Movies Set in Brooklyn

When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.

Directed by Steven Caple Jr. - With Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Tobe Nwigwe, Lauren Vélez

GoodFellas(1990)

| 2h 25min | Drama, Crime

4.3/5 (with 5,556 votes)

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

Directed by Martin Scorsese - With Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, ...

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Crooklyn(1994)

PG-13

| 1h 55min | Comedy, Drama

3.4/5 (with 56 votes)

From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

Directed by Spike Lee - With Alfre Woodard, Delroy Lindo, Zelda Harris, David Patrick Kelly, José Zúñiga, Isaiah Washington, ...

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Brooklyn(2015)

PG-13

| 1h 51min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.7/5 (with 1,431 votes)

In 1950s Ireland and New York, young Eilis Lacey has to choose between two men and two countries.

Directed by John Crowley - With Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Bríd Brennan, ...

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A Walk Among the Tombstones(2014)

| 1h 54min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.2/5 (with 1,256 votes)

Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.

Directed by Scott Frank - With Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, Boyd Holbrook, Ruth Wilson, Sebastian Roché, Astro, ...

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Wonder(2017)

| 1h 53min | Drama, Kids & Family

4.1/5 (with 3,598 votes)

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Directed by Stephen Chbosky - With Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Mandy Patinkin, Crystal Lowe, Sônia Braga, ...

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Pixels(2015)

PG-13

| 1h 45min | Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

2.9/5 (with 3,405 votes)

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

Directed by Chris Columbus - With Adam Sandler, Josh Gad, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin James, Peter Dinklage, Matt Lintz, ...

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The Warriors(1979)

| 1h 33min | Action, Thriller

3.8/5 (with 939 votes)

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.

Directed by Walter Hill - With Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, David Patrick Kelly, Marcelino Sánchez, Paul Greco, ...

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The Intern(2015)

PG-13

| 2h 1min | Comedy

3.6/5 (with 3,052 votes)

70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

Directed by Nancy Meyers - With Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Anders Holm, Andrew Rannells, Adam DeVine, ...

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Knight and Day(2010)

PG-13

| 1h 49min | Action, Comedy

3.1/5 (with 2,086 votes)

A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.

Directed by James Mangold - With Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Dano, Jordi Mollà, Maggie Grace, ...

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Once Upon a Time in America(1984)

| 3h 49min | Drama, Crime

4.2/5 (with 2,468 votes)

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

Directed by Sergio Leone - With Robert De Niro, James Woods, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Burt Young, Tuesday Weld, ...

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Annie Hall(1977)

| 1h 33min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.9/5 (with 1,709 votes)

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

Directed by Woody Allen - With Paul Simon, Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Christopher Walken, Carol Kane, Shelley Duvall, ...

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Long Shot(2019)

| 2h 5min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.4/5 (with 1,173 votes)

Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.

Directed by Jonathan Levine - With Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Alexander Skarsgård, Randall Park, Bob Odenkirk, ...

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Godzilla(1998)

PG-13

| 2h 19min | Science Fiction, Action, Thriller

2.8/5 (with 1,790 votes)

French nuclear tests irradiate an iguana into a giant monster that viciously attacks freighter ships in the Pacific Ocean. A team of experts, including Niko Tatopoulos, conclude that the oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard is loose in Manhattan as the US military races to destroy the monster before it reproduces and it's spawn takes over the world.

Directed by Roland Emmerich - With Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Michael Lerner, ...

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The Dictator(2012)

| 1h 23min | Comedy

3.1/5 (with 2,663 votes)

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

Directed by Larry Charles - With Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, John C. Reilly, Megan Fox, Edward Norton, ...

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Nine 1/2 Weeks(1986)

| 1h 57min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.1/5 (with 416 votes)

An erotic story about a woman, the assistant of an art gallery, who gets involved in an impersonal affair with a man. She barely knows about his life, only about the sex games they play, so the relationship begins to get complicated.

Directed by Adrian Lyne - With Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Margaret Whitton, Christine Baranski, Karen Young, David Margulies, ...

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21 Bridges(2019)

| 1h 39min | Crime, Action, Drama

3.4/5 (with 869 votes)

An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him.

Directed by Brian Kirk - With Chadwick Boseman, J. K. Simmons, Sienna Miller, Taylor Kitsch, Stephan James, Toby Hemingway, ...

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The Drop(2014)

| 1h 46min | Drama, Crime

3.4/5 (with 967 votes)

Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.

