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83
7.9
/70599/
78
/2525/
75
/929/
4.0
/63050/
96
/115/
91
/2652/
85
/27/
cc age 14+

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation whose work can be seen on walls from post-hurricane New Orleans to the separation barrier on the Palestinian West Bank. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. Exit Through the Gift Shop tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner.
poster
Netflix
82
7.4
/19745/
74
/1204/
76
/465/
3.8
/217087/
97
/30/
93
/73/

Entergalactic (2022)
Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.
poster
82
7.2
/55399/
73
/2640/
71
/768/
3.5
/246843/
94
/372/
94
/1444/
84
/55/
cc age 11+

In the Heights (2021)
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.6
/27948/
74
/1085/
73
/802/
4.0
/46942/
88
/157/
82
/39/
82
/29/
cc age 14+

Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both are pulled in different directions everything comes to breaking point.
poster
The Roku Channel
74
6.6
/2642/
62
/85/
62
/36/
3.6
/2480/
91
/69/
65
/57/
81
/27/
cc age 16+

Gimme the Loot (2012)
When their latest work is buffed by a rival crew, two determined graffiti writers embark on an elaborate plan to bomb the ultimate location: the New York Mets' Home Run Apple.
poster
73
7.6
/25404/
77
/821/
78
/495/
3.6
/18069/
58
/19/
85
/554/
66
/11/

Shelter (2007)
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.
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Hoopla
72
6.1
/518/
67
/66/
54
/12/
3.5
/944/
95
/22/
90
/14/
66
/9/

Story Ave (2023)
After running away from home, a teenage graffiti artist holds up an unsuspecting MTA worker in a robbery gone right that changes their lives forever.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.8
/8916/
72
/595/
71
/272/
3.5
/5957/
82
/11/
82
/54/
65
/5/

Bomb City (2017)
An ongoing feud between punk rockers and a more affluent clique in a small Texas town leads to a hate crime.
poster
Fandor
81
71
8.0
/3549/
79
/118/
74
/56/
4.0
/9177/
80
/5/
95
/197/

Style Wars (1984)
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
poster
fuboTV
70
6.9
/23561/
67
/398/
66
/303/
3.4
/30689/
67
/30/
77
/615/
65
/20/

Basquiat (1996)
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
66
6.5
/4723/
73
/272/
68
/93/
3.4
/3511/
57
/7/
83
/314/
68
/5/
cc age 14+

Beat Street (1984)
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
poster
Kanopy
73
64
7.0
/3197/
72
/111/
59
/56/
3.6
/4998/
90
/21/
87
/171/
63
/10/
cc age 14+

Wild Style (1982)
Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the movie concerns the tension between Zoro's passion for his art and his personal life, particularly his strained relationship with fellow artist Rose.
poster
Hoopla
76
61
7.2
/2355/
72
/159/
68
/74/
3.5
/2141/
100
/12/
75
/22/

Banksy Does New York (2014)
On October 1, 2013, the elusive street artist Banksy launched a month-long residency in New York, an art show he called Better Out Than In. As one new work of art was presented each day in a secret location, a group of fans, called “Banksy Hunters,” took to the streets and blew up social media.
poster
Netflix
59
6.2
/38473/
63
/1853/
62
/813/
2.6
/53002/
70
/43/
49
/102/
57
/10/
cc age 15+

I Came By (2022)
A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.
poster
Kanopy
58
6.4
/13322/
62
/336/
59
/184/
2.9
/2163/
39
/99/
52
/950/
44
/25/
cc age 13+

Henry Poole Is Here (2008)
Henry Poole abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone. The discovery of a 'miracle' by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
55
7.4
/1292/
75
/46/
73
/33/
4.0
/8407/
93

Mur Murs (1981)
Venturing from Venice Beach to Watts, Varda looks at the murals of LA as backdrop to and mirror of the city’s many cultures. She casts a curious eye on graffiti and photorealism, roller disco & gang violence, evangelical Christians, Hare Krishnas, artists, angels and ordinary Angelenos.
poster
Kanopy
66
48
7.0
/1453/
68
/44/
64
/27/
3.6
/1748/
62
/29/
68
/82/
59
/11/

