New Jersey Movies and TV Shows
This is a list of the movies and television shows that I know of that are supposed to have been based in New Jersey. Not all of these movies/shows were actually filmed in NJ, but it's where the stories take place.
When I get the time, I'll list the city or cities that correspond to the movies/shows. Or not.
When I get the time, I'll list the city or cities that correspond to the movies/shows. Or not.
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- DirectorLouis MalleStarsBurt LancasterSusan SarandonKate ReidIn a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
- DirectorMartin DavidsonStarsTom BerengerMichael ParéJoe PantolianoA television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader Eddie Wilson may still be alive, while searching for the missing tapes of the band's never-released album.
- CreatorAlan KirschenbaumStarsLouis MandylorCathryn de PrumeAnna GunnA sitcom about a New Jersey Shore vacation house. Down the shore is how the locals refer to it.
- DirectorDavid Burton MorrisStarsJami GertzDylan McDermottSheryl LeeToby Mastallone (Jami Gertz) wants to trade her local diner for upmarket dates in Manhattan. But what is a New Jersey schoolteacher who longs to look 'like a city girl' to do? Ever resourceful, she decides to collide her battered VW into the brand-new Mercedes that belongs to Sal (Dylan McDermott). Will her plan work? What secrets are hiding beneath Sal's slick yuppie exterior? And what will her loyal friends say?
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsBrian O'HalloranJeff AndersonMarilyn GhigliottiA day in the lives of two convenience clerks named Dante and Randal as they annoy customers, discuss movies, and play hockey on the store roof.
- DirectorMichael HerzLloyd KaufmanStarsAndree MarandaMitch CohenJennifer BabtistTromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
- DirectorNick GomezStarsShar-Ron CorleyGabriel CasseusSaul SteinJason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark,New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts when they steal a police car and the cops launch a violent offensive that involves beating and even shooting suspects.
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsSylvester StalloneHarvey KeitelRay LiottaThe Sheriff of a suburban New Jersey community, populated by New York City police officers, slowly discovers the town is a front for mob connections and corruption.
- CreatorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoNew Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
- DirectorJohn G. AvildsenStarsMorgan FreemanBeverly ToddRobert GuillaumeThe dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school he is determined to improve by any and all means.
- DirectorBryan BuckleyStarsKelsey GrammerRoberta AngelicaSusan AntonA mockumentary about The New Jersey Turnpikes, a failing basketball team.
- CreatorDiane Ruggiero-WrightStarsHeather DubrowEllen BurstynKevin DillonLydia DeLucca is a New Jersey waitress who wants more from her life than just marriage and kids. So she breaks off her engagement and heads off to college. This doesn't make her ex-boyfriend happy and her family isn't too supportive.
- DirectorPiyush Dinker PandyaStarsDeep KatdareRonobir LahiriPurva BediCollege freshman Krishna Reddy, who has never cared for his Indian-American cultural heritage, looks forward to a new life on campus but is surprised to find that he has been assigned Indian roommates. Through his new experiences, he struggles to understand the side of himself he has always turned his back on in order to fit in.
- DirectorTom McCarthyStarsPeter DinklagePatricia ClarksonBobby CannavaleWhen his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
- DirectorZach BraffStarsZach BraffPeter SarsgaardNatalie PortmanA quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsBen AffleckLiv TylerRaquel CastroA widower must look after his precocious daughter and rebuild his life and career after he's sidelined by an unexpected tragedy and a personal blowup.
- CreatorDavid ShoreStarsHugh LaurieOmar EppsRobert Sean LeonardUsing a crack team of doctors and his wits, an antisocial maverick doctor specializing in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsTom CruiseDakota FanningTim RobbinsAn alien invasion threatens the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.
- CreatorJohn J. McLaughlinMarti NoxonStarsElisabeth HarnoisGrant ShowSam PageA series of supernatural events begins in a small coastal New Jersey town after the arrival of a mysterious teenage girl, who apparently has the ability to influence the people and events around her.
- DirectorKevin Rodney SullivanStarsAshton KutcherBernie MacZoe SaldanaA 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.
- DirectorLaurie CollyerStarsMaggie GyllenhaalRyan SimpkinsSam BottomsSherry tries to integrate again into society and become a good mother.
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsBrian O'HalloranJeff AndersonRosario DawsonA calamity at Dante and Randal's shops sends them looking for new horizons - but they ultimately settle at the fast food empire Mooby's.
