New York
"new york" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Upgraded
Synopsis:
Ana is an ambitious intern dreaming of a career in the art world while trying to impress her demanding boss Claire. When she's upgraded to first class on a work trip, she meets handsome Will, who mistakes Ana for her boss– a white lie that sets off a glamorous chain of events, romance and opportunity, until her fib threatens to surface.
Starring:
Thomas Kretschmann,
Saoirse-Monica Jackson,
Rachel Matthews
#2
Babylon A.D.
Synopsis:
A veteran-turned-mercenary is hired to take a young woman with a secret from post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to New York City.
Starring:
Mark Strong,
Charlotte Rampling,
Lambert Wilson
Plot:
genetic,
veteran turned mercenary,
cult,
road movie,
armored car,
virgin birth,
flashback,
street violence,
scientist,
nun
...
#3
The Stroll
Synopsis:
The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. Filmmaker Kristen Lovell, who walked “The Stroll” for a decade, reunites her community to recount the violence, policing, homelessness, and gentrification they overcame to build a movement for transgender rights.
Starring:
Kristen Parker Lovell
#4
CSI: NY
Synopsis:
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
Starring:
Robert Joy,
Hill Harper,
Gary Sinise
#5
When Harry Met Sally...
Synopsis:
During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they're still no closer to finding the answer.
Starring:
Meg Ryan,
Billy Crystal,
Carrie Fisher
#6
The Royal Tenenbaums
Synopsis:
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden…
Starring:
Danny Glover,
Ben Stiller,
Anjelica Huston
#7
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Synopsis:
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to Fra…
Starring:
Louis de Funès,
Marcel Dalio,
André Falcon
Plot:
assassin,
fake rabbi,
slapstick comedy,
rabbi,
jewish community,
racist,
racism,
synagogue,
jew,
wedding
...
#8
The Last House on the Left
Synopsis:
Two teenage girls try to buy marijuana in the city - where they get kidnapped and brutalized by a gang of psychotic convicts.
Starring:
Jeramie Rain,
Sandra Peabody,
Lucy Grantham
#9
The Great Race
Synopsis:
Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.
Starring:
Keenan Wynn,
Peter Falk,
Arthur O'Connell
#10
The Apartment
Synopsis:
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Starring:
David Lewis,
Fred MacMurray,
Jack Kruschen
#11
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Synopsis:
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in ninjitsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
Starring:
Corey Feldman,
Judith Hoag,
Josh Pais
#12
Soylent Green
Synopsis:
This is the year 2022. Overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
Starring:
Charlton Heston,
Edward G. Robinson,
Chuck Connors
Plot:
dystopia,
cannibalism,
overpopulation,
conspiracy,
food,
assisted suicide,
murder,
year 2022,
starving,
police detective
...
#13
Serendipity
Synopsis:
Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again.
Starring:
John Cusack,
Eugene Levy,
Bridget Moynahan
#14
School of Rock
Synopsis:
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
Starring:
Joan Cusack,
Miranda Cosgrove,
Jack Black
#15
Saturday Night Fever
Synopsis:
Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.
Starring:
John Travolta,
Fran Drescher,
Robert Costanzo
Plot:
nightclub,
dancing,
disco dancing,
1970s,
new york city,
dancer,
disco,
urban setting,
italian american,
intolerance
...
#16
Requiem for a Dream
Synopsis:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Starring:
Keith David,
Jennifer Connelly,
Marlon Wayans
Plot:
drug addiction,
heroin,
sex show,
sex scene,
addiction,
prostitution,
diet pill,
drug dealing,
degradation,
sex in public
...
#17
Raging Bull
Synopsis:
The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Starring:
Frank Adonis,
Robert De Niro,
John Turturro
#18
Pillow Talk
Synopsis:
A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but then he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised.
Starring:
Allen Jenkins,
Nick Adams,
Thelma Ritter
#19
Oliver & Company
Synopsis:
This animated take on Oliver Twist re-imagines Oliver as an adorable orphaned kitten who struggles to survive in New York City and falls in with a band of canine criminals led by an evil human. First, Oliver meets Dodger, a carefree mutt with street savoir faire. But when Oliver meets wealthy Jenny on one of the gang's thieving missions, his life changes forever.
Starring:
Dom DeLuise,
Cheech Marin,
Robert Loggia
Plot:
alone,
friendship,
criminal,
urban setting,
anthropomorphic animal,
child kidnapping,
adoption,
larceny,
homelessness,
little girl
...
#20
Old School
Synopsis:
Three friends attempt to recapture their glory days by opening up a fraternity near their alma mater.
Starring:
Luke Wilson,
Will Ferrell,
Juliette Lewis