as Christine Cher

Cher as Herself

In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!

Never Stop: A Music That Resists

2017

English

6.8

♡ 3

electronic dance music

electronic music

techno

techno music

Jacqueline Caux Director

Juan Atkins as

Carl Craig as

Jeff Mills as

Featuring the pioneers of techno music Juan Atkins, Derrick May, Carl Craig, and Jeff Mills, Never Stop takes us into the fascinating universe of techno labels in Detroit. This film highlights the deep roots of the creation, more than thirty years ago, by each of the African-American pioneers of techno music, of their own record labels.

Alex Cross

2012

English

5.2

♡ 47

11%

47%

Action

based on novel or book

Rob Cohen Director

Marcelo Tubert as Cloche

Bonnie Bentley as Detective Jody Klebanoff

Jean Reno as Giles Mercier

Timothy J. Richardson as Soon to Be Dead Man #2

Alex Cross, a genius homicide detective/psychologist is trying to clean up the mean streets of Detroit while keeping his family out of the line of fire. As he mulls over accepting a job with the FBI, he is told that a friend has been murdered and he vows to track down the killer. Soon, he and his team are forced to match wits with a psychotic contract killer, who displays a disturbing commitment towards seeing his job through.

Blue Collar

1978

English

7.5

♡ 14

96%

Paul Schrader Director

Ed Begley Jr. as Bobby Joe

Harvey Keitel as Jerry

Tracey Walter as Union Member

Richard Pryor as Zeke

Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.

Gimme Danger

2016

English

7.2

♡ 25

95%

Jim Jarmusch Director

Ewan McGregor as Curt Wild

Iggy Pop as Himself

Danny Fields as Himself

Ron Asheton as Himself

No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete with succinct angst-ridden lyrics, and a snarling, preening leopard of a frontman who somehow embodies Nijinsky, Bruce Lee, Harpo Marx, and Arthur Rimbaud all rolled into one. There is no precedent for The Stooges, while those inspired by them are now legion. The film will present the context of their emergence musically, culturally, politically, historically, and relate their adventures and misadventures while charting their inspirations and the reasons behind their initial commercial challenges, as well as their long-lasting legacy.

Deer Camp '86

2022

English

5.4

♡ 8

73%

L. Van Dyke Siboutszen Director

Alex E. Miller as Deputy Williams

Brian Michael Raetz as J.B.

Tina Joy as Star

Noah LaLonde as Wes

In the fall of 1986, six knuckleheads from Detroit travel north to partake in the annual tradition of deer hunting. But something horrific has been awakened and the hunters become the hunted.

RoboCop

2014

English

6.1

♡ 239

50%

José Padilha Director

Joel Kinnaman as Alex Murphy / RoboCop

Philip Akin as Dr. Alan

Gary Oldman as Dr. Dennett Norton

Samuel L. Jackson as Pat Novak

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.

Christine

1983

English

6.8

♡ 122

74%

electronic music score

Horror

inanimate objects coming to life

Mystery

plymouth

Thriller

John Carpenter Director

Keith Gordon as Arnie Cunningham

Harry Dean Stanton as Detective Rudolph Junkins

Alexandra Paul as Leigh Cabot

Bruce French as Mr. Smith

Nerdy high schooler Arnie Cunningham falls for Christine, a rusty 1958 Plymouth Fury, and becomes obsessed with restoring the classic automobile to her former glory. As the car changes, so does Arnie, whose newfound confidence turns to arrogance behind the wheel of his exotic beauty. Arnie's girlfriend Leigh and best friend Dennis reach out to him, only to be met by a Fury like no other.

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Burn

Mr. Mom

Detroit Rock City

Never Stop: A Music That Resists

Alex Cross

Blue Collar

Gimme Danger

Deer Camp '86

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