Movies Set in New York City

No city has been put on film more often, or more lovingly, than New York. These are stories that don't just happen in New York — they're shaped by it: the walk-up tenements, the all-night diners, the subway's roar under everything. Kinora tags each by the era and the stretch of the city its story actually lives in.

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• 1957

  12 Angry Men

  New York City — 1950s
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Sidney Lumet
• 2013

  12 Years a Slave

  New York City · Louisiana — 1800s
  Rural · Urbandir. Steve McQueen
• 2002

  25th Hour

  New York City — 2000s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 2022

  Aftersun

  Turkey · New York City — 1990s · 2020s
  Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Charlotte Wells
• 1950

  All About Eve

  New York City — 1940s · 1950s
  Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 1977

  Annie Hall

  New York City · Los Angeles — 1970s
  Urbandir. Woody Allen
• 2022

  Babylon

  Los Angeles · New York City — 1920s · 1930s · 1950s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Damien Chazelle
• 2014

  Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
• 2010

  Black Swan

  New York City — 2000s
  Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
• 2002

  Catch Me If You Can

  New York City · France · Miami — 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 1941

  Citizen Kane

  Florida · New York City · Colorado — 1800s · 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Orson Welles
• 1989

  Do the Right Thing

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 1975

  Dog Day Afternoon

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 1999

  Election

  Omaha · New York City · Washington, D.C. — 1990s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Alexander Payne
• 2004

  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  New York City · Boston — 2000s
  Suburban · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Michel Gondry
• 1994

  Forrest Gump

  Alabama · New York City · Washington DC — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Rural · Urbandir. Robert Zemeckis
• 2017

  Get Out

  New York City — 2010s
  Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele
• 2014

  Gone Girl

  New York City — 2010s
  Urban · Ruraldir. David Fincher
• 1990

  GoodFellas

  New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1986

  Hannah and Her Sisters

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Woody Allen
• 2013

  Inside Llewyn Davis

  New York City · Chicago — 1960s
  Urbandir. Joel Coen
• 1934

  It Happened One Night

  New York City · Miami — 1930s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Frank Capra
• 1975

  Jaws

  New York City — 1970s
  Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Steven Spielberg
• 1971

  Klute

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
• 2017

  Lady Bird

  Sacramento · New York City — 2000s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Greta Gerwig
• 1992

  Malcolm X

  Omaha · Boston · New York City · Chicago — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 1979

  Manhattan

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Woody Allen
• 2019

  Marriage Story

  New York City · Los Angeles — 2010s
  Urbandir. Noah Baumbach
• 1973

  Mean Streets

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1976

  Network

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 1959

  North by Northwest

  New York City · Chicago — 1950s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1954

  On the Waterfront

  New York City — 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Elia Kazan
• 1984

  Once Upon a Time in America

  New York City — 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Sergio Leone
• 2023

  Past Lives

  Seoul · New York City — 1990s · 2010s · 2020s
  Urbandir. Celine Song
• 1980

  Raging Bull

  New York City · Florida — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2000

  Requiem for a Dream

  New York City · Miami — 1990s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Darren Aronofsky
• 1968

  Rosemary's Baby

  New York City — 1960s
  Urbandir. Roman Polanski
• 2022

  TÁR

  Berlin · New York City · Staten Island — 2010s · 2020s
  Urbandir. Todd Field
• 1976

  Taxi Driver

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1960

  The Apartment

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Billy Wilder
• 1973

  The Exorcist

  Washington, D.C. · New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. William Friedkin
• 1971

  The French Connection

  New York City · Marseille — 1970s
  Urbandir. William Friedkin
• 1972

  The Godfather

  New York City · Sicily · Las Vegas — 1940s · 1950s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola
• 1974

  The Godfather Part II

  New York City · Cuba · Las Vegas — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1950s
  Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. Francis Ford Coppola
• 2012

  The Master

  San Francisco · New York City · London — 1940s · 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Sea · Desertdir. Paul Thomas Anderson
• 2001

  The Royal Tenenbaums

  New York City — 1970s · 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Wes Anderson
• 2010

  The Social Network

  Boston · Palo Alto · New York City — 2000s
  Urbandir. David Fincher
• 1999

  The Talented Mr. Ripley

  New York City · Italy — 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella
• 1995

  The Usual Suspects

  New York City · Los Angeles — 1990s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Bryan Singer
• 2013

  The Wolf of Wall Street

  New York City · London — 1980s · 1990s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1997

  Titanic

  Atlantic Ocean · New York City · Southampton — 1910s · 1990s
  Coastal Sea · Urbandir. James Cameron
• 2019

  Uncut Gems

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Benny Safdie
• 2014

  Whiplash

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Damien Chazelle