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Discovering the Best Movies and TV Shows Related to Harsh

Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of intense and thought-provoking content. From gritty dramas to dark comedies, we've curated a list of the best movies and TV shows that explore the theme of harsh realities. Whether you're a fan of psychological thrillers or social commentary, there's something for everyone in this collection of cinematic masterpieces.

Hunter x Hunter
Cast
Megumi Han Megumi Han
Mariya Ise Mariya Ise
Issei Futamata Issei Futamata
Keiji Fujiwara Keiji Fujiwara
8.7 2.1K votes
Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction
Country: Japan
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 148
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Gon, a young boy who lives on Whale Island, dreams of becoming a Hunter like his father, who left when Gon was still young.
Plot:  martial arts, bounty hunter, affectation, virtual reality, training, friendship, friends, remake, ...
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Full Metal Jacket
Cast
Matthew Modine Matthew Modine
Adam Baldwin Adam Baldwin
Vincent D'Onofrio Vincent D'Onofrio
R. Lee Ermey R. Lee Ermey
8.1 11.5K votes
Genre: Drama, War
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 117 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Plot:  rescue, sniper, suicide, helicopter, army, prostitute, based on novel or book, propaganda, ...
Time:  vietnam war
Place:  vietnam
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Narcos
Cast
Pedro Pascal Pedro Pascal
Matias Varela Matias Varela
Damiu00e1n Alcu00e1zar Damiu00e1n Alcu00e1zar
Francisco Denis Francisco Denis
8.1 3.3K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 30
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
Style:  dark, gritty
Plot:  cocaine, drug dealer, outlaw, based on true story, drug cartel, conflict, drugs, drug lord, ...
Time:  1980s
Place:  colombia
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Raging Bull
Cast
Robert De Niro Robert De Niro
Cathy Moriarty Cathy Moriarty
Joe Pesci Joe Pesci
Frank Vincent Frank Vincent
7.9 4.8K votes
Genre: Drama, History
Country: United States of America
Duration: 129 min.
Audience: R
Story:  The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Plot:  new york city, jealousy, transporter, sports, brother, paranoia, violent husband, boxer, ...
Place:  florida
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An Elephant Sitting Still
Cast
Peng Yuchang Peng Yuchang
Wang Yuwen Wang Yuwen
Zhang Yu Zhang Yu
Li Congxi Li Congxi
7.7 233 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 230 min.
Audience: 12
Story:  In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.
Style:  cynical, philosophical
Plot:  thoughtful, complex, harsh
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Mississippi Burning
Cast
Gene Hackman Gene Hackman
Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe
Frances McDormand Frances McDormand
Brad Dourif Brad Dourif
7.7 2.0K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Duration: 128 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
Plot:  suicide, sheriff, police, funeral, ku klux klan, mississippi river, shotgun, fbi, ...
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Primal Fear
Cast
Richard Gere Richard Gere
Laura Linney Laura Linney
Edward Norton Edward Norton
John Mahoney John Mahoney
7.7 4.0K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 130 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago. Vail finds himself up against his ex-pupil and ex-lover, but as the case progresses and the Church's dark secrets are revealed, Vail finds that what appeared a simple case takes on a darker, more dangerous aspect.
Style:  suspenseful
Plot:  chicago, illinois, death penalty, child abuse, corruption, based on novel or book, court case, court, ...
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Trying
Cast
Rafe Spall Rafe Spall
Esther Smith Esther Smith
7.6 131 votes
Genre: Comedy
Country: United Kingdom
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 40
Audience: TV-14
Story:  All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can't have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they're ready to be parents?
Style:  cynical
Plot:  adoption, parenthood, aggressive, arrogant, authoritarian, cheerful, comforting, harsh, ...
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The Diplomat
Cast
Keri Russell Keri Russell
Rufus Sewell Rufus Sewell
David Gyasi David Gyasi
Ali Ahn Ali Ahn
7.6 447 votes
Genre: Drama, War
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 22
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Amid an international crisis, a US diplomat contends with her high-profile job as ambassador to the UK and her strained marriage to a political star.
Style:  shocking, intimate, suspenseful, intense
Plot:  london, england, ambassador, diplomat, marriage, politics, politician, female politician, ...
