| The Knick (2014) | 8.4 | |
| Twin Peaks (2017) | 8.5 | |
| The Simpsons (1989) | 8.6 | |
| American History X (1998) | 8.5 | |
| Suburgatory (2011) | 7.2 |
Movies and TV shows set in usa – page 3
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List of movies set in usa
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, detective, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
photographic memory, female detective, partners against crime, police, policewoman, police detective, fighting crime, prodigy, police investigation, law enforcement, haunted by the past, murder investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, large family, parents and children, couple relations, nothing goes right, couples, holiday, new year, pretend relationship, happiness, starting over ...
Time:
year 1946, year 2015, 60s, 21st century
Place:
usa, pittsburgh
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The weeks leading up to a young couple's wedding is comic and stressful, especially as their respective fathers try to lay to rest their feud.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
wedding, interracial romance, interracial relations, couples, wedding ceremony, father daughter relationship, black, love and romance, parents and children, family life, culture clash, interracial marriage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Style:
political, factual, witty, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
president, royalty, cousin cousin relationship, king of england, queen, u.s. president, disability, hot dog, polio, biopic, king, storytelling ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939, year 2012, 20th century
Place:
usa, north america, new york state, new york, england ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two thugs who tried to break into/steal his truck. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader ...
Style:
cerebral, rough, serious, clever, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
gang, skinhead, racism, prison, neo nazism, neo nazi, character change, nazism, juvenile delinquency, murder, politics, african american ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, america, north america ...
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884
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Forced to flee his home in Honduras, Óscar seeks asylum in the United States, only to find himself trapped in the immigration system.
Style:
suspense, rough, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
escape, undocumented immigrant, immigration, fear, violence, breakup, gang, arrest, court, tattoo, child protagonist, border ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa, central america
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The year is 2022, and after an unlikely event, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller, who used to be just an average guy who loved his family and hated his job at the bank. Now, in his RV, Phil searches the country for other survivors.
Style:
humorous, not serious, sitcom, offbeat, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, family outing
Plot:
alone in the world, survival, post apocalypse, chaos, danger, survivor, save the world, virus, distopia, isolation, partner, deadly virus ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
tucson arizona, usa, arizona
Is relevant?
122K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, sexy, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cold war, espionage, spy, undercover, working undercover, mission, top secret, kgb, mole, government agency, couple relations, investigation ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., soviet union, usa, ussr
Is relevant?
286K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mad Men is set in the 1960s, initially at the fictional Sterling Cooper advertising agency on Madison Avenue in New York City, and later at the newly created firm, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, located nearby in the Time-Life Building, at 1271 ...
Style:
atmospheric, sexy, captivating, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
advertising, career, boss and employee, family problems, workplace, housewife, womanizer, advertising agency, workplace intrigue, career woman, drinking, ambitious ...
Time:
60s, year 2007, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, syria
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this modern telling of the classic tale, aspiring singer Katie Gibbs falls for the new boy at her performing arts high school. But Katie's wicked stepmother and stepsister are scheming to crush her dream before she can sing her way into his ...
Style:
romantic, modern fairy tale, sexy, teen, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
cinderella, cinderella story, high school, youth, teenage love, teenager, follow your dream, teenage life, musician's life, love and romance, teen romance, orphan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A suburban mother faces her cancer diagnosis while trying to find humor and happiness as well.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, semi serious, sincere, dark comedy ...
Plot:
teacher, fighting illness, terminal illness, couples, dying, cancer, couple relations, dark humor, doctor, suburbs, parents and children, marriage ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut
Is relevant?
331K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?
Style:
feel good, light, humorous, touching, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
memory loss, kids and family, fish, underwater, amnesia, ocean, shark, friendship, teamwork, beautiful scenery, talking animal, children ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, north america
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58K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
James “Ghost” St. Patrick has it all: a beautiful wife, a gorgeous Manhattan penthouse, and the hottest, up-and-coming new nightclub in New York. His club, Truth, caters to the elite: the famous and infamous boldface names that run the city that ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
nightclub, drug dealing, nightlife, nightclub owner, drug lord, ambition, organized crime, money laundering, double life, politics, businessman, criminal ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.
Style:
humorous, feel good, funny, witty, retro ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
friendship, grandparent and grandchild, child's point of view, everyday life, youth, mischievous children, friends, elementary school, unrequited love, first love, crossover, working class ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Jean Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, tense, serious ...
