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fuboTV
82
7.8
/174445/
78
/3889/
77
/2746/
4.0
/172058/
81
/37/
89
/2028/
74
/18/
cc age 10+

Awakenings (1990)
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
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MGM Plus
81
7.8
/481135/
79
/24196/
74
/9468/
3.8
/846704/
95
/82/
88
/26760/
71
/8/
cc age 11+

Ghostbusters (1984)
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
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Kanopy
79
7.3
/24358/
71
/432/
68
/327/
3.7
/12806/
91
/56/
82
/329/
86
/28/

Nobody's Fool (1994)
A rascally nearing-retirement man juggles a workers' compensation suit while secretly working for his nemesis and flirting with his nemesis' young wife. As his estranged son returns, he faces new family responsibilities, while a banker plots to evict him from his home.
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Kanopy
78
7.5
/144238/
73
/2788/
72
/1835/
4.0
/110736/
79
/220/
78
/10453/
68
/36/
cc age 17+

Doubt (2008)
In 1964 Bronx, two Catholic school nuns question the new priest's ambiguous relationship with a troubled African-American student.
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Kanopy
77
7.6
/19619/
75
/337/
74
/340/
4.0
/35913/
81
/31/
69
/448/
67
/17/
cc age 14+

Running on Empty (1988)
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.
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77
7.5
/103535/
75
/2970/
75
/1534/
4.2
/257832/
69
/193/
71
/3839/
67
/34/

Synecdoche, New York (2008)
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
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MGM Plus
72
7.0
/23055/
68
/365/
65
/261/
3.6
/21904/
83
/150/
73
/1224/
70
/36/
cc age 15+

Pieces of April (2003)
Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.
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70
6.7
/4247/
64
/90/
61
/52/
3.7
/7013/
88
/25/
70
/99/
68
/15/

Walking and Talking (1996)
Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.
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MGM Plus
68
6.4
/2554/
63
/45/
60
/48/
3.2
/2076/
82
/11/
69
/45/

Where’s Poppa? (1970)
When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's departure.
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Starz
67
6.8
/40441/
74
/1310/
74
/732/
4.0
/102146/
49
/45/
72
/2013/
60
/24/
cc age 13+

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)
Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When the two meet pathetic drag novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez — one of the losers that evening — the charmed Vida and Noxeema agree to take the hopeless youngster under their joined wing. Soon the three set off on a madcap road trip across America and struggle to make it to Los Angeles in time.
poster
66
6.6
/1687/
53
/20/
58
/18/
3.3
/366/
67
/33/
63
/19/
74
/23/

Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
Around 1940, New Yorker staff writer Joe Mitchell meets Joe Gould, a Greenwich Village character who cadges meals, drinks, and contributions to the Joe Gould Fund and who is writing a voluminous Oral History of the World, a record of 20,000 conversations he's overheard. Mitchell is fascinated with this Harvard grad and writes a 1942 piece about him, "Professor Seagull," bringing Gould some celebrity and an invitation to join the Greenwich Village Ravens, a poetry club he's often crashed. Gould's touchy, querulous personality and his frequent dropping in on Mitchell for hours of chat lead to a breakup, but the two Joes stay in touch until Gould's death and Mitchell's unveiling of the secret.
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Kanopy
66
6.4
/46086/
67
/1028/
64
/725/
3.3
/30973/
74
/57/
52
/812/
70
/18/
cc age 13+

In & Out (1997)
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
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Amazon Prime Video
65
6.8
/7117/
71
/175/
62
/67/
3.4
/2857/
71
/31/
67
/131/

Jeffrey (1995)
Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.
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63
6.2
/26420/
69
/840/
61
/283/
3.0
/11887/
64
/22/
51
/532/
50
/12/
cc age 12+

Funny Farm (1988)
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
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Hoopla
61
6.2
/27434/
65
/648/
60
/478/
2.9
/8847/
43
/28/
48
/544/
66
/19/
cc age 10+

I.Q. (1994)
Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.
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Hoopla
60
5.9
/6211/
60
/140/
56
/121/
2.9
/4435/
73
/11/
40
/60/
61
/10/

Eyewitness (1981)
NYC custodian Daryll Deever is a big fan of local news reporter Tony Sokolow, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. There's been a murder in the office building, and Tony suspects that Daryll may have insight into the crime, a notion that he furthers to stay close to her. However, when those behind the killing begin to think that he really knows something, they target the pair to keep their secrets hidden.
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MGM Plus
59
6.2
/3162/
58
/55/
58
/53/
3.1
/1086/
71
/7/
29
/17/

The House on Carroll Street (1988)
A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house, being conducted largely in German and involving her HUAC prosecutor. She begins to investigate, enlisting the help of the FBI Agent initially detailed to surveil her.
poster
59
6.1
/14294/
70
/422/
62
/170/
3.5
/12795/
52
/29/
68
/525/
40
/10/

