Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "the-bronx"

1. American Gangster (2007)

R | 157 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin

Votes: 452,589 | Gross: $130.16M

2. Serpico (1973)

R | 130 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire

Votes: 134,816 | Gross: $29.80M

3. Maid in Manhattan (2002)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite, when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman's dress.

Director: Wayne Wang | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Stanley Tucci

Votes: 96,203 | Gross: $94.01M

4. Summer of Sam (1999)

R | 142 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

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.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito

Votes: 41,306 | Gross: $19.28M

5. City Island (2009)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

Prison guard Vince tells Molly from acting class, that one inmate is his 24 y.o. love child. Vince takes him home to stay with his family - straight A son with fat girl fetish, college dropout/stripper daughter and cute wife.

Director: Raymond De Felitta | Stars: Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Emily Mortimer

Votes: 32,559 | Gross: $6.67M

6. 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)

R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.

Director: Enzo G. Castellari | Stars: Mark Gregory, Fred Williamson, Vic Morrow, Christopher Connelly

Votes: 4,071

7. Babygirl (2012)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama, Romance

"Babygirl" is a bittersweet Bronx-set drama about teenager Lena, who has grown up watching her mom Lucy squander her life on a series of deadbeat men. When Lucy's latest boy toy Victor ... See full summary »

Director: Macdara Vallely | Stars: Yainis Ynoa, Rosa Arredondo, Flaco Navaja, Joshua Rivera

Votes: 172

8. The Counterfeit Contessa (1994 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

Gina/Téa Leoni lives with her parents and works in an NYC department store delicatessen. She's in love with rich, handsome Sinclair but she's shy. He mistakes her for Contessa Sofia and invites her to a formal dinner party.

Director: Ron Lagomarsino | Stars: Téa Leoni, D.W. Moffett, David Beecroft, Karla Tamburrelli

Votes: 751

9. Albanian Gangster (2018)

TV-MA | 81 min | Crime, Drama

The criminal subculture of the Albanian community in the Bronx, starring a real-life ex-con.

Director: Matthew A. Brown | Stars: Winter Williams, Matthew A. Brown, Brooke Stone, Brian Patrick Murphy

Votes: 216

10. Right to Fight (2023)

90 min | Documentary, History, Sport

Sky Original documentary revealing how the pioneers of women's boxing battled the odds to find their place in the ring.

Director: Georgina Cammalleri | Stars: Cathy Davis, Marian Trimiar, Mike Silver, Sue Fox

Votes: 70

11. Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012)

Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Paul Piff, Anne Rueth, Colin Dunkley

Votes: 1,389

12. La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla (2020)

82 min | Documentary

A documentary about a beloved South Bronx matriarch and former "First Lady" of the Savage Skulls gang struggling to remain visible in a rapidly gentrifying community she helped rebuild in the 1980s.

Director: Raquel Cepeda | Star: Lorine Padilla

Votes: 71

13. Thanks Dad (2012)

7 min | Short, Drama

A mid thirties man has an awful memory of his childhood when his father abused his mother.

Director: Victor Bruno | Stars: Robert Funaro, Elizabeth Kemp, Sayra Player, Domenic Ambroselli

14. W. Moore New York Political Candidate 2020 (2020 TV Special)

3 min | Short, News

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Director: Jimmy Spice Curry | Stars: Jimmy Spice Curry, William Russell Moore

15. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: Deadly Summer (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

In the summer of 1976, the NYPD are chasing a man shooting at couples in parked cars with a gigantic, .44 caliber handgun. He taunts the city with terrifying letters until police get a lead about a suspect who has shot a neighbor's dog.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: William Gardella, Richard Paul, Lawrence Klausner, Joseph Borrelli

Votes: 13

16. World's Most Evil Killers (2017– )
Episode: David Berkowitz (2020)

Documentary, Crime

A profile of the serial killer who found himself at the center of New York's biggest manhunt after a vicious shooting spree that left six dead.

Stars: David Berkowitz, Brian Kates, Geoffrey Wansell, William Gardella

Votes: 17

17. Panorama (1953– )
Episode: Coronavirus: Destination New York (2020)

29 min | Documentary, News

Hilary Andersson reports from New York City, meeting doctors, health workers and community activists, she asks why more than 16,000 people have died during the Coronavirus pandemic in a city with some of the best health care in the world.