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Hatfields & McCoys
Cast
Kevin Costner Kevin Costner
Bill Paxton Bill Paxton
Matt Barr Matt Barr
Tom Berenger Tom Berenger
7.5 365 votes
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 3
Audience: TV-14
Story:  It’s the true American story of a legendary family feud—one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. The Hatfield-McCoy saga begins with Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy.. Close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, they return to their neighboring homes—Hatfield in West Virginia, McCoy just across the Tug River border in Kentucky—to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments that soon explode into all-out warfare between their families. As hostilities grow, friends, neighbors and outside forces join the fight, bringing the two states to the brink of another civil war.
Style:  tense, intense
Plot:  civil war, kentucky, west virginia, revenge, feud, miniseries, american civil war, blood feud, ...
Time:  19th century
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Disenchantment
Cast
Abbi Jacobson Abbi Jacobson
Lucy Montgomery Lucy Montgomery
Nat Faxon Nat Faxon
Tress MacNeille Tress MacNeille
7.4 1.3K votes
Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 50
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Set in a ruined medieval city called Dreamland, Disenchantment follows the grubby adventures of a hard-drinking princess, her feisty elf companion and her personal demon.
Style:  absurd
Plot:  elves, fairy tale, kingdom, princess, female protagonist, demon, adult animation, fantasy world, ...
Time:  medieval
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Mad Max 2
Cast
Mel Gibson Mel Gibson
Bruce Spence Bruce Spence
Michael Preston Michael Preston
Max Phipps Max Phipps
7.4 4.2K votes
Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
Style:  exploitation
Plot:  mask, chase, explosive, dystopia, boomerang, deal, post-apocalyptic future, pilot, ...
Place:  australia
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Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
7.3 1.8K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 110 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In Harlem in 1987, Claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father, and at home she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret – she can't read.
Style:  cynical
Plot:  rape, aids, illiteracy, unwillingly pregnant, balloon, school, crying, motorcycle, ...
Time:  1980s
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HIS & HERS
Cast
Tessa Thompson Tessa Thompson
Jon Bernthal Jon Bernthal
Pablo Schreiber Pablo Schreiber
Marin Ireland Marin Ireland
7.3 472 votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Two estranged spouses — one a detective, the other a news reporter — vie to solve a murder in which each believes the other is a prime suspect.
Plot:  loss of loved one, detective, based on novel or book, dementia, bullying, revenge, miniseries, psychological thriller, ...
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Cast
John Krasinski John Krasinski
James Badge Dale James Badge Dale
Dominic Fumusa Dominic Fumusa
Max Martini Max Martini
7.3 4.0K votes
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: United States of America
Duration: 144 min.
Audience: R
Story:  An American Ambassador is killed during an attack at a U.S. compound in Libya as a security team struggles to make sense out of the chaos.
Style:  provocative, tense
Plot:  central intelligence agency (cia), based on novel or book, libya, assault rifle, grave, mercenary, heroism, biography, ...
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Gossip Girl
Cast
Thomas Doherty Thomas Doherty
Emily Alyn Lind Emily Alyn Lind
Eli Brown Eli Brown
Jordan Alexander Jordan Alexander
7.3 319 votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 22
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.
Style:  satirical
Plot:  upper class, new york city, private school, high school, reboot, dramatic, dubious, harsh
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Biutiful
Cast
Javier Bardem Javier Bardem
Maricel u00c1lvarez Maricel u00c1lvarez
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Hanaa Bouchaib
Guillermo Estrella Guillermo Estrella
7.3 1.2K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, Spain
Duration: 148 min.
Audience: R
Story:  This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.
Style:  nostalgic, tense
Plot:  immigrant, barcelona, spain, undocumented immigrant, chinese, single father, terminal cancer, harsh
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Utopia
Cast
Sasha Lane Sasha Lane
John Cusack John Cusack
Ashleigh LaThrop Ashleigh LaThrop
Dan Byrd Dan Byrd
7.2 480 votes
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  A group of young adults who met online are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel.
Style:  shocking, philosophical, suspenseful, intense
Plot:  cult, psychotic, mysterious, complex, apocalyptic vision, comic book writer, based on tv series, harsh, ...
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The Player
Cast
Tim Robbins Tim Robbins
Greta Scacchi Greta Scacchi
Fred Ward Fred Ward
Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi Goldberg
7.2 960 votes
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 124 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
Plot:  based on novel or book, homicide, movie business, blackmail, screenwriter, hollywood, death threat, movie mogul, ...
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Marley & Me
7.2 4.8K votes
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: United States of America
Duration: 115 min.
Audience: PG
Story:  A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.
Style:  melancholy, nostalgic
Plot:  journalist, based on novel or book, puppy, love, dog, duringcreditsstinger, pets, columnist, ...
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