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List of movies set in brooklyn new york city

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Gravesend (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A 1980's series of events revolving around Benny Zerletta (William DeMeo), a Brooklyn based Italian-American, soldier in the Colezzo crime family. Benny depicts the difficulties.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, tense, touching, psychological ...
Plot: mafia, crime family, criminal syndicate, organized crime, mafioso, criminal organization, gangster, bandit, family relations, escapades, friends, pride and honor ...
Time: 80s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Plot unknown.
Style: tense, entertaining, captivating, exciting, action adventure ...
Plot: transformers, transforming robot, giant robot, good versus evil, superhero, robot, holiday, truck, car, motorcycle, aircraft, universe ...
Time: 90s, year 1994
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, peru, south america, north america
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 7.4
 79
The Loft (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The Loft is a character-driven dramedy series created by Natalie Faye. It follows a motley crew of struggling young creatives whose lives intersect in the illegal DUMBO loft apartment they share. Emily, a bright eyed and bushy tailed Midwestern ...
Style: sexy, touching, romantic, melancholic, humorous ...
Plot: lovers, lesbian, lgbt, nymphomaniac, musician, love and romance, society, couple relations, lesbian couple, friendship, young lovers, gay love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city, usa, new york
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 5.7
 471
Naz & Maalik (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two closeted Muslim teens hawk goods across Brooklyn and struggle to come clean about their sexuality, as their secretive behavior leads them unknowingly into the cross-hairs of the War on Terror.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: lgbt, gay, muslim, lgbtq, teenager, black lgbt, boy, african american, religion, gay couple, closeted homosexual, gay teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
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 6.4
 371
Victor (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The inspiring true story of Víctor Torres - a migrant teen from Puerto Rico forced to survive the dark streets of Brooklyn in 1962. Enslaved by the power of gangs and the addictions of the neighborhood, he must now find freedom before he destroys ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, christian film
Plot: faith, immigrant, heroin addict, drug addiction, drug, life is a bitch, teenage life, christian, bandit, criminal underworld, city life, drug addict ...
Time: 60s
Place: brooklyn new york city
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Where Is Kyra? (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and her troubles deepen, she embarks on a perilous and mysterious journey that threatens to usurp her life.
Style: captivating, suspense, bleak, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: black american, name calling, poverty, husband wife relationship, police detective, mother daughter relationship, street life, lie, ex husband ex wife relationship, illness, african american, theft ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city, usa, new york
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 4.7
 1K
Bizarre (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Maurice, a reticent young homeless man, somehow manages to get by in Brooklyn; he spends his nights in parked cars until he finds himself at Bizarre, an underground club renowned for its burlesque shows. Maurice is fascinated by the club’s playful ...
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, controversial ...
Plot: gay interest, male male relationship, male pubic hair, haunted by the past, teenage life, male objectification, bare chested male, public nudity, youth, nightclub, male nudity, mysterious past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, atlantic ocean
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The Great New Wonderful (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The Great New Wonderful weaves five stories against the backdrop of an anxious and uncertain post-9-11 New York City.
Style: semi serious, realistic, emotional, witty, clever ...
Plot: 9/11, therapy, family relations, mental illness, office, immigrant, bittersweet, rise to the top, terrorism, love and romance, ambition, misfit ...
Time: year 2002, september 11 2001, year 2005, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, italy, manhattan new york city ...
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Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's ...
Style: serious, psychological, stylized, clever, hood ...
Plot: jazz, music, black, friendship, rivalry, musician's life, hip hop, african american, urban, jealousy, saxophonist, blaxploitation ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1969, 60s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, africa, usa, manhattan new york city
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Knockaround Guys (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
Style: suspense, stylized, intense, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: father son relationship, mafia, organized crime, violence, mobster, profanity, gangster, small town, twists and turns, corrupt cop, uncle nephew relationship, bag of money ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: brooklyn new york city, montana, new york, usa
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 7.5
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Related (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Related is an American comedy-drama series that aired on The WB network during the 2005-2006 television season. It revolved around the lives of four close-knit sisters - of Italian descent, raised in Brooklyn - living in New York City. The show was ...
Style: humorous, touching, captivating, light, realistic ...
Plot: sibling relationship, family relations, eccentric family, everyday life, city life, looking for love, sister sister relationship, workaholic, friendship, rivalry, society, women ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People ...
Style: cliffhanger, 3d animation, psychotronic, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, peter parker character, african american, villain, teen superhero, alternate dimension, superhero team, father son relationship, police, fight, superheroine, death of friend ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s
Place: brooklyn new york city, india, new york, london, manhattan new york city
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Save Yourselves! (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young Brooklyn couple head upstate to disconnect from their phones and reconnect with themselves. Cut off from their devices, they miss the news that the planet is under attack.
Style: light, satirical, absurd, parody, humorous ...
Plot: alien invasion, woods, extraterrestrial, demolished city, creature, couples, rescue, apocalypse, hi-tech, family holiday, sarcasm, escapades ...
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
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Appropriate Behavior (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine , can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Even the six-year-old ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexy, light ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: loneliness, self discovery, lesbian cunnilingus, lesbian relationship, rebellion, rebelliousness, introspection, couples, lgbtq, gender, bisexuality, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, indiana, usa, new jersey
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Goodfellas (1990)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style: rough, suspense, realistic, epic, brutal ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: organized crime, mafia, gangster, rise and fall, mobster, cosa nostra, mentor, criminal, badass, friends, italian mafia, biopic ...
