Urban Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 299 films set in urban environments, spanning 1922–2023. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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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
2002
28 Days Later
London — 2000s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Danny Boyle
2007
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Romania — 1980s
Urbandir. Cristian Mungiu
1963
8½
Italy — 1960s
Rural · Urbandir. Federico Fellini
1991
A Brighter Summer Day
Taipei — 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Edward Yang
1971
A Clockwork Orange
London — Near Future
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
2011
A Separation
Tehran — 2010s
Urbandir. Asghar Farhadi
2022
Aftersun
Turkey · New York City — 1990s · 2020s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Charlotte Wells
1988
Akira
2010s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Katsuhiro Otomo
1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Munich — 1970s
Urbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1950
All About Eve
New York City — 1940s · 1950s
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1999
All About My Mother
Madrid · Barcelona — 1990s
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar
1976
All the President's Men
Washington DC — 1970s
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
1984
Amadeus
Vienna — 1800s · 1700s
Urbandir. Miloš Forman
2001
Amélie
Paris — 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2016
American Honey
Kansas City — 2010s
Rural · Urban · Suburbandir. Andrea Arnold
2000
Amores Perros
Mexico City — 2000s
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
2012
Amour
Paris — 2010s
Urbandir. Michael Haneke
1966
Andrei Rublev
Russia
Rural · Wilderness · Urbandir. Andrei Tarkovsky
1977
Annie Hall
New York City · Los Angeles — 1970s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
1969
Army of Shadows
Paris · Marseille · London — 1940s
Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Pierre Melville
2007
Atonement
London — 1930s · 1940s · 2000s
Rural · Urban · Coastal Sea · Undergrounddir. Joe Wright
2022
Babylon
Los Angeles · New York City — 1920s · 1930s · 1950s
Urban · Suburbandir. Damien Chazelle
1975
Barry Lyndon
Ireland · London — 1700s · 1800s
Rural · Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
2013
Before Midnight
Greece — 2010s
Coastal Sea · Rural · Urbandir. Richard Linklater
1995
Before Sunrise
Vienna — 1990s
Urbandir. Richard Linklater
2004
Before Sunset
Paris — 2000s
Urbandir. Richard Linklater
1967
Belle de Jour
Paris — 1960s
Urban · Mountaindir. Luis Buñuel
1948
Bicycle Thieves
Rome — 1940s
Urbandir. Vittorio De Sica
2000
Billy Elliot
London — 1980s · 1990s
Urban · Ruraldir. Stephen Daldry
2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
1966
Black Girl
Dakar · France — 1960s
Urbandir. Ousmane Sembène
2010
Black Swan
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
2018
BlacKkKlansman
Colorado Springs — 1970s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
1982
Blade Runner
Los Angeles — Near Future
Urbandir. Ridley Scott
2017
Blade Runner 2049
Los Angeles · Las Vegas — Near Future
Urban · Desertdir. Denis Villeneuve
1966
Blow-Up
London — 1960s
Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni
1986
Blue Velvet
Lumberton — 1980s
Suburban · Urbandir. David Lynch
1967
Bonnie and Clyde
Texas — 1930s
Rural · Urbandir. Arthur Penn
1997
Boogie Nights
Los Angeles — 1970s · 1980s
Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
2014
Boyhood
Texas · Houston — 2000s · 2010s
Urban · Suburban · Ruraldir. Richard Linklater
1960
Breathless
Paris · Marseille — 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard
1945
Brief Encounter
England — 1940s
Urban · Suburbandir. David Lean
1938
Bringing Up Baby
Connecticut — 1930s
Rural · Urbandir. Howard Hawks
2018
Burning
Seoul — 2010s
Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong
1972
Cabaret
Berlin — 1930s
Urban · Ruraldir. Bob Fosse
2005
Caché
Paris — 2000s · 1960s
Urbandir. Michael Haneke
2018
Capernaum
Beirut — 2010s
Urbandir. Nadine Labaki
1943
Casablanca
Casablanca — 1940s
Urbandir. Michael Curtiz
1995
Casino
Las Vegas · Los Angeles — 1970s · 1980s
Urban · Desertdir. Martin Scorsese
2002
Catch Me If You Can
New York City · France · Miami — 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1998
Central Station
Rio de Janeiro · Brazil — 1990s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Walter Salles
1964
Charulata
Calcutta — 1800s
Urbandir. Satyajit Ray
2006
Children of Men
London — Near Future
Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. Alfonso Cuarón
1974
Chinatown
Los Angeles — 1930s
Urbandir. Roman Polanski
1994
Chungking Express
Hong Kong — 1990s
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
1988
Cinema Paradiso
Sicily · Rome — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1980s
Rural · Urbandir. Giuseppe Tornatore
1941
Citizen Kane
Florida · New York City · Colorado — 1800s · 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
Urban · Ruraldir. Orson Welles
1931
City Lights
Los Angeles — 1930s
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin
2002
City of God
Rio de Janeiro — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Fernando Meirelles
1962
Cléo from 5 to 7
Paris — 1960s
Urbandir. Agnès Varda
1990
Close-Up
Tehran — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami
2004
Collateral
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Michael Mann
2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Beijing — 1700s
Urban · Rural · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Ang Lee
1993
Dazed and Confused
Texas — 1970s
Urban · Suburbandir. Richard Linklater
2022
Decision to Leave
Busan — 2010s
Urban · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Park Chan-wook
1995
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
London · Punjab — 1990s
Rural · Urbandir. Aditya Chopra
1989
Do the Right Thing
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
1975
Dog Day Afternoon
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
1944
Double Indemnity
Los Angeles — 1930s
Urbandir. Billy Wilder
1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1960s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Stanley Kubrick
2021
Drive My Car
Tokyo · Hiroshima — 2010s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
2017
Dunkirk
Dunkirk — 1940s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
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
2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Los Angeles — 2020s
Urban · Suburban · Off Worlddir. Daniel Scheinert
1995
Fallen Angels
Hong Kong — 1990s
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
1982
Fanny and Alexander
Sweden — 1900s
Urbandir. Ingmar Bergman
1993
Farewell My Concubine
Beijing — 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Chen Kaige
1996
Fargo
Minneapolis · Fargo — 1980s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Joel Coen
1999
Fight Club
1990s
Urban · Undergrounddir. David Fincher
1982
Fitzcarraldo
Iquitos — 1900s · 1910s
Wilderness · Rural · Urbandir. Werner Herzog
1970
Five Easy Pieces
Los Angeles · Washington State — 1960s · 1970s
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urban · Islanddir. Bob Rafelson
1994
Forrest Gump
Alabama · New York City · Washington DC — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Rural · Urbandir. Robert Zemeckis
1987
Full Metal Jacket
Vietnam — 1960s
Urban · Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick
2012
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
Dhanbad — 1940s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Urban · Ruraldir. Anurag Kashyap
2000
Gladiator
Rome — Ancient
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Ridley Scott
2014
Gone Girl
New York City — 2010s
Urban · Ruraldir. David Fincher
1997
Good Will Hunting
Boston · Massachusetts Institute of Technology — 1990s
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant
1990
GoodFellas
New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1988
Grave of the Fireflies
Kobe — 1940s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Isao Takahata
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
1997
Happy Together
Buenos Aires · Hong Kong · Taipei — 1990s
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
1995
Heat
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Michael Mann
1963
High and Low
Yokohama — 1960s
Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
1952
High Noon
1800s
Urban · Ruraldir. Fred Zinnemann
1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima — 1950s · 1940s
Urbandir. Alain Resnais
2004
Howl's Moving Castle
Early Modern
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Hayao Miyazaki
1952
Ikiru
Tokyo — 1950s
Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
1967
In the Heat of the Night
Sparta — 1960s
Rural · Urbandir. Norman Jewison
2000
In the Mood for Love
Hong Kong · Singapore — 1960s
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
2010
Inception
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urban · Mountain · Off Worlddir. Christopher Nolan
2002
Infernal Affairs
