Movies and TV shows set in new york
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in new york ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, feel good, entertaining, cult classic and light films and TV shows about / with urban, friendship, love, love and romance, female protagonist, teenager, profanity, lifestyle, coming of age and kiss plots mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres shot in USA, France, Italy and other countries.
new york
TOP 10 movies tagged as new york: A Rainy Day in New York (2019), After Hours (1985), High Fidelity (2020), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), You've Got Mail (1998), Coyote Ugly (2000), Girls (2012), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Working Girl (1988), Taxi Driver (1976).
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two young people arrive in New York to spend a weekend; once they arrive they are met with bad weather and a series of adventures.
Style:
light, captivating, colorful, humorous, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
infidelity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high society, interview, college student, wealthy family, love, party, job, couple relations, relationships, relationship problems ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, atmospheric ...
Plot:
twists and turns, dark humor, subway, city life, suicide, artist, mistaken identity, female nudity, nightclub, coincidence, surrealism, nightlife ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Rob Brooks, a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisit past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.
Style:
inspirational, atmospheric, romantic, sincere, visually appealing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, musician's life, introspection, love affair, couple relations, music fan, female protagonist, friendship, hopes, ex lover, black, lgbtq ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, funny, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
fashion, fashion industry, women, journalism, city life, strong female character, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, journalist, career woman, designer, relationship vs career ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, boston, miami ...
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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, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
love, fall in love, bookstore, happy ending, destiny, online dating, unlikely couple, rivalry, christmas, internet, hidden identity, love story ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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120K
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, romantic, stylized, exciting, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, music, nightclub, ambition, dancer's life, love affair, father daughter relationship, nightlife, parents and children, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship, dance ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
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77K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 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:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty, mumblecore ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
ambitious, city life, roommate, sex, female friendship, woman urinating, young adult, nudity, sexuality, everyday life, lifestyle, strong sexual content ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, idaho, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 229 min.
Story:
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Style:
epic, ambiguous ending, melancholic, breathtaking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
gangster, organized crime, mafia, friendship, prohibition, rape, gunfight, betrayal, childhood friend, corruption, criminal heroes, mobster ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 1920s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place:
new york, usa, america, israel, china ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Witty, romantic look at life in the corporate jungle. Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, captivating, light, talky ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
business, women, workplace, secretary, workplace romance, career woman, rise to the top, female protagonist, love and romance, career, boss, strong female character ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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913K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, bleak, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vigilante, character study, loner, alienation, obsession, vigilantism, violence, loneliness, psychology, lone wolves, taxi, depression ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, america, harlem ...
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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, romantic comedy, cute ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
fashion, shopping, women, overnight success, addiction, love and romance, fashion industry, rise to the top, city life, journalism, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A woman who is robbed on her way to catch the 1:30 train to Boston is left stranded in New York City. She meets a man who helps her during the course of the night and the two form a romance.
Style:
touching, romantic, sweet, light, witty ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
love and romance, chance meeting, love, stranger, hopes, love story, life philosophy, loneliness, honest, jazz musician, husband wife relationship, nothing goes right ...
Time:
y2k, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city
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155K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws ...
Style:
touching, sad, romantic, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, 9/11, relationships, death in the family, suicide, family drama, teenager, young love, loss of sibling, love and romance, love, dealing with death ...
Time:
year 2010, september 11 2001, 2010s, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place:
new york, iran, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Bahrain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
New York, I Love You delves into the intimate lives of New Yorkers as they grapple with, delight in and search for love. Journey from the Diamond District in the heart of Manhattan, through Chinatown and the Upper East Side, towards the Village, ...
Style:
melancholic, sexy, sweet, anthology, talky ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, interracial relations, multiple storylines, couples, fall in love, young lovers, couple relations, lifestyle, looking for love, city life, friendship, love affair ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, brooklyn new york city, paris france ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The lives of several couples and singles in New York intertwine over the course of New Year's Eve.
Style:
romantic, light, romantic comedy, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
new year, multiple storylines, new year's eve, love and romance, looking for love, lifestyle, starting over, hopes, christmas, teenager, winter, love story ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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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, light, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
time travel, body swapping, youth, true love, fashion, love and romance, best friends in love, child as adult, adolescence vs adulthood, wish come true, body swap, desire ...
Time:
year 2004, 80s, year 1987, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, ...
Style:
feel good, funny, humorous, hilarious, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
holiday, christmas, children, hotel, home alone, childhood, vacation, child, young heroes, mischievous children, snow, trap ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1992
Place:
new york, florida, manhattan new york city, chicago, miami
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Top student Jane Ryan heads to Manhattan for a college-scholarship competition. Her rebellious twin Roxy Ryan goes along to crash a video shoot. But anything can happen - and does - in a romp involving a pursuing truant officer, a smuggler, ...
Style:
romantic, not serious, feel good, sweet, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
teenager, twins, youth, siblings relations, dream, friendship, high school, happy ending, disorder, friends, teenage life, city life ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, oxford university
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118K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, action packed, road movie, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
chase, delivery, organized crime, race against time, cycling, bicycle, police corruption, corrupt cop, on the run, chinese immigrant, justice, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, china
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash ...
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, serious ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
dystopia, cyberpunk, prison, race against time, escape, post apocalypse, hostage, dystopian future, end of the world, rescue, distopia, darkness ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 1981, distant future ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
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419K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, mockumentary, lovecraft ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, alien, giant monster, survival, survival horror, danger, destruction, fear, creature, chaos ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, september 11 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new york, bolivia, brooklyn new york city, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman ...
Style:
mind bending, philosophical, romantic, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
destiny, politics, alternate reality, love story, power of love, fall in love, fictional reality, changing the past or future, twists and turns, creator, mind control, forbidden love ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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395K
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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192K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, ...
Style:
romantic, soap opera, stylized, talky, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, popularity, gossip and rumors, friends, teenage love, youth, high school life, love triangle, lifestyle, adolescence, couples, coming of age ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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104K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, feel good, humorous, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
ambitious, financial problem, money raising, everyday life, lifestyle change, workplace situations, female friendship, friendship, diner, waitress, staff, urban ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York ...
Style:
sitcom, sexual, witty, stylized, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot:
female friendship, everyday life, couple relations, up and down relationship, looking for love, sexual intercourse, sex, love, sexual exploration, friendship, friends, looking for sex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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202K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
When a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
dinosaur, godzilla, monster, giant monster, disaster, experiment gone awry, giant, lost world, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, creature, human versus monster, danger ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, jurassic, year 1998
Place:
new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, tahiti, usa ...
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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:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, cynical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
roommate, odd couple, lifestyle change, lifestyle, sexual humor, city life, friends, troublemaker, everyday life, big city, friendship, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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174K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
wedding, fall in love, love story, love, opposites attract, wedding planner, love and romance, women, bridesmaid, couple relations, unlikely couple, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, rhode island, manhattan new york city, usa
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442K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, light, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, paranormal investigation, giant monster, chase, imagination, accountant, friendship, librarian ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, year 2016, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa
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