Beautiful Losers (2008)
This documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.
poster
46
6.0
/4335/
66
/87/
58
/64/
3.1
/1311/
20
/10/
56
/63/
23
/11/

Turk 182! (1985)
After New York City firefighter Terry Lynch is unable to receive any compensation for an injury incurred during the off-duty rescue of a young girl, he grows suicidal. Furious, his brother Jimmy attempts to have Mayor Tyler intervene, but the corrupt politician instead denounces Terry as a drunk. Determined to get justice, Jimmy begins a graffiti campaign of embarrassing slogans mocking the mayor, which soon captivates the city.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
43
4.9
/1122/
53
/134/
50
/25/
2.8
/3199/
86
/14/

Hostile Dimensions (2024)
Two documentary filmmakers travel through alternate dimensions to uncover the truth about a graffiti artist who has vanished.
poster
Hoopla
76
40
7.2
/696/
77
/41/
69
/16/
3.5
/338/
88
/16/
80
/51/

Bomb It (2007)
Through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action on five continents, the documentary tells the story of graffiti from its origins in prehistoric cave paintings thru its notorious explosion in New York City during the 70’s and 80’s, then follows the flames as they paint the globe.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
62
34
6.4
/1126/
65
/17/
69
/16/
3.4
/355/
32
/22/
84
/83/
52
/14/

Bomb the System (2002)
Anthony ‘Blest’ (Mark Webber) is one of the most talented and notorious graffiti artists in New York City. Despite the tragic loss of his older brother during a nightly 'bombing' foray with a graffiti crew, Anthony has the same insatiable addiction. With the other members of his ‘crew,’ Anthony parties, shoplifts spray-paint and 'tags' virgin walls with his signature 'Blest.' He does his best to avoid run-ins with the cops and hostile rival crews, but he can’t avoid the pressure from his mother to attend college, and from his girlfriend to leave New York with her. As tensions rise, a physical threat from the cops causes the crew to intensify their bombing excursions, calling an all out war on the city. When the inevitable confrontation happens, a tragedy results that pushes Anthony to make a decision that has even darker consequences.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
34
7.0
/551/
71
/47/
72
/16/
3.4
/727/
83
/6/

Banksy Most Wanted (2020)
Banksy is a household name, but behind this name hides a multitude of stories, artworks, stunts, political statements and identities, leading to one of the art world's biggest unanswered questions- who is Banksy?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
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33
4.2
/3303/
56
/417/
58
/190/
1.9
/2215/
9
/34/
15
/10/
cc age 13+

Twist (2021)
A Dickens classic brought thrillingly up to date in the teeming heartland of modern London, where a group of street smart young hustlers plan the heist of the century for the ultimate payday.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
39
32
4.1
/3352/
53
/116/
47
/78/
2.3
/2599/
13
/8/
36
/404/

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (2006)
A hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell (Snoop Dogg) that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighborhood whose actions determine where they will go in the afterlife.
poster
79
30
7.9
/250/
78
/22/
82
/12/
4.0
/4092/

Pixo (2009)
The film discusses the cultural impact of “pichação”, a Brazilian form of graffiti, on the streets of São Paulo and its international influence as one of the main cornerstones of Street Art.
poster
38
30
3.4
/6405/
38
/53/
34
/60/
2.3
/8099/

Cool Cat Saves the Kids (2015)
Cool Cat is the coolest cat in town. All the kids love him. Except for the bully Butch, who hates Cool Cat for his coolness. He terrorizes Cool Cat, his friends and family with threats, taunting, and the internet. Can Cool Cat face his fears and defeat the bully Derrick?
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Kanopy
70
28
7.2
/222/
72
/14/
74
/9/
3.6
/896/
100
/8/
33
/1/

Stations of the Elevated (1981)
Stations of the Elevated exposes viewers to an underground art scene- that is, one found exclusively on the sides of subways and train cars. A moving portrait of late-70's NYC, the film boasts a soundtrack by jazz legends Charles Mingus & Aretha Franklin.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
28
7.0
/1097/
70
/98/
70
/29/
3.4
/965/
50
/1/

Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art (2020)
Banksy is the world's most infamous street artist, whose political art, criminal stunts and daring invasions have outraged the establishment for over two decades. Featuring rare interviews with Banksy, this is the story of how an outlaw artist led a revolutionary new movement and built a multi-million dollar empire, while his identity remained shrouded in mystery.
poster
fuboTV
40
27
3.9
/1639/
47
/108/
43
/150/
2.0
/3944/
31
/24/

Pinocchio 3000 (2004)
This is the story of a little robot known as Pinocchio 3000 whose greatest wish is to become a real boy. The year is 3000. Geppetto, with the help of his faithful assistant, Spencer the cyber penguin, and by the holographic fairy Cyberina, creates Pinocchio, a prototype superrobot equipped for emotions. But before he can be given a heart and become a real boy, Cyberina insists that Pinocchio learn the difference between right and wrong.
poster
Kanopy
66
25
6.9
/407/
66
/31/
61
/9/
3.5
/2548/

Moments Like This Never Last (2021)
Dash Snow rejected a life of privilege to make his own way as an artist on the streets of downtown New York City in the late 1990s. Developing from a notorious graffiti tagger into an international art star, he documented his drug- and alcohol-fueled nights with the surrogate family he formed with friends and fellow artists Ryan McGinley and Dan Colen before his death by heroin overdose in 2009. Drawing from Snow’s unforgettable body of work and involving archival footage, Cheryl Dunn’s exceptional portrait captures his all-too-brief life of reckless excess and creativity.
poster
59
24
6.1
/823/
59
/27/
54
/26/
62
/22/

The Graffiti Artist (2004)
Adrift in the lush, nocturnal urban landscape of THE GRAFFITI ARTIST, Nick (Ruben Bansie-Snellman) is a post-modern urban hero asserting his anarchistic agenda on the endless maze of virgin exterior walls that comprise downtown Seattle and Portland. For this iconoclastic young visionary, the vast wall surfaces of deserted alleys and train yards are at once a daunting symbol of capitalist oppression and a texturally rich, seamless tableau ripe for exploitation to amplify his artistic dialectic of anger and rebellion.
poster
57
23
5.6
/605/
61
/56/
49
/14/
3.1
/1606/

Prague Cans (2014)
The protagonists are the same, only five years older: Kocourek Kolman, mother Kocourková, mother Kolmanová and father Kolman. Kocourek applies to study graphic design at the UMPRUM. He has not been accepted twice because there is a great interest in studying at this university, only a select few are accepted. Mother Kocourková has long given up on the dream that her son will study something proper and that she will ever understand him, and so she increasingly talks to herself with a bottle of vodka. Kolman, meanwhile, is studying in his second year at the University of Economics. But instead of lectures and seminars, he is only interested in his classmates. He packs one after another. He solves his exams and credits by fraud or bribery. Kocourek, on the other hand, is conscientious and hardworking and falls head over heels in love with the enchanting Júlia, who is also applying to the UMPRUM.
poster
72
23
7.0
/1119/
73
/29/
64
/23/
3.5
/753/
85
/5/

Wholetrain (2006)
This feature takes a look at the graffiti movement and young people who populate the niche culture. Following four such artists as they shape the graffiti community through both their art and their interactions, the film tells the story of how the foursome's decision to paint an entire train would affect their lives forever.
poster
66
17
6.5
/468/
61
/12/
53
/21/
3.4
/1064/
86
/1/

Los hongos (2014)
Ras is a graffiti artist from the city of Cali who works in construction, he works during the day and paints walls at night. One day he is caught stealing cans of paint from the construction site where he works, for which he is fired. With no money, he will look for Calvin, another popular urban artist. Both will circulate through the streets without a fixed destination, spreading their art to every corner.
poster
47
15
4.9
/211/
52
/37/
34
/7/
2.7
/1547/

Old Cans (2025)
Friends Petr and Michal, who have known each other since high school, live completely different lives: one has already settled down, has a well-paid job and a family, the other is a loner with unfulfilled artistic ambitions. But they are still united by their passion: graffiti.
poster
65
12
6.5
/351/
46
/10/
64
/18/
3.2
/357/
88
/2/

Dot 2 Dot (2014)
Newly arrived in Hong Kong, language teacher Xiao-xue is fascinated by the mysterious dot graffiti around subway stations and tries to discover its meaning.
poster
90
8
8.7
/35/
100
/1/
100
/2/
3.8
/565/