Hong Kong — 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai
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
1976
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Brussels — 1970s
Urbandir. Chantal Akerman
1962
Jules and Jim
Paris · Black Forest — 1910s · 1920s · 1930s
Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. François Truffaut
1993
Jurassic Park
1990s
Island · Wilderness · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Tokyo · Okinawa — 1990s · 2000s
Urban · Rural · Suburbandir. Quentin Tarantino
1971
Klute
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
1997
L.A. Confidential
Los Angeles — 1950s
Urbandir. Curtis Hanson
1960
L'Avventura
Sicily · Rome — 1960s
Coastal Sea · Island · Urban · Ruraldir. Michelangelo Antonioni
1960
La Dolce Vita
Rome — 1950s · 1960s
Urban · Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Federico Fellini
1995
La Haine
Paris — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Mathieu Kassovitz
2016
La La Land
Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
2017
Lady Bird
Sacramento · New York City — 2000s
Urban · Suburbandir. Greta Gerwig
2005
Lady Vengeance
Seoul — 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
1949
Late Spring
Tokyo · Kyoto — 1940s
Urbandir. Yasujirō Ozu
1962
Lawrence of Arabia
Cairo · Damascus — 1910s · 1930s
Desert · Urbandir. David Lean
1967
Le Samouraï
Paris — 1960s
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville
2008
Let the Right One In
Sweden — 1980s
Suburban · Urbandir. Tomas Alfredson
2021
Licorice Pizza
San Fernando Valley — 1970s
Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
2012
Life of Pi
Montreal · Pacific Ocean — 1970s · 2000s
Coastal Sea · Island · Urbandir. Ang Lee
1998
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
London — 1990s
Urbandir. Guy Ritchie
1997
Lost Highway
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Desert · Ruraldir. David Lynch
2003
Lost in Translation
Tokyo — 2000s
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola
1931
M
Berlin — 1930s
Urbandir. Fritz Lang
1999
Magnolia
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
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
2000
Memento
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
2003
Memories of Murder
South Korea — 1980s · 2000s
Rural · Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
1968
Memories of Underdevelopment
Havana — 1960s
Urbandir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
1927
Metropolis
Far Future
Urban · Undergrounddir. Fritz Lang
2011
Midnight in Paris
Paris — 2000s · 1920s · 1800s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
1990
Miller's Crossing
1920s
Urbandir. Joel Coen
2004
Million Dollar Baby
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
1975
Mirror
Russia — 1930s · 1940s · 1960s · 1970s
Rural · Urbandir. Andrei Tarkovsky
1936
Modern Times
United States — 1930s
Urban · Suburbandir. Charlie Chaplin
2011
Moneyball
Oakland · Boston — 2000s · 1980s
Urbandir. Bennett Miller
2016
Moonlight
Miami · Atlanta — 1990s · 2000s · 2010s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Barry Jenkins
2009
Mother
South Korea — 2000s
Rural · Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
1960
Mughal-e-Azam
Early Modern
Urbandir. K. Asif
2001
Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. David Lynch
2003
Mystic River
Boston — 1970s · 2000s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
1975
Nashville
Nashville — 1970s
Urbandir. Robert Altman
1976
Network
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
2007
No Country for Old Men
Texas — 1980s
Desert · Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen
1959
North by Northwest
New York City · Chicago — 1950s
Urban · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
1922
Nosferatu
Germany — 1800s
Urban · Rural · Mountain · Coastal Seadir. F. W. Murnau
1946
Notorious
Rio de Janeiro — 1940s
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
2003
Oldboy
South Korea — 1980s · 2000s
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
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
2019
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Los Angeles — 1960s
Urban · Suburbandir. Quentin Tarantino
1975
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Oregon — 1960s
Urbandir. Miloš Forman
2023
Oppenheimer
Los Alamos · New Mexico — 1930s · 1940s · 1950s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Christopher Nolan
2014
Paddington
London · Peru — 2010s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Paul King
2019
Pain and Glory
Madrid · Valencia — 1960s · 1980s · 2010s
