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(Click for frequent words.) 67 Gritty 64 grittier 63 grittiness 60 grit 60 scrappy 57 grittiest 56 gritty realism 56 workmanlike 55 grimy 54 hardscrabble 52 gutsy 52 noirish 52 gritty grimy 51 grittily 51 hard nosed 49 tenacious 49 vivid portrait 49 grungy 49 edgy 48 steely 48 stagebound 48 moody 48 gritty blue collar 48 blue collar 48 feisty 47 riveting 47 hard scrabble 47 noir 47 plucky 47 noir ish 47 rawboned 47 seedy 47 neo noir 46 hyper stylized 46 streetwise 46 Pisco searchers 46 breathlessly paced 46 drab 46 scruffy 46 griminess 46 rough hewn 45 darkly comedic 45 Dostoyevskian 45 rollicking 45 gutsiness 45 ragged 45 cinema vérité 45 bone crunchingly 44 gorgeous dames 44 granite jawed 44 thrilling 44 pulsating 44 raw boned 44 unflashy 44 grimier 44 antiheroic 44 cinema verité 44 fiesty 44 kitchen sink realism 44 unshowy 44 unadorned prose 44 scrappiness 44 hardnosed 44 grittily realistic 44 grimy underbelly 43 smalltown 43 rawness 43 dark brooding 43 underworld Benjamin Chudnofsky 43 underbelly 43 Talcahuano Marioli Gatica 43 brash 43 richly atmospheric 43 unglamorous 43 Lionel Rogosin 43 lunchpail 43 viscerally thrilling 43 raucous 43 evocative cinematography 43 overwrought melodrama 43 nitty 43 terrifically funny 43 verite style 43 brooding 43 gutbucket blues 43 electrifyingly 43 flinty 43 seamy 43 gutty 43 grime 43 hardboiled 42 spirited 42 rugged 42 noir detective 42 ramshackle 42 hyper kinetic 42 hustling bustling 42 swaggering 42 bracingly 42 social tapestry fraying 42 James Ellroy LA Confidential 42 absorbingly 42 raw unpolished 42 gruff 42 gangster flick 42 labyrinthine plot 42 picaresque 42 pugnacious 42 uncompromising 42 stolid 42 policier 42 immensely watchable 42 pulpier 42 grimey 42 Bunk Moreland 42 pulpy 41 Frank Pembleton 41 harrowing 41 hustle 41 Christopher Guest mockumentaries 41 grindhouse flicks 41 gritty gutty 41 grindy 41 wryly humorous 41 clangy 41 darkly hilarious 41 Runyonesque 41 captivating 41 forgettable 41 mordantly funny 41 Mexican Federale 41 semi autobiographical 41 Engrossing 41 grimness 41 grungier 41 gothic melodrama 41 pea Spillane 41 exploitation flicks 41 stoic 41 superbly crafted 41 quirky 41 brutal 41 verité style 41 bone crunching 41 boiled noir 41 thriller 41 spunky 41 bleakness 41 physicality 41 political thriller TANTRUM 41 Capra esque 41 roundly outplayed 41 toughness 41 wonderfully nuanced 41 espionage thrillers 41 rip snorter 41 taut 41 swagger 41 laconic drawl 41 La Castellane 41 unlikable characters 41 noir esque 41 easygoing vibe 41 Jake Locker improvised 41 edginess 41 sublimely silly 40 searing 40 bone crushingly 40 awe inspiring visuals 40 folk tinged 40 heroics 40 Pugilist Specialist 40 irresistibly catchy 40 unflinching portrait 40 morally conflicted 40 darkly satirical 40 seediness 40 exterior belies 40 aw shucks charm 40 post apocalyptic 40 swashbuckling 40 oater 40 thrillingly 40 unsentimental 40 brassiness 40 desolate 40 enthrallingly 40 grisly 40 endearingly quirky 40 Clint Eastwood Unforgiven 40 nuanced portrayal 40 dystopian science fiction 40 contrasts nicely 40 engrossing 40 Billy Costigan 40 earthy 40 scrapper 40 hustling 40 suberb 40 gravelly vocals 40 vastly underrated 40 nihilistic 40 darker grittier 40 bleakly comic 40 film noir 40 nervy 40 breezy 40 unsentimental portrait 40 Workmanlike 40 mesmerizing 40 stylistic flair 40 chop socky 40 moody atmospheric 40 fearless 40 