Plot:
police, crime investigation, police investigation, homicide detective, murder, female detective, police detective, law enforcement, workplace romance, twists and turns, strong female character, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, seattle
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Derek (AnDrew Seeley) moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path: Legend has it that he abducted a group of teenagers years ago. Ignoring the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, slasher, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
woods, urban legend, youth, danger, murder, chase, child in peril, friendship, high school, psychopath, young heroes, siblings relations ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946, year 1953, year 1945, 1950s ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Due South is a Canadian crime drama series with elements of comedy. The series was created by Paul Haggis, produced by Alliance Communications, and stars Paul Gross, David Marciano, Gordon Pinsent, Beau Starr, Camilla Scott, Ramona Milano, and ...
Style:
humorous, homoerotic, detective, witty, buddy comedy ...
Plot:
police, odd couple, police detective, buddy cop, cop, culture clash, fighting crime, partners against crime, law enforcement, buddy, police officer, investigation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois, north america, canada
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A family of aliens from a much better world must take refuge in middle America after the destruction of their planet. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform ...
Style:
adult animation, funny, entertaining, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, adult
Plot:
dark humor, science and technology, alien, alien encounter, human alien relationship, alien contact, new life, ufo, lgbt, love, evil, adult humor ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast.
Style:
horror comedy, slasher, dark comedy, anthology, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, rich girl, college, sorority, murder, popular girl, killer, blood, mascot, investigation, satire, hospital ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Is relevant?
163K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA, Italy, Romania
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind ...
Style:
romantic, sincere, epic, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
american civil war, love story, survival, civil war, tragic love, lovers reunited, slavery, tragic romance, loss of family member, star crossed lovers, getting home, loss of loved one ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, year 2003 ...
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina, appalachia, charleston south carolina ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, erotic, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
artificial intelligence, talking car, car, car chase, lone hero, fighting crime, chases and races, heroic mission, robot, gadget, gunfight, fight scenes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Mac Conway, a Marine who returns home to Memphis from Vietnam in 1972 and finds himself shunned by those he loves and demonized by the public. As he struggles to cope with his experiences at war, Conway is drawn into a network of ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, realistic, erotic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vietnam veteran, murder, money, teaching the ways of the world, haunted by the past, homecoming, assassination, working undercover, corruption, blackmail, sex scene, adaptation ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
usa, mississippi, memphis
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish during the rapture and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction.
Style:
serious, exciting, christian film, biblical, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, christian, belief in god, hopes, chaos, parents and children, supernatural, airplane, journalism, danger, propaganda ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Single Ladies is an American comedy-drama television series on VH1 that debuted on May 30, 2011, as a two-hour television film. Created by Stacy A. Littlejohn and produced by Queen Latifah's Flavor Unit Entertainment, the series chronicles the ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, fashion, looking for love, couple relations, lifestyle, dating, love triangle, society, social differences, black cast, black, strong female presence ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia, atlanta georgia
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jared, Kate, Rick, and Jessica find themselves stranded in a wreckage yard after their car breaks down during a drag race. Meanwhile, the sheriff's office receives notice that a convict escaped from a local state prison. As the teenagers ...
Style:
slasher, serious, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
buddies, serial killer, escaped prisoner, murder, isolation, confined, danger, car race, friends, ex soldier, irony, hillbilly ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
26K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Casey Cartwright is poised to become the most powerful girl in the Greek system. Rusty, her little brother, is new on campus and he's the geek. But he sees Cyprus-Rhodes University as an opportunity to create a whole new identity.
Style:
witty, humorous, realistic, sentimental, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
fraternity, youth, college, sorority, college life, teenager, friendship, party, dating, lifestyle, social relations, social climbing ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, ...
Style:
hood, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot:
desire for fame, hip hop, life is a bitch, youth, family relations, basketball, gang, black, hopes, rivalry, urban, criminal heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Duffy the big man on campus who is marrying Adriana, a debutante heiress to a global wine fortune, right after they both graduate from the same prestigious University. Unfortunately , the final Frat Party of his college career is the night before ...
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, sexual, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
sexual attraction, couple relations, sex, horny, masseuse, fraternity, massage, nudity, youth, battle of the sexes, sexual relations, couples ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
65K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, parody, stylized, black comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couple relations, dark humor, twists and turns, cons and scams, neighbor neighbor relationship, writers, old woman, parrot, young lovers, thanksgiving, chocolate, fire ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
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Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
With a ticking bomb locked to his neck, a young freerunner races against the clock and all types of baddies to get from one end of the city to the other to save himself and his girlfriend.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, realistic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
race against time, parkour, chases and races, danger, escapades, save the day, against the odds, rescue, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, manhunt, murder, party ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, britain
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