Movies and TV shows set in miami

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in miami ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspenseful, serious, exciting, cult classic and detective films and TV shows about / with gangster, murder, female nudity, police, violence, danger, anti hero, law enforcement, investigation and profanity plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, Italy, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as miami: Scarface (1983), Rough Night (2017), StartUp (2016), Miami Vice (1984), Kings of South Beach (2007), Bad Boys II (2003), Pain & Gain (2013), Grand Hotel (2019), Magic City (2012), Miami Blues (1990).

List of movies set in miami

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 8.3
 909K
Scarface (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 170 min.
Story: After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the ...
Style: serious, cult classic, exciting, rough, suspense ...
Audience: manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: gangster, mafia, organized crime, gunfight, drug lord, mob boss, drug cartel, drug dealing, cocaine, drug abuse, ambition, violence ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1983, year 1980
Place: miami, cuba, miami beach, florida, bolivia ...
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 5.2
 56K
Rough Night (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when they accidentally kill a male stripper. Amidst the craziness of trying to cover it up, ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, captivating, teen, rom com ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: friendship, friends, male stripper, murder, female protagonist, death, blonde, beach, woman urinating, sex toy, lesbian, female friendship ...
Time: year 2017, year 2016, year 2006
Place: miami
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 7.8
 30K
StartUp (2016)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A desperate banker needs to conceal stolen money. A Haitian-American gang lord wants to go legit. A Cuban-American hacker has an idea that will revolutionize the very future of money itself. Forced to work together, they unwittingly create their ...
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, serious, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: computer, gang, corruption, hacker, organized crime, dysfunctional relationship, corrupt official, sex scene, father son relationship, startup, violence, banker ...
Place: miami
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 7.5
 30K
Miami Vice (1984)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
Style: detective, serious, exciting, stylized, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, police, undercover, partner, partners against crime, drug dealing, rivalry, undercover cop, two man army, machismo, cop, team ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: miami, florida, usa
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Kings of South Beach (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This fact-based crime thriller details the downfall of Miami's hottest nightclub. Chris Troiano owns the trendiest nightclub in all of South Beach; a place where the line always winds down the block and only the most beautiful people make it ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: downfall, lifestyle, gangster, nightclub, nightlife, bankruptcy, criminal heroes, drinking, addiction, false identity, abuse, drinking alcohol ...
Time: 90s
Place: miami, usa, florida
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 6.6
 266K
Bad Boys II (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story: Out-of-control, trash-talking buddy cops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force reunite, and bullets fly, cars crash and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of ...
Style: funny, entertaining, stylized, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: buddy cop, police, drug lord, car chase, gunfight, chase, partner, gangster, law enforcement, friendship between men, foul language, buddy ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: miami, florida, iran, usa, puerto rico ...
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 6.4
 228K
Pain & Gain (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Daniel Lugo, manager of the Sun Gym in 1990s Miami, decides that there is only one way to achieve his version of the American dream: extortion. To achieve his goal, he recruits musclemen Paul and Adrian as accomplices. After several failed attempts, ...
Style: stylized, dark comedy, humorous, funny, tense ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: american dream, kidnapping, buddies, athlete's life, money, friends, group of criminals, hot and sexy, stupidity, bodybuilding, dark humor, scam ...
Time: 2010s, year 2013, 20th century, year 1995, year 1994 ...
Place: miami, florida, usa, bahamas, mexico
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 7.1
 4K
Grand Hotel (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A bold, provocative upstairs/downstairs drama set at the last family-owned hotel in multicultural Miami Beach. Wealthy and beautiful guests bask in luxury, but scandals, escalating debt and explosive secrets hide beneath the picture-perfect exterior.
Style: emotional, captivating, light, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: intrigue, family relations, unlikely couple, secrets, secret, family business, love and romance, parents and children, hotel, motel, deep south
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, florida
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Trinity: Good Guys and Bad Guys (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released from jail. He immediately went to ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, law enforcement, gang, disorder, heist, crime gone awry, confined, dishonesty, kidnapping, missing person, gangster, partner ...
