
New York Movies
Movies Set In New York City!
Eligible films (158)
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/RomanceSci-Fi/Fantasy
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. But soon Jenna realizes that adult life isn’t as…
- Eligible Categories90'sComedyDrama/Romance
In 1981 New York City, a collection of twentysomethings try to cope with relationships, loneliness, desire and their individual neuroses on New Years Eve.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBrooklynDrama/Romance
On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
- Eligible Categories90'sDrama/Romance
Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.
- Eligible Categories2020'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of American music.
- Eligible Categories2010'sDrama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have…
- Eligible Categories2010'sComedyDrama/Romance
Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend, but once they arrive they're met with bad weather and a series of adventures.
- Eligible Categories2000'sDrama/RomanceSci-Fi/Fantasy
When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in the United States, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, who joins the growing anti-war movement. As the body count in Vietnam rises, political tensions at home spiral out of control and the star-crossed lovers find…
- Eligible Categories80'sComedyDrama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
Desperate to escape his mind-numbing routine, uptown Manhattan office worker Paul Hackett ventures downtown for a hookup with a mystery woman.
- Eligible Categories70'sDrama/Romance
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
- Eligible Categories2000'sDrama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedySequel
The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family practice, as well as an excess stock of stress.
- Eligible Categories90'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Comedy
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dealing with his role in the "family," unlucky shrink Dr. Ben Sobel is given just days to resolve Vitti's emotional crisis and turn him into a happy, well-adjusted gangster.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Comedy
After a small misunderstanding aboard an airplane escalates out of control, timid businessman Dave Buznik is ordered by the court to undergo anger management therapy at the hands of specialist Dr. Buddy Rydell. But when Buddy steps up his aggressive treatment by moving in, Dave goes from mild to wild as the unorthodox treatment wreaks havoc with his life.
- Eligible Categories90'sComedy
Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks - with plenty of…
- Eligible Categories70'sBrooklynComedyDrama/Romance
New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
- Eligible Categories2020'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)BrooklynComedyDrama/Romance
A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
Will Keane, a Manhattan restaurateur, is content with his playboy lifestyle until he meets Charlotte Fielding, a free-spirited young woman. Together the pair pursue a passionate affair that forces them both to reevaluate what they want out of life, even as fate threatens to steal away their future.
- Eligible Categories2020'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)BrooklynDrama/Romance
A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.
- Eligible Categories60'sComedyDrama/Romance
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and…
- Eligible Categories90'sDrama/Romance
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
- Eligible Categories2010'sComedyDrama/Romance
A chance encounter between two strangers in Grand Central Terminal sparks a life-changing, nighttime sojourn through New York City. They grow into each other's most trusted confidants when an evening of unexpected adventure forces them to confront their fears and take control of their lives.
- Eligible Categories2010'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.
- Eligible Categories90'sComedyDrama/RomanceSci-Fi/Fantasy
One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.
- Eligible Categories80'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/RomanceSci-Fi/Fantasy
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big, he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight, but he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups, including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with…
- Eligible Categories90'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned. Now he's forced to grow up while navigating the challenges of fatherhood.
- Eligible Categories2010'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.
- Eligible Categories2010'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
- Eligible Categories60'sComedyDrama/Romance
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
- Eligible Categories2010'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)BrooklynDrama/Romance
In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.
- Eligible Categories2010'sBrooklynDrama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police officers struggle with the sometimes fine line between right and wrong.
- Eligible Categories2010'sComedyDrama/Romance
When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
- Eligible Categories2000'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
- Eligible Categories2020'sComedyHorror/Thriller
Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of late 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.
- Eligible Categories80'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous…
- Eligible Categories80'sHorror/Thriller
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the gay S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
- Eligible Categories2000'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/Fantasy
By day, blind attorney Matt Murdock toils for justice in Hell's Kitchen. By night, he's Daredevil, The Man Without Fear - a powerful, masked vigilante stalking the dark streets with an uncanny "radar sense" that allows him to "see" with superhuman capabilities. But when the love of his life, fiery Elektra Natchios, is targeted by New York City's ruthless…
- Eligible Categories2010'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Comedy
Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thieves—and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.
- Eligible Categories90'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Horror/ThrillerSequel
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that…
- Eligible Categories80'sBrooklynDrama/Romance
Sal is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other…
- Eligible Categories70'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)BrooklynDrama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
- Eligible Categories90'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
- Eligible Categories80'sHorror/Thriller
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedySci-Fi/Fantasy
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.
- Eligible Categories90'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
- Eligible Categories2000'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/Fantasy
During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, these "Fantastic Four" must now thwart the evil plans of Dr. Doom and save the world from certain destruction.
- Eligible Categories2010'sComedyDrama/Romance
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader. He knows that revenge can only be attained by infiltrating Cutting's inner circle. Vallon's journey becomes a fight for personal survival and…
- Eligible Categories90'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/ThrillerSci-Fi/Fantasy
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
- Eligible Categories90'sDrama/Romance
A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
- Eligible Categories80'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedySci-Fi/Fantasy
After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.