classy 40 hippie vibe 40 gun molls 40 sardonically funny 40 crease crasher 40 scintillating 40 darkly poetic 40 boiled detective 40 dreary 40 brawny 40 cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto 40 flashy 40 dazzling 40 cinema verite 40 serio comedy 40 unassuming 40 gritty underbelly 40 dryly witty 40 screwball romance 40 winsomeness 40 ferocious 40 rootsy Americana 40 seedier side 40 contempo 40 blisteringly 40 dazzlingly inventive 40 wildly uneven 40 bleakly beautiful 40 postapocalyptic 40 visceral 40 skuzzy 40 bareknuckle 40 breathtaking visuals 39 folk stylings 39 oozes charm 39 sporadic gunshots rang 39 subtly nuanced 39 brawler 39 quasi autobiographical 39 wholly believable 39 darkly comic 39 lovingly rendered 39 frenetic 39 Håfström 39 Horatio Alger tale 39 Machete renegade 39 taut suspense 39 superheroics 39 uninspired 39 gutbucket 39 verbally dexterous 39 grippingly 39 nerve jangling 39 brutish 39 epic 39 visceral thrills 39 Gabe Nevins 39 angst ridden lyrics 39 swampy blues 39 gangster 39 shlubs 39 soulful 39 affectionate portrait 39 grindhouses 39 seedy underbelly 39 dancehall rhythms 39 richly textured 39 thoroughly engrossing 39 beguiling 39 mordant humor 39 Troy Maxson 39 fought gamely 39 Twilight Zone ish 39 Jarek Wysocki 39 raffish 39 grimiest 39 melodic punk rock 39 seedy underworld 39 Anne Rosellini Winter Bone 39 intricate wordplay 39 ballsy 39 nail bitting 39 Sporadic gunshots rang 39 enthralling 39 relentless forecheck 39 Buddy Giovinazzo 39 tough Philly boobirds 39 jagged rhythms 39 semi autobiographical tale 39 bluesy swagger 39 bruiser 39 Marv Mickey Rourke 39 Hitchcockian suspense 39 lion hearted 39 bitingly funny 39 punkish 39 operatic grandeur 39 blackly comic 39 swash buckling 39 protag 39 bone jarring 39 pluckiest 39 dour 39 braggadocious 39 Chandleresque 39 novelist Dennis Lehane 39 nuanced portrait 39 melancholic 39 bohemian 39 caricatural 39 Jimmy Markum 39 jazz tinged 39 sweetly sentimental 39 wry 39 introspective 39 unwatchably 39 Danceable 39 jarring 39 wry witty 39 teacher Francois Begaudeau 39 unflinching 39 heroic 39 rousing 39 rapidly gentrifying 39 ruthless 39 richly imagined 39 film noire 39 cartoonishness 39 seamy underside 39 achingly funny 39 shuttered steel mills 39 protagonist Niko Bellic 39 noirish thriller 38 wonderfully understated 38 brother Dickie Eklund 38 hustler 38 splatterfest 38 lighthearted romp 38 unmannered 38 nowheresville 38 invigoratingly 38 brash cocky 38 rawest 38 gangster flicks 38 teeth rattling 38 darkly humorous 38 punk 38 Kurosawa Rashomon 38 tautly paced 38 Red Barked Tree 38 Martin Scorsese Taxi Driver 38 newfound swagger 38 Mueller Stahl 38 Vince Adrian Grenier 38 unforgiving 38 unflinching realism 38 rangy 38 endlessly quotable 38 fading Southern belle 38 steeltown 38 ruthless gangsters 38 Claudette Wyms 38 blues tinged 38 electro synths 38 melancholy 38 beautifully nuanced 38 bitingly satirical 38 gorgeously wrought 38 romp 38 terrifically entertaining 38 Topdog 38 edgier darker 38 fieriness 38 unpolished 38 Daniel Woodrell novel 38 unaffecting 38 postindustrial 38 Daniel Woodrell 38 punchy 38 slyly witty 38 poeticism 38 cocky 38 boxer Micky Ward 38 Gypsy Biker 38 blues inflected 38 diabolical villains 38 Smashley Simpson 38 dank 38 writer Brian Helgeland 38 soaring choruses 38 reminescent 38 blue collar lunch pail 38 Roman Polanski Chinatown 38 haunting 38 typified 38 jazzy soundtrack 38 barn storming 38 