Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "improvisation", "urban-setting"

1. Burn Notice (2007–2013)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his special ops training to help others in trouble.

Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Sharon Gless

Votes: 79,158

2. Shadows (1958)

PG | 87 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.

Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Anthony Ray

Votes: 12,551

3. The Class (2008)

PG-13 | 128 min | Drama

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.

Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio, Arthur Fogel

Votes: 36,422 | Gross: $3.77M

4. Wassup Rockers (2005)

R | 111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A group of teenage boys opt to form their own identity by riding skateboards, wearing tight pants.

Director: Larry Clark | Stars: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usvaldo Panameno

Votes: 5,018 | Gross: $0.22M

5. Museum Hours (2012)

Not Rated | 107 min | Drama

When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads that sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways in which works of art reflect and shape the world.

Director: Jem Cohen | Stars: Mary Margaret O'Hara, Bobby Sommer, Ela Piplits, Marcus O'Hara

Votes: 2,280 | Gross: $0.08M

6. 75 (2017)

97 min | Crime, Drama

A crash victim, a housewife and two repressed teens are connected by hard-working therapist Viola, who helps them battle their addictions while two disillusioned detectives struggle with the mounting war against heroin in Cincinnati.

Director: Joe Zappa | Stars: Tifani Winkfield, Kip Bennett, Marcus B. Jackson, Shannon Faith

Votes: 60

7. French film

90 min | Drama, Romance | Post-production

Sam and Léna, two actors, are in love. Sam wants to completely possess Léna. She gives herself entirely to him. Yet their relationship deteriorates to the point of disaster.

Director: Claude Chamis | Stars: Luca Colucci, Pauline Miocekovitz, Augustin De Winter, Nathan Moreira

8. Everymanhybrid (2010–2018)

TV-MA | 1,022 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Cabin fever inspires three friends to create a series of fitness videos. However, things quickly turn dark as a host of supernatural entities including Slenderman, The Rake, and the psychotic HABIT enters their lives to wreak havoc.

Stars: Vincent Caffarello, Evan Jennings, Jeffrey Koval, Alex Koval

Votes: 144

9. Mosaic (2007 Video)

Not Rated | 72 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A break-in and murder at a New York City museum sparks an investigation by Interpol Agent Nathan Nelson. When he finds an ancient artifact at the crime scene, Nelson takes it home to ... See full summary »

Director: Roy Allen Smith | Stars: Anna Paquin, Kirby Morrow, Cam Clarke, Garry Chalk

Votes: 623

10. The Rocket (2019)

98 min | Adventure, Comedy

A pathological liar goes to extreme lengths to prove to his friends that he is telling the truth.

Director: Stefanos Sitaras | Stars: Stathis Arfariotis, Aris Mavropoulos, Anne-Marie Lezineau, Mariety Papatheodorou

Votes: 61

11. I Call First (2015)

70 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A touching love story about a couple unable to bridge the gap between their divergent worlds.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hannah Richter, Nicholas Winand, Lizbeth Vasquez, Maya Sarpy

Votes: 68

12. Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

A documentary on the life and current times of artist Wayne White.

Director: Neil Berkeley | Stars: Wayne White, Mimi Pond, Paul Reubens, Mark Mothersbaugh

Votes: 1,224

13. Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme (2000)

Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, Music

A documentary about freestyling--the improvised, on-the-spot rhymes that demonstrate the skills of hip-hop MCs.

Director: Kevin Fitzgerald | Stars: Chali 2na, Muhammad Ali, Planet Asia, Bahamadia

Votes: 626 | Gross: $0.01M

14. Broke Even (2000)

94 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

This film focuses on a trio of down-and-out gambling slackers. Dot (Kevin Corrigan), Lem (Mick Cunningham), and Curry (Michael Lowry) spend much of their time sucking down beer and making ... See full summary »

Director: David Feldman | Stars: Kevin Corrigan, Mick Cunningham, Michael Lowry, Michael Kenneth Williams

Votes: 46

15. Inertia (2001)

92 min | Romance

Joseph is in love with Laura. Laura is in love with Bruce. Bruce is in love with Alex. Alex is in love with Joseph. While a mysterious germ in the water supply threatens the population of ... See full summary »

Director: Sean Garrity | Stars: Jonas Chernick, Sarah Constible, Gordon Tanner, Micheline Marchildon

Votes: 162

16. Heart of Now (2010)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

"Heart of Now" concerns a young woman with a profound longing for a sense of family. Devastated by her boyfriend's sudden withdrawal from their relationship, she is whisked across a ... See full summary »

Director: Zak Forsman | Stars: Marion Kerr, Kelly McCracken, Jason Lopez, Dusty Sorg

Votes: 91

17. Limonada, limonada (2020)

77 min | Comedy, Drama

A young woman, in the limbo between university life and adult life, wanders around different places and meets different people as she copes with the uncertainty of the future.

Directors: Juan Pablo Heilbron, Nicolás Palacio | Stars: Pedro Bernal, Rocio Borré, Mateo de Mossaicco, Habib Farah

Votes: 15

18. Connie (2004)

1 min | Short, Drama, Music

Connie walks alone along the New York sidewalks, trying to come to terms with something we all have to face sooner or later: the final goodbye to certain memories.

Director: Sergi Rubió | Stars: Ellie Foumbi, Chris Convery

Votes: 10