| Sin City (2005) | 8.0 | |
| 2 Broke Girls (2011) | 6.7 | |
| Fight Club (1999) | 8.8 | |
| American Gangster (2007) | 7.8 | |
| Zootopia (2016) | 8.0 |
Urban movies and TV shows – page 2
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New films
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
In the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, the Mafia steps in when a drug dealer quits his partner brother to lead a straight life with his girlfriend.
Style:
hood, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
urban, drug dealing, black, gang, going straight, urban ghetto, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, siblings relations, addiction, drug abuse, gangster ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
usa, harlem, new york, harlem, new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Uruguay
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When things go bad in Beantown, top assassin Killer Bean is called to clean-up the mess. Detective Cromwell finds himself in the middle between Killer Bean and mob boss Cappuccino.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, adult animation, captivating, light ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, kids, preschool
Plot:
tough heroes, urban, master warrior, master criminal, mafia, hitman, criminal gang, crime boss, danger, killing, gang war, satire ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A reporter's dream of becoming a news anchor is compromised after a one-night stand leaves her stranded in downtown L.A. without a phone, car, ID or money - and only 8 hours to make it to the most important job interview of her life.
Style:
funny, sexy, humorous, teen, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
one night stand, blonde, disorder, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, stupidity, urban, drunken woman, nothing goes right, news reporter, stereotypes, mentor, life philosophy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
300K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hostage, psychopath, sniper, dishonesty, mind game, trapped, cell phone, hopes, plot twist, secret relationship, lone hero, sin ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Czech Republic, UK, France, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Oliver Twist the modern filmed version of Charles Dickens bestseller, a Roman Polanski adaptation. The classic Dickens tale, where an orphan meets a pickpocket on the streets of London. From there, he joins a household of boys who are trained to ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, sentimental, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
orphan, redemption, childhood, poverty, child abuse, boyhood, boy, injustice, orphanage, chess, children, corporal punishment ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, middle ages, 1800s, year 2005 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping-a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door-until ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, cute, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
fashion, shopping, women, overnight success, addiction, love and romance, teenager, teenage girl, city life, fashion industry, rise to the top, journalism ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, london
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When mysterious foreign entrepreneurs appear with the intention of tearing down Treasure Town and replacing it with an amusement park, Black and White face their greatest adversaries yet. It is up to the destructive Black to save the fate of the ...
Style:
anime, psychedelic, exciting, adult animation, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
friends, good versus evil, urban, danger, gangster, police, fantasy world, orphan, flying, heroic mission, save the day, heroes ...
Time:
y2k
Place:
japan, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, contemplative, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
investigation, forensics, police detective, murder, danger, policewoman, law enforcement, workplace situations, medical examiner, police, workplace, crime scene ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
miami, usa, south america, florida
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A pampered Beverly Hills chihuahua named Chloe who, while on vacation in Mexico with her owner Viv's niece, Rachel, gets lost and must rely on her friends to help her get back home before she is caught by a dognapper who wants to ransom her.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, melancholic, slapstick, family comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
dog, chihuahua, pets, police dog, animal life, lifestyle, friendship, animal, rescue, childhood, urban, getting home ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
beverly hills, california, mexico, usa, north america ...
Is relevant?
128K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
entertaining, sexy, romantic, rom com, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, music, nightclub, ambition, dancer's life, love affair, father daughter relationship, nightlife, parents and children, hopes, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, intense, captivating, neo noir ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
revolution, distopia, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, dystopia, vigilante, freedom, anti hero, protest, society, masked man ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2000s, distant future, near future ...
Place:
london, england, britain, big ben london, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
After a naive Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed her first week in New York, she finds herself living with her worst nightmare in this hilarious, contemporary comedy about a female odd couple who are surrounded by an outrageous cast ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, not serious, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
odd couple, friends, lifestyle change, roommate, lifestyle, sexual humor, city life, friendship, urban, troublemaker, everyday life, big city ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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 putting her out of business.
Style:
feel good, sweet, touching, sentimental, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, family friendly, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
fall in love, love, happy ending, destiny, bookstore, love story, christmas, online dating, rivalry, unlikely couple, hidden identity, internet ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, san francisco
Is relevant?
82K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
Style:
witty, sexy, realistic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
ambitious, sex scene, friends, young adult, nudity, sex, woman urinating, roommate, city life, female friendship, strong sexual content, oral sex ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, idaho, usa, brooklyn new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!
