| Life at the Top (1965) | 6.7 | |
| G.B.H. (1991) | 8.6 | |
| Dandelion (2004) | 6.8 | |
| The House (2017) | 5.6 | |
| The Vicar of Dibley (1994) | 8.0 |
City council movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant city council movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, humorous, captivating, independent film and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with city council, family relations, friendship, father daughter relationship, dialogue, father son relationship, small town, politics, gun and police officer plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as city council: Hands Over the City (1963), Till Eulenspiegel (2014), The House (2017), Chinatown (1974), Poolman (2023), Waiting for Guffman (1996), Melissa & Joey (2010), The Dutchman (2025), Snack Shack (2024), The Lost King (2022).
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Rod Steiger is ferocious as a scheming land developer in Francesco Rosi’s Hands over the City, a blistering work of social realism and the winner of the 1963 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion. This expose of the politically driven real-estate ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspenseful, serious, clever ...
Plot:
politics, election, corruption, investigation, political corruption, manipulation, bribery, fighting the system, dishonesty, state affairs, city council, lie ...
Time:
1940s, year 1963, 60s, 21st century
Place:
italy, naples italy, europe, southern italy
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, History
Country: Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Popular joker, wheeler-dealer and heckler Till Eulenspiegel cleverly exposes the stupid greed of Lübeck burgomaster Klaas Wüllenwever, who vows to revenge the humiliation in order to restore his shaken authority in city council, as he plans to ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, escape, social commentary, satire, folk hero, political corruption, ruse, power struggle, disguise, escapades, class conflict, mastermind ...
Time:
16th century, medieval times
Place:
denmark, germany
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the scholarship they were counting on didn’t come through, and they’re now on the hook for ...
Style:
humorous, thought provoking, funny, feel good, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
casino, gambling, farce, college, neighbor, middle class, gambler, bet, comedy of errors, craps, social satire, marijuana ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, atmospheric, cult classic, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
private detective, corruption, femme fatale, investigation, police, whodunit, murder, twists and turns, conspiracy, murder mystery, father daughter incest, domestic violence ...
Time:
20th century, year 1937, 1930s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, eastern europe, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An eccentric pool cleaner stumbles upon an investigation by a dirty city council.
Style:
exciting, funny, entertaining, captivating, light ...
Plot:
swimming pool, apartment building, slacker, crime investigation, criminal, dreaming, crime scene, daydreamer, male protagonist, security guard, city council, police chase ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Corky St. Clair is a director, actor and dancer in Blaine, Missouri. When it comes time to celebrate Blaine's 150th anniversary, Corky resolves to bring down the house in Broadway style in this hilarious mockumentary from the people who brought ...
Style:
mockumentary, funny, parody, independent film, hilarious ...
Plot:
satire, small town, backstage, repressed homosexual, wagon train, coming of age, theater, city council, improv, chinese restaurant, alien contact, travel agent ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
missouri, usa, north america, florida, california ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Melissa & Joey is an ABC Family original television series starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence that premiered on ABC Family on August 17, 2010. The series follows local politician Mel Burke and Joe Longo, whom Mel hires to look after ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
couples, nanny, family relations, politician, parents and children, adolescence, custody, child care, family life, fish out of water, job seeking, bankruptcy ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a psychological game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman he encounters on a New York subway.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, intense, tragic ending ...
Plot:
race, identity, manipulation, subway, identity crisis, sexual tension, racial tension, cat and mouse, confrontation, sexual content, mystery woman, urban ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Inseparable best friends AJ & Moose decide to run the local pool's snack shack after their plan to sell home-brewed beer goes down the drain. Things take a turn when they meet Brooke, an effortlessly cool lifeguard who puts their big plans, ...
Style:
semi autobiographical, buddy comedy, crying, teen comedy, f word ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
summer job, girl next door, teen romance, friendship, love triangle, lifeguard, swimming pool, summer, jealous friend, jealousy, teenage protagonist, seductive girl ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, iowa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, f word
Plot:
archaeologist, king of england, archeological dig, female protagonist, historical figure, direction and purpose, hidden treasure, ambitious woman, treasure hunter, coping, lost treasure, apparition ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012
Place:
britain, edinburgh scotland, united kingdom, scotland, england
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
pistol duel, gunfight, showdown, marshal, interracial, lonely, saloon owner, small town, lone wolves, tough law enforcer, heroes, vengeance ...
Time:
year 1969, 19th century
Place:
usa, texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
'Life at the Top' is a sequel to 'Room at the Top', made in 1959. Ten years have passed and Joe Lampton now takes a wealthy lifestyle alongside his wife and two kids. But since he's married the boss' daughter, his rise ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
adultery, kitchen sink realism, domestic drama, husband wife separation, unfaithful wife, boarding school, mistress, father daughter relationship, father in law son in law relationship, stripper, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Place:
yorkshire, london
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Iran
TV show
Story:
The cute family travel to turkey for fun but when they were using balloon. Accidentally they went to the syria and they fight with isis to rescue theire life .
Plot:
isis, inn, family relations, dead body, drug, police, ranger, election, fight, swimming pool, poacher, hairdresser ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two rival toy shop owners reluctantly join forces when an unscrupulous toy magnate opens a box store in their town.
Style:
romantic, sincere, light, captivating, emotional
Plot:
christmas, small town, love interest, christmas season, widow, love and romance, christmas romance, christmas eve, christmas spirit, holiday, wedding, voting ...