chiaroscuro lighting 38 everyman persona 38 indomitability 38 engrossing tale 38 spellbinding 38 seamy underbelly 38 sheer physicality 38 orphan Oliver Twist 38 Thrillingly 38 jangly guitar pop 38 gorgeous melodies 38 punky 38 scorchingly 38 goonish 38 aestheticized 38 overpowering 38 Stonesy 38 jauntiness 38 compulsively watchable 38 Shelley Levene 38 heist flick 38 gripping 38 gun toting gangster 38 slickness 38 thrillers comedies 38 Detective Jane Tennison 38 grimed 38 rootsy 38 chippy 38 sheer doggedness 38 everyman Bruce Springsteen 38 hardboiled detective 38 Doug MacRay 38 blue collar upbringing 38 angst ridden 38 highly stylized 38 novelist James Ellroy 38 disaffected slackers 38 indomitable 38 visually sumptuous 38 quintessential 38 unabashedly romantic 38 charmingly retro 38 jazz inflected 38 grungey 38 uncharacteristic lapses 38 drama 38 nerve fraying 38 Bo Eason 38 twangier 38 vérité 38 exhilirating 38 darkly funny 38 D' Angelo Barksdale 38 suspenseful thriller 38 pulse pounding 38 Shottas 38 dark hued 38 detective Grace Hanadarko 38 unknowns Slumdog Millionaire 38 lacked fluency 38 grizzled 38 typifying 38 thriller Winter Bone 38 tenacity 38 introspective lyrics 38 campy humor 38 hardscrabble childhood 38 ladylike silhouettes 38 neo realist 38 Talihina Sky 38 apocalyptic wasteland 38 sumptuous visuals 38 artiness 38 lush cinematography 38 unpretty 38 carcinogen hexavalent chromium 38 impassioned vocals 38 cliched 38 briskly paced 38 Cinematically 38 captivatingly 38 Lashanda Armstrong plunged 37 flair 37 brutishness 37 heartstopping 37 high octane 37 offbeat 37 heartbreaking 37 James Ellroy novel 37 Hemingway esque 37 uninvolving 37 Haslem inglorious exit 37 lean sinewy 37 harrowingly 37 unbearably tense 37 romantic roundelay 37 Putty Hill 37 grittier darker 37 marvelously understated 37 nondescript 37 kineticism 37 streetlife 37 raggedly 37 stark realism 37 rockish 37 mesmerizingly 37 descriptive prose 37 unremarkable 37 gruesome 37 postpunk 37 unheralded 37 backchecks 37 utterly believable 37 likably 37 Llewelyn Moss 37 deliciously creepy 37 guttural screams 37 inartistic 37 plodding 37 ungentrified 37 foulmouthed 37 wildly entertaining 37 Dito Montiel 37 verite 37 screamy 37 Bhiku Mhatre 37 profanely funny 37 folkiness 37 desolate moonscape 37 Taxicab Confessions 37 bustling 37 masterful 37 Wickedly funny 37 serio comic 37 Adversity builds 37 avoids sentimentality 37 sassy 37 lyricism 37 dialogue crackles 37 boxers Micky Ward 37 boss Tony Soprano 37 bluesy rock 37 melodic punk 37 '#s blaxploitation 37 hardbitten 37 gripping storylines 37 gangsta pimp 37 twangy guitar 37 deadpan wit 37 tough 37 knockabout comedy 37 Omarion Grandberry 37 deadpan demeanor 37 hyperrealism 37 side scrolling brawler 37 gorgeously rendered 37 Fishscale 37 rockabilly punk 37 picaresque tale 37 nerveless 37 vivid 37 sublime 37 Terrence Malick Badlands 37 melodrama 37 prison matron Mama 37 unintentionally campy 37 indie punk 37 quasi operatic 37 stellar musicianship 37 attritional affair 37 Roland Joffé 37 True Grit remake 37 crowd pleasing 37 rock em sock 37 recognizably human 37 spaghetti Westerns 37 Nimrod Nation 37 spiritless 37 everyman 37 Latakia Mediterranean 37 Vito Scaletta 37 comic booky 37 fiery 37 Jonigkeit 37 charming 37 Guy Terrifico 37 crisp 37 gut wrencher 37 pugnaciousness 37 Mechlowicz 37 glam punk 37 prototypical yuppie enclave 37 wickedly witty 37 Archival footage 37 Sollett 37 unbeautiful 