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel, the Chicken Ranch, proprietress Miss Mona Stangley and her girls won't go down without a fight.
poster
58
6.4
/1088/
53
/11/
53
/16/
3.2
/515/
80
/5/
45
/4/

Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
True story of a man in search of his children after his ex-wife enters the Witness Protection Program.
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57
6.2
/20773/
66
/674/
61
/410/
3.2
/18688/
46
/24/
45
/305/
54
/13/

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.
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Netflix
54
6.9
/348506/
70
/13029/
65
/6146/
3.2
/349481/
47
/64/
57
/1444188/
37
/14/
cc age 14+

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
poster
The Roku Channel
51
6.8
/10169/
66
/173/
63
/151/
3.1
/2384/
10
/101/
73
/565/
33
/31/
cc age 16+

House of D (2004)
In the present, artist Tom Warshaw recalls his traumatic coming of age. As a 13-year-old growing up in New York City in 1973, Tom hangs out with Pappass, a mentally disabled man. With Tom's mother battling depression after the death of her husband, the young boy is left to his own devices. When Tom develops a crush on schoolmate Melissa, Pappass feels abandoned and begins behaving erratically.
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48
5.5
/1787/
62
/26/
49
/18/
3.0
/330/
25
/16/
37
/36/

Commandments (1997)
Seth Warner has reached the end of his rope. Ever since his wife died two years earlier, his world has been in turmoil. He is despondent, his career has fallen apart, even his house has been destroyed. There seems to be nothing left for him to live for. Confused and angry after two years of suffering, he finally directs his wrath at God from the rooftop of his apartment building in New York City. In the midst of a wild thunderstorm he demands to know why he has been betrayed by the god he has believed in and honored his whole life. God's answer is to strike down Seth's dog in a bolt of lightning. Pushed beyond his limits, Seth decides to respond to his years of torment by breaking each of the biblical Ten Commandments.
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The Roku Channel
48
5.9
/42752/
60
/1504/
63
/1199/
2.7
/11713/
24
/55/
33
/1284/
36
/21/
cc age 17+

After.Life (2009)
Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial.
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Amazon Prime Video
41
3.5
/7711/
54
/159/
40
/72/
2.5
/1093/
13
/109/
30
/198/
31
/27/
cc age 12+

The Honeymooners (2005)
Working class New York bus driver Ralph Kramden is always coming up with get-rich-quick schemes for him and his best friend, Ed Norton, who's always around to help him get in (and out of) trouble.
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39
4.8
/3096/
52
/34/
38
/35/
2.9
/511/
5
/39/
35
/56/

'Til There Was You (1997)
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.
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Hoopla
45
39
5.7
/4681/
52
/108/
55
/76/
2.9
/2287/
20
/5/
31
/53/

Money for Nothing (1993)
When unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle finds $1.2 million that fell off of an armored car, he decides to do the logical thing: take the money and run. After all, he says, finders keepers. He turns to his ex-girlfriend Monica, who works in an investment firm, for advice, before turning to the mob for help laundering the money. While Joey makes plans to leave the country, however, a detective is following his ever-warmer trail in order to recover the cash.
poster
39
4.6
/4877/
50
/116/
50
/133/
2.5
/1277/
20
/51/
16
/258/
34
/15/
cc age 15+

Motherhood (2009)
In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.
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49
38
5.2
/2498/
58
/47/
51
/45/
3.2
/4352/
21
/19/
51
/47/

Office Killer (1997)
When Dorine Douglas' job as proofreader for Constant Consumer magazine is turned into an at-home position during a downsizing, she doesn't know how to cope. But after accidentally killing one of her co-workers, she discovers that murder can quench the loneliness of her home life, as a macabre office place forms in her basement, populated by dead co-workers.
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48
37
5.5
/4843/
56
/51/
51
/70/
2.9
/1035/
34
/50/
39
/121/

The Love Letter (1999)
In the sleepy New England town of Loblolly By The Sea, a letter has arrived that is going to wake things up. It is a love letter - ardent, sensual... and unsigned. As the letter falls into different hands, residents of the small town to eye one another with renewed interest - wondering who it's for and who it's from. Determined to find the letter's author, Helen MacFarquhar begins a quest that will open her life to a new chapter involving two decidedly different men: George, an old friend from her past, and Johnny, a young man very much in her present. Unexpectedly, one mysterious love note has the power to unlock some startling secrets, leaving a trail of wonderful surprises as it turns an entire town upside down.
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Kanopy
60
36
6.3
/1620/
70
/41/
57
/20/
3.2
/1544/
67
/9/
63
/14/
38
/7/

King of the Gypsies (1978)
Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.
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Kanopy
80
35
7.4
/515/
75
/85/
69
/15/
3.5
/954/
100
/11/
92
/3/

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2020)
The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters" franchise.
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The Roku Channel
34
3.9
/19041/
50
/680/
50
/632/
2.0
/19374/
8
/96/
32
/1249/
23
/21/
cc age 7+