- Eligible Categories2010'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedySci-Fi/Fantasy
Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.
- Eligible Categories80'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedySci-Fi/FantasySequel
The discovery of a massive river of ectoplasm and a resurgence of spectral activity allows the staff of Ghostbusters to revive the business.
- Eligible Categories2020'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedySci-Fi/FantasySequel
The Spengler family returns to where it all started - the iconic New York City firehouse - to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who've developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and…
- Eligible Categories90'sDrama/Romance
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.
- Eligible Categories90'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Horror/ThrillerSci-Fi/Fantasy
French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn…
- Eligible Categories2010'sDrama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.
- Eligible Categories90'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerDrama/Romance
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
- Eligible Categories2000'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerDrama/Romance
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously…
- Eligible Categories2010'sDrama/Romance
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
- Eligible Categories2020'sDrama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own romantic setbacks when proven techniques fail to work on Sara Melas, a tabloid reporter digging for dirt on Allegra Cole's love life. When Sara discovers Hitch's connection to…
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
It's the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking—and the wildly entertaining comedy smash is off and running in this irresistible tale of sex, lies and outrageous romantic fireworks!
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/ThrillerSci-Fi/Fantasy
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But…
- Eligible Categories2010'sDrama/Romance
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
- Eligible Categories2020'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
- Eligible Categories2010'sDrama/Romance
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.
- Eligible Categories90'sComedyDrama/Romance
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winnings of his lottery ticket. Amazingly, the ticket happens to be a winner, in the sum of $4 million. True to his word, Lang proceeds to share the prize money with Biasi, which infuriates his greedy wife,…
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/RomanceSci-Fi/Fantasy
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence…
- Eligible Categories90'sHorror/Thriller
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
- Eligible Categories70'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerHorror/Thriller
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
- Eligible Categories90'sAction/AdventureDrama/Romance
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
Marisa Ventura is a struggling single mom who works at a posh Manhattan hotel and dreams of a better life for her and her young son. One fateful day, hotel guest and senatorial candidate Christopher Marshall meets Marisa and mistakes her for a wealthy socialite. After an enchanting evening together, the two fall madly in love. But when Marisa's true…
- Eligible Categories70'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerComedyDrama/Romance
Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.
- Eligible Categories2010'sDrama/Romance
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
- Eligible Categories2020'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
- Eligible Categories70'sDrama/Romance
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
- Eligible Categories90'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedySci-Fi/Fantasy
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two…
- Eligible Categories2000'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedySci-Fi/FantasySequel
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions. Now it's a race…
- Eligible Categories90'sComedyDrama/Romance
A radical student is adopted by a group of young New Yorkers, serves as a catalyst to alter his and their lives. Gathering in a Manhattan apartment, the group of friends meet to discuss social mobility, Fourier's socialism and play bridge in their cocoon of upper-class society - until they are joined by a man with a critical view of their way of life.
- Eligible Categories2000'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
- Eligible Categories60'sDrama/Romance
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
- Eligible Categories80'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)BrooklynComedyDrama/Romance
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him. When she meets his estranged younger brother Ronny, an emotional and passionate man, she finds herself drawn to him. She tries to resist, but Ronny, who blames his brother for…
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an…
- Eligible Categories2000'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedySci-Fi/Fantasy
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.
- Eligible Categories2020'sComedyDrama/Romance
Faced with sudden doubts about her marriage, a young New York mother teams up with her larger-than-life playboy father to tail her husband.
- Eligible Categories80'sDrama/Romance
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
- Eligible Categories2020'sDrama/Romance
In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Horror/Thriller
A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
- Eligible Categories2020'sComedy
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
- Eligible Categories90'sDrama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
Jason Kemp, a recently paralyzed architect, lives in a high-tech apartment filled with assistive technology. As a quadriplegic confined to his home, he passes the long hours by spying on his neighbors from his apartment window. His innocent pastime takes a deadly turn when he believes he witnesses a murder. Determined to uncover the truth, Jason continues…
- Eligible Categories50'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerHorror/Thriller
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
- Eligible Categories2000'sDrama/Romance
In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
- Eligible Categories2000'sDrama/Romance
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
- Eligible Categories60'sDrama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
- Eligible Categories70'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
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.
- Eligible Categories70'sDrama/Romance
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
- Eligible Categories80'sBrooklynComedyDrama/Romance
The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single partner.
- Eligible Categories90'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
- Eligible Categories2000'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/Fantasy
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
- Eligible Categories2000'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/FantasySequel
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to…
- Eligible Categories2000'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/FantasySequel
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
- Eligible Categories2020'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerAction/AdventureAnimatedBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/FantasySequel
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders…
- Eligible Categories2010'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.
