I passed on Street Kings once and that should've been it. It's been a while since I've seen anything this offensive. Director David Ayer previously did a much better job writing wholly superior L.A.-set crime dramas such as Dark Blue and Training Day. 

While I haven't watched it myself yet, I've heard some good things about Satô Sakichi's Tokyo Zombie (2005) -- though it doesn't quite seem like the kind you prefer. 

Paranoid Park exudes poetry with every breath. I've seen it twice since I first caught it at TIFF '07 and it has gotten better on each occasion.