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

1. The Goonies (1985)

PG | 114 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A group of young misfits called The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on an adventure to find a legendary pirate's long-lost treasure.

Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman

Votes: 298,552 | Gross: $61.50M

2. Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)

PG | 107 min | Comedy, Family, Music

Showgirl Deloris Van Cartier returns as Sister Mary Clarence to teach music to a group of Catholic students whose run-down school is slated for closure.

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Maggie Smith, Barnard Hughes

Votes: 58,509 | Gross: $57.32M

3. Boyz n the Hood (1991)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama

Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.

Director: John Singleton | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II

Votes: 154,731 | Gross: $57.50M

4. Do the Right Thing (1989)

R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Danny Aiello, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson

Votes: 112,483 | Gross: $27.55M

5. In the Heights (2021)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

In Washington Heights, a sympathetic New York bodega owner saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.

Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera

Votes: 52,146

6. Vida (2018–2020)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Two sisters, who could not be more different or distanced from each other, are forced to move back to their childhood neighborhood, after the death of their mother, only to discover her past and the shocking truth about her identity.

Stars: Melissa Barrera, Mishel Prada, Ser Anzoategui, Chelsea Rendon

Votes: 3,697

7. Blow-Up (1966)

Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A fashion photographer unknowingly captures a death on film after following two lovers in a park.

Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle

Votes: 67,680

8. Candyman (2021)

R | 91 min | Horror, Thriller

A sequel to the horror film Candyman (1992) that returns to the now-gentrified Chicago neighborhood where the legend began.

Director: Nia DaCosta | Stars: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Colman Domingo

Votes: 75,799 | Gross: $61.19M

9. Candyman (1992)

R | 99 min | Horror, Thriller

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Virginia Madsen, Xander Berkeley, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons

Votes: 100,198 | Gross: $25.79M

10. A Thousand and One (2023)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama

After unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.

Director: A.V. Rockwell | Stars: Teyana Taylor, Aaron Kingsley Adetola, Aven Courtney, Josiah Cross

Votes: 6,945

11. Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1950s New York, Lionel, a private detective with Tourette syndrome, sets out to uncover the mystery behind his mentor and only friend Frank's murder. Scouring the jazz clubs and slums of Brooklyn, he soon uncovers a web of secrets.

Director: Edward Norton | Stars: Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 62,848

12. The Cobbler (2014)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A cobbler, bored of his everyday life, stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to become other people and see the world in a different way.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Adam Sandler, Melonie Diaz, Steve Buscemi, Method Man

Votes: 60,421

13. State of Grace (1990)

R | 134 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A Boston cop is recruited to return to his hometown and infiltrate the mob ran by his best friend's brother.

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright

Votes: 24,798 | Gross: $1.91M

14. Broken City (2013)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.

Director: Allen Hughes | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 83,399 | Gross: $19.70M

15. Blindspotting (2018)

R | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend.

Director: Carlos López Estrada | Stars: Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, Janina Gavankar, Jasmine Cephas Jones

Votes: 32,889 | Gross: $4.33M

16. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

PG-13 | 96 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

When a child, Chun-Li sees her father being captured by wealthy gangster Bison. When she grows up, she goes into a quest for justice and bring down the criminal organization Shadaloo which is led by Bison.

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak | Stars: Kristin Kreuk, Neal McDonough, Michael Clarke Duncan, Chris Klein

Votes: 25,363 | Gross: $8.74M

17. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

A developer tries to bulldoze a community recreation center. The local breakdancers try to stop it.

Director: Sam Firstenberg | Stars: Lucinda Dickey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers, Susie Coelho

Votes: 4,791 | Gross: $15.10M

18. Club Paradise (1986)

PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy

A retired Chicago firefighter partners with a reggae singer to turn a seedy Caribbean nightclub into a resort for affluent tourists.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff

Votes: 6,867 | Gross: $12.31M

19. Malone (1987)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

An ex-C.I.A. hit man running from his past finds just how difficult it is to retire when he runs across a small town controlled by mercenaries and a family that's resisting their control.