Director: Edward McGown | Stars: Hilary Andersson, Anuj Shah

18. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Son of Sam Part 1: The Duke of Death (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz terrorized New York City - under his creepy self-given moniker: "the Son of Sam"; he is among the most infamous serial killers in American history.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Antoinette Collarini-Schlossberg, Steve Wax, Mark Jay Heller

Votes: 30

19. The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (2021)
Episode: Hello from the Gutters (2021)

TV-MA | 58 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In August 1977, the arrest of David Berkowitz ended New York City's wave of terror. But journalist Maury Terry believed there was more to the story.

Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Maury Terry, David Berkowitz, Robert MacNeil

Votes: 692

20. The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (2021)
Episode: Rabbit Hole (2021)

TV-MA | 61 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In 1993, Maury interviews the elusive Berkowitz, who substantiates his theories about the cult. But his obsession with the case begins to take a toll.

Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Maury Terry, Wayne Darwen, David Berkowitz

Votes: 603

21. Timewatch (1982– )
Episode: The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald (1993)

99 min | Documentary, History

A detailed look at the early life of Oswald and his movements on the day of the Kennedy assassination.

Stars: James P. Hosty, Gerald Posner, G. Robert Blakey, Evelyn Segal

Votes: 10

22. True Crime Authors (2003– )
Episode: The Westies (2003)

Documentary

Adapted from the critically acclaimed true crime bestsellers, each author tells their infamous stories on-camera. Each story is told only from the author's perspective. Even among the Mob, ... See full summary »

Stars: T.J. English, Brian Bogulski, Jimmy Coonan, Roy DeMeo

23. Inside (2007– )
Episode: Manhattan Mob Rampage (2009)

Documentary

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Director: Michael Ellis | Stars: Paul Castellano, Salvatore Clemente, Anthony Corallo, Al D'Arco

Votes: 7

24. OBF (2020– )
Episode: The Real Reason New York Is Successful (2022)

9 min | Documentary

Manhattan Island is ideally positioned in a protected harbor relatively close to Europe to serve as a shipping port. The fact was not lost on the Dutch who quickly established trading post ... See full summary »

25. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: Chasing the Dragon: Prince of Death (2022)

Documentary, Crime, History

For decades, the seemingly untouchable Khun Sa floods New York with heroin from his Golden Triangle hideaway. But then a group of agents hatch a plan.

Director: Joost van der Valk | Stars: Michael Levine, Rich LaMagna, Patrick Winn, Khuensai Jaiyen

26. Fight the Power How Hip Hop Changed the World (2023– )
Episode: The Foundation (2023)

TV-14 | 55 min | Documentary, History, Music

Discover the factors that led to the birth of Hip Hop and its first hit in 1982.

Directors: Yemi Bamiro, Yemisi Brookes | Stars: Chuck D, Muhammad Ali, Afrika Bambaataa, H. Rap Brown

Votes: 67

27. America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode: 46-40 (2010)

Documentary, Crime, History

Our countdown of America's biggest mysteries continues with the story of the death of the first man of magic Harry Houdini, one of the old West's most prolific gunslingers, and the great moon hoax.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Michael Newton, Rick Beyer, Paul Aron, Troy Taylor

28. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (2012)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Charles "Lucky" Luciano was the number one gangster of all time. He put the "Organised" into organised crime and invented the modern Mafia.

Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Selwyn Raab, Joseph Coffey, Douglas Valentine, Thomas Reppetto

Votes: 20

29. The Seventies (2015)
Episode: Crimes & Cults (2015)

Documentary, History

Cult killings like the Manson Family murders and serial killers such as The Zodiac, The Hillside Strangler, John Wayne Gacy and the Son of Sam have the nation gripped in fear as crime and murder dramatically rise throughout the decade.

Stars: Douglas Brinkley, Vincent Bugliosi, Jeff Guinn, James Alan Fox

Votes: 142

30. The Deuce (2017–2019)
Episode: Show and Prove (2017)

TV-MA | 63 min | Drama

Vincent's failing marriage forces him to move into a seedy Times Square hotel, but his success drawing customers to a struggling Korean bar brings a tempting offer from Mafia capo Rudy Pipilo.

Director: Ernest R. Dickerson | Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Chris Bauer

Votes: 1,326

31. The Deuce (2017–2019)
Episode: Finish It (2019)

TV-MA | 79 min | Drama

Big changes come to The Deuce as Gene sees opportunity in the city's public health crisis; Vincent looks to get out from under the mob's thumb and makes peace with Abby; Candy makes a critical choice in her relationship with Hank.

Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: James Franco, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chris Bauer, Chris Coy

Votes: 1,062