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Bridge and Tunnel (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: This dramedy series set in 1980 revolves around a group of recent college grads setting out to pursue their dreams in Manhattan while still clinging to the familiarity of their working-class Long Island home town.
Style: disturbing, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot: group of friends, city life, satire, aspiration, adolescence vs adulthood, friends, ambition, lifestyle, friendship, social satire, college graduate, grownups ...
Time: 80s
Place: manhattan new york city
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story: 14 years after making a film about his journey across the USA, Borat risks life and limb when he returns to the United States with his young daughter, and reveals more about the culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.
Style: mockumentary, funny, controversial, dark comedy, absurd ...
Plot: disguise, father daughter relationship, coronavirus, prank, satire, presidential election, social satire, amazon, political rally, travel, epiphany, feminism ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, kazakhstan, xian, texas, new york
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Invasion Planet Earth (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After the death of his young daughter, Thomas Dunn is a man who has lost his faith. His life has crumbled and his confidence is shattered. Yet, on this day he wakes to discover that Mandy, his loving wife is finally pregnant again. Maybe this is ...
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, intense, disturbing ...
Plot: alien invasion, mental illness, disaster, schizophrenic, haunted by the past, little boy, soldier, chaos, hallucination, alien contact, brother brother relationship, child in peril ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, big ben london, britain, london, new york
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 6.7
 8K
Little Men (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece, Brazil
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute ...
Style: social, sentimental, captivating, touching, atmospheric ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: boy, father son relationship, 13 year old, bullying, best friend, landlord tenant relationship, coming of age, friendship, aspiring actor, teacher, teenage girl, teenage boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, usa
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A Four Letter Word (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Six people in New York are adrift. Zeke and Luke work in a sex shop: Zeke takes gay liberation seriously, Luke likes to sparkle and takes nothing seriously. He's offended when Stephen calls him a gay cliché, then, surprisingly, they find each ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sexy, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay, gay sex, gay teenager, gay interest, hustler, obsessive compulsive disorder, prostitute, homosexual, gay couple, gays and lesbians, gay relationship, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
Style: funny, humorous, parody, satirical, absurd ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: journalism, journalist, father son relationship, reporter, workplace, dog, media satire, jealousy, rivalry, friendship, media, backstage ...
Time: 20th century, year 2013, 70s, 2010s, year 1979 ...
Place: new york, california, usa, manhattan new york city, san diego california
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Caroline in the City (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Caroline in the City is an American situation comedy that ran on the NBC television network. It stars Lea Thompson as cartoonist Caroline Duffy, who lives in Manhattan in New York City. The series premiered on September 21, 1995 in the "Must ...
Style: sitcom, biting, semi serious, realistic, sexual ...
Plot: cartoonist, dating, female nudity, nudity, career, ex boyfriend, cat, apartment building, painter, best friend, creative block, performer's life ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 8.9
 348K
Seinfeld (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998. It lasted nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, buddy comedy, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: comedian, dating, everyday life, friendship, neighbor neighbor relationship, comedy of errors, lifestyle, human relationship, antisocial behavior, new york yankees, uptight character, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 7.7
 18K
Night Court (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 to May 31, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone. It ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, retro, talky, not serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: courtroom, lawyer, assistant district attorney, public defender, attorney, judge, defense attorney, clerk, sarcasm, workplace, law, advocate ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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 4.2
 2K
Woo (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Gorgeous and extraverted Woo meets insecure and straight-laced law clerk Tim at a blind date.
Style: sexy, feel good, semi serious, black comedy, rom com ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, adult
Plot: farce, urban, love, stereotypes, dumb, seductress, opposites attract, fetishist, nothing goes right, looking for love, black, friendship ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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 4.7
 3K
Tart (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A student will do anything to become part of the "in-crowd" at the exclusive school she attends in New York.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, dysfunctional family, coming of age, rich girl, friends, girls' school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, best friend, teenage life, teenage crush, high school life, teenage love ...
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
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 6.8
 56K
Rent (2005)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village, New York, USA. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark ...
Style: sentimental, stylized, lyrical, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: aids, lesbian, bohemian life, gay, drug abuse, friendship, broadway, addiction, music, christmas, drug addiction, hiv ...
Time: 80s, future, year 2005, 90s, year 1989 ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city, usa, santa fe new mexico ...
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 7.3
 12K
Metropolitan (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A sparkling comedic chronicle of a middle-class young man’s romantic misadventures among New York City’s debutante society. Stillman’s deft, literate dialogue and hilariously highbrow observations earned this debut film an Academy Award ...
Style: independent film, cult classic, intellectual, realistic, talky ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: coming of age, christmas, friendship, philosophy, campus, college, preparatory school, trippy, xmas, teenage dreams, conservative, pain ...
Time: year 1990, 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, upper east side
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 6.0
 35K
King Kong (1976)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 134 min.
Story: In this remake of the 1933 classic about the giant ape, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of Kong and brings him back to New York to exploit him. Even though a woman somewhat tames Kong, he finally breaks loose and terrorizes the city, ...