Place:
new england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The story of the real-life unlikely relationship between an outspoken civil rights activist and a local Ku Klux Klan leader in 1971 North Carolina.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, period piece, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
civil rights, interracial friendship, human spirit, segregation, african american, reverend, activism, human rights, ku klux klan, racism, black, name calling ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, year 2016, year 2005
Place:
north carolina, usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A woman deals with the toxic water scandal in Flint, Michigan, and the effect it has on her family.
Style:
realistic, heartfelt, bleak
Plot:
social issues, family drama, motherhood, activism, poverty, political corruption, resilience, investigation, small town, bureaucracy, survival, legal battle ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015
Place:
usa, midwest, michigan
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
Easter is a five story-arc opera about the coming-of-age of juking. The first of its tales aptly deals with contemporary civil unrest with foci on the interrelationships between law enforcement in communities it serves, and corruption within the ...
Style:
intense, suspense, detective, twisted, allegory ...
Plot:
politics, vengeance, survival, revenge, police, conspiracy, strained relationship, rescue, fight, arrest, easter, prodigy ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 80s
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, morocco, new jersey, panama ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, rough, political ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
politics, racism, state affairs, society, life is a bitch, urbanization, hunting, true crime, racial discrimination, secrets, pop culture, white house ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 2010s, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, dominican republic, new york state
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Victor Mallick returned to his home and found out that all of his friends have arranged a surprise bachelor/stag party for him. Two strippers were hired to cheer up the party. However, when some of the men accidentally killed one of the strippers, ...
Style:
psychological, sexual, independent film, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
death, murder, suicide, hooker, bachelor party, stripper, wrongfully committed, suburbs, friendship, disorder, friends, prostitute ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
california, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Rome and Juliet follows the romantic journey and soul mating of two straight women caught in a web of forbidden love. Juliet (a conservative pre-school teacher) is a bride to be who befriends and hires Rome (a liberated businesswoman) as her wedding ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, captivating, sincere, independent film
Plot:
lesbian relationship, lesbian, lesbian sex, forbidden love, lesbian interest, wedding planner, lesbianism, lgbt, fall in love, dysfunctional family, friendship, jealousy ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father ...
Style:
fairy tale, stylized, art house, independent film, serious ...
Plot:
bubonic plague, black death, ancient, wedding, burned alive, clergy, revenge, witchcraft, siblings relations, parents and children, society, dealing with death ...
Time:
year 1972, 14th century, medieval times, middle ages
Place:
germany, europe, northern germany
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Reverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite what the villagers expected.
Style:
sitcom, retro, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
english countryside, church, christmas, friendship, small community, religion, small town, religious, church of england, community, chocolate, congregation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, britain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s ...
Style:
teen, feel good, romantic, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, dance, small town, teenage love, love and romance, dancer's life, teenage girl, dancer, music, youth, young lovers, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2011, 80s, 21st century
Place:
georgia, usa, southern usa, boston
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Style:
romantic, entertaining, teen, sexy, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dance, dancer, dancer's life, teenager, hip hop, music, teenage love, competition, teenage girl, happy ending, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa, miami, florida, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The life of a priest seconded to a New Orleans police department begins to fall apart when he is wrongly implicated in the shooting of a suspect. However, it comes to light that the precinct is haunted by the spirit of a deceased policeman, who ...
Style:
independent film
Plot:
medical student, nypd, city council, videotaping, retired cop, street artist, female politician, flashback, hallucination, father son relationship, murder, cemetery ...
Place:
new orleans
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ghoulish Count Dracula lures a naive estate agent, Jonathan Harker, to his decaying Transylvanian castle with the promise of easy money. But when he spies a portrait of the man's beautiful young wife Lucy, the vampire becomes obsessed and sets ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, dark, bleak, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, blood, castle, melancholy, plague, nosferatu, death, rat, medieval, loneliness, insanity, solitude ...
Time:
19th century, year 1979, 1850s, 1800s, 20th century ...
Place:
romania, transylvania, europe, germany, black sea ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
One day, Horton the elephant hears a cry from help coming from a speck of dust. Even though he can't see anyone on the speck, he decides to help it. As it turns out, the speck of dust is home to the Whos, who live in their city of Whoville. ...
Style:
feel good, light, funny, humorous, computer animated ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
friends, talking animal, determination, fantasy world, rescue, jungle, elephant, friendship, animal, creativity, save the day, goofy hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008
Place:
seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Dr. Sullivan Travis is a man at the top of his game, a rich and successful Dallas gynecologist whose "religion" is women. Dr. T. worships women. In his immediate family and in his office, they surround him. He is loving and giving to each ...
Style:
satirical, stylized, light, humorous, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
gynecologist, cheerleader, cheerleading, lesbian, public nudity, couple relations, family relations, women, dysfunctional family, parents and children, twists and turns, runaway ...
Time:
90s, year 2000
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, washington d.c., dallas texas ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason meets Danny, a sensitive and troubled girl, and their tender ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, dysfunctional family, young lovers, parents and children, troubled teen, desperation, depression, compassion, jail, self discovery, loner, amor ...
Place:
idaho, usa, washington state
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An attorney returns to his small home town in Alaska and quickly rocks the boat by getting an injunction against the nativity display tradition and attacking Christmas.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, christmas comedy, disgusting ...
Plot:
christmas, winter, holiday, small town, christmas eve, lawyer, family relations, battles, boss and employee, love and romance, workplace, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alaska
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