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The following is a list of films and documentaries set in New York, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. The list is sorted by the year the film was released.
West Side Story is a 2021 American musical romantic drama film directed and co-produced by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Tony Kushner.
In Utica, New York, a truck driver nicknamed “Clean” works as a garbage collector in a decaying, crime-ridden urban residential neighborhood. He collects usable parts which he salvages, repairs, and sells to a thrift shop owned by his acquaintance. Clean lives alone in a workshop following the death of his daughter.
Believing that they need a Japanese martial artist to go undercover, the New York City police turn to an unorthodox officer named Toshi (Tôru Nakamura).
- Tôru Nakamura
- Action
- Chad Mcqueen
With Don Wilson, Michael Berryman, Linnea Quigley, Leon Isaac Kennedy. Originally shot in 1984 and not finished until 2021, New York Ninja is about a sound technician for a news station (John Liu) who becomes a vigilante ninja in New York City after his pregnant wife is murdered.
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- Action, Crime, Thriller
- John Liu, Kurtis Spieler
- 2021-10-02
21 Bridges: Directed by Brian Kirk. With Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, J.K. Simmons, Stephan James. An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Created by Dan Goor, Michael Schur. With Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero. Comedy series following the exploits of Det. Jake Peralta and his diverse, lovable colleagues as they police the NYPD's 99th Precinct.
