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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Taxi Driver
1976, in 34 top lists Check -
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Sweet Smell of Success
1957, in 20 top lists Check -
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Dog Day Afternoon
1975, in 23 top lists Check -
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Rosemary's Baby
1968, in 21 top lists Check -
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Manhattan
1979, in 20 top lists Check -
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Do the Right Thing
1989, in 25 top lists Check -
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King Kong
1933, in 26 top lists Check -
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Shadows
1958, in 12 top lists Check -
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Escape from New York
1981, in 5 top lists Check -
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On the Town
1949, in 10 top lists Check -
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The French Connection
1971, in 23 top lists Check -
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Saturday Night Fever
1977, in 13 top lists Check -
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After Hours
1985, in 7 top lists Check -
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Ghostbusters
1984, in 13 top lists Check -
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Chelsea Girls
1966, in 6 top lists Check -
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On the Waterfront
1954, in 32 top lists Check -
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Annie Hall
1977, in 34 top lists Check -
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Wall Street
1987, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Warriors
1979, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
1974, in 6 top lists Check -
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Hannah and Her Sisters
1986, in 8 top lists Check -
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Serpico
1973, in 9 top lists Check -
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42nd Street
1933, in 12 top lists Check -
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
1961, in 9 top lists Check -
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Goodfellas
1990, in 31 top lists Check -
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American Psycho
2000, in 12 top lists Check -
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Little Fugitive
1953, in 4 top lists Check -
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All That Jazz
1979, in 19 top lists Check -
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The Clock
1945, in 4 top lists Check -
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25th Hour
2002, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Naked City
1948, in 9 top lists Check -
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Mean Streets
1973, in 22 top lists Check -
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Once Upon a Time in America
1984, in 19 top lists Check -
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West Side Story
1961, in 22 top lists Check -
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Midnight Cowboy
1969, in 22 top lists Check -
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Wild Style
1982, in 0 top lists Check -
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Shaft
1971, in 10 top lists Check -
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Metropolitan
1990, in 5 top lists Check -
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King of New York
1990, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Godfather
1972, in 42 top lists Check -
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The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984, in 0 top lists Check -
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My Dinner with Andre
1981, in 7 top lists Check -
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Six Degrees of Separation
1993, in 0 top lists Check -
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Kids
1995, in 5 top lists Check -
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Network
1976, in 14 top lists Check -
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Flaming Creatures
1963, in 9 top lists Check -
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Marty
1955, in 10 top lists Check -
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Man on Wire
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
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Desperately Seeking Susan
1985, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check
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