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Top Manhattan Movies / TV

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  • Metropolitan (1989)

    1. Metropolitan

    19891h 38mPG-1377Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
    DirectorWhit StillmanStarsCarolyn FarinaEdward ClementsChris Eigeman
  • Alicia Jo Rabins in A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff (2021)

    2. A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff

    20211h 15m
    5.1 (52)
    An underground musician becomes obsessed with Bernie Madoff's massive financial fraud and finds herself inside a real-life meta-musical investigation about trust, deception and healing.
    DirectorAlicia J. RoseStarsAlicia Jo RabinsRobin McAlpineJudy Silk
  • Caitlin Stasey and Isabella Farrell in Bridge and Tunnel (2021)

    3. Bridge and Tunnel

    2021–202212 epsTV-MATV Series
    6.3 (937)
    This dramedy series set in 1980 revolves around a group of recent college grads setting out to pursue their dreams in Manhattan while still clinging to the familiarity of their working-class Long Island home town.
    CreatorEdward BurnsStarsCaitlin StaseySam VartholomeosJan Luis Castellanos
  • Jennifer Stone, David Henrie, Selena Gomez, and Jake T. Austin in Wizards of Waverly Place (2007)

    4. Wizards of Waverly Place

    2007–2012106 epsTV-GTV Series
    6.9 (41K)
    The Russo family may be an ordinary family with an average restaurant, but behind closed doors, all three children must compete to be the next family wizard.
    CreatorTodd J. GreenwaldStarsSelena GomezDavid HenrieJake T. Austin
  • Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine in The Apartment (1960)

    5. The Apartment

    19602h 5mApproved94Metascore
    8.3 (209K)
    A Manhattan insurance clerk tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but office politics and his own romantic hopes complicate matters.
    DirectorBilly WilderStarsJack LemmonShirley MacLaineFred MacMurray
  • Bryan Brown in F/X (1986)

    6. F/X

    19861h 49mR71Metascore
    6.7 (24K)
    A movie special effects man is hired to fake a real-life mob killing for a witness protection plan, but finds his own life in danger.
    DirectorRobert MandelStarsBryan BrownBrian DennehyDiane Venora
  • Ralph Fiennes and Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan (2002)

    7. Maid in Manhattan

    20021h 45mPG-1345Metascore
    5.4 (100K)
    A Senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite, when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.
    DirectorWayne WangStarsJennifer LopezRalph FiennesNatasha Richardson
  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)

    8. The Prisoner of Second Avenue

    19751h 38mPG
    6.7 (4.1K)
    A suddenly-unemployed company executive suffers a nervous breakdown, and his supporting wife tries everything to console him and pick up the slack.
    DirectorMelvin FrankStarsJack LemmonAnne BancroftGene Saks
  • Peter Boyle in Joe (1970)

    9. Joe

    19701h 47mR
    6.8 (4.7K)
    Two men - a wealthy ad executive and a far-right factory worker - form a dangerous bond after the former confesses to the latter about murdering his daughter's drug-dealer boyfriend.
    DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsPeter BoyleDennis PatrickSusan Sarandon
  • Robert Redford, George Segal, Ron Leibman, and Paul Sand in The Hot Rock (1972)

    10. The Hot Rock

    19721h 41mPG65Metascore
    6.8 (7.2K)
    Dortmunder and his pals plan to steal a huge diamond from a museum. But this turns out to be only the first time they have to steal it...
    DirectorPeter YatesStarsRobert RedfordGeorge SegalRon Leibman
  • William Hurt in Altered States (1980)

    11. Altered States

    19801h 42mR58Metascore
    6.9 (40K)
    A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
    DirectorKen RussellStarsWilliam HurtBlair BrownBob Balaban
  • Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, and Justin Pierre Edmund in The Preacher's Wife (1996)

    12. The Preacher's Wife

    19962h 3mPG
    5.7 (14K)
    An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.
    DirectorPenny MarshallStarsDenzel WashingtonWhitney HoustonCourtney B. Vance
  • Will Smith, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Edward Norton, Naomie Harris, Keira Knightley, Michael Peña, and Jacob Latimore in Collateral Beauty (2016)

    13. Collateral Beauty

    20161h 37mPG-1323Metascore
    6.8 (107K)
    Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time, and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
    DirectorDavid FrankelStarsWill SmithEdward NortonKate Winslet
  • Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford in The Jeffersons (1975)

    14. The Jeffersons

    1975–1985253 epsTV-PGTV Series
    7.5 (11K)
    Wealthy African American dry cleaner George Jefferson, his wife Louise, and son Lionel move into a luxury apartment building and develop occasionally fractious relations with other tenants, including their sassy maid Florence.
    CreatorsNorman LearDon NichollMichael RossStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie Roker
  • Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy (1980)

