Top New Jersey Movies / TV
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1. Ramy (2019– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In New Jersey, Ramy, son of Egyptian immigrants, begins a spiritual journey, divided between his Muslim community, God and his friends who see endless possibilities.
Stars: Ramy Youssef, Amr Waked, Mohammed Amer, Dave Merheje
Votes: 16,514
2. Sidney (2022)
PG-13 | 111 min | Documentary, Biography
Follow the real life story of Sidney Poitier, the Oscar winner of 1964.
Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Halle Berry, Willie Blue
Votes: 1,224
3. Sinatra (1992)
250 min | Biography, Drama, Music
An extensive biopic of one of the most famous entertainers of the 20th century - Frank Sinatra. The only thing that could engage the public more than his songs and films was his sometimes controversial private life.
Stars: Philip Casnoff, Olympia Dukakis, Joe Santos, Gina Gershon
Votes: 447
4. Low Tide (2019)
R | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
When teenager Alan and his younger brother find a bag of gold coins in a dead man's island home, they try to hide it from their friends, but one of them, suspicious and violently unpredictable, is willing to do anything to get the money.
Director: Kevin McMullin | Stars: Jaeden Martell, Keean Johnson, Shea Whigham, Alex Neustaedter
Votes: 3,419
5. Just Wright (2010)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury.
Director: Sanaa Hamri | Stars: Queen Latifah, Common, Paula Patton, James Pickens Jr.
Votes: 15,650 | Gross: $21.52M
6. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
R | 116 min | Crime, Drama
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman
Votes: 96,946 | Gross: $3.31M
7. One True Thing (1998)
R | 127 min | Drama
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Director: Carl Franklin | Stars: Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt, Tom Everett Scott
Votes: 12,699 | Gross: $23.25M
8. The Good Nurse (2022)
R | 121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
An infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients.
Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Eddie Redmayne, Jessica Chastain, Denise Pillott, Dartel McRae
Votes: 79,511
9. Men of Honor (2000)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama
The story of Carl Brashear, the first African-American U.S. Navy Diver, and the man who trained him.
Director: George Tillman Jr. | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Votes: 125,126 | Gross: $48.82M
10. The Preacher's Wife (1996)
PG | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
An angel comes to Earth to help a preacher save his church and his family.
Director: Penny Marshall | Stars: Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston, Courtney B. Vance, Gregory Hines
Votes: 13,727 | Gross: $48.10M
11. Guess Who (2005)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Romance
A young woman, Theresa, brings her boyfriend, Simon, home to meet her parents and surprise them with the news of their engagement. Another surprise: Simon is white.
Director: Kevin Rodney Sullivan | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Bernie Mac, Zoe Saldana, Judith Scott
Votes: 45,751 | Gross: $68.92M
12. The Hurricane (1999)
R | 146 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Director: Norman Jewison | Stars: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber
Votes: 102,457 | Gross: $50.67M
13.
United Shades of America (2016–2022)
Episode:
Protect and Serve?
(2016)
TV-PG | 42 min | Documentary, History, Reality-TV
Camden, New Jersey has a reputation as one of the country's most dangerous cities; W. Kamau Bell heads there to see if a newly implemented community policing program is helping the relationship between citizens and the police force.
Stars: W. Kamau Bell, Chief J. Scott Thomson
Votes: 38
14. The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Best friends Audrey and Morgan unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one of them discovers that the boyfriend who dumped her was actually a spy.
Director: Susanna Fogel | Stars: Justin Theroux, Kate McKinnon, Blanka Györfi-Tóth, Mila Kunis
Votes: 83,042 | Gross: $33.56M
15. The Hudson River: Journey Into the Wild (2021)
Documentary
This film's English language title is now called Hudson River Wild.
Director: John K. Dutton | Star: Otto Clemens
Votes: 7
16. A Peloton of One (2020)
99 min | Documentary
A Peloton of One is a full length documentary film that follows the journey of Dave Ohlmuller as he cycles alone, from Chicago, IL to Montclair, NJ. to raise awareness about childhood sexual abuse.
Directors: John Bernardo, Steven E. Mallorca | Stars: Art Baselice, Joe Capozzi, Bridie Farrell, Patrice Griffin
Votes: 22
17. Spinning Gold (2023)
R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biopic of 1970s record producer Neil Bogart, co-founder of Casablanca Records.
Director: Timothy Scott Bogart | Stars: Jeremy Jordan, Michelle Monaghan, Jay Pharoah, Lyndsy Fonseca
Votes: 1,631
18. Wrong Turn (2021)
R | 109 min | Horror, Thriller
Friends hiking the Appalachian Trail are confronted by 'The Foundation', a community of people who have lived in the mountains for hundreds of years.
Director: Mike P. Nelson | Stars: Charlotte Vega, Adain Bradley, Bill Sage, Emma Dumont
Votes: 36,476
19. American Hustle (2013)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence
Votes: 500,294 | Gross: $150.12M
20. Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mickey lives with a mother in rehab, a dead father, an annoying aunt and a new school in New Jersey. When a creepy old woman tells him that his father isn't dead, Mickey thinks he's losing his mind.
Stars: Jaden Michael, Constance Zimmer, Adrian Greensmith, Abby Corrigan
Votes: 9,657
21. The Other Black Girl (2023– )
TV-14 | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
An African-American editorial assistant works at a white NYC publishing firm. When a black co-worker arrives she gets excited, but is the new girl a friend or a foe?
Stars: Sinclair Daniel, Ashleigh Murray, Brittany Adebumola, Hunter Parrish
Votes: 2,529
22. Miss Congeniality (2000)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
An F.B.I. Agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen
Votes: 230,218 | Gross: $106.81M
23. The Marvels (2023)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Carol Danvers gets her powers entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, forcing them to work together to save the universe.
Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 124,228
24. The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
PG | 82 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
In 1935 New Jersey, a movie character walks off the screen and into the real world.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, Irving Metzman
Votes: 55,261 | Gross: $10.63M
25. Jersey Boys (2014)
R | 134 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lomenda, Vincent Piazza
Votes: 36,561 | Gross: $47.03M
26. Miss Sloane (2016)
R | 132 min | Drama
In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. But when taking on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds winning may come at too high a price.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Stuhlbarg
Votes: 82,498 | Gross: $3.50M
27. Eileen (2023)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn.
Director: William Oldroyd | Stars: Thomasin McKenzie, Shea Whigham, Sam Nivola, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Votes: 10,899
28. Role Play (2024)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Emma has a wonderful husband and two kids in the suburbs of New Jersey. She also has a secret life as an assassin for hire, a secret that her husband Dave discovers when the couple decide to spice up their marriage with a little role play.
Director: Thomas Vincent | Stars: Kaley Cuoco, David Oyelowo, Bill Nighy, Connie Nielsen
Votes: 14,527
29. Back Street Girls (2018)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Comedy
Three gangsters are forced by their boss into becoming a trio of pop singers.
Stars: Cherami Leigh, Keith Silverstein, Erika Harlacher, D.C. Douglas
Votes: 1,127
30. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
Votes: 203,108
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