Fantasy A Gets a Mattress (2023)
Fantasy A, autistic Seattle rapper, suffers trials and tribulations from total creeps as he attempts to become a superstar. Along the way he also finds a mattress to sleep on, after being kicked out of his group home.
poster
?
6.9
/9/

Pinto con lata (2011)
The first Venezuelan graffiti documentary featuring the participation of the most important writers of national graffiti, either by style, quantity, quality, technique and their experience or the places where they write, these writers have set a milestone in what graffiti is today in Venezuela. In the graffiti: respect, strategy, intelligence, experience, agility, skill, boldness, competition, secrecy and illegality are key and determining issues captured in this documentary. Pinto con lata takes place in the Gran Caracas, and records the graffiti movement during the years 2008-2011. Gran Caracas and its contrast, its nights, its harshness, its people and graffiti are the main protagonists.
poster
?
80
/1/

Ambitions As A Writer (2025)
Ambitions As A Writer follows three teens as they explore the manchester graffiti scene. The documentary is a one off from Hall Productions and was done as a passion project to show their hobbies.
poster
?
60
/1/

Reina (2020)
A film depicting the clash between the expectations of immigrant parents and the non-traditional aspirations of their first-generation children. Reina is a talented Filipina artist who struggles to gain the acceptance of her mother after revealing she wants to go to art school instead of nursing school.
poster
?
80
/1/

Sorry for Fucking Up Your Place (2025)
This documentary dives into Tromsø's vibrant street art scene, following two local graffiti writers. In a city known for its wild nature and extreme seasons, a subculture of expression and rebellion flourishes. The film explores questions of public space, community, and voice in a remote but connected place.
poster
?
6.3
/79/
55
/2/
78
/4/

Banksy and the Stolen Girl (2023)
The exit door of the Bataclan theatre, the site of Bansky's mural, The Sad Girl, is stolen mysteriously. After it abruptly appears on of a hillside cottage in Abruzzo, French and Italian investigators unite to get to the bottom of the theft.
poster
?
6.1
/18/
70
/2/
68
/3/

B movie (2009)
This mini documentary features a rare interview with infamous graffiti artist Banksy, delving into how he started out as a graffiti writer up to his shift to gallery art, installations, CDs, and more. Til this day only a hand full of people know his real identity, such as friends appearing here: 3D of Massive Attack, Damien Hirst, and others.
poster
?
35
/2/

Art Inconsequence (2001)
The documentary shows avant-gardist tendencies in contemporary graffiti. Works, mostly workgroups, whose main feature is to go far removed or beyond overcome traditions of their genre in terms of aesthetics, content and ideals.
poster
?
45
/2/
70
/1/

Dream City (1986)
This film is a portrait of New York in the 1980s by famed photographer Steven Siegel, including footage of the subways, the parks, Times Square and other neighborhoods. The film is narrated by teenagers of that era.
poster
?
40
/1/

Propeler - subkultúry mládeže (2002)
The concept for the film was developed based on sociological research conducted as part of the Youth Subcultures conference in collaboration with the Institute of Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences. The film’s core value lies in its ability to provide an inside look at selected subcultures, achieving an exceptional level of engagement with their members. The filmmakers managed to break through the participants' initial reluctance to openly discuss their experiences. The documentary directly addresses key aspects of these subcultures, including drugs, faith, and personal beliefs. It focuses on six specific groups: the techno scene, graffiti artists, antifascists, religiously oriented youth, skinheads, and young people inspired by Eastern spirituality. The film includes footage from illegal rave parties, graffiti sessions, and other underground activities. Overall, the documentary serves as an insightful map of Bratislava’s contemporary alternative scene.
poster
86
?
8.1
/107/
78
/5/
100
/2/

Spiritual Letters (2021)
The film is a story about the deep connection of the life and art of the artist. It takes you on a journey through Berlin like you have never seen before. Take a deep dive behind the scenes of the famous red and blue graffiti letterings that cover the heart of the city and tune into the connection between art, letters and spirituality.
poster
?
10
/1/

Graffiti Hall of Fame (1984)
Documenting Graffiti culture in a basketball court in the Bronx. The filmmaker was accompanied by Martin Wong who said, "bring your camera". The Graffiti Hall of Fame is the result.


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