Time: 80s
Place: miami, florida, usa
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 7.6
 13K
Magic City (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1959 Miami, Florida shortly after the Cuban Revolution, Magic City tells the story of Ike Evans, the owner of Miami's most glamorous hotel, the Miramar Playa. Evans is forced to make an ill-fated deal with Miami mob boss Ben Diamond to ...
Style: atmospheric, tense, stylized, serious, erotic ...
Plot: mob boss, hotshot, mafia, hotel, gangster, intrigue, organized crime, businessman, lifestyle, power struggle, rivals, slick ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s, year 1959
Place: miami, usa, miami beach
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 6.4
 10K
Miami Blues (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When Fred gets out of prison, he decides to start over in Miami, where he starts a violent one-man crime wave. He soon meets up with amiable college student Susie. Opposing Fred is Sgt Hoke Moseley, a cop who is getting a bit old for the job, ...
Style: neo noir, harsh, stylized, bloody, witty ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prostitute, psychopath, brutality, undercover cop, hitman, twists and turns, police detective, storytelling, police corruption, loneliness, strong sexual content, law enforcement ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: miami, florida, usa
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 8.7
 760K
Dexter (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have ...
Style: captivating, clever, serious, stylized, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, crime investigation, right and wrong, hidden identity, double life, gory, vigilantism, anti hero, serial murder, loner, police station, dark humor ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, y2k, year 2006, 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
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Private Resort (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Jack and his buddy Ben check in at a posh Florida resort, planning to spend every hour in hot pursuit of gorgeous babes. But their plans hit a major detour when they try to bed the wife of a conniving jewel thief. They'll have to outsmart him, ...
Style: not serious, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, humorous, sexy ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: resort, youth, teenager, beach party, femme fatale, goofy hero, friendship, sexual attraction, love and romance, aerobics, nothing goes right, prank ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: miami, florida, usa
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 6.5
 61K
CSI: Miami (2002)
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: serious, suspenseful, detective, realistic, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: investigation, forensics, murder, police detective, danger, policewoman, law enforcement, workplace situations, medical examiner, workplace, police, crime scene ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ...
Style: light, absurd, humorous, detective, spoof ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly
Plot: private detective, stupidity, dog, kidnapping, pets, human animal relationship, dumb, investigation, goofy hero, amateur detective, save the day, owner dog relationship ...
Time: 90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: miami, usa, florida
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Up Close & Personal (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Tally Atwater has a dream: to be a prime-time network newscaster. She pursues this dream with nothing but ambition, raw talent and a homemade demo tape. Warren Justice is a brilliant, hard edged, veteran newsman. He sees Tally has talent and becomes ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, romantic drama, sad, bad ending ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: journalism, love, love story, journalist, reporter, media, unrequited love, age difference, mentor, female journalist, media industry, unhappy ending ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, miami, usa, florida, pennsylvania
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 7.2
 100K
The Birdcage (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's right-wing moralistic parents.
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, light, feel good ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: gay, cross dressing, senator, gender, drag queen, gay parent, gay couple, farce, lgbtq, wedding, gay slur, nightclub ...
Time: 90s
Place: florida, miami, usa, miami beach, los angeles
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 6.1
 123K
Miami Vice (2006)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Paraguay, Uruguay
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Miami Vice is a feature film based on the 1980s action drama TV series. The film tells the story of vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs and how their personal and professional lives are dangerously getting mixed.
Style: intense, rough, serious, suspenseful, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: drug dealing, tough law enforcer, partners against crime, buddy cop, justice, vengeance, police detective, shootout, partner, mole, drug, law enforcement ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, south america, usa, havana cuba ...
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 5.9
 12K
Wasp Network (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Brazil, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Havana, early 90’s. René González, a Cuban pilot, steals a plane and flees Cuba, leaving behind his beloved wife and daughter. He starts a new life in Miami. Other Cuban defectors soon follow and start a spy network. Their mission is to ...
Style: political, suspenseful, tense, suspense, feel good ...
Plot: spy, communism, international relations, corruption, drug, baby, informant, wedding, bomb, espionage, cold war, terrorism ...
Time: 90s, year 1990
Place: miami, cuba, havana cuba
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 4.7
 471
Fires Within (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A Cuban emigre, living in Miami and involved in an affair with the American seaman who rescued her and her daughter years earlier, must face her husband after he is unexpectedly released from a Cuban prison.
