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Browse 121 movies from New York University (NYU)
A live-action story of a six-year-old boy who goes shopping with his mother and eventually gets lost. During that time, the imaginative boy's mind alternates between fantasy and an attempt to decipher the world around him. A film about the perceptions of children
Jan 1984
Against the simmering anxieties of post-Roe America, a Chinese-American teenager and her boyfriend attempt to buy the morning-after pill in a small town where reproductive rights are contested and quietly policed.
Aug 2024
Barbara's and Bob's conjugal life is upset when Bob's former college roommate shows up unexpectedly.
Feb 1986
"This film examines immigration to the United States from the late 1800s to the 1950s. Ellis Island is the focal point of the program, which includes reminiscences by an immigrant as well as live action footage and old still pictures" (US National Archives). This documentary was a product of the Young Filmmaker Bicentennial Grant given by the US Information Agency.
Jan 1975
Through the streets and boroughs of New York, Jimmy, a bicycle messenger from the Albatross Courier Company is out to deliver a package "on time". Braving the perilous city streets there's nothing Jimmy can't handle...or is there? This 1987 comedy classic short shown worldwide marked the debut of Director/Screenwriter Ari Taub and captured the spirit of low-budget filmmaking in New York City.
Mar 1987
14-year-old Stephanie Miller is spending a boring vacation at the beach with her protective parents and annoying siblings, until she meets David, a college student, on the boardwalk. Despite her parents' warnings, Stephanie goes on a date with David to Wildwood, a teen hangout. They go to a party where there's drinking and David starts to flirt with another girl. A fight ensues, forcing David and Stephanie to flee to the nearby amusement park. There, they are stopped by police officers enforcing the teen curfew. David is defiant and to make matters worse, the officers find what looks like a marijuana cigarette on Stephanie. Luckily, it turns out to be nothing more than oregano. After the police escort the couple out of town, David suggests they party elsewhere. Sobered by her experience, Stephanie reveals her true age and her irresponsible date speeds off. The next day, having learned an important lesson, Stephanie is content to build sandcastles on the beach.
May 1990
People are seen waiting for various things, ranging from a train to a phone call from the Pope.
Oct 1993
Dramatizes the kidnapping of a young white boy by a black teenager after an attempted robbery in a Florida supermarket. Filmed from the perspective of the child.
May 1989
This experimental animated short shows the life of a forest through storms, seasons, and a variety of art forms.
May 2021
A teenage boy becomes infatuated with an older woman who he discovers to be a prostitute.
Feb 1984
A winter's tale of a young boy haunted by his mother's ghost.
Dramatic portrait of the Coney Island boardwalk and some of the strange and shocking things that take place off-season in which along the windswept Coney Island boardwalk, Sonny meets young Eddie who introduces him to some of the many mysteries of this faded, forgotten neighborhood.
Apr 1993
When Skeeve, an East Village hardcore punk, breaks into an apartment intent on burglary, he meets his match and his conscience in Estelle, a sharp old widow.
Yuppie corporate attorney Emily is fed up with both her job and her man. A burned-out fellow attorney bucking for a partnership. All work and no play takes it toll on the lovebirds until Emily's old flame from Israel shows up on her doorstep and makes her an offer she may not refuse.
Cahaya, a 10-year old trash-picker from the slums of North Jakarta dreams of owning a bicycle. One day, while searching for recyclables, her wish comes true through an unexpected, fantastic find. Yet soon enough, the other children see her treasure and want it too - especially a neighborhood bully named Hasan, who corners Cahaya and steals the bike.
Sep 2012
An intellectually disabled young man has his childlike world threatened by a violent neighborhood loan shark.
Feb 1981
In an effort to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend, Charlie lies about being diagnosed with cancer. However, things become far more complicated than he could ever have imagined when he learns that both his ex, Jess, and best friend, Alex, have secrets – and agendas – of their own.
May 2024
An adaptation of a play by Rainer Maria Rilke in which a six-year-old orphan tries to understand death.
A story set in the 1940's about a young female mechanic, bent on becoming a skilled automotive engineer, who is forced to give up her job in the family garage when her soldier brother returns home from World War II.
May 1983
A teenage girl named Frankie (or Pink) returns home back to her family after spending a year in a detention facility. But however, her old relationships don't seem to be with her anymore.