Style: suspense, daikaiju, natural horror, depressing, fairy tale ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, date night
Plot: king kong, beast, monster, gorilla, giant monster, kaiju, giant ape, giant snake, world trade center manhattan new york city, island, full moon, survival ...
Time: 70s, prehistoric times, jurassic, year 1976, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, fictional island, asia, usa ...
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James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
Style: surreal, dark fantasy, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: stop motion, magic, surrealism, orphan, childhood, friendship, youth, giant, aunt, young heroes, escapades, buddies ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1948
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, england, empire state building manhattan new york city
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 7.6
 395K
Inside Man (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an ...
Style: clever, detective, tense, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heist, hostage, bank, bank robbery, robbery, twists and turns, perfect crime, manipulation, police detective, police, criminal, master criminal ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 6.3
 22K
The Hard Way (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. ...
Style: detective, talky, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, movie star, serial killer, police, buddy, police investigation, law enforcement, odd couple, fish out of water, undercover cop, justice, amateur detective ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Falling in Love (1984)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. Although both are married ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, light, sweet, melancholic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: infidelity, love and romance, christmas, love story, adultery, bookstore, friendship, extramarital affair, fall in love, couple relations, love affair, women ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, usa
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 6.3
 171K
Date Night (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: romantic, funny, romantic comedy, light, hilarious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot: mistaken identity, corruption, marriage, gangster, night, multiple storylines, car chase, police investigation, twists and turns, taxi driver, district attorney, estranged couple ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, usa
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 4.5
 2K
Coming Soon (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The trials and tribulations of wealthy young Manhattanites and their sexual coming of age, a romantic comedy set at an Upper East Side prep school.
Style: sex comedy, sexual, independent film, teen sex comedy, teen ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: private school, high school, loss of virginity, preparatory school, friendship, coming of age, female sexuality, sexuality, wealth, adolescence, lgbt, lgbt teen ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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The Scary of Sixty-First (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Two roommates’ lives are upended after finding out that their new Manhattan apartment harbors a dark secret.
Style: suspense, captivating, dark, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Plot: occult, lesbian, roommate, supernatural horror, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, possession, explicit sex, neighbor neighbor relationship, student, dark past, mysticism ...
Place: manhattan new york city, upper east side
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 6.3
 19K
Baby Boom (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.
Style: light, touching, sentimental, sweet, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: adoption, baby, babies and infants, career woman, love affair, single mother, motherhood, women, single parent, starting over, relationship problems, business ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: new york, vermont, manhattan new york city, usa, new york state ...
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The Goodbye Girl (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Paula McFadden knows: In romance, actors all follow the same stage instruction: Exit. Without warning, her actor boyfriend split today for a movie role and sublet their Manhattan apartment. The new tenant's name: Elliot Garfield. Profession: ...
Style: romantic comedy, funny, sweet, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night
Plot: single mother, love story, love, dancer, audition, actor, women, happy ending, divorce, fall in love, true love, aspiring actor ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, sentimental, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: african american, orphan, adoption, interracial adoption, family relations, brother brother relationship, black, odd couple, family life, siblings relations, parents and children, child care ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 7.2
 9K
Trick (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The misadventures of two young gay men, trying to find a place to be alone, one night in Manhattan. Gabriel, an aspiring writer of Broadway musicals, meets Mark, a muscled stripper, who picks him up on the subway. They spend the night trying to find ...
Style: romantic, romantic comedy, sexy, feel good, witty ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay romance, gays and lesbians, gay hustler, gay love, gay lead character, lgbtq, happy ending, homosexuality, glbt, one night stand ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city
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 7.5
 94K
Midnight Run (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: An accountant embezzles $15 million of mob money, jumps bail and is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia.
Style: road movie, funny, talky, humorous, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: road trip, on the road, buddy, organized crime, hitman, gangster, chase, bounty hunter, train, car chase, race against time, police surveillance ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: las vegas, usa, new york, arizona, manhattan new york city ...
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Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
Style: suspenseful, dark comedy, witty, feel good, clever ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: murder mystery, investigation, obsession, murder, women, death, marriage, paranoia, hotel, sherlock holmes, mysticism, truth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new york state
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Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: romantic, light, sweet, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot: love story, love and romance, fall in love, class differences, opposites attract, cinderella story, couples, hotel, mistaken identity, eligible bachelor, single mother, social differences ...
Time: year 2002, 70s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city
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The Lonely Guy (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.
Style: humorous, talky, melancholic, light, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: loneliness, singleness, breakup, adaptation, starting over, couple relations, love and romance, looking for love, slutty attitude, affair, lonely, traffic jam ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Little Manhattan (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But before Gabe can tell Rosemary how he feels, she tells him she will not be going to public school any ...
Style: touching, romantic, feel good, sentimental, romantic comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot: first love, children, child's point of view, coming of age, school, friendship, love story, jealousy, bully, love, couples, childhood love ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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