urban life
108 movies and shows
Friday
Wed, 26 Apr 1995
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
Boyhood
Thu, 05 Jun 2014
The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, and examines his relationship with his parents as he grows.
Ok Jaanu
Thu, 12 Jan 2017
Adi and Tara move to Bombay to pursue their dreams. A chance meeting sparks off a heady, no strings attached romance until their careers pull them apart. Will ambition prevail over matters of the heart?
The Brave One
Wed, 12 Sep 2007
A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.
Dil Chahta Hai
Tue, 24 Jul 2001
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
Rebels of the Neon God
Thu, 04 Aug 1994
In Taipei, revenge and love twist the paths of wayward youths.
Only You
Fri, 12 Jul 2019
A madly-in-love young couple's relationship begins to suffer when they struggle to conceive a child.
Faraway, So Close!
Wed, 01 Sep 1993
Damiel is now married to Marion, runs the pizzeria “Da Angelo” and the two have a child. The solitarily remaining angel Cassiel is more and more dissatisfied with his destiny as a mere observer of human life and finally decides to take the great leap. As Karl Engel he soon gets into a dubious milieu and finds himself as the assistant of the German American Baker, who makes his money with shady arms deals and sends films east in exchange for weapons. Cassiel’s adventure turns into a “thriller” when he decides to put a stop to Baker’s game.
Heavy Traffic
Wed, 08 Aug 1973
An "underground" cartoonist contends with life in the inner city, where various unsavory characters serve as inspiration for his artwork.
Vive L'Amour
Thu, 02 Mar 1995
Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.
City of Hope
Fri, 11 Oct 1991
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
Zazie dans le Métro
Fri, 28 Oct 1960
A brash and precocious ten-year-old comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle.
Café Lumière
Wed, 01 Sep 2004
In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist composer of the 1930s. She is pregnant by a man she does not want to marry and has found a kindred spirit in a used bookstore owner who aids her research.
The Whole Gritty City
Sat, 12 Oct 2013
Young members of 3 New Orleans school marching bands grow up in America's most musical city, and one of its most dangerous. Their band directors get them ready to perform in the Mardi Gras parades, and teach them to succeed and to survive.
Adulthood
Mon, 16 Jun 2008
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
Acasă, My Home
Sun, 26 Jan 2020
In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, nine children and their parents lived in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years – until they are chased out and forced to adapt to life in the big city.
Nina
Wed, 28 Jan 2004
After losing her job, an unstable woman sinks further and further into a violent fantasy world.
Everything Will Be
Mon, 28 Apr 2014
Sundance award-winning director Julia Kwan’s documentary Everything Will Be captures the subtle nuances of a culturally diverse neighbourhood—Vancouver’s once thriving Chinatown—in the midst of transformation. The community’s oldest and newest members offer their intimate perspectives on the shifting landscape as they reflect on change, memory and legacy. Night and day, a neon sign that reads "EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT" looms over Chinatown. Everything is going to be alright, indeed, but the big question is for whom?
Saigon, U.S.A.
Sun, 04 Apr 2004
Since the fall of Saigon in 1975, Vietnamese refugees have built the largest Vietnamese community outside of Vietnam, in Orange County, California. In 1999, "Little Saigon" burst onto the national stage when a store owner displayed a poster of Ho Chi Minh, triggering protests by Vietnamese Americans struggling to reconcile their past demons with their present lives. Saigon, U.S.A. uses this moment to examine this community's changing identity and growing empowerment.
Aliens
Thu, 05 May 2016
A young woman arrives in a city for the first time. She observes the people around her and realizes that she does not belong to that world, everything is alien to her. Even so, she tries to pretend to be one of them, to fit into this strange place.