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar
2019
Parasite
Seoul — 2010s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Bong Joon Ho
1984
Paris, Texas
Los Angeles · Texas · Houston — 1980s
Desert · Urban · Ruraldir. Wim Wenders
2023
Past Lives
Seoul · New York City — 1990s · 2010s · 2020s
Urbandir. Celine Song
1998
Perfect Blue
Tokyo — 1990s
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
1966
Persona
1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman
2017
Phantom Thread
London — 1950s
Urban · Ruraldir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1959
Pickpocket
Paris · London — 1950s
Urbandir. Robert Bresson
1980
Pixote
Brazil — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Héctor Babenco
1967
PlayTime
Paris — 1960s
Urbandir. Jacques Tati
2023
Poor Things
London · Lisbon · Paris · Alexandria — 1800s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yorgos Lanthimos
1997
Princess Mononoke
Japan — Medieval
Wilderness · Rural · Urbandir. Hayao Miyazaki
2020
Promising Young Woman
Ohio — 2010s
Urban · Suburbandir. Emerald Fennell
1960
Psycho
Phoenix · California — 1950s
Rural · Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
1994
Pulp Fiction
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
2002
Punch-Drunk Love
Los Angeles · Provo — 2000s
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1980
Raging Bull
New York City · Florida — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Cairo · Washington, D.C. — 1930s
Wilderness · Urban · Coastal Sea · Island · Undergrounddir. Steven Spielberg
1991
Raise the Red Lantern
China — 1920s
Urbandir. Zhang Yimou
1985
Ran
Japan — Early Modern
Rural · Wilderness · Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
1950
Rashomon
Kyoto — Medieval
Wilderness · Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
2007
Ratatouille
Paris — 2000s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Brad Bird
1954
Rear Window
1950s
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
2000
Requiem for a Dream
New York City · Miami — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Darren Aronofsky
1992
Reservoir Dogs
1990s
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
1960
Rocco and His Brothers
Milan — 1950s
Urbandir. Luchino Visconti
2008
RocknRolla
London — 2000s
Urbandir. Guy Ritchie
1976
Rocky
Philadelphia — 1970s
Urbandir. John G. Avildsen
2018
Roma
Mexico City — 1970s
Urban · Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfonso Cuarón
1945
Rome, Open City
Rome — 1940s
Urbandir. Roberto Rossellini
1968
Rosemary's Baby
New York City — 1960s
Urbandir. Roman Polanski
1998
Run Lola Run
Berlin — 1990s
Urbandir. Tom Tykwer
1998
Rushmore
Houston — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Wes Anderson
1998
Satya
Mumbai — 1990s
Urbandir. Ram Gopal Varma
1998
Saving Private Ryan
Normandy — 1940s
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1993
Schindler's List
Kraków — 1940s
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1995
Se7en
1990s
Urbandir. David Fincher
1996
Secrets & Lies
London — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Mike Leigh
2018
Shoplifters
Tokyo — 2010s
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
1993
Short Cuts
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Robert Altman
2015
Sicario
Arizona · Ciudad Juárez · Texas — 2010s
Urban · Desert · Undergrounddir. Denis Villeneuve
1952
Singin' in the Rain
Los Angeles — 1920s
Urbandir. Stanley Donen
2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Mumbai — 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Danny Boyle
2000
Snatch
London · Antwerp — 2000s
Urban · Ruraldir. Guy Ritchie
1959
Some Like It Hot
Chicago · Florida — 1920s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Billy Wilder
2020
Sound of Metal
Paris — 2010s
Rural · Urbandir. Darius Marder
1960
Spartacus
Italy — Ancient
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Stanley Kubrick
2001
Spirited Away
2000s
Urban · Off Worlddir. Hayao Miyazaki
1979
Stalker
Timeless
Urban · Wilderness · Undergrounddir. Andrei Tarkovsky
2006
Still Life
China — 2000s
Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jia Zhangke
1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1920s
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. F. W. Murnau
1950
Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles — 1940s
Urbandir. Billy Wilder
1977
Suspiria
West Berlin — 1970s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Dario Argento
2002
Talk to Her
Madrid — 2000s
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar
1985
Tampopo
Japan — 1980s
Urban · Ruraldir. Jūzō Itami
2022
