Arthur Fleck kæmper for at finde sin plads i mængden. I den fjendtlige by Gotham, der emmer af splittelse, går han rundt i de mørke gader iført to forskellige masker. Den maske, han dagligt maler på i sit job som klovn, og den anden han aldrig kan tage af. Den er hans forklædning - hans meningsløse forsøg på at passe ind i samfundet i stedet for at være den mand, der gang på gang skuffes af livet. Arthur er faderløs, og hans skrøbelige mor er hans bedste ven. Hun gav ham kælenavnet Happy. Et navn, der fremmaner hans smil og skjuler smerten indeni. Men da han bliver mobbet af teenagere på gaden, hånet af forretningsmænd i metroen og drillet af hans klovnekollegaer, bringes den udstødte mand kun endnu mere ude af synk med alle omkring ham.
Den nysgerrige fotograf Leon, der i New Yorks metrosystem kommer på sporet af den sadistiske morder Mahogany, som bruger byens undergrund som sine jagtmarker. Efter at have forsøgt at forklare sig til politiet går det op for Leon, at den eneste måde at stoppe Mahogany på er ved selv at gå efter ham. I jagten på slagteren går det langsomt op for Leon, hvem ofrene er - og endnu værre: For hvem de må lade livet.
I New York sættes metroens kontrolcenter på den anden ende, da en velforberedt bande af kriminelle kaprer to fyldte togvogne i en tunnel og forlanger 10 millioner dollars inden for en time. Ellers ruller der hoveder – én passager per overskredet minut! Dagens ufrivillige helt bliver vagtleder Walter Garber, som togpiraternes melodramatiske anfører Ryder insisterer på at sludre med over radioen.
Brian comes under the addictive spell of a parasite with the ability to induce euphoric hallucinations in its hosts.
Tony Silver and Henry Chalfant's PBS documentary tracks the rise and fall of subway graffiti in New York in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Reporter Na-yeong and her partner investigate a series of mysterious deaths and a perplexing case where her source was allegedly already dead at the time of their interview. Together they end up confronting a terrifying truth.
The camera platform was on the front of a New York subway train following another train on the same track. Lighting is provided by a specially constructed work car on a parallel track. At the time of filming, the subway was only seven months old, having opened on October 27, 1904. The ride begins at 14th Street (Union Square) following the route of today's east side IRT, and ends at the old Grand Central Station, built by Cornelius Vanderbuilt in 1869. The Grand Central Station in use today was not completed until 1913.
A man tries to track down a potential love interest on a crowded train using a smartphone app.
A lone Commuter trapped in a speeding MRT train has to push against the force of the speed and escape before it crashes into the LAST STOP.
Watching My Name Go By is a 1976 BBC documentary on the birth of graffiti in New York City, and the fight to both prevent it, and expand it's artistic value. In 'Watching my name go by' kids in New York have a unique kind of occupation - sitting on the subway stations ' watching my name go by'. Eleven to 17-year olds compete to see how many times they can 'get their names up ' in a colorful way - a kind of graffiti cult game which has its own rules and regulations. It's illegal and dangerous-some New Yorkers think it's a kind of ' art others think it's disgusting.
An incredible historic document showcasing the roots of Old School Hip Hop movement with all its disciplines involved: Djing, Mcing, Breakdancing, and Graffiti. Featured in the "NYC: Urban Image" show at MoMA PS1 1983.
A regular Wednesday night in Tokyo's subway. The train is filled with more and more people...
This documovie delves into the history of the NYC graffiti movement, tracing it thru 3 generations of well known writers. In depth conversations with ALI, BAMA, CRASH, KET, PART ONE, STAN 153yb, TERROR 161 and ZEPHYR classify this as sureshot cult classic