Style:
feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, cute, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
time travel, body swapping, coming of age, youth, true love, fashion, love and romance, best friends in love, desire, child as adult, adolescence vs adulthood, wish come true ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, year 1987, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tom, greeting-card writer and hopeless romantic, is caught completely off-guard when his girlfriend, Summer, suddenly dumps him. He reflects on their 500 days together to try to figure out where their love affair went sour, and in doing so, Tom ...
Style:
touching, romantic, sentimental, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
breakup, love, relationships, couples, love story, unrequited love, love and romance, couple relations, manic pixie dream girl, unfulfilled love, life philosophy, heartache ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: China, Japan
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
A mysterious man by the name of Lee dwells with Aak, Hung, and Waai Fu in the dark alleyways of Lungmen City. Styling themselves as Lee's Detective Agency, they strove to run errands, investigate mysteries, and mediate disputes for their ...
Style:
detective, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
urban, investigation, detective agency, private investigation, private detective, puzzle, riddles and clues, undercover, crime investigation, private investigator, crime solving, dark humor ...
Is relevant?
91K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A controversial portrayal of teens in New York City which exposes a deeply disturbing world of sex and substance abuse. The film focuses on a sexually reckless, freckle-faced boy named Telly, whose goal is to have sex with as many different girls as ...
Style:
disturbing, independent film, controversial, bleak, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, aids, innocence lost, youth, drug abuse, virginity, underage sex, teenage boy, street kid, puberty, sex, teenager ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, seattle, los angeles, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and corruption.
Style:
hood, realistic, rough, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, urban, friends, drug dealing, black, juvenile delinquency, fighting crime, police investigation, betrayal, urban ghetto life, criminal heroes, police corruption ...
Place:
usa, boston
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Crime, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Frustrated with being broke, Beans decides that the only way to grasp the American Dream is to take it.
Style:
hood, serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, urban, gangster, drug dealing, family life, ghetto, buddies, juvenile delinquency, friendship, social decay, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
usa, memphis, philadelphia
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike's older brother turns himself in as the killer. Det. Rocco Klein ...
Style:
hood, grim, neo noir, realistic, controversial ...
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, urban, organized crime, drug, violence, blaxploitation, black, gangster, murder, gang, profanity ...
Time:
90s, year 1995
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey, california ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Super Fly is a cocaine dealer who begins to realize that his life will soon end with either prison or his death. He decides to build an escape from the life by making his biggest deal yet.
Style:
grindhouse, hood, independent film, cult classic, grim ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
blaxploitation, urban, gangster, hip hop, black, fight, african american, exploitation, black history, ghetto, drug, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The story of a young man who must confront his own fears about love as well as his relationships with family and friends.
Style:
sexy, hood, romantic, erotic, serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
urban, black, hip hop, african american, sex scene, love, making love, family relations, black history, violence, tragic romance, black woman ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
asia, vietnam, texas, houston texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Young single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. She ends up working at a shoe store, but meets two strippers from a nearby gentlemen's club who convince her there's fast money to be made ...
Style:
hood, intense, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stripper, hip hop, gangster, urban, prostitute, blaxploitation, black, rape, organized crime, crime gone awry, police investigation, fish out of water ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
california
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is ...
Style:
hood, cult classic, suspense, realistic, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, urban, hip hop, revenge, gang, gangster, vigilante, vengeance, mentor, teaching, mexican gang ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, detective, hood, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, organized crime, gangster, mafia, drug lord, murder, cocaine, mob boss, violence, redemption, prison, subway ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Special Jury Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this drama stars a then-19-year-old Matty Rich (who also wrote and directed it). Rich plays Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn who decides he wants out ...
Style:
hood, independent film, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban, gang, black, hip hop, african american, black gangster, blaxploitation, downbeat ending, hip hop culture, thug life, villain, thug ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, touching, melancholic, talky ...
Plot:
coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, african american, black, child's point of view, family relations, school, parents and children, single parent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, tokyo, africa
Is relevant?
512K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On his first day on the job as a narcotics officer, a rookie cop works with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears.
Style:
neo noir, tense, realistic, harsh, suspense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
police corruption, ghetto, gang, corrupt cop, drug dealer, african american, rookie, dirty cop, mentor, twists and turns, gunfight, gang member ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and waste of his time. After selling the shop to a local loan shark, ...
Style:
black comedy, satirical, hood, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
workplace, beauty salon, hairdresser, urban, black, family business, hip hop, blaxploitation, african american, family relations, society, buddies ...
Time:
year 2002, 21st century
Place:
chicago, indiana, usa, north america, illinois ...
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