Movies and TvShows featuring "rent-controlled-apartment" theme.

Joe moves into a New York City apartment filled with cockroaches. The cockroaches are not ordinary, they can sing and dance. Joe and the cockroaches face eviction from their rent-controlled apartment, and they must come up with a plan to save their home.

Infinitely Polar Bear is a heartwarming and comedic film that tells the story of a father with bipolar disorder named Cam Stuart. After Cam's wife Maggie decides to go to business school in New York, Cam is left to take care of their two young daughters. Despite his struggles with mental illness, Cam is determined to prove that he can be a loving and responsible father. The film follows Cam as he navigates the challenges of parenting, dealing with his own illness, and trying to hold his family together.

After moving into a new apartment, a woman discovers strange occurrences and begins to suspect that her neighbor is a homicidal maniac.

Summer in the City is a romantic comedy about a young woman from Ohio who moves to Manhattan to follow her dream of becoming a fashion designer. Along the way, she faces challenges such as finding a job, making friends, and navigating the ups and downs of city life. She eventually finds success and love in unexpected places.

Occupant (2011) is a horror thriller movie about a man who moves into a rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan, only to discover strange occurrences and a mystery surrounding his grandmother's disappearance. As he delves deeper into the secrets of the apartment building, he begins to question his sanity and must unravel the truth before it's too late.

Kip Polyard is an obsessive-compulsive shut-in whose antiseptic world is invaded by Celine, the beautiful seductress who moves in next door to Kip's rent-controlled Manhattan apartment. Kip and Celine begin a tentative love affair that turns passionate and then deadly, as Celine's secrets turn Kip's perfectly organized life upside-down.