Directed by Michaël R. Roskam - With Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, James Frecheville, ...

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Saturday Night Fever(1977)

1h 58min | Music, Drama

3.4/5 (with 842 votes)

Tony spends his Saturdays at a disco where his stylish moves raise his popularity among the patrons. But his life outside the disco is not easy and things change when he gets attracted to Stephanie.

Directed by John Badham - With John Travolta, Fran Drescher, Barry Miller, Julie Bovasso, Karen Lynn Gorney, Paul Pape, ...

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Stress Positions(2024)

1h 35min | Comedy

Terry Goon is keeping strict quarantine in his ex-husband’s Brooklyn brownstone while caring for his nephew — a 19-year-old model from Morocco named Bahlul — bedridden in a full leg cast after an electric scooter accident. Unfortunately for Terry, everyone in his life wants to meet the model.

Directed by Theda Hammel - With Theda Hammel, John Early, Macy Rodman, Qaher Harhash, Faheem Ali, John Roberts, ...

Rumble in the Bronx(1995)

| 1h 44min | Crime, Action, Comedy, Thriller

3.4/5 (with 404 votes)

Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.

Directed by Stanley Tong - With Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, Françoise Yip, Bill Tung, Garvin Cross, Marc Akerstream, ...

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The Survivor(2022)

2h 9min | History, Action, Drama

3.7/5 (with 44 votes)

Harry Haft is a boxer who fought fellow prisoners in the concentration camps to survive. Haunted by the memories and his guilt, he attempts to use high-profile fights against boxing legends like Rocky Marciano as a way to find his first love again.

Directed by Barry Levinson - With Ben Foster, Danny DeVito, Vicky Krieps, Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard, John Leguizamo, ...

Shutter(2008)

PG-13

| 1h 25min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

2.8/5 (with 309 votes)

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

Directed by Masayuki Ochiai - With Joshua Jackson, Rachael Taylor, Adrienne Pickering, Daisy Betts, David Denman, James Kyson, ...

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St. Vincent(2014)

PG-13

| 1h 42min | Comedy

3.5/5 (with 831 votes)

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

Directed by Theodore Melfi - With Bill Murray, Chris O'Dowd, Melissa McCarthy, Naomi Watts, Terrence Howard, Jaeden Martell, ...

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Dog Day Afternoon(1975)

| 2h 5min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

3.9/5 (with 1,262 votes)

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

Directed by Sidney Lumet - With Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Carol Kane, Chris Sarandon, Lance Henriksen, ...

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Moonstruck(1987)

| 1h 42min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

3.4/5 (with 379 votes)

No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny, than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny. She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

Directed by Norman Jewison - With Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia, Danny Aiello, Julie Bovasso, ...

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Bridge of Spies(2015)

PG-13

| 2h 21min | Thriller, Drama

3.6/5 (with 3,118 votes)

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Directed by Steven Spielberg - With Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, Billy Magnussen, Eve Hewson, ...

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An American Pickle(2020)

1h 29min | Comedy, Drama

2.9/5 (with 189 votes)

An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving relative is his great grandson, a computer coder who he can’t connect with.

Directed by Brandon Trost - With Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Jorma Taccone, Kevin O'Rourke, Joanna Adler, Sean Whalen, ...

A Perfect Murder(1998)

| 1h 47min | Crime, Thriller, Drama

3.2/5 (with 581 votes)

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.

Directed by Andrew Davis - With Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, Viggo Mortensen, David Suchet, Constance Towers, Gerry Becker, ...

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Movies Set in Brooklyn

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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts(2023)

GoodFellas(1990)

Crooklyn(1994)

Brooklyn(2015)

A Walk Among the Tombstones(2014)

Wonder(2017)

Pixels(2015)

The Warriors(1979)

The Intern(2015)

Knight and Day(2010)

Once Upon a Time in America(1984)

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Annie Hall(1977)

Long Shot(2019)

Godzilla(1998)

The Dictator(2012)

Nine 1/2 Weeks(1986)

21 Bridges(2019)

The Drop(2014)

Saturday Night Fever(1977)

Stress Positions(2024)

Rumble in the Bronx(1995)

The Survivor(2022)

Shutter(2008)

St. Vincent(2014)

Dog Day Afternoon(1975)

Moonstruck(1987)

Bridge of Spies(2015)

An American Pickle(2020)

A Perfect Murder(1998)

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