Social realism/ conspiracy films

My idea is dominantly a conspiracy type genre but I would like it to have a gritty/ raw feeling which the majority of social realism films produce. A film containing both of these elements which I have recently viewed is called 'Route Irish' which involves a private contractor (Frankie) in Iraq's death and his best friend (Fergus) investigates his death. Due to Fergus originally introducing Frankie to the Private Contractor industry, he has the contacts to investigate the death and discovers some shocking results. The film shows corruption within the military in which an innocent Iraqi family are killed by the Contractors and attempt to cover up the incident which involved killing Frankie to avoid him revealing the truth. The film shows the ugly side to war and corruption within war which is a shocking yet appealing factor, grabbing the audiences attention. The characters in the film all mostly are working class which is a common factor in films portraying social realism.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1528312/






Other films I have seen which strongly portray social realism are 'Kidulthood' and 'This is England'. Each both portray different issues from different races, ages of people yet they are both similar in the sense they contain elements of violence, anger, poverty,characters are working class, frustration being aimed at the wrong people and most importantly they both end on a sad note which is what makes these types of film so powerful and makes them unique to other film genres. I will need to incorporate these elements into my idea to make it as gripping and appealing as possible.

'Kidulthood' represents issues all young people may be exposed to but specifically the film concentrates on young people living in an urban environment. It covers issues such as violence, teen pregnancy and drugs. These issues are highlighted and relevant in real life society which increases the appeal of the film.                                       The idea uses slang and vocabulary used by young people living in an urban environment in the script which increases the authenticity of the film and produces an accurate account of this way of life. Portraying an accurate, un-bias account of these social experiences and events is pivotal in the idea being developed and becoming successful as an inaccurate and bias idea could be seen as offensive to members of the public and may cause controversy. An example of this occurred in the film 'K.I.D.S' (1995) in which strong, shocking scenes of under age sex were included which was condemned as inappropriate which cause an off-the-shelf company was formed to distribute the film.