Time: 70s, 50s, 90s, year 1990, year 1970 ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, italy, florida, usa ...
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 11K
Crooklyn (1994)
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: humorous, touching, sentimental, stylized, light ...
Plot: coming of age, poverty, parenthood, dysfunctional family, urban, black, african american, family relations, school, child's point of view, parents and children, black people ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1973
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Predominantly set during World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, ...
Style: exciting, heroic, psychotronic, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, boys' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot: superhero, heroism, heroes, mad scientist, world war two, soldier, superhuman powers, heroic mission, courage, nazi, danger, bravery ...
Time: year 2011, future, year 1942, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, new jersey, europe ...
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 137K
Last Vegas (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Three sixty-something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal.
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, touching, hilarious ...
Plot: elderly, bachelor party, friendship, vacation, aging, buddies, friendship between men, marriage, funeral, old friend, disorder, weekend ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: las vegas, new jersey, brooklyn new york city, usa, nevada ...
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First Match (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father.
Style: inspirational, realistic, uplifting, touching, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: human spirit, martial arts, coming of age, fight, black, teenager, rivalry, perseverance, contests and competitions, ambition, mentor, friendship ...
Place: brooklyn new york city
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Knucklehead (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn's housing projects. Now under the control of his abusive mother (Alfre Woodard) Langston must take his future into his ...
Style: psychological, semi serious, satirical, thrilling, captivating
Plot: african american, lifestyle, mentally challenged, dysfunctional family, grownups, satire, mental retardation, mentally challenged person, illness, cure
Place: brooklyn new york city
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Flatbush Misdemeanors (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Neighborhood best friends and urban millennials Dan and Kevin hilariously climb the ladder to nowhere in Flatbush, Brooklyn. But even inside the losing, they find there are little wins that come from tackling hipsters, mental health issues and the ...
Style: satirical, funny, captivating, psychological, dark comedy ...
Plot: friend, friends, friendship, life, city, urban, lifestyle, urban setting, big city, group of friends, friendship between men, best friend ...
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
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First We Take Brooklyn (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An ex-felon joins an Israeli crime syndicate in Brooklyn.
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, surprise ending
Plot: ex convict, russian mafia, fight, organized crime, gang war, gangster, gang, power struggle, fight for supremacy, parole, outlaw gang, mob hit ...
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york
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Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared ...
Style: feel good, sincere, light, touching, indie film ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: father daughter relationship, coming of age, music, lesbian, musician, teenage daughter, lgbt, lgbtq, love and romance, lesbian love, youth, dialogue ...
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
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A Kid Like Jake (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake’s preschool encourages them to accentuate Jake’s gender expansive behavior to help him stand ...
Style: captivating, deep, fairy tale, independent film, queer cinema
Audience: preschool
Plot: gay, crossdresser, gender issues, desire for fame, family relations, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, transgender, lgbtq, gender, social issues, lgbt ...
Place: brooklyn new york city, montana, scotland, switzerland
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She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The story of Nola Darling's simultaneous sexual relationships with three different men is told by her and by her partners and other friends. All three men wanted her to commit solely to them; Nola resists being "owned" by a single ...
Style: black and white, sexy, erotic, independent film, talky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: black, blaxploitation, thanksgiving, adultery, love and romance, urban, hip hop, love, sex, peace, strength, african ...
Time: year 1986, 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, indiana, africa, usa
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The Flamingo Kid (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced ...
Style: light, humorous, captivating, exciting, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, beach resort, summer job, teenager, wisdom of life, youth, fall in love, social differences, nightclub, summer, teen angst, beach ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1963
Place: usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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 18K
Maggie's Plan (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Maggie 's plan to have a baby on her own is derailed when she falls in love with John, a married man, destroying his volatile marriage to the brilliant and impossible Georgette. But one daughter and three years later, Maggie is out of love and ...
Style: romantic, melancholic, satirical, stylized, talky ...
Plot: writers, marriage, relationships, divorce, friendship, hotel, loneliness, blended family, marxism, ex husband ex wife relationship, character study, eccentricity ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, quebec
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Without a Trace (1983)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the case of young New Yorker Etan Patz, who disappeared in the early 1980s, this film casts Kate Nelligan as the distraught mother who lashes out at the police (in the person of a relentless detective played by Judd Hirsch), who make her ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, psychological, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: missing person, kidnapping, missing child, single parent, parents and children, family life, family problems, law enforcement, life is a bitch, death in the family, father son relationship, child abuse ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: usa, brooklyn new york city, new york, connecticut
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 2K
The Sting II (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Hooker and Gondorf pull a con on Macalinski, an especially nasty mob boss with the help of Veronica, a new grifter. They convince this new victim that Hooker is a somewhat dull boxer who is tired of taking dives for Gondorf. There is a ringer. ...
Style: humorous, witty, semi serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: gambling, gangster, boxing, vengeance, boxer, friends, cons and scams, revenge, mobster, caper, casino, buddy ...
Time: 1940s, year 1983, 80s
Place: brooklyn new york city, new york, coney island brooklyn new york city
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Everybody Hates Chris (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Everybody Hates Chris is an American television narrative sitcom that depicts the troubled teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock while growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. The show is set between 1982 and 1987, but Rock ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, touching, witty ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: comedian, african american, teenage life, youth, sibling rivalry, misfit, family values, friendship, family life, parents and children, eccentric family, social relations ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, 80s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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