Polar bear Norm and his three Arctic lemming buddies are forced out into the world once their icy home begins melting and breaking apart. Landing in New York, Norm begins life anew as a performing corporate mascot, only to discover that his new employers are directly responsible for the destruction of his polar home.

Landing Up

2018

English

5.0

♡ 10

57%

Action

alcohol

complicated relationships

Drama

drugs

new york city

Daniel Tenenbaum Director

Ben Rappaport as David

Dov Tiefenbach as James

Raeden Greer as Jenny

Chinaza Uche as Subway Creeper

When a young woman finds herself living life on the streets she learns the art of picking up men to put a roof over her head. But when she meets the guy of her dreams her secret threatens to ruin their perfect relationship.

Norman

2016

English

6.1

♡ 8

87%

Joseph Cedar Director

Dan Stevens as Bill Kavish

Andrew Polk as Male Board Member 2

Richard Gere as Norman Oppenheimer

Steve Buscemi as Rabbi Blumenthal

A financial schemer finds himself in the middle of an international scandal after he becomes a political adviser to the new Prime Minister of Israel.

Lost in America

1985

English

7.0

♡ 15

95%

Albert Brooks Director

Albert Brooks as David Howard

Candy Ann Brown as David's Secretary

Donald Gibb as Ex-Convict

Charles Boswell as Highway Patrolman

David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.

5 Flights Up

2014

English

6.2

♡ 14

47%

Richard Loncraine Director

Morgan Freeman as Alex Carver

Jimmy Palumbo as Cab Driver

Jackie Hoffman as 'Eh' Lady

Diane Keaton as Ruth Carver

A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related issues when they plan to move away.

Cry of the City

1948

English

7.2

♡ 9

93%

Robert Siodmak Director

Tom Moore as Doctor

Robert Adler as Man

Richard Conte as Martin Rome

Walter Baldwin as Orvy

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?

Madigan

1968

English

6.5

♡ 5

75%

neglect of one's spouse

new york city

Thriller

Don Siegel Director

Paul Sorensen as Benesh Look-Alike in Saloon

John McLiam as Dunne

Sheree North as Jonesy

Henry Beckman as Philip Downes

NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While they follow various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.

Insignificance

1985

English

6.4

♡ 15

73%

Nicolas Roeg Director

Raymond J. Barry as Ballplayer's Father

Lou Hirsch as Charlie

Tony Curtis as Senator

Gary Busey as The Ballplayer

Four 1950s cultural icons who conceivably could have met but probably didn't, fictionally do so in this modern fable of post-WWII America. Visually intriguing, the film has a fluid progression of flashbacks and flashforwards centering on the fictional Einstein's current observations, childhood memories, and apprehensions for the future.

The Daytrippers

1996

English

7.1

♡ 17

73%

Greg Mottola Director

Marc Grapey as Aaron

Amy Stiller as Amy Corinne Fairbright-Lebow

Liev Schreiber as Carl Petrovic

Stanley Tucci as Louis D'Amico

Eliza D'Amico thinks her marriage to Louis is going great until she finds a mysterious love note to her husband. Concerned, she goes to her mother for advice. Eliza, her parents, her sister Jo, and Jo's boyfriend all pile into the station wagon and go to the city to confront Louis with the letter. On the way, the five explore their relations with each other and meet many interesting people.

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

1959

English

6.8

♡ 5

59%

post-apocalyptic future

Romance

Sci-Fi

Ranald MacDougall Director

Mel Ferrer as Benson Thacker

Harry Belafonte as Ralph Burton

Inger Stevens as Sarah Crandall

Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson Thacker who has managed to pilot his small boat into the city's harbor. At this point, tensions rise between the three, particularly between Thacker, who is white, and Burton, who is black.

The Killer That Stalked New York

1950

English

6.4

♡ 5

33%

Earl McEvoy Director

Robert Foulk as Cop

Walter Burke as Danny - Bellhop

Paul Picerni as Health Department Investigator

Norman Leavitt as The Photographer

In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.

Stray Bullets

2016

English

4.2

♡ 3

75%

Jack Fessenden Director

Larry Fessenden as Charlie

James Le Gros as Cody

John Speredakos as Dutch

Kevin Corrigan as Nick

In upstate New York, two teenage boys are tasked with cleaning out their father's old mobile home on an abandoned property, but the boys are in for a surprise when they discover three crooks on the run have taken refuge in the trailer.

Jungle Fever

1991

English

6.6

♡ 22

81%

interracial relationship

new york city

Romance

xenophobia

Spike Lee Director

Gina Gershon as Angie's Neighbor

Annabella Sciorra as Angie Tucci

Samuel L. Jackson as Gator Purify

Halle Berry as Vivian

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

Broadway Damage

1997

English

6.5

♡ 7

22%

Victor Mignatti Director

Jonathan Walker as Chuck

Mara Hobel as Cynthia

Benim Foster as The Super

Gary Janetti as Zola

A quirky, romantic comedy about the complexity and frustration of finding a true love in the gay community. Marc is a struggling actor who finds an apartment in NYC by searching the obituaries. He lives with his out-of-work, eccentric fag-hag Cynthia. His best friend, Robert, is secretly in love with Marc, while Marc falls head over heels for flighty studio musician David. Things heat up as Marc's desire for David keeps him waiting by the phone, while Cynthia gets financially cut off from her rich parents and Robert struggles to express his feelings for Marc.

Romance in Manhattan

1934

English

6.8

♡ 6

57%

Stephen Roberts Director

Irving Bacon as Counterman

Harold Goodwin as Doctor at Police Station

Francis Lederer as Karel Novak

Ginger Rogers as Sylvia Dennis

Karel Novak is an incredibly naive Czech immigrant who is taken under the wing of streetwise New York chorus girl Sylvia. With the help of lovable cop-on-the-beat Murphy, Sylvia hides Karel from the immigration authorities and ultimately falls in love with him. In addition to Karel's illegal-alien status, the plot is complicated by a crooked lawyer and a group of well-meaning welfare workers who endeavor to place Sylvia's kid brother Frank in a foster home.

The Jerky Boys

1995

English

4.8

♡ 12

18%

James Melkonian Director

Ozzy Osbourne as Band Manager

Brian Tarantina as Geno

Bill Clinton as Himself

Suzanne Shepherd as Mrs. B

When two unemployed telephone pranksters decide to use their vocal "talents" to impersonate a Chicago mob boss and curry favor with organized crime in New York, the trouble begins. It isn't long before Johnny and Kamal (the "Jerky Boys" of crank call fame) are wanted by the local mafia, the police, and their neighbor.

Fresh

1994

English

7.5

♡ 32

88%

Boaz Yakin Director

F. Murray Abraham as Chess Hustler

Giancarlo Esposito as Esteban

Randy Ostrow as Mr. Cohen

Samuel L. Jackson as Sam

Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other.

American Masters Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

2013

English

7.6

♡ 14

Bob Smeaton Director

John Lennon as Self

Billy Gibbons as Self

Dweezil Zappa as Self

Michelle Phillips as Self

An account of the short life of genius musician Jimi Hendrix (1942-70), probably the most talented and influential guitarist of the twentieth century: his humble beginnings in Seattle, his time in New York, his rise to fame in swinging London… Live fast, love hard, die young.

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Insignificance

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The World, the Flesh and the Devil

The Killer That Stalked New York

Stray Bullets

Jungle Fever

Broadway Damage

Romance in Manhattan

The Jerky Boys

Fresh

American Masters Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'