New York Movies: The 100 Best Films Set in New York
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Paradise and prison, bustling metropolis and the loneliest place on earth: New York City has a cinematic identity that infuses all walks of life. Even as we write our own narratives in this most famous of locations, we walk alongside fictional characters (and sometimes real ones, too, if we’re lucky).
In selecting the 100 most essential New York movies, we kept the city’s boldness in mind. TONY Film staffers David Fear, Joshua Rothkopf and Keith Uhlich teamed up with movie experts Stephen Garrett and Alison Willmore to gather titles from all genres and eras—the widely known and the obscure—in pursuit of a complete picture of NYC on film.
Our only parameter: The movie had to be set in New York City, not Metropolis (sorry, Superman fans), Oz (ditto, you Wiz diehards), nor anywhere else. Dive in, jostle politely, find your seat or ride standing: Please tell us what we’ve missed. It’s a big town.
—Joshua Rothkopf, senior Film writer at Time Out New York
List published on July 3rd 2012
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9 new
Escape from New York
1981, in 5 top lists Check -
11 new
The French Connection
1971, in 23 top lists Check -
19 new
The Warriors
1979, in 8 top lists Check -
20 new
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974, in 6 top lists Check -
38 new
Shaft
1971, in 10 top lists Check -
53 new
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999, in 7 top lists Check -
64 new
Super Fly
1972, in 4 top lists Check -
65 new
Speedy
1928, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 2, 2014; source