Movies Like A Bronx Morning (1931)

A Bronx Morning is a 1931 documentary film from Jay Leyda with a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Rubble Kings and Sample This.

Documentary

Rubble Kings

2015

Through archival footage Nicholson tells the story of the real Warriors that walked the streets of New York City in the 1970s and the harsh reality of gang life in a city that seemed to be falling apart.

6.9

MagicScore

Sample This

2013

A documentary that reveals how a forgotten record by the Incredible Bongo Band helped cement the foundation of hip hop when DJ Herc extended its percussion by playing them back to back, creating an anthem on the streets of the Bronx.

6.6

MagicScore

80 Blocks from Tiffany's

1980

This 1979 documentary depicts the daily life of gangs in the South Bronx. It deals primarily with two African American and Puerto Rican gangs known as the "Savage Skulls" and the "Savage Nomads".

6.4

MagicScore

Rain

1929

A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower.

7.3

MagicScore

Manhatta

1921

Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery. Ranks of skyscrapers extrude columns of smoke and steam. In plain view. Or framed, as through a balustrade. A crane promotes the city's upward progress, as an ironworker balances on a high beam. A locomotive in a railway yard prepares to depart, while an arriving ocean liner jostles with attentive tugboats. Fading sunlight is reflected in the waters of the harbor. The imagery is interspersed with quotations from Walt Whitman, who is left unnamed.

6.6

MagicScore

Mechanical Principles

1930

Close up we see pistons move up and down or side to side. Pendulums sway, the small parts of machinery move. Gears drive larger wheels. Gears within gears spin. Shafts turn some mechanism that is out of sight. Screws revolve and move other gears; a bit rotates. More subtle mechanisms move other mechanical parts for unknown purposes. Weights rise and fall. The movements, underscored by sound, are rhythmic. Circles, squares, rods, and teeth are in constant and sometimes asymmetrical motion. These human-made mechanical bits seem benign and reassuring.

6.6

MagicScore

Snowball Fight

1897

Wintertime in Lyon. About a dozen people, men and women, are having a snowball fight in the middle of a tree-lined street. The cyclist coming along the road becomes the target of opportunity. He falls off his bicycle. He's not hurt, but he rides back the way he came, as the fight continues.

6.5

MagicScore

The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

1972

At a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned. "S. Brakhage, entering, WITH HIS CAMERA, one of the forbidden, terrific locations of our culture, the autopsy room. It is a place wherein, inversely, life is cherished, for it exists to affirm that no one of us may die without our knowing exactly why. All of us, in the person of the coroner, must see that, for ourselves, with our own eyes. It is a room full of appalling particular intimacies, the last ditch of individuation. Here our vague nightmare of mortality acquires the names and faces of OTHERS. This last is a process that requires a WITNESS; and what 'idea' may finally have inserted itself into the sensible world we can still scarcely guess, for the CAMERA would seem the perfect Eidetic Witness, staring with perfect compassion where we can scarcely bear to glance." – Hollis Frampton

6.3

MagicScore

Demolition of a Wall

1896

Auguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wall hits the ground, a cloud of white dust whirls up. Three workers continue the demolition of the wall with picks.

6.2

MagicScore

#10

Arrival of a Train at Perrache

1896

A trains arrives at Perrache station and people disembark.

6.0

MagicScore

#11

Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge

1888

A film by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince, shot in late October 1888, showing pedestrians and carriages crossing Leeds Bridge.

6.0

MagicScore

#12

The Hairdresser

1905

A partially nude woman fixes and brushes her hair.

5.9

MagicScore

#13

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

1895

In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. Her dance emphasizes the movement of the flowing cloth. She moves to her right and left across an unadorned stage. Many of the prints were distributed in hand-tinted color.

5.9

MagicScore

#14

Panorama de l'arrivée en gare de Perrache pris du train

1896

A train arrives at Perrache station. We see the view from aboard the train.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

Procession of Baby Carriages at a Paris Nursery

1899

A long line of nurses pushing carts with their babies enter from the far right, cross a garden in front of the large nursery home, and leave by the close left to the camera. A few toddlers also follow in the same orderly line, along their nurses.

5.6

MagicScore

#16

Baby's Meal

1895

A father, a mother and a baby are sitting at a table, on a patio outside. Dad is feeding Baby her lunch, while Mum is serving tea.

5.5

MagicScore

#17

Nice, panorama du casino pris d'un bateau

1897

Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.

5.5

MagicScore

#18

Kino-Pravda No. 1

1922

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel covering: Starving children / Requisitioning of valuables possessed by the Russian Orthodox Church / Fundraising flights in support of the hungry / Trial of the Socialist Revolutionaries.

5.5

MagicScore

#19

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925

Dziga Vertov-directed Soviet newsreel made to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Vladimir Ilich Lenin (21st January 1924 - 1925) drawn from 'The Final Journey', a Pravda feuilleton written on the occasion of Lenin's funeral by the man who had introduced Vertov to cinema, Mikhail Koltsov. Contains: First anniversary of Lenin's death: 1. Assassination attempt on Lenin and Soviet Russia's progress under his leadership / 2. Lenin's illness, death and funeral / 3. The year after Lenin's death

5.5

MagicScore

#20

Retour d’une promenade en mer

1896

A boat returns to port, where passengers are helped ashore.

5.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like A Bronx Morning?

The top films similar to A Bronx Morning by MovieMagicScore are Rubble Kings (6.9), Sample This (6.6), 80 Blocks from Tiffany's (6.4). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is A Bronx Morning worth watching?

A Bronx Morning holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10 from 28 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is A Bronx Morning?

A Bronx Morning (1931) is a documentary film directed by Jay Leyda.

Where can I find more recommendations like A Bronx Morning?

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