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87
8.0
/121901/
78
/3412/
77
/1909/
4.4
/466606/
92
/150/
89
/3376/
93
/26/
cc age 16+

Do the Right Thing (1989)
Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.
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Amazon Prime Video
85
8.3
/403059/
81
/6370/
84
/5802/
4.2
/267692/
86
/56/
93
/3956/
75
/20/
cc age 18+

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
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.
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Netflix
82
7.2
/55149/
73
/2610/
71
/764/
3.5
/242325/
94
/372/
94
/1444/
84
/55/
cc age 11+

In the Heights (2021)
The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.
poster
79
7.1
/3033/
74
/243/
67
/79/
3.6
/3776/
93
/73/
85
/34/
73
/16/
cc age 12+

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2017)
The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family to defend themselves – and their bank’s legacy in the Chinatown community – over the course of a five-year legal battle.
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Kanopy
78
7.5
/143629/
73
/2761/
72
/1822/
4.0
/110321/
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
81
74
8.0
/10111/
78
/135/
76
/116/
4.0
/7173/
89
/9/
91
/284/
73
/5/

A Patch of Blue (1965)
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
poster
74
7.3
/126576/
75
/4159/
71
/1662/
3.5
/95204/
94
/50/
85
/2817/
55
/13/
cc age 14+

National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Clark Griswold is on a quest to take his family to the Walley World theme park for a vacation, but things don't go exactly as planned.
poster
Hoopla
66
6.7
/43685/
66
/760/
65
/508/
3.5
/37299/
50
/103/
60
/933/
67
/26/

Summer of Sam (1999)
Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.
poster
61
7.0
/2048/
69
/81/
56
/32/
3.3
/855/
50
/26/
72
/153/
47
/17/

La Mission (2009)
Growing up in the Mission district of San Francisco, Che Rivera has always had to be tough to survive. He's a powerful man respected throughout the Mission barrio for his masculinity and his strength, as well as for his hobby building beautiful lowrider cars. A reformed inmate and recovering alcoholic, Che has worked hard to redeem his life and do right by his pride and joy: his only son, Jes, whom he has raised on his own after the death of his wife. Che's path to redemption is tested, however, when he discovers Jes is gay. To survive his neighborhood, Che has always lived with his fists. To survive as a complete man, he'll have to embrace a side of himself he's never shown.
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The Roku Channel
62
53
6.1
/4168/
61
/67/
57
/61/
3.1
/2227/
78
/9/
53
/46/

Five Corners (1987)
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.
poster
Kanopy
52
44
4.4
/2140/
48
/184/
51
/58/
2.5
/1790/
23
/22/
90
/35/
58
/4/
cc age 17+

The Birthday Cake (2021)
On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle, a mob boss, for a celebration. Just two hours into the night, Gio's life is forever changed.
poster
60
42
6.9
/3269/
67
/58/
62
/35/
3.4
/1679/
44
/9/
53
/15/

The Young Savages (1961)
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
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60
34
6.3
/1095/
54
/16/
54
/12/
67
/12/
67
/19/
57
/7/

Here and There (2009)
Robert, a jaded middle-aged New Yorker, travels to Belgrade to make some quick cash by marrying someone for U.S. immigration papers. The plan goes awry when the money never arrives, leaving Robert stuck in Serbia. Meanwhile in New York, Banko, the young Serb whose girlfriend Robert is to marry, fights to come up with the cash.
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56
32
5.6
/1172/
58
/43/
52
/30/
3.2
/2121/
51
/21/

Tenement (1985)
A drug-dealing band of violent street thugs terrorize the tenants of a South Bronx apartment building.
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53
21
5.2
/128/
48
/9/
55
/16/
3.0
/1951/

Salem (2024)
14-year-old Grasshoppers gang member Djibril leads a dangerous existence in a Marseille slum, along with his pregnant girlfriend Camilla who belongs to a rival gang, the Crickets. When Djibril is manipulated into killing the young Cricket Mahad, war breaks out. Djibril is haunted by the curse Mahad spat out as he lay dying, and begins to communicate with the spirit world. Convinced that global apocalypse is imminent, he embarks on a crazy plan to flee with Camilla and their unborn child – the only one capable of saving them all from Mahad’s malediction. But the law catches up with him. Now, after 12 years in prison and a secure psychiatric unit, Djibril will do whatever it takes to find his daughter and convince her to fulfil his prophecy.
poster
53
12
6.2
/1181/
57
/7/
56
/14/
3.2
/356/
29
/3/

The Big Shakedown (1934)
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.
poster
57
11
6.5
/747/
51
/15/
47
/13/
3.3
/352/
60
/4/

Waiting for the Messiah (2000)
In 1999, Argentina's peso craters. Ariel, a young man from Buenos Aires' Jewish community, deals with his mother's fatal illness, finds a job as a night shift surveillance camera monitor, and wonders when he'll discover sex. Santamaria, middle aged, loses his bank job and is dismissed by his wife; he finds stolen wallets in dumpsters to return to their owners. Ariel tells Santamaria's story to a TV reporter who profiles lives on the street. She's Laura, in a relationship with another woman, but perhaps available. Ariel desires Laura, while Santamaria courts Elsa, a washroom attendant who's husband is in prison. Christmas and Hanukkah approach; can anyone connect?
poster
48
11
6.3
/573/
30
/2/
50
/4/
50
/19/

A Dream of Kings (1969)
A Greek American father of a dying boy decides to take his son to Greece to breathe the clean air of his ancestors, in an attempt to save the boy's life. However, money is a problem.
poster
56
8
6.6
/393/
60
/1/
50
/3/
50
/14/

Little Zizou (2008)
The story of a Parsi boy's view of his community in modern day Mumbai.
poster
Kanopy
?
6.1
/12/
20
/1/

Brownsville Black and White (2000)
Brownsville Black and White is the story of sixty years of Black/Jewish relations in the Brooklyn Community of Brownsville. The film is a poignant examination of group cooperation, urban change and social conflict as told through the personal histories of those who lived there. Brownsville is the first of two films dealing with inter-ethnic relations in the U.S., left unfinished after the untimely death of the director Richard Broadman. A small group of friends and colleagues completed the film after his death.
poster
71
?
6.3
/382/
80
/2/
72
/6/

Big City (1948)
A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.
poster
?

A World Within (1935)
Goodman and Jane Ace (the Easy Aces) provide the commentary through this tour of different cultural districts of New York City back around 1935.


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