Furry Vengeance (2010)
When real estate developer Dan Sanders finalizes plans to level a swath of pristine Oregon forest to make way for a soulless housing subdivision, a band of woodland creatures rises up to throw a monkey wrench into the greedy scheme. Just how much mischief from the furry critters can the businessman take before he calls it quits?
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
50
32
5.0
/2003/
55
/71/
51
/37/
2.7
/931/
43
/495/

Daybreak (1993)
When a substantial portion of the nation's populace falls victim to a deadly plague, the tyrannical government quarantines them in camps, offering no alternative except death. But a gutsy rebel named Torch sets out to help the afflicted by leading an underground effort to spirit the victims to humane sanctuary.
poster
61
25
6.1
/1578/
66
/18/
58
/25/
3.2
/293/
58
/25/

Earthly Possessions (1999)
A bored homemaker planning to run away from her minister husband is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an accomplice to the young robber.
poster
54
23
6.6
/853/
58
/15/
58
/26/
3.5
/1427/
20
/1/

Man on a Swing (1974)
When a young schoolteacher is found dead in her car in a parking lot in broad daylight, police chief Lee Tucker can find no clues pointing to her killer. Flamboyant self-proclaimed psychic Franklin Wills offers his help to the skeptical policeman, and, when his supposed visions about the case begin to reveal clues and information that only the killer could possibly have known, he becomes a suspect himself.
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48
22
5.6
/2093/
57
/12/
54
/29/
3.1
/295/
23
/13/
38
/22/

Just the Ticket (1998)
Gary Starke is one of the best ticket scalpers in New York City. His girlfriend, Linda, doesn't approve of his criminal lifestyle, though, and dumps him when she gets the opportunity to study cooking in Paris. Gary realizes that he has to give up scalping if he has any chance of winning her back. But before he does, he wants to cash out on one last big score. He gets his chance when the pope announces he'll be performing Easter Mass at Yankee Stadium.
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?
5.7
/14/
40
/2/

Nikki and Alexander (1989)
Alexander is a run of the mill New Yorker who meets Nikki, a Russian homeless girl. He agrees to let Nikki spend the night but she ends up moving in....
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?
6.0
/11/
10
/1/

Particular Men (1972)
A fictitious but powerful look at the dawn of the nuclear age, this stage performance follows several government scientists as they develop the atomic bomb, grapple with the morality of their work, and confront major problems with their superiors. Written by award-winning playwright Loring Mandel, this riveting production stars Stacy Keach, Alice Drummond, Lois Smith, Clifton James and Verna Bloom.
poster
53
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5.7
/558/
75
/4/
30
/6/

Mitch Albom's For One More Day (2007)
While back in his hometown, a suicidal former baseball player encounters the spirit of his deceased mother, who takes him on a sentimental tour meant to restore his love of life.
poster
?
5.6
/85/
10
/1/
52
/2/

Money, Power, Murder. (1989)
Peter Finley is a cable-TV newsman who is led into a network of sin and conspiracy when he has interest in a missing anchorwoman's story.
poster
63
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6.5
/493/
60
/9/
60
/3/
3.5
/216/

I'll Take You There (1999)
Still nursing wounds from a breakup, a man is forced by his sister into a blind date that turns into a nightmare.
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?
6.9
/15/
10
/1/
100
/1/

The Dog Lover (1962)
Jack is the fastidious manager of a local supermarket. The harmless but disruptive actions of his customers frequently give him headaches, which he remedies by holding a can of frozen juice against his forehead. At home, however, Jack is consistently kind, loving, and patient with his wife and daughter. One day the child brings home a stray dog, and his life is turned upside down.
poster
49
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6.4
/221/
45
/2/
60
/2/
13
/16/
80
/2/
32
/9/

The Rising Place (2001)
The close friendship of two young women, each of a different race, and their struggle to find purpose in their lives during this time of social injustice and world war.
poster
23
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3.5
/153/
10
/1/

The Suicide Club (1988)
A woman traumatized by her brother's suicide is inducted into a world of games involving murder.
poster
42
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4.7
/200/
37
/3/

Thieves (1977)
Martin and Sally Cramer grew up on the hardscrabble Lower East Side, where Sally still teaches; meanwhile, Martin's the head of a fancy private school. Romantic dalliances with others convince them that they're meant to be together despite their differences, a decision that's cemented, oddly enough, by an over-the-top argument that draws the police.
poster
28
?
4.0
/277/
30
/2/
20
/4/
14
/7/
40
/1/

Animal Behavior (1989)
Biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees. Instead of using machines, she teaches the chimps simple sign language. Her research is overlooked by ignorant colleagues, but one man, Mark, a cellist, helps Alex with her research.
poster
The Roku Channel
62
?
5.9
/132/
70
/1/
60
/1/

Sanctuary of Fear (1979)
A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes goes to the aid of a young actress. She is becoming enmeshed in a series of bizarre incidents she can't explain, and her complaints to the police have gone ignored.


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