20 films match Detroit

A police raid in Detroit in 1967 results in one of the largest and most intense riots in United States history, leading to the federalization of the Michigan National Guard and the involvement of two Airborne Divisons of the United States Army.

A revolution stirs when a gang of frustrated rebels plots urban mayhem for the citizens and cops of Detroit. Opposing factions of thugs, police and residents search for their own ways of coping with the misery of violence, racial tension and poverty. (Netflix)

Four members of a high school band called Mystery do everything they can to attend a KISS concert in Detroit. In order to make it to the show they must steal, cheat, strip, deal with an anti-rock mom and generally do whatever it takes to see the band that has inspired them to be musicians. Plays like a KISS advertisement but the GIV'R mentality leaves the viewer with a smile on their face. (imdb)

Detroit Metal City (デトロイト・メタル・シティ, Detroit Metal City) is a 2008 Japanese movie based on a Kiminori Wakasugi manga and directed by Toshio Lee. The story involves a normal guy named Soichi who becomes the lead singer of a death metal band after failing to become a Swedish-pop style star. (idmb)

Single camera, buddy comedy that centers on Sam (Richardson) and Tim (Robinson), two local ad men who make low budget commercials in Detroit, Michigan. But the two best friends, much like the city in which they live, aspire to achieve great things. (imdb)

The life of a split personality man who secretly sings for death metal. (imdb)

Cops go after jewel thieves. (imdb)

The everyday trials and tribulations of Detroit's homicide unit. (imdb)

An ambitious Lebanese-American youth is forced to take over his family's gas station after his father's death, in this spirited and often hilarious coming-of-age tale from first-time feature director Rola Nashef. (tiff.net)

Artist Tillon meditates upon contemporary Detroit, a deserted urban landscape where grass grows over the parking lots and voluntary wrecking crews clear abandoned homes. A documentary examining the ongoing transformation of the city - from the home of the automobile industry to that of eagles, coyote and urban farms - with a cool gaze full of visual poetry. (architecturefoundation.org.uk)

A struggling screenwriter is driven to violence by the noise and decay of the city around him. He lashes out with an electric power drill.

The only known film record of the mass march and meeting held in Detroit on Feb. 4, 1932, against hunger and unemployment.

A reputed Detroit drug kingpin who once staged his own kidnapping and assassination to disappear for several months, was killed.

A timid college professor, conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp, finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets. (imdb)

A documentary about the decay and industrial collapse of America's fourth largest city. (imdb)

Bad Bikers, Killer Zombies, & Hard Rock! (imdb)

Gus Linden (Pat O'Brien)former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vickers (Dennis O'Keefe),so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter, Barbara (Margaret Field), and from Joni Calvin (Tina Carver), Vickers' moll. (imdb)

Blending stand-up performances from three different cities, Michael Kosta discusses living with his parents, the pitfalls of technology and why karaoke singers in L.A. are so serious. (imdb)

The story follows Diarra Brickland (Kilpatrick), a schoolteacher going through a divorce refusing to believe she's been rejected by her Tinder date. (imdb)

In just three years, a new mayor was elected, downtown boomed, and the city went bankrupt. So instead of a feature-length film, "Lemonade: Detroit" will now be a series of inspirational 20-min shorts -- one per year for the next five years. That way, we can follow the rapid progress of Detroit in real time. (lemonadedetroit.com)