Movies about New York
Movies about New York have their own unique atmosphere, and it does not matter what era they are about. This may be the middle of the 19th century with bloody gang battles on the streets of the city, and the time of the mafia, and the golden years of the heyday of the metropolis, and modernity. Special people have always lived here, with interesting stories of fate and mood. In this collection we have collected films about New Yorkthat will just make you fall in love with this place and feel the spirit of the streets and unusual stories.
New York, I love you / New York, I Love You
Year: 2008
Country: USA
Genre: melodrama, drama, comedy
Following Paris, the no less famous city, New York, has been chosen as the backdrop for new short films related to one eternal theme.
This film is like a movie almanac of eleven short stories - unpretentious love stories against the backdrop of the cityscapes of New York.
Fact: New York, I Love You is the directorial debut of Hollywood actresses Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman. Johansson's novella was not included in the final cut of the film. And Portman also acted as a screenwriter, and also played in one of the mini-movies.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York / Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Year: 1992
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Family
America's smallest hero is causing a big stir in New York! Kevin McCallister is back! But now he's not alone at home, but in New York, and he has enough money and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his own playground.
But, as always, Kevin is not destined to be alone for a long time: his old friends - the crooks Harry and Marv - escaped from prison, where they got through the efforts of Kevin. And they had to get to exactly the city where Kevin planned to have fun! New traps and traps are already waiting for would-be bandits.
Fact: In the scene when Kevin enters the Plaza Hotel and asks a passerby: “Where is the lobby here?”, He is answered by none other than Donald Trump, who at that time was the owner of that very hotel.
Gangs of New York
Year: 2002
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Italy
Genre: drama, crime
New York, 1863 In the wild slums of the city of the "American Dream" there is only one law - the law of force. Any weapon is used here, no one counts the losses and mourns the dead. In one of the fierce skirmishes, the leader of the "Irish" gang, Wallon, dies at the hands of the leader of the "Native Americans" - Butcher Bill.
His son Amsterdam ends up in a reform school for a long time, harboring a hatred for the Butcher, who has become the owner of the surrounding neighborhoods. Years later, unrecognized by anyone, Amsterdam will return to its native streets with the sole purpose of taking revenge on the murderer of his father...
Fact: The plot of the film is based on Herbert Osbury's famous documentary book The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld (1928), published in Russian in 2004.
Autumn in New York / Autumn in New York
Year: 2000
Country: USA
Genre: Drama, Romance
The owner of a New York restaurant, Will Keane, walking through Central Park, said goodbye forever to his regular lover and at the same moment saw Charlotte Fielding, and met her again in the evening - at his restaurant, where Charlotte celebrated her 22nd birthday.
Experienced and indefatigable womanizer Will, despite his 48 years, instantly embarked on a new love adventure: is there such a thing as age for a man with the appearance of Richard Gere? The novel developed rapidly, when Will Keane suddenly found out that his chosen one was terminally ill, and that she had a year to live. Or even less...
Last Night in New York / Last Night
Year: 2009
Country: USA, France
Genre: Romance
Newlyweds Michael and Joanna are beautiful, successful, living in a huge midtown Manhattan apartment, but just one night will make them doubt each other...
The day before, at a party for Joanna, for just a moment it seems that Michael is not indifferent to the pretty Laura, his new employee, with whom he will go on a business trip ... And when the next morning Joanna meets her former lover, the French playwright Alex, near the house, she accepts his offer to dine without hesitation...
Thus begins a long night that will test Joanna and Michael's marital fidelity...
Fact: The four main characters are played by actors of different nationalities. Keira Knightley is English, Sam Worthington is Australian, Eva Mendes is American, Guillaume Canet is French.
This Morning in New York / The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
Year: 2014
Country: USA
Genre: drama, comedy
A female doctor mistakenly informs a harmful patient that he has an hour and a half to live. In an effort to correct her hellish oversight, she rushes in search of a man who decided, before it's too late, to correct all the mistakes he made in life.
The Great Gatsby
Year: 2013
Country: Australia, USA
Genre: Drama, Romance
In the spring of 1922, in an era of decaying morality, brilliant jazz, and "kings of bootleg alcohol", Nick Carraway travels from the Midwest to New York. Pursuing his own American dream, he settles next door to the mysterious, famous for his partying millionaire Jay Gatsby, and on the opposite side of the bay live his cousin Daisy and her husband, rake and aristocrat, Tom Buchanan. So Nick becomes involved in the exciting world of the rich - their illusions, love and deceit. He witnesses what is happening in this world and writes a story of impossible love, eternal dreams and human tragedy, which are a reflection of modern times and mores.
Fact: The film is loosely based on the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Once Upon a Time in America
Year: 1983
Country: Italy, USA
Genre: drama, crime
In the roaring twenties, when America was partying to the sound of jazz and every bum dreamed of becoming a millionaire, a few desperate guys met in the slums of New York. Pushing competitors out of the way, ruthlessly punishing traitors and brazenly pulling off cunning scams, they became the kings of the underworld of the golden era of Prohibition. They vowed to give their lives for each other, knowing that the most important thing for them is friendship, duty and justice - not to drown in rivers of blood and a bottomless ocean of money. Many years later, fate dealt cruelly with the legendary gangsters, forcing them to fulfill their oath. It happened once in America...
Fact: The film is based on Harry Gray's Once Upon a Time in America (The Hoods, 1952).
The Walk
Year: 2015
Country: USA
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Adventure, Biography
Are you afraid of heights? Can you imagine yourself walking on a tightrope at a height of more than 400m without any insurance? Streams of wind blow over you, and below - the city and thousands of excited looks directed upwards.
The story of how the French tightrope walker Philippe Petit dared to perform the legendary trick - to go without insurance on a rope stretched between skyscrapers in New York.
Fact: The script of the film is based on Philippe Petit's book Reach for the Clouds.
"Old" New Year / New Year's Eve
Year: 2011
Country: USA
Genre: melodrama, comedy
The heroes of the film are residents of the city that never sleeps. New York on the eve of the New Year will intertwine the lives of several heroes: an elderly man dying in a hospital, a secretary who decided to fulfill her promises to herself, the producer of the famous New Year's show in Times Square, a man who generally hates this holiday.
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