37 roughest neighborhoods 37 lo fi punk 37 placid 37 shady underbelly 37 vividly captures 37 outlands 37 machinelike 37 unspectacular 37 dominating 37 talkiness 37 hardcore punk rock 37 thriller Layer Cake 37 cocky demeanor 37 sardonic humor 37 iron jawed 37 punk anthems 37 scrappiest 37 darkly comical 37 Sangre de Mi Sangre 37 soap operatic 37 moody brooding 37 cold blooded assassin 37 verité 37 irritation dryness 37 demimonde 37 je ne sais quois 37 ruthlessness 37 sensational 37 films noirs 37 serviceably 37 cinéma vérité style 37 intersecting storylines 37 Lars von Trier Dogville 37 kitchen sink dramas 37 brains brawn 37 macho bravado 37 wonderfully crafted 37 refreshingly 37 fuzz toned 37 civic boosterism 37 danceable tunes 37 pulse pounding thriller 37 protofeminist 37 artier 37 CITY OF GOD 37 formulaic romantic comedy 37 propulsive rhythms 37 gothic 37 Götz Spielmann 37 austerely beautiful 37 Shutter Island Martin Scorsese 37 nerve tingling 37 guitar jangle 37 tinged ballad 37 portayal 37 squalour 37 subversively funny 37 lyrical 37 seriocomedy 37 hardscrabble upbringing 37 marble mouthed 37 Goodbye Solo 37 swamp boogie 37 morally ambiguous characters 37 Cent raps 37 momentary respite 37 Phil Karlson 37 stark 37 polished 37 archetypal 37 emotionally resonant 37 Doom Generation 37 psychopathic villain 37 Spaghetti westerns 37 femmes fatale 37 artfully rendered 37 Americana tinged 37 mismatched buddy 37 Detective Elliot Stabler 36 brawling 36 Chamaco 36 ganglands 36 Fluorescent Grey 36 gravel throated 36 sumptuous cinematography 36 clichéd 36 bohemian vibe 36 witty dialogues 36 shlocky 36 Matteo Garrone Gomorrah 36 emotional catharsis 36 hip hop novellas 36 starring Danny Trejo 36 Uxbal Javier Bardem 36 operatics 36 slick 36 cleareyed 36 writes Philippa Hawker 36 suspenseful 36 Elmore Leonard novels 36 darker moodier 36 danceable electro 36 Girlfight Aeon Flux 36 beefy 36 unflinching depiction 36 Ben Affleck Daredevil 36 choppily edited 36 epitomising 36 antiheroes 36 Pig Sty 36 seedier 36 dull 36 lush melodic 36 Al Swearengen 36 folk inflected 36 gothic tale 36 demeanor belied 36 darkly atmospheric 36 fast paced 36 Detective Andy Sipowicz 36 bravura 36 Steinbeck novel 36 nightmarish 36 partner Terry Hoitz 36 screenwriter Ron Nyswaner 36 Mean Streets 36 bravado 36 unpretentiousness 36 sheer bloody mindedness 36 utterly unsentimental 36 unabashedly sentimental 36 poet Charles Bukowski 36 zom com 36 jammy 36 Teammates laud 36 David Von Ancken 36 listless 36 cartoonist Harvey Pekar 36 uber masculine 36 honky tonkers 36 hypermasculinity 36 Zelary 36 twangy Bakersfield 36 Tropa de Elite 36 detective Philip Marlowe 36 neo psychedelic 36 evocative 36 Jean Francois Richet 36 rancher Jeremy Irons 36 noir genre 36 morose 36 superlative 36 Zulay Henao 36 melodramatics 36 SubUrbia 36 vérité style 36 Resolutely 36 lyrical sensibility 36 trenchcoat clad 36 careworn 36 languid 36 glossy veneer 36 unpretentious 36 grand guignol 36 seediest 36 Pianist Roman Polanski 36 Italian neorealist 36 Louis Simo 36 thinly sketched 36 urbanity 36 suburbia 36 urban blight 36 skronky 36 Kubrickian 36 evocative imagery 36 novelist Elmore Leonard 36 orch pop 36 Hitchcockian thriller 36 laidback 36 otherworldly 36 Altmanesque 36 hardscrabble existence 36 Guediguian 36 sloppy 36 poppiness 36 unquenchable spirit 36 Bobby Dupea 36 riffery 36 boisterous 36 docu fantasia 36 darkly brooding 36 Superbly acted 36 psychosexual drama 