Director: Harley Cokeliss | Stars: Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, Kenneth McMillan, Cynthia Gibb

Votes: 3,620 | Gross: $3.06M

20. The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)

R | 121 min | Drama

A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.

Director: Joe Talbot | Stars: Jimmie Fails, Jonathan Majors, Rob Morgan, Tichina Arnold

Votes: 21,968 | Gross: $4.52M

21. Aquarius (I) (2016)

Not Rated | 146 min | Drama

Clara, 65, lives her life to the fullest with her family and friends. A construction company wants her Recife oceanfront condo, as they've already bought all the other in the 3 story building. Clara's staying.

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos, Humberto Carrão

Votes: 20,764 | Gross: $0.29M

22. The Landlord (1970)

PG | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

At the age of 29, Elgar Enders (Beau Bridges) "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey

Votes: 3,089 | Gross: $0.96M

23. The Last O.G. (2018–2021)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

An ex-con is shocked to see just how much the world has changed when he is released from prison for good behavior after a 15-year stint and returns to his newly gentrified Brooklyn neighborhood.

Stars: Tracy Morgan, Ryan Gaul, Dante Hoagland, Taylor Mosby

Votes: 3,974

24. Dead End (1937)

Approved | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

The lives of a young man, a young woman, an notorious gangster, and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.

Director: William Wyler | Stars: Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie

Votes: 8,591

25. High Hopes (1988)

PG | 108 min | Comedy, Drama

The life of a working class couple living in London and their complicated relationships with other members of the family.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson

Votes: 5,789 | Gross: $1.19M

26. Herbie Rides Again (1974)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.

Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire

Votes: 8,846 | Gross: $38.23M

27. Who's the Man? (1993)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

The two worst barbers in Harlem become cops while a real estate developer forces people out of Harlem.

Director: Ted Demme | Stars: Ed Lover, Doctor Dré, Badja Djola, Cheryl 'Salt' James

Votes: 8,810 | Gross: $11.30M

28. Flatbush Misdemeanors (2021–2022)

30 min | Comedy

A raw comedy of city life following Dan and Kevin, who play characters struggling to thrive in their new surroundings in Flatbush, Brooklyn.

Stars: Dan Perlman, Kevin Iso, Kristin Dodson, Hassan Johnson

Votes: 912

29. Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Horror

A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from gentrification...and vampires.

Director: Oz Rodriguez | Stars: Jaden Michael, Gerald Jones, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon

Votes: 11,127

30. Next Door (2021)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

Explores the subjects of gentrification and social inequality in Berlin.

Director: Daniel Brühl | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth, Rike Eckermann, Aenne Schwarz

Votes: 3,925

31. Little Men (2016)

PG | 85 min | Drama

A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by their parents' battle over a dress shop lease.

Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina García, Theo Taplitz

Votes: 7,815 | Gross: $0.70M

32. Quinceañera (2006)

R | 90 min | Drama

As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.

Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland | Stars: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo González, Jesus Castanos

Votes: 4,300 | Gross: $1.69M

33. La Mission (2009)

R | 117 min | Drama

A single-parent ex-con in a tough minority neighborhood finds his personal values challenged when he discovers his son is gay.

Director: Peter Bratt | Stars: Benjamin Bratt, Alex Hernandez, Christopher Borgzinner, Jeremy Ray Valdez

Votes: 1,989 | Gross: $1.04M

34. City of Tiny Lights (2016)

Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.

Director: Pete Travis | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Billie Piper, James Krishna Floyd, Cush Jumbo

Votes: 2,496

35. Mountains (II) (2023)

95 min | Drama

A Haitian demolition worker is faced with the realities of redevelopment as he is tasked with dismantling his rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.

Director: Monica Sorelle | Stars: Atibon Nazaire, Sheila Anozier, Chris Renois, Kerline Alce

Votes: 63

36. Medicine for Melancholy (2008)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance

Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.

Director: Barry Jenkins | Stars: Wyatt Cenac, Tracey Heggins, John Thurgood, Brent Weinbach

Votes: 2,619 | Gross: $0.11M

37. You've Been Trumped (2011)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary

In this David and Goliath story for the 21st century, a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on celebrity tycoon Donald Trump as he buys up one of Scotland's last wilderness areas to build a golf resort.