- CreatorLiz HeldensStarsTaylor SchillingMichelle TrachtenbergJaime Lee KirchnerThree nurses deal with patients and personal issues at Mercy Hospital.
- CreatorAnthony BeltempoSallyAnn SalsanoStarsPaul 'Pauly D' DelVecchioSammi 'Sweetheart' GiancolaNicole PolizziA reality-based look at the vapid lives of several New Jersey 20-somethings and their respective friends and/or hook-ups.
- CreatorScott DunlopStarsTeresa GiudiceMelissa GorgaJoe GorgaAnother installment of Bravo's "The Real Housewives" reality show. In this series, they focus on housewives living in New Jersey.
- StarsGayle GiacomoChristy PereiraTracy DimarcoExplores the friendships of some of the residents living in New Jersey, having to deal with everyday drama and relationship problems.
- CreatorTerence WinterStarsSteve BuscemiKelly MacdonaldMichael ShannonAn Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
- DirectorHarold GuskinStarsFamke JanssenJames GandolfiniJohn MagaroThe lives of three childhood friends on the Jersey Shore begin to unravel when a secret from their past is revealed.
- DirectorJulian FarinoStarsLeighton MeesterHugh LaurieCatherine KeenerThe enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the holidays after a five-year absence and enters into an affair with David, head of the Walling family.
- DirectorJulie Anne RobinsonStarsKatherine HeiglJason O'MaraDaniel SunjataUnemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin's bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.
- DirectorDavid ChaseStarsJohn MagaroJack HustonWill BrillSet in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.
- DirectorShari Springer BermanRobert PulciniStarsKristen WiigAnnette BeningMatt DillonA failed New York playwright awkwardly navigates the transition from Next Big Thing to Last Year's News.
- DirectorJohn Charles HuntStarsBlanche BakerBo SvensonChristopher MannA suburban woman witnesses her husbands murder, and decides to seek revenge in a 24 hr period. Along the way, Polly O'Bannon finds others who share her taste for revenge in the Pinelands of South Jersey.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsAdam DriverGolshifteh FarahaniNellieA quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.
- DirectorEbb FridayStarsAlonzo Herran JRClifton PowellMiguel A. Núñez Jr.Malcolm Graves past comes back to haunt him as he faces the consequences of his right and wrong decisions on trust, loyalty, lies, and the violence he created in this riveting sequel to Living With No Regrets (2013).
- DirectorJody LambertStarsAnna CampTony HaleErika AlexanderA comedy about a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles' legendary 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, which led millions of listeners to believe the U.S. was being invaded by Martians.
- DirectorMichael ClaytonStarsJames CarpinelloDawn-Lyen GardnerNicoye BanksConnor Ryan, out of a job and dumped by his girlfriend, returns to Atlantic City to try to rebuild his life with the last source of income that he has -- a few apartments in a low-rise condo complex that sits in the shadows of AC's newest and most expensive casino. Unfortunately, Connor's tenants don't want to pay him. In order to get his money, Connor has to take on a pair of Chechen animal trainers with underworld ties, a rap star who parties so hard the neighbors can't sleep, and a struggling single mother who steals his heart...
- DirectorJamal HallStarsAlonzo Herran JREric RobertsChuck ZitoAfter an assassination attempt, Mayor Malcolm Graves fights to regain control of his life and city while saving his son from making the same mistakes of his past. Based on Living With No Regrets (2013), and King of Newark (2016).
- CreatorLon ZimmetStarsJason BiggsMaggie LawsonTisha CampbellA working-class couple raise their genius kids in South Jersey.
- StarsOmar GoodingSticky FingazMainoGeno Cavelli, an Atlantic City mob boss, seeks social and political influence to expand his criminal operations, aiming to become a prominent figure in the community.
- DirectorPreston A. Whitmore IIStarsMalcolm David KelleyLance GrossRobert CostanzoFor Dutch, survival is the ultimate score, and power is the deadliest high of all. When he gains control of an African drug lord's stolen heroin business, Dutch quickly makes it the most feared drug empire on the East Coast.
- CreatorKell CahoonMethod ManStarsMethod ManRedmanAnna Maria HorsfordTwo street-wise, urban rap artists move into a comfortable suburban neighborhood in New Jersey and try to fit in with the predominantly white residents.
- CreatorBruce HelfordStarsAndrew Dice ClayCathy MoriartyDon StarkA sarcastic postal worker and his equally-snarky wife raise their kids in a small apartment in New Jersey, hoping to move into a more spacious house.