Movies like New York
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New York (2009)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
New York is a contemporary story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of a city often described as the centre of the world. Omar has gone abroad for the first time in his life and soon enough he begins to see and love America through the eyes of his American friends - Sam and Maya. It is the story of these three friends discovering a new world together.
Style:
emotional, realistic, disturbing, psychological, captivating, romantic, thinking, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
injustice, friendship, society, life turned upside down, terrorism, false accusation, muslim, fbi, immigrant, male nudity, indians, politics, islam, driver, taxi, diaspora, major league, heartwarming, undercover, war on terror, life is a bitch, anti war, urban, innocence lost, disorder ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2009, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, india, american
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Most similar movies to New York
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about society, life is a bitch, dishonesty, politics, deadly, terrorism and injustice mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like New York: Over the Mountains (2005), The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2012), Shoot on Sight (2007), Satyameva Jayate (2018), Maqbool (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A Pakistani involved in a planned attack in New York City experiences a crisis of conscience.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, poignant ...
Plot:
terrorism, islam, injustice, vengeance, society, couple relations, life is a bitch, rivalry, introspection, danger, false accusation, politics ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
new york, paris france, france, usa, europe ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Qatar
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Style:
tense, emotional, intense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
immigrant, culture clash, wall street, muslim, 9/11, terrorism, conspiracy, political unrest, civil rights, american dream, false accusation, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, middle east, pakistan, istanbul turkey, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer of Scotland Yard, is asked to hunt-down suspected suicide-bombers against the backdrop of July 7 bombings in London. Tariq's task gets complicated as an innocent Muslim is killed by the commando shooters of ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, rough, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
terrorism, police investigation, life is a bitch, religions or cults, culture clash, husband wife relationship, investigation, politics, death, murder, terrorist, gang ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, scotland yard
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
DCP Shivansh has been tasked to catch Vir, the man behind police killings in the city. Both are eventually against the same enemy but divided by a fine line, the law.
Style:
philosophical, intense, suspenseful, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
serial killer, police, police corruption, corruption, vigilante, police officer, life is a bitch, mysterious character, moral ambiguity, revenge, political corruption, fighting the system ...
Place:
mumbai india, india
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88%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Macbeth meets the Godfather in present-day Bombay. The Scottish tragedy set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic, tense ...
Plot:
gangster, shakespeare, gang, dishonesty, law enforcement, godparent, right hand man, macbeth, betrayal, corrupt cop, greed, friendship ...
Time:
y2k, 21st century
Place:
mumbai india, asia, india, bombay india
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Rajan Mathur (Anil Kapoor) is a Professor in Urdu literature in Dr. Zakir Hussain's College. He resides in Chandni Chowk with his activist wife, Roma Mathur (Shefali Shah). Professor Mathur comes across a young boy called Numair Qazi (Anurag ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
terrorism, recruitment, hidden identity, danger, introspection, society, police, bomb, working undercover, rivalry, escapades, terrorist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new delhi, india, asia
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Tom Flynn, the idealist owner of a left-leaning radical café/bookstore and the quixotic publisher of a hard hitting 911 conspiracy expose, finds himself entangled with a mysterious Eastern European beauty, Kasia, who is on the run from strong hand ...
Style:
neo noir, serious, realistic, suspenseful, black and white ...
Plot:
uncover truth, investigation, fighting the system, race against time, undercover, assassination, rebellion, life is a bitch, danger, dishonesty, government agency, society ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Modern day Romeo and Juliet, star crossed lovers are torn apart by cultural tensions between the East and the West. Sarah takes her American boyfriend Frank to her home country in the Arab world.
Style:
tense, serious, suspense, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
atheism, vengeance, muslim, couple relations, prison, death, life turned upside down, police brutality, false accusation, corruption, injustice, prison escape ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Seymore is a young man with the mind of a child. He loves three things in life: basketball, sneaking out for cigarettes, and his mother. But all life's simple pleasures are brutally torn from him when he witnesses his mother gunned down by a ...
Style:
psychological, serious, tense, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, life is a bitch, fighting crime, vengeance, social decay, disability, society, parents and children, mental illness, addiction, murder, drug abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Forced to work under slave-like conditions in a "prison for profit" program, the inmates of a mostly-African-American female prison, Whitehead Correctional, try to take over the institution. At the core of the story is Frances, who finds ...
Style:
disturbing, rough, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
prison, prison life, friendship, injustice, social decay, juvenile delinquency, hopes, racism, misfit, legal, rivalry, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2002
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In the wake of September 11th, two brothers believe they have stopped a mass terrorist attack in New York. Now they must face the consequences of taking justice into their own hands.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, tense, suspenseful, talky ...
Plot:
terrorism, swat team, police, kidnapping, moral ambiguity, vigilante, ethical dilemma, death, tragic event, catastrophe, chaos, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, culture clash, war on terror, danger, love and romance, rivalry, post september 11 2001, injustice, male female relationship, world trade center manhattan new york city, father son relationship ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2005
Place:
new york, syria, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Life is good for Susan, her two children and new boyfriend Russell. But life abruptly changes when she discovers her perfect boyfriend is a drug dealer. Realising the danger this could bring to her family she tells him to leave. Suddenly her house ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
false accusation, wrongful conviction, drug dealing, injustice, prison, righting the wronged, life is a bitch, society, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, legal, hopes ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A thriller centered on a man who is accused of a crime he didn't commit.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, melancholic, gloomy ...
