What movies are worth watching if you miss the bustling New York

Even those in New York miss this metropolis as it was before the pandemic, when the streets were lively and restaurants were in full swing. But even though it may take some time before New York returns, you can still get a taste of it through TV shows and films. Edition Time-out has selected five of the best movies to watch if New York City isn't enough for you.

«Last straw» (On the Rocks)

This new film by Sofia Coppola is a frothy gulp of the old New York. The kind of New York where art dealers could still afford glamorous apartments on the Upper East Side, where Bill Murray and Rashida Jones could be seen rolling through the cobbled streets of the city center in a vintage convertible. It's a comedy about the friendship of father and daughter, but it's also a love letter to the elegant and sparkling Manhattan of our dreams.

Broad City

Few TV shows embody both the familiar and the fantastic nature of New York life. The five seasons of BC featured good, bad, and fun about the daily life of New York City and its people.

"Uncut Gems"

Josh and Benny Safdie's New York films are emerging as a genre in their own right: often dynamic, often disturbing, and filled with big-letter characters. Starring Adam Sandler as a high-stakes gambling dealer in the Diamond District. Uncut Gems shines with all the chaos and charisma of bustling New York.

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"Matryoshka" (Russian Doll)

Filmed entirely in the East Village and Lower East Side by Natasha Lyonne, nicknamed Coca the Cockroach, this original Netflix movie is a psycho-comedy ode to New York at night. The girl Nadia celebrates her 36th birthday. There she finds a guy and invites him to her home, but after sex, she quickly drives the guest out and goes to a nearby store in search of her cat. Nadia notices him sitting in the park across the street. She happily steps towards him - and then a car hits her to death. However, opening her eyes, Nadia finds herself at the party again. All this happens over and over again forcing her to figure out what the matter is.

"Do it right!" (Do The Right Thing)

The list of New York films is incomplete without Spike Lee, and he has made many films that fit the bill: She Must Have It, The 25th Hour, Crooklyn, The Cloakers. But of all his work filmed in New York, this iconic 1989 film is still relevant.

Mookie is a young man living in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, which is populated mainly by African Americans and Puerto Ricans. In order not to sit on the neck of his sister Jade and provide for his son and his mother Tina, he works as a pizza delivery man in a local tavern owned by Italian-American Sal. Sal, who has kept his establishment for many years, gets along well in the local environment, but his son Pino constantly expresses dissatisfaction with Muki's work and the dark-skinned people around him. The picture of the coexistence of various nationalities seems idyllic, but at first glance, insignificant contradictions slip through it. In conditions of extreme heat, which has lasted for several days, these contradictions can lead to irreparable consequences.