    15. Stir Crazy

    19801h 51mR56Metascore
    6.7 (32K)
    Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends are sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell can keep them locked in a cage.
    DirectorSidney PoitierStarsGene WilderRichard PryorGeorg Stanford Brown
  • Krush Groove (1985)

    16. Krush Groove

    19851h 37mR37Metascore
    6.4 (3.7K)
    The story of a man who has started a new hip-hop/rap label called Krush Groove.
    DirectorMichael SchultzStarsSheila E.Joseph SimmonsDarryl McDaniels
  • Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Perkins, Josh Keaton, Ziggy Marley, Jason Schwartzman, Rachel Dratch, Taran Killam, Yuri Lowenthal, Peggy Lu, Cliff Robertson, J.K. Simmons, Peter Sohn, Luna Lauren Velez, Shea Whigham, Mahershala Ali, Kathryn Hahn, Lorraine Velez, Oscar Isaac, Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg, Andrew Garfield, Nic Novicki, Jake Johnson, Donald Glover, Daniel Kaluuya, Greta Lee, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Atsuko Okatsuka, Melissa Sturm, Nicole Delaney, Amandla Stenberg, Karan Soni, Shameik Moore, Jack Quaid, Kimiko Glenn, Issa Rae, Sofia Barclay, Nina Lentini, Danielle Perez, Jharrel Jerome, Ayo Edebiri, and Metro Boomin in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

    17. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    20232h 20mPG86Metascore
    8.5 (455K)
    Traveling across the multiverse, Miles Morales meets a new team of Spider-People, made up of heroes from different dimensions. But when the heroes clash over how to deal with a new threat, Miles finds himself at a crossroads.
    DirectorsJoaquim Dos SantosKemp PowersJustin K. ThompsonStarsShameik MooreHailee SteinfeldBrian Tyree Henry
  • Amanda Seyfried and Tom Holland in The Crowded Room (2023)

    18. The Crowded Room

    202310 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.7 (39K)
    In Manhattan in the summer of 1979, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime, and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it before the true criminal strikes again.
    CreatorsAkiva GoldsmanTodd GraffStarsTom HollandAmanda SeyfriedSasha Lane
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan in The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023)

    19. The Walking Dead: Dead City

    2023– 14 epsTV-MATV Series
    7.1 (29K)
    Maggie and Negan travel into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland. The city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world.
    CreatorEli JorneStarsLauren CohanJeffrey Dean MorganZeljko Ivanek
  • Dionysio Basco, Steven Daniel, Marissa Dyan, Wesley Jonathan, Caitlin Mowrey, and Scott Whyte in City Guys (1997)

    20. City Guys

    1997–2001105 epsTV-Y7TV Series
    7.1 (795)
    Manhattan High School students Jamal Grant and Chris Anderson try to get through life and avoid the ire of their principal, Karen Noble.
    CreatorsPeter EngelScott Spencer GordenStarsWesley JonathanScott WhyteCaitlin Mowrey
  • I Love You, Daddy (2017)

    21. I Love You, Daddy

    20172h 3mR55Metascore
    6.3 (4.8K)
    When a successful television writer's daughter becomes the interest of an aging filmmaker with an appalling past, he becomes worried about how to handle the situation.
    DirectorLouis C.K.StarsLouis C.K.Chloë Grace MoretzRose Byrne
  • Patty Mullen in Frankenhooker (1990)

    22. Frankenhooker

    19901h 25mR
    6.2 (15K)
    A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.
    DirectorFrank HenenlotterStarsJames LorinzJoanne RitchiePatty Mullen
  • Allison Janney, Elliot Page, Liliana Ellis, and Evangeline Ellis in Tallulah (2016)

    23. Tallulah

    20161h 51m63Metascore
    6.7 (22K)
    Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Manhattan housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for.
    DirectorSian HederStarsElliot PageAllison JanneyTammy Blanchard
  • Richard Roundtree in Shaft (1971)

    24. Shaft

    19711h 40mR66Metascore
    6.6 (22K)
    A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
    DirectorGordon ParksStarsRichard RoundtreeMoses GunnCharles Cioffi
  • Debra Messing, Billie Joe Armstrong, Leighton Meester, and Julian Shatkin in Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)

    25. Like Sunday, Like Rain

    20141h 44mR43Metascore
    6.9 (5.2K)
    Living with abundant resources, 12-year-old cello prodigy Reggie lives a solitary life in Manhattan; estranged from family, jobless, and having boyfriend problems, sometime-musician 23-year-old Eleanor needs a new job and residence.
    DirectorFrank WhaleyStarsJulian ShatkinOlga MeredizDebra Messing

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