Plot:
life turned upside down, false accusation, life is a bitch, injustice, disorder, family problems, moral dilemma, investigation, accident, hit and run, falsely accused, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A witness to a mob killing has second thoughts about testifying when he realizes his family might become a target.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
courtroom, witness, law, kidnapping, organized crime, murder, prison, power relations, injustice, restaurant, confined, danger ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A 14 year old boy, an ER doctor, a cop looking for revenge, a mother fighting for her children and a man distraught by the death of his wife see their destinies come together. As the doctor spends several days in a coma, events keep on happening and ...
Style:
thought provoking, tense, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
vengeance, police investigation, police detective, immigrant, society, law enforcement, juvenile delinquency, life turned upside down, doctor, violent content, family relations, disorder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Vijay Agnihotri is a wealthy, spoilt man who lives with his mother in the city of Mumbai. His mother has allowed him everything and more than that he wants. One day on a mishap Vijay manages to reach up with an air-hostess named Shivani Chopra, he ...
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating, surprise ending ...
Plot:
women's prison, obsessive love, vengeance, murder, obsession, stewardess, love triangle, psychopath, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, frame up, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Four friends Kalim (Angad Bedi), Gautam (Neil Bhoopalam), Maya (Kangana Ranaut) and Abhay (Randeep Hooda) form a gang called the "Ungli" gang which fights against corruption prevailing in society. Their job is to target corrupt people and ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
vigilantism, friendship, gang, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, righting the wronged, disorder, rebellion, law enforcement, undercover, corrupt cop, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Malik (Omar Epps) is an African-American student attending on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge (Ice Cube), a ...
Style:
realistic, hood, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, racism, violence, politics, skinhead, hip hop, university, college life, prejudice, black, stereotypes, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Shaurya, revolves around the lives of two close friends, both lawyers in the Indian army.Maj. Siddhant Chaudhary and Maj. Akash Kapoor.Siddhant is defending and Aakash is prosecuting a soldier,convicted for killing his commanding officer.An ...
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, offbeat ...
Plot:
murder, courtroom, false accusation, disobey, courtroom drama, military life, friendship, legal, law enforcement, dishonesty, military, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, asia
Similarity:
82%
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Sadhu Agashe, a police officer in Mumbai, makes a name for himself by killing criminals in sting operations instead of locking them up in prison. The film follows his method of working, gives an insight into the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, experimental ...
Plot:
dirty cop, law enforcement, dishonesty, police corruption, police, police officer, cop, duel, hindu, gangster, police department, treatment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, political, thought provoking, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, death penalty, frame up, justice, political corruption, murder mystery, lawyer, male victim, court, conspiracy theory, false accusation ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
china, asia, california
Similarity:
81%
855
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense situation even worse?
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
terrorism, secret agent, government agency, undercover, danger, spy, terrorist plot, counter terrorism, conspiracy, investigation, war on terror, conspiracy theory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, egypt
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.
Style:
bleak, tense, political, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
espionage, terrorism, spy, intelligence, islam, war on terror, surveillance, immigrant, secret service, investigation, betrayal, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, britain, middle east, berlin germany
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An Indian Intelligence agent journeys into a war torn coastal island, to break a resolute rebel group. He deftly maneuvers his resources to make significant breakthroughs, amidst a scenario where the enemy has no face and the only counsel is ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic, patriotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, spy, politics, conspiracy, undercover, manipulation, secret agent, state affairs, escapades, dishonesty, assassination attempt, civil war ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 21st century
Place:
india, asia, sri lanka
Similarity:
81%
490
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A young law student finds his strongly held ideals clashing with the work he has to undertake, leading to a crisis of confidence in this 2001 Bollywood feature from director Ashok Mehta.
Style:
serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot:
false accusation, protagonist as suspect, fighting the system, hotshot lawyer, frame up, dishonesty, legal investigation, legal, rivalry, law enforcement, dedicated lawyer, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Three friends get caught in a life of major crime.
Style:
sad, independent film, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
friendship, underworld, muslim, arab culture, islam, mafia, migration, politics, organized crime, immigration, wedding, gangster ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hamburg germany, germany, europe
Similarity:
81%
24K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big ...
Style:
emotional, neo noir, intense, talky, rough ...
Plot:
corruption, political corruption, murder, whistleblower, character study, police corruption, false accusation, mafia, injustice, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, criminal ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France, Egypt, Japan, Mexico, USA, Iran
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
11 directors show their view on the terrorist attacks on the world trade center in New York.
Style:
disturbing, stylized, factual, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
terrorism, war on terror, politics, 9/11, justice, skyscraper, state affairs, danger, injustice, innocence lost, life is a bitch, love affair ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s
Place:
middle east, usa, new york, iran, europe ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A plot to overthrow the United States government is uncovered in New York City in the summer of 1919 when William Flynn, a field agent for the Bureau of Investigation, is sent to investigate a bomb threat that has targeted some of America's ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, independent film, art film ...
Plot:
politics, investigation, law enforcement, danger, society, terrorism, state affairs, assassination, political unrest, assassination attempt, war on terror, anarchism ...
Time:
year 1919, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
80%
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