Director: Anthony Baxter | Stars: Michael Forbes, Donald Trump, Anthony Baxter, Kevin Brown

Votes: 2,309 | Gross: $0.03M

38. Ladies Who Do (1963)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy

The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards | Stars: Peggy Mount, Robert Morley, Harry H. Corbett, Miriam Karlin

Votes: 547

39. East Side Story (I) (2006)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance

The arrival of Anglo newcomers to an East L.A. Latino neighborhood rocks the quiet world of a handsome young local who is torn between the family restaurant and life as a big city chef.

Director: Carlos Portugal | Stars: René Alvarado, David Berón, Gladise Jiminez, Steve Callahan

Votes: 1,674

40. The One Percent (2006)

76 min | Documentary

In this hard-hitting but humorous documentary, director Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny ... See full summary »

Director: Jamie Johnson | Stars: Nicole Buffet, Chuck Collins, Steve Forbes, Cody Franchetti

Votes: 1,117

41. Easter (2023–2024)

Approved | Mystery

The mental illness of our sleuth, Pascha, pits him against his most formidable foe - himself.

Stars: Lnq, Reginald VelJohnson, Olkens Graham, Gina Martino

42. Angaar (1992)

176 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An angry slum-dweller is arrested, found guilty, and institutionalized.

Director: Shashilal K. Nair | Stars: Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Nana Patekar, Om Puri

Votes: 363

43. Residue (2020)

90 min | Drama

A young filmmaker returns home after many years away, to write a script about his childhood, only to find his neighborhood unrecognizable and his childhood friends being scattered to the wind.

Director: Merawi Gerima | Stars: Obinna Nwachukwu, Dennis Lindsey, Taline Stewart, Derron Scott

Votes: 649

44. Class Divide (2015)

TV-PG | 74 min | Documentary

Documentary about class division and gentrification in the West Chelsea neighborhood of New York City and its effects on public housing.

Director: Marc Levin

Votes: 623

45. Unzipped: An Autopsy of American Inequality (2021)

90 min | Documentary

Feature doc about the growing affordable housing crisis in America. Filmmakers follow families in iconic Venice CA 90291 while investigating plans for a controversial new homeless shelter.

Director: Colin K. Gray | Stars: William Attaway, Sunny Bak, M.B. Boissonault, Mike Bonin

Votes: 14

46. The Street (2019)

94 min | Documentary, Drama

Some of the businesses on Hoxton Street have been around for over a hundred years. Recent times have witnessed an explosion of property development. The locals feel the exclusion of being priced out, and wonder who's to blame.

Director: Zed Nelson | Stars: Adrian, Aina, Alan, Anna

Votes: 434

47. Boarders (2021)

92 min | Documentary, Sport

Chronicles British skateboarding's history, from its 1970s UK arrival to gaining Olympic status, through a group of British skateboarders pursuing the 2020 Tokyo Games, the first where the sport debuts in the Olympics.

Directors: Sean Fee, Annika Ranin | Stars: Sam Beckett, Jordan Thackeray, Alex Hallford, Alex Decunha

Votes: 54

48. 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

49. Chuecatown (2007)

Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Crime

In BOYSTOWN (Chuecatown), Victor (Pablo Puyol of 20 Centimeters) is a real estate agent in the quickly gentrifying neighborhood of Chueca in Madrid. But he hides a terrible secret; his ... See full summary »

Director: Juan Flahn | Stars: Pepón Nieto, Pablo Puyol, Concha Velasco, Rosa Maria Sardà

Votes: 982

50. I Love Hong Kong (2011)

104 min | Comedy

Ng Shun and his family race to the estate of a scam artist-turned-property tycoon on Lunar New Year's Eve in order to collect the HK$100 million promised to them as compensation for swindling them in the past.

Directors: Shu-Kai Chung, Eric Tsang | Stars: Eric Tsang, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Sandra Kwan Yue Ng, Anita Yuen

Votes: 310