- Eligible Categories2010'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerAction/AdventureAnimatedBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin"…
- Eligible Categories2020'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/FantasySequel
Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
- Eligible Categories90'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedySci-Fi/Fantasy
When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.
- Eligible Categories2010'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
On 15 January 2009, the world witnessed the 'Miracle on the Hudson' when Captain 'Sully' Sullenberger glided his disabled plane onto the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 souls aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to…
- Eligible Categories2000'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyHorror/Thriller
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.
- Eligible Categories70'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerDrama/Romance
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
- Eligible Categories90'sDrama/Romance
In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
- Eligible Categories2010'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/Fantasy
A teenage Peter Parker grapples with both high school and amazing super-human crises as his alter-ego Spider-Man.
- Eligible Categories2010'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/FantasySequel
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a…
- Eligible Categories60'sComedyDrama/Romance
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.
- Eligible Categories2020'sDrama/Romance
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
- Eligible Categories90'sComedyDrama/Romance
Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo, and Jo's boyfriend all pile into the station wagon and go to the city to confront Louis with the letter. On the way, the five explore their relations with each…
- Eligible Categories2000'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
A young woman from the Midwest gets more than she bargained for when she moves to New York to become a writer and ends up as the assistant to the tyrannical, larger-than-life editor-in-chief of a major fashion magazine.
- Eligible Categories90'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
- Eligible Categories90'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
Frankie McGuire, one of the IRA's deadliest assassins, draws an American family into the crossfire of terrorism. But when he is sent to the U.S. to buy weapons, Frankie is housed with the family of Tom O'Meara, a New York cop who knows nothing about Frankie's real identity. Their surprising friendship, and Tom's growing suspicions, forces Frankie to choose…
- Eligible Categories70'sAction/AdventureHorror/Thriller
Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.
- Eligible Categories70'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceSequel
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
- Eligible Categories2020'sComedyDrama/Romance
Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his…
- Eligible Categories90'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
- Eligible Categories80'sComedyDrama/RomanceSequel
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.
- Eligible Categories2000'sComedyDrama/Romance
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
- Eligible Categories2010'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Comedy
Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.
- Eligible Categories60'sComedy
A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.
- Eligible Categories2000'sComedy
A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back — and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.
- Eligible Categories2000'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
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…
- Eligible Categories2000'sComedyDrama/Romance
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.
- Eligible Categories2010'sComedyDrama/Romance
Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s objections, decides it’s time to have a baby – even if it means doing it herself… with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later… when Wally…
- Eligible Categories2000'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Horror/Thriller
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
- Eligible Categories70'sAction/AdventureHorror/Thriller
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers while the authorities question about the method of their escape.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.
- Eligible Categories90'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
Bored billionaire executive Thomas Crown decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However, Crown is soon betrayed yet cannot blow his cover as he’s fallen in love.
- Eligible Categories70'sAction/AdventureHorror/Thriller
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
- Eligible Categories2010'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
- Eligible Categories2020'sDrama/Romance
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at…
- Eligible Categories2010'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
- Eligible Categories90'sBrooklynComedyDrama/RomanceHorror/ThrillerSci-Fi/Fantasy
Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship found adrift at sea — she meets Maximilian, a smooth-talking Caribbean playboy determined to romance her.
- Eligible Categories2000'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceSci-Fi/Fantasy
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.
- Eligible Categories80'sDrama/Romance
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider, who takes the youth under his wing.
- Eligible Categories2000'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/RomanceHorror/Thriller
A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hitmen.
- Eligible Categories2020'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Drama/Romance
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.
- Eligible Categories60'sDrama/Romance
In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.
- Eligible Categories2000'sComedyDrama/Romance
Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and…
- Eligible Categories80'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
Sex always gets in the way of friendships between men and women. At least, that's what Harry Burns believes. So when Harry meets Sally Albright and a deep friendship blossoms between them, Harry's determined not to let his attraction to Sally destroy it. But when a night of weakness ends in a morning of panic, can the pair avoid succumbing to Harry's fears…
- Eligible Categories2010'sComedyDrama/Romance
An uptight documentary filmmaker and his wife find their lives loosened up a bit after befriending a free-spirited younger couple.
- Eligible Categories80'sAcademy Award Nominee or WinnerBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she takes a risky chance to reclaim it by impersonating him and running the project from his position.
- Eligible Categories2000'sAction/AdventureBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.
- Eligible Categories90'sBlockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil)ComedyDrama/Romance
Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
About New York Movies
New York Movies is a special draft on Movie Drafter with 158 eligible films released between 1954 and 2025. The most common draft categories in this pool are Drama/Romance, Blockbuster (minimum of $50 Mil) and Comedy. Films you can draft include 13 Going on 30, Brooklyn's Finest, Highest 2 Lowest, Problemista and The King of Staten Island. Take turns picking films into categories with friends, then see how your roster scores on box office, critic ratings and awards.
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