Style: independent film, tense, emotional, serious, realistic
Plot: political prisoner, immigrant, revolution, state affairs, idealism, couple relations, forbidden love, life is a bitch, society, politics, love and romance, betrayal ...
Time: year 1991
Place: miami, latin america, usa, cuba, florida
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 6.9
 89K
Get Shorty (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Chili Palmer is a Miami mobster who gets sent by his boss, the psychopathic "Bones" Barboni, to collect a bad debt from Harry Zimm, a Hollywood producer who specializes in cheesy horror films. When Chili meets Harry's leading lady, ...
Style: funny, humorous, clever, intense, light ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: mafia, hollywood, debt, movie business, producer, gangster, gambling, organized crime, filmmaking, caper, dark humor, cons and scams ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: miami, los angeles, california, usa, las vegas ...
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 7.2
 933
Karen Sisco (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As a U.S. Deputy Marshal, based on Miami, Florida's Gold Coast, Karen must deal with the underbelly of South Beach nightlife and Palm Beach high life while tracking down fugitives. She also struggles to win the respect of her fellow officers. ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: law enforcement, workplace, boss and employee, u.s. marshal, female police detective, parents and children, superior officer, fighting crime, investigation, female detective, forensics, policewoman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
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Christmas in Miami (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A 15-year-old daughter of a friend improbably falls for Christian De Sica's middle-aged traveler.
Style: sex comedy, feel good, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Plot: bachelor, christmas, italian abroad, humour, christmas party, party, silly humor, bad taste humour, older man younger woman relationship, christmas eve, love story, sex ...
Place: miami
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 8.0
 79K
Burn Notice (2007)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
Style: semi serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: private investigator, investigation, uncover truth, starting over, secret agent, peril, new job, gadget, lifestyle change, dishonesty, chases and races, danger ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: florida, miami, usa
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Absolute Zero (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: INTER SCI climatologist Dr. David Kotzman has evidence that a shift in the Earth's polarity triggered the last Ice Age...in a single day. Now, it's happening again, and there's no time to escape. As the temperature plummets, Miami is ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, captivating, disturbing, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, disaster, earthquake, natural disaster, survival, forces of nature, save the day, save the world, rescue, race against time, husband wife relationship, winter ...
Time: future
Place: miami, usa, florida, new york
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 3.2
 1K
Miami Magma (2011)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When an offshore-drilling rig in the Gulf bursts into flames and sinks, Antoinette Vitrini (Rachel Hunter) - a beautiful and insightful volcanologist - investigates the area with startling results. Confirming her theory that a long-dormant ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, volcano, save the day, family relations, chaos, forces of nature, race against time, escapades, danger, corporate greed, destruction, natural disaster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
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Critical Thinking (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Based on a true story from 1998, five Latino and Black teenagers from the toughest underserved ghetto in Miami fight their way into the National Chess Championship under the guidance of their unconventional but inspirational teacher.
Style: motivational, thought provoking, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: chess, social problems, high school, life is a bitch, society, hardcase students, human relationship, dedicated educator, teacher, city, new teacher, contest ...
Place: miami
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 6.8
 284K
Bad Boys (1995)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate ...
Style: buddy comedy, humorous, exciting, funny, action comedy ...
Audience: manly, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot: two man army, drug lord, buddy, buddy cop, partners against crime, law enforcement, police, police corruption, police investigation, murder, african american, murder investigation ...
Time: 90s, year 1995, 20th century
Place: miami, florida, usa, north america
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Carlita's Secret (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Carlita's Secret begins with a young girl who unwittingly participates in a drug deal rip off. She goes into hiding from the police and the boyfriend she helped commit the rip off with. After years in hiding she becomes a successful nightclub ...
Style: suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gangster, nightclub, frame up, on the run, false accusation, murder, witnessing a crime, law enforcement, manhunt, dishonesty, investigation, hidden identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, usa, florida
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Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, exciting, independent film, fast ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, vigilante, violence, one man army, vigilantism, cold war, machismo, spy, explosions, revenge, terrorism, gunfight ...
Time: 80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: florida, miami, usa, everglades, atlanta georgia
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