Tag Archives: new york city

Annie Hall

IMDB Rating: 8.20
49015 votes

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After breaking up with his girlfriend Annie Hall, neurotic comedian Alvy Singer goes on a stream of conciousness journey through his memories of their relationship, trying to find out what caused them to part ways. He often breaks the fourth wall, speaking to the camera, entering peoples' stories, and even using animation.
Actors
Alvy SingerWoody Allen
Annie HallDiane Keaton
RobTony Roberts
Also posted in 1977, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Age of Innocence

IMDB Rating: 7.10
12505 votes

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Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May's unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the Countess, whose separation from her abusive husband makes her a social outcast in the restrictive high society of late-19th Century New York, but he finds in her a companion spirit and they fall in love.
Actors
Newland ArcherDaniel Day-Lewis
Ellen OlenskaMichelle Pfeiffer
May WellandWinona Ryder
Also posted in 1993, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

On the Waterfront

IMDB Rating: 8.40
30783 votes

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The Waterfront Crime Commission is about to hold public hearings on union crime and underworld infiltration. As workers are turned against each other, Terry Malloy inadvertently participates in the murder of fellow longshoreman Joey Doyle. Union boss Johnny Friendly orchestrates the murder along with other illegal dockside activities, aided by Terry's brother Charley. Terry begins to feel pangs of conscience. When Joey's sister Edie sees more in Terry than he sees in himself and Father Barry urges him on, Terry reassesses his past and begins to regain responsibility for his actions.
Actors
Terry MalloyMarlon Brando
Father BarryKarl Malden
Johnny FriendlyLee J. Cobb
Also posted in 1954, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)

The Muppets Take Manhattan

IMDB Rating: 6.60
4925 votes

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The Muppets are back in a brand-new full-length musical comedy! After graduating college, the Muppets travel to Manhattan to have someone produce their musical "Manhattan Melodies". When it doesn't happen, the gang splits up. Kermit makes friends with Jenny (Juliana Donald) and Piggy is jealous, thinking that Kermit found a new girl. Now Rowlf is a vet secretary, Fozzie's living in a cave, and Piggy is working at a hotel with her partner, but apparently they get fired and now Piggy lives next door to where Kermit works at Pete's with Jenny. When Jenny and Kermit find producer-in-training Ronny Coleman (Lonny Price), he promises to produce their show. The gang returns to Manhattan, but after getting hit by a car in joy, Kermit gets amnesia and now finds work making ads with other frogs. When Kermit is found at Pete's, they try to restore his memory.
Actors
Kermit the FrogJim Henson
RowlfJim Henson
Dr. TeethJim Henson
Also posted in 1984, Comedy, Family, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance | Comments (0)

Knockaround Guys

IMDB Rating: 5.90
8525 votes

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The four sons (Diesel, Green, Pepper, Davoli) of major Brooklyn mobsters have to team up to retrieve a bag of cash in a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff. Specifically, the story gets started when Matt Demaret (Pepper) goes on a job to deliver the money for his mob father (Hopper) on the advice of his uncle (Malkovich). Things don't go as planned though...
Actors
Matty DemaretBarry Pepper
Chris ScarpaAndy Davoli
Johnny MarblesSeth Green
Also posted in 2001, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Comments (0)

Election

IMDB Rating: 7.40
31184 votes

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Tracy Flick is the most driven student at Carver High, who just happens to be having an affair with one of her teachers. Another teacher—Mr. McAllister—is having an affair with his wife's best friend. Student Elections are under way, when Mr. McAllister persuades football jock Paul to run against Flick for his own pleasure. Flick, of course, is mortified that Paul is even trying to compete. Tammy, Paul's lesbian sister who got dumped by her girlfriend to go with Paul, decides that running against her brother is the best revenge. Who will win the election this year?
Actors
Jim McAllisterMatthew Broderick
Tracy FlickReese Witherspoon
Paul MetzlerChris Klein
Also posted in 1999, Comedy, Drama, High IMDB rating | Comments (0)

End of Days

IMDB Rating: 5.40
34954 votes

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In 1979, an innocent newborn girl is secretly patronized by Satanists. Twenty years later, she has developed into a young woman, who is haunted by dreams about one strange man. Meanwhile, private security guard Jericho takes down an old and homeless priest, who tried to shoot Jericho's customer, a successful Wall Street Banker. What Jericho does not know is that Satan himself roams the Streets of New York in order to mate with the chosen girl. If he fails to do so in the last hour before the next millennium, his only chance to get out of his eternal prison is gone and he has to wait another thousand years. Now it is up to atheist Jericho to find the girl before Satan does and protect her from harm. But Jericho does not have a clue who he's up against...
Actors
Jericho CaneArnold Schwarzenegger
The ManGabriel Byrne
SatanGabriel Byrne
Also posted in 1999, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

Marathon Man

IMDB Rating: 7.60
14066 votes

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Babe's brother appears out of the blue. He does this from time to time because his family never knows where he is, working as a government spy. One of his charges is a nazi war criminal who he has just told is no longer welcome in the United States. The doctor has a fortune hidden in a safety deposit box and is convinced that Babe knows whether or not it is safe to go to pick it up and will stop at nothing to find out.
Actors
Thomas 'Babe' LevyDustin Hoffman
Dr. Christian SzellLaurence Olivier
Henry 'Doc' LevyRoy Scheider
Also posted in 1976, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Way We Were

IMDB Rating: 6.80
5219 votes

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Katie and Hubbell are students in the same college but with very different lives. She is a communist compromised against the civil war in Spain and the rise of Hitler in Europe, and has to work to pay her studies. He is more interested in sports a and sceptic about politics. However, Katie is impressed by his charm and she still is when they meet some years after.
Actors
Katie MoroskyBarbra Streisand
Hubbell GardnerRobert Redford
J.J.Bradford Dillman
Also posted in 1973, Drama, High IMDB rating, Romance | Comments (0)
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