New York Drama Movies

List of the best New York drama movies selected by visitors to our site: The Judge, Erin Brockovich, Finding Neverland, Green Street Hooligans, The Wrestler, Gia, The Painted Veil, Dead Poets Society, 100 Things, Lost in Translation.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration02:22

    A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:06

    A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama, family, biography
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:37

    Finding Neverland is an amusing drama about how the story of Peter Pan and Neverland came to be. During a writing slump play writer J.M. Barrie meets the widowed Sylvia and her three children who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece “Peter Pan.”

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, crime, military, sport
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:49

    After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. 'Green Street Hooligans' is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:45

      Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, Gia quickly shoots to the top of the modeling world. When Cooper dies of lung cancer, however, Gia turns to drugs – and both she and her career begin to spiral out of control.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada, China
      Duration02:05

      A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:08

      At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryGermany
      Duration01:46

      Best friends Toni and Paul decide to relinquish all of their belongings for 100 days, whereby they receive one of their items back on each day. During this challenge the two realize, that the only thing they cannot be without is their friendship. A story about contemporary materialism and the quest for the truely important things in life.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration01:41

      Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:12

      Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:04

      An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryRussia
      Duration01:45

      A young writer brings a collection of short stories to a big Moscow publishing house. The manuscript stays at the office and mysteriously influences the lives of anyone who opens it and reads at least one page. There are four stories in the manuscript, and four readers whose lives are changed after reading them. The situations range from realistic to absurd to thrilling to create a rich portrait of life in contemporary Russia and showcase the thoughts, feelings and ambitions of people who live there.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryGermany
      Duration02:12

      When 30-ish rich kid Lenny has to take care of 15-year-old David, who’s suffering from heart disease, it’s the beginning of a wild adventure. Lenny fearlessly breaks all the rules to fulfill his young friend’s every wish.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

        A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:04

        William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a full-blown affair. As the average bloke and glamorous movie star draw closer and closer together, they struggle to reconcile their radically different lifestyles in the name of love.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, adventure, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:28

        The true story of top student and athlete, Christopher McCandless, who after graduating from Emory University in 1992, abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

        Markimdb: 8.3
        Genrecomedy, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:09

        Set in the 1930s this intricate caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook and a veteran con man who seek revenge on a vicious crime lord who murdered one of their gang.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genremelodrama, drama, military
        CountryItaly, USA
        Duration01:40

        On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, adventure, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:55

        A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genremelodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, New Zealand, USA, India, Australia
        Duration02:40

        A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration02:00

        A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genreaction, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryDenmark, Sweden, Finland

        Markus, a deployed military man, has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems to be plain bad luck - but it turns out that it might have been a carefully orchestrated assassination, which his wife ended up being a random casualty of.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genrecomedy, drama, short
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:37

        Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, adventure, crime, biography
        CountryUSA, Czech Republic, Spain
        Duration01:00

        Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:23

        Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny island with nothing but some flotsam and jetsam from the aircraft's cargo.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genredrama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:33

          In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:59

          Nelson is a man devoted to his advertising career in San Francisco. One day, while taking a driving test at the DMV, he meets Sara. She is very different from the other women in his life. Nelson causes her to miss out on taking the test and later that day she tracks him down. One thing leads to another and Nelson ends up living with her through a November that will change his life forever.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genremelodrama, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:44

          Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline (Brooke Shields) and Richard (Christopher Atkins) make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:49

          Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:17

          In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genredrama
          CountrySpain, Thailand, USA
          Duration01:49

            In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountrySpain, Argentina

            When a billionaire entrepreneur impulsively decides to create an iconic movie, he demands the best. Renowned filmmaker Lola Cuevas is recruited to mastermind this ambitious endeavour. Completing the all-star team are two actors with massive talent but even bigger egos: Hollywood heartthrob Félix Rivero and radical theatre actor Iván Torres. Both are legends, but not exactly best friends. Through a series of increasingly eccentric trials set by Lola, Félix and Iván must confront not only each other but also their own legacies. Who will be left when the cameras finally start rolling?

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genredrama, biography, history
            CountryGermany, France, Luxembourg, United Kingdom, USA
            Duration01:05

            A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genredrama, crime, biography
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:56

            Set in the Depression-era Franklin County, Virginia, a bootlegging gang is threatened by authorities who want a cut of their profits.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA, Germany, Republic of Ireland
            Duration01:48

            Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with a new boss, a strange contractor and the worst vacation of her life.

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            Genredrama, biography
            CountryRussia

            The film is about a day in the life of Elizaveta Petrovna Glinka, also known as Doctor Liza. Moscow, 2012. The Glinka family prepares for a celebration: thirty years together. The closest friends are invited for dinner, the sons have arrived. Of course, Liza has freed up this day for her family. There’s just a trifle: to stop by the Fund and see the weekly patients at the Paveletsky Station. But the days of Doctor Liza are always full of surprises… In a hospital in a Moscow suburb a five-year-old girl is dying. The duty doctor has to discharge Eva. Due to medical formalities the child, who suffers from cancer, is left without painkillers. In utter despair, the girl’s father turns to Liza for help. When Liza cannot find a way to help the child within the system, she decides on a desperate act…

            Markimdb: 7.9
            Genredrama, adventure, family, biography, history
            CountryUSA

            The untold true story set in the winter of 1925 that takes you across the treacherous terrain of the Alaskan tundra for an exhilarating and uplifting adventure that will test the strength, courage and determination of one man, Leonhard Seppala, and his lead sled dog, Togo.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genremelodrama, drama, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:40

            Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer – and unexpectedly falling in love.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genredrama, biography, sport
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:09

              Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.

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