NY84

Oct 24, 2016

1h 20m

★ 4.3

There is no experience without innocence

Overview

Kate, Anton, and Keith, three young artists in New York's art scene of the early 1980s. An intimate glimpse into the creative and emotional lives of the young and carefree. They party, photograph, paint, sing, and play their way through the clubs and lofts of Alphabet City. The party ends in 1984 when Anton and Keith contract a mysterious illness known as the "gay cancer." As her music career takes off, Kate tries to save her friends.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Media in Sync

NY84 Trailers

Cast

Kate Jones

Sam Quartin

Anton Simon

Chris Schellenger

Keith Wright

Davy J. Marr

Harold Sherer

Ray Field

Jim

Chadwick Brown

Nurse Cindy

Kat Lindsay

Francisco

Drew Michael Gardner

Hortense

Jessie Ruane

The Doctor

Jeannette Hektoen

Keith's mother

Rose Fiore

Activist

Nathaniel Peart

Kate's mother

Jeff Sharkey

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0.0

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5.5

Some Nights I Feel Like Walking

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A rich teenager runs away from home and joins a group of street hustlers who go on a road trip to fulfill the final wish of their dead friend.

3.8

Why My Son?

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Boyfriends decide to come out to each of their parents with getting completely different results.

7.3

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

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Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

6.2

American Gigolo

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6.4

And the Band Played On

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The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

7.4

As Good as It Gets

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Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer of romantic fiction, is rude to everyone he meets, including his gay neighbor, Simon. After Simon is brutally attacked and hospitalized, Melvin finds his life turned upside down when he has to look after Simon's dog. In addition, Carol, the only waitress at the local diner who will tolerate him, leaves work to care for her chronically ill son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

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Color Your Hurt

Invalid Date

A young gay man grows up in the Bible Belt.

6.2

Moothon

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A child from Lakshadweep sets off to Mumbai in pursuit of Akbar, an elder brother who left the island due to his sexual orientation.

6.6

Ménage

Apr 23, 1986

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7.1

Law of Desire

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Pablo, a successful film director, disappointed in his relationship with his young lover, Juan, concentrates in a new project, a monologue starring his transgender sister, Tina. Antonio, an uptight young man, falls possessively in love with the director and in his passion would stop at nothing to obtain the object of his desire.

1.0

Swingin'

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When sixth-grader boy Qiu is bullied in school for having gay dads, his stepfather Howard, a flamboyant Jazz trumpet player, must confront his own nightmares of childhood bulling before he can provide his son a feeling of security.

7.5

Midnight Cowboy

May 25, 1969

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

4.3

Sex of the Devil

Jan 26, 1971

After a relaxing anniversary cruise, Andrea and his wife Barbara are dropped off in Istanbul, Turkey. There, they meet Andrea’s reserved assistant Silvia and his Turkish colleague Omar, who hasn’t been back to his home country in fifteen years. Andrea’s secretary has arranged a luxurious seafront villa for them to stay in while they’re in the country. Upon arriving at the villa, Omar experiences an unsettling feeling of déjà vu, as though he has been in the house before, while the married couple can’t stop bickering. However, the vacation soon turns into a nightmare when mysterious and deadly events begin to unfold.

5.3

Sugar Orange

Aug 29, 2004

Lukas is Sugar, Clemens is Orange. Together, they are two ten-year-old boys who are inseparable. More than just playmates, they share a unique bond which seems predestined to last a lifetime. Until, that is, powerful emotions come to the fore and a misunderstanding leads to a rift which tears both them and their world apart. Twenty years later, Lukas is still terrified of being abandoned. He survives by forming loose relationships which don't threaten him. Then one day he meets Lena who turns his feelings upside down and awakens his inner child, the one still searching for unconditional friendship. While there is never a guarantee of security, there is a bond of trust, and through Lena, Lukas again makes contact with Clemens. After years of silence, they are finally able to exorcise their ghosts in an explosion of emotion.

6.4

Reflections in a Golden Eye

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Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post.

4.6

River Made to Drown In

Oct 1, 1997

Thaddeus Mackenzie, a wealthy lawyer, learns that he is dying and decides to sell all of his property and visit his old friend Allen Hayden. Allen is a struggling artist with a passion for life who once survived by working the streets, but now is romantically involved with Eva, a wealthy European gallery owner living in L.A. Thaddeus implores Allen to find Jamie, a young street hustler that Thaddeus had once tried to rescue. Allen returns to the streets to face the dark corners of his past where he must choose between what he left behind and the uncertainty that lies ahead.

7.2

Just a Question of Love

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