维吉妮亚·马德森饰演的学者海伦，正在研究一个流行于美国民间的传说：只要对着镜子连续五次念出“糖果人”的名字，就会出现一个右手带着铁钩的阴魂跑到世上取人性命。海伦来到芝加哥展开实地调查，一连串被铁钩致命的谋杀案亦陆续发生，最后发现那个传说的真相，原来是一名黑人因为跟白人小姐相恋而遭砍断手掌，身上被涂抹上蜂蜜，令他在断气前饱受蜂螫之痛，故意报复杀人。

Strike是一名19岁的黑人青年。他是一个Clocker。Clocker是人们对毒品销售链条中最低一级的称呼，他们负责全天候在街头巷尾游荡兜售小剂量毒品。Strike做梦都想摆脱这样的生活。Strike的老板，毒贩Rodney让Strike除掉吃水颇深的另一个Clocker：Darryl。并应允事成之后将Strike升职。Darryl按计划被杀了，Strike兄弟Victor试图为其顶罪，但Strike最终成为了最大的嫌疑人，警察Klein却认为这个案子后面另有隐情，决心找出真相……

一位年青人带着诚实的信念来到孟买发展。不过，他发现自己所相信的诚实、认真，在这个大城市里是毫无价值，每个人都希望可以走歪路来致富。年青人认识了一位贫苦的老师薇亚，他们相恋，一起分享彼此梦想。但是当他玩牌诈赌的天份被人发掘之后，他决定换下小丑的面具，成了一个精于算计的市僧商人，挤身上流社会替大财主干些没良心的诈骗生意。但昔日街头的伙伴和他心爱的女老师最后让他良心发现，揭发了大财主的不法行为。

Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.

Public Housing is Wiseman’s unflinching portrayal of life at the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago, a raw exposition of the daily conflicts between residents and the bureaucratic machinery to which they are continually subjected. With intimate detail and an abiding dedication to his subject, Wiseman unearths the hidden facets of institutions to find humanity and sites of unexpected beauty.

High school student Sam decides to run for office when a corrupt politician threatens to close down the housing project where his mother lives.

In buildings where foreign workers lived in Germany, there were strict rules of conduct, defined by the house rules and supervised by the building superintendents. Many rights regarding the freedom of movement, communication and behavior were abused. Interviews with the tenants and with the "orderlies" which point out absurd situations and clashes caused by these restrictions.

I'm Bout It is a 1997 film by rapper Master P. The plot details his life in a New Orleans uptown ghetto. Master P wrote, directed and acted in the film.

Real-life kung fu master Nathan Ingram stars in this gritty, low-budget martial arts epic as a local karate school owner who clashes with a gang of drug traffickers posing as the owners of a rival dojo. Director Charlie Ahearn (who helmed the landmark hip-hop film Wild Style) used the housing projects next to his New York Lower East Side apartment as his central location in this 1979 classic, shot on a vintage Super 8 camera.

A student of architecture from Zagreb believes that the new model of city can meet the need of its citizens. However, his professors, the corrupt business environment and even the parents of his fiancée stand on his way.

Alex is a young adult from a social housing district. When he left his home in the morning, he faces a situation apparently out of the ordinary.

An in-depth look at the life of the hip-hop MC known as Tragedy Khadafi, aka Intelligent Hoodlum, who hails from the Queensbridge housing project in New York City.

Feature documentary debut of 29 year old director Kei Tanaka. In the Japanese town of Kawasaki, elderly residents who have lived hard lives are now facing their own death at a public housing complex called “Danchi“. The young director explores and depicts the ageing population in Japan by focusing on the personal lives of few individuals who live quietly on the outskirts of society. While some of the protagonists chose to interact and establish friendships with their fellow elderly residents, others prefer to spend the rest of their years in solitary.

Green Valley was a housing commission estate in western Sydney, much maligned by the media of the day. The residents were hurt by the criticism but lacked access to the media to respond. Supplied with equipment by Film Australia, they used this film to present a different image of themselves and their daily lives. In so doing, they answered the question of "Whatever happened to Green Valley?" The core of this film is the work of half a dozen residents, co-ordinated by acclaimed filmmaker Peter Weir in one of his earliest film projects. Weir also acts as the moderator at a public forum that is included in the film.

One of the biggest housing projects in Germany. Known for a long time as the “Sozialpalast” it had a reputation for crime, vandalism and drugs.