36 Kurt Wallander 36 Dickensian 36 infectious melodies 36 Dave Toschi Mark Ruffalo 36 thuggish 36 noir thrillers 36 curiously detached 36 filmmaker Terrence Malick 36 Slumdog Danny Boyle 36 lush romanticism 36 boiled boilerplate 36 screenwriter Mark Bomback 36 Dangerous Liasons 36 rootsy blues 36 ingeniously plotted 36 unheroic 36 relentless 36 dark underbelly 36 uplifting 36 unsung 36 rough 36 La Haine 36 bluesy rockers 36 genteel 36 distinctly uncool 36 struggles mightily 36 indie rock quintet 36 smashmouth 36 workingman 36 Arturo Bandini 36 upper middleclass 36 melodic riffs 36 blaxploitation movies 36 braggadocios 36 urbanscape 36 electro synth 36 overly melodramatic 36 spikiness 36 sock em 36 Martin Scorsese Gangs 36 Studs Lonigan 36 catchy riffs 36 clangor 36 impishness 36 easygoing 36 roadhouse blues 36 roughhewn 36 scuzzy 36 oozes 36 Spirit Gabriel Macht 36 bleakly funny 36 impeccably crafted 36 Enthralling 36 Tarantino esque 36 swashbuckler Pirates 36 cleverly interwoven 36 raggedy 36 em sock em 36 Domenick Lombardozzi 36 stereotypical 36 heady 36 steely eyed 36 spitfire 36 easygoing charm 36 desaturated colors 36 bare knuckled 36 retro rockabilly 36 cleverly plotted 36 clawed mutant 36 flashiness 36 spunk 36 edged punk ska 36 rivetting 36 brass knuckled 36 rootsy rock 36 angular riffs 36 seriocomic 36 raffish charm 36 creepfest 36 bleakly humorous 36 twentysomething angst 36 riveting Glen Hansard 36 rusticity 36 punk rockabilly 36 loserdom 36 Weaving Factory 36 steamy 36 futuristic science fiction 36 outfighting 36 densely layered 36 melodramatic 36 witty wordplay 36 honkytonk 36 devilish wit 36 gumshoe detective 36 Venice filmfest 36 gorgeous cinematography 36 raw 36 suspenseful tale 36 eye popping visuals 36 laceratingly 36 David Milch Deadwood 36 doughty 36 darkly ironic 36 Straithairn 36 dreamy 36 finesse 36 Kontroll 36 en Deux 36 bluesy jazzy 36 Killing Jar 36 frontier lawman 36 blues rockabilly 36 mordant wit 36 sidesplitting comedy 36 Cal McAffrey 36 Micky Ward Mark Wahlberg 36 picture postcard 36 Collet Serra 36 Blind Shaft 36 dreamlike imagery 36 Director Julian Jarrold 36 Dvortsevoy 36 magical realist 36 shabby 36 battler 36 danceable grooves 36 elegiac 36 soullessness 36 gristly 36 achingly 36 sepia tinged 36 Beautifully filmed 36 unruffled demeanor 36 strangely subdued 36 craftsmanlike 36 gorgeously crafted 36 bulldog tenacity 36 stylistically varied 36 toughie 36 feathery touch 36 danceability 36 unforgivingly 36 strummy 36 snappy dialogue 36 firewagon 36 Ter Borch 36 ballsiness 36 Hauntingly beautiful 36 earthiest 36 Ruby Thewes 36 bare knuckle 35 gory horror 35 pulp fiction 35 cinematic 35 darkly lit 35 disarmingly honest 35 demi monde 35 gee shucks 35 youthful zest 35 documentarylike 35 director Sunu Gonera 35 throwback 35 splendid 35 visually inventive 35 THE LOWDOWN 35 musicianly 35 undaunting 35 Felliniesque 35 prodigiously talented 35 angsty 35 Bishil 35 Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee 35 gorgeously filmed 35 crackerjack 35 rivetingly 35 rock'em sock'em 35 MacManus brothers 35 cel shaded graphics 35 drama Tsotsi 35 pulp noir 35 comedy Hot Fuzz 35 imminently watchable 35 funky jazzy 35 Kalka Shades 35 grungiest 35 Nick Twisp Michael Cera 35 guitar riffing 35 bohos 35 shines brightest 35 Bergmanesque 35 unexpected plot twists 35 Misty Upham 35 Visually stunning 35 genre busting 35 soap opera melodrama 35 anthemic melodies 35 achingly sincere