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List of Every Movie Set in New York: 1,126 Movies

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List of movies taking place and/or related to New York.

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List of movies taking place and/or related to New York.

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Mar. 27, 2022 5 min read

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The story centers on a Korean exchange student who moves to the United States. Her parents set up various (matchmaker) dates to meet appropriate young men from Seoul to San Francisco.

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Mina and Rudy are plugged into the world, and to each other, through technology. But when parts of New York City lose power in the wake of a hurricane and these two modern lovers hit a relationship snag, they must figure out how to reconnect without any internet connection.

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The Federal Bureau of Narcotics is formed in New York City at 90 Church to combat organized crime and drug traffic in the mid-1960s through early 1970s. While the FBI refuses even to acknowledge organized crime, 30 agents stand alone against a well-organized Mafia and vicious drug cartels. To survive against impossible odds, the agents use incredibly brutal and cunning tactics to make cases and bring the war to a stalemate. Using an ever-expanding network of criminal informants hold together by secret immunity deals, the sinister reputation of 90 Church grows along with the rising body count. The bureau later merges with another and becomea the DEA.

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A fact-based crime drama about New York City District Attorney chief investigator Andy Rosenzweig's struggle to solve the 27-year-old murder of a friend … even though the case seems as cold and dead as a frozen corpse.

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With: Rob Cowan
Companies: Sony Pictures Winkler Films

A cop grows up in a mob family and joins the New York City police force. He gets seduced into compromising his integrity and badge and tries to save a childhood friend from getting murdered in a mob war.

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In the 1980s, Corey Pegues was embroiled in a life of crime as a member of New York City’s infamous Supreme Team gang. After a near-death gang confrontation, Pegues flees the city, only to return years later as a rising star in the NYPD. When Pegues speaks publicly in support of police reform, he becomes a target within the department and details of his former life are thrust into the spotlight.

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Described as a 'sexy thriller' set in New York City.

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Follows recovering addicts Adah and Aaron who are struggling to stay sober. After meeting in their psychoanalyst’s waiting room, they fall in love, relapse on poppers, and become the biggest assholes in New York City.

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After being threatened by Boko Haram, the Adewumi family flees Nigeria and escapes terrorism in their home country. They seek and receive asylum in America, and — against all odds — find a welcoming new home in New York. Living in a homeless center on religious asylum, their 8-year-old son, Tani, wins the 2019 New York State chess championship, despite only being introduced to the game two years prior.

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A New York womanizer who cannot commit confesses the details of his conquests to his psychiatrist. He finally meets his dream woman, but she turns out to be his shrink's daughter. As their relationship blossoms, his best friend and her dad do all they can to keep them apart.

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O-Six, in some circles, is the world's most famous wild animal. The female alpha wolf, which is named after the year she was born, is collared and tracked by researchers at Yellowstone National Park, gaining a huge following from not only scientists but the public as well. She is shot by a hunter in 2012 just outside the park's boundaries, an act that causes howls around the country (she even got an obituary in The New York Times) despite it being legal — wolves are scaled back from endangered species' lists, so there are new population control measures in place.

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After the suicide of her married lover, a woman flees New York City for the canyons above Los Angeles, where she plots the takedown of a woman from her haunted past.

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Revolves around a group of retired New York City cops who form a renegade unit to bring down the most vicious criminals in the city.

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When an eccentric female artist (Diane Keaton) in New York City is faced with eviction from her home of 40 years by a powerful developer (Andy Garcia)who wants to demolish her building, she forges two unlikely alliances; one with the developer’s son, Max, (Josh Hutcherson), who was supposed to be in charge of her eviction but instead becomes her friend and advocate; and the other with an ambitious female TV reporter who creates a media event out of it. A charming and heart warming New York tale, where the protagonists fight for the heart and soul of the city they call home.

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After breaking off an engagement, a young woman moves into a landmark New York building only to discover it's haunted by both ghosts and spooky tenants. The latter force her to build a portal to a macabre world.

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Companies: Distrib Films

Following world famous French soprano Natalie Dessay from the first repetitions until the premiere under the direction of Jean-Francois Sivadier, we meet a very special woman, a piece of art, a myth: La Traviata.

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Paul Aufiero, a hardcore New York Giants football fan, struggles to deal with the consequences when he is beaten up by his favorite player.

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