TÁR
Berlin · New York City · Staten Island — 2010s · 2020s
Urbandir. Todd Field
1997
Taste of Cherry
Tehran — 1990s
Urban · Ruraldir. Abbas Kiarostami
1976
Taxi Driver
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Los Angeles — 1990s · Far Future
Urban · Off Worlddir. James Cameron
1959
The 400 Blows
Paris — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. François Truffaut
1960
The Apartment
New York City — 1950s
Urbandir. Billy Wilder
2011
The Artist
Los Angeles — 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Michel Hazanavicius
2014
The Babadook
Adelaide — 2010s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jennifer Kent
1966
The Battle of Algiers
Algiers — 1950s
Urbandir. Gillo Pontecorvo
1998
The Big Lebowski
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joel Coen
1971
The Conformist
Paris · Rome — 1910s · 1930s · 1940s
Urban · Rural · Mountaindir. Bernardo Bertolucci
1974
The Conversation
San Francisco — 1970s
Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola
2008
The Dark Knight
2000s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
2017
The Death of Stalin
Moscow — 1950s
Urban · Ruraldir. Armando Iannucci
1978
The Deer Hunter
Saigon — 1960s · 1970s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Michael Cimino
2006
The Departed
Boston — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
France — 1970s
Urban · Ruraldir. Luis Buñuel
1991
The Double Life of Véronique
Kraków · Paris · Clermont-Ferrand — 1960s · 1990s
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
1973
The Exorcist
Washington, D.C. · New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. William Friedkin
2018
The Favourite
London — 1700s
Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos
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
1967
The Graduate
Los Angeles · Santa Barbara — 1960s
Suburban · Urbandir. Mike Nichols
2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
1930s · 1960s · 1980s
Urban · Mountain · Ruraldir. Wes Anderson
2013
The Great Beauty
Rome — 2010s
Urban · Islanddir. Paolo Sorrentino
1940
The Great Dictator
1910s · 1930s
Urban · Ruraldir. Charlie Chaplin
2016
The Handmaiden
Korea — 1930s
Rural · Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
2006
The Host
Seoul — 2000s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Bong Joon Ho
2019
The Irishman
Philadelphia · Chicago · Detroit — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1971
The Last Picture Show
Texas — 1950s
Rural · Urbandir. Peter Bogdanovich
1963
The Leopard
Sicily · Palermo
Rural · Urbandir. Luchino Visconti
2006
The Lives of Others
Berlin — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
1980
The Long Good Friday
London · Belfast — 1970s
Urbandir. John Mackenzie
1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Germany — 1940s · 1950s
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
2012
The Master
San Francisco · New York City · London — 1940s · 1950s
Urban · Coastal Sea · Desertdir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1999
The Matrix
Near Future · Far Future
Urban · Underground · Off Worlddir. Lana Wachowski
1985
The Official Story
Buenos Aires — 1980s
Urbandir. Luis Puenzo
1928
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Rouen
Urban · Undergrounddir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
1940
The Philadelphia Story
Philadelphia — 1940s
Urban · Suburbandir. George Cukor
2002
The Pianist
Warsaw — 1930s · 1940s
Urbandir. Roman Polanski
1992
The Player
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Robert Altman
2006
The Prestige
London — 1800s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
New York City — 1970s · 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Wes Anderson
1939
The Rules of the Game
Paris · Sologne — 1930s
Rural · Urbandir. Jean Renoir
1957
The Seventh Seal
Sweden — Medieval
Rural · Wilderness · Urbandir. Ingmar Bergman
1994
The Shawshank Redemption
Maine — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Urban · Ruraldir. Frank Darabont
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Virginia · Baltimore · Memphis — 1990s
Urban · Rural · Undergrounddir. Jonathan Demme
1999
The Sixth Sense
Philadelphia — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. M. Night Shyamalan
2010
The Social Network
Boston · Palo Alto · New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. David Fincher
1973
The Sting
Chicago · Joliet — 1930s
Urbandir. George Roy Hill
1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
New York City · Italy — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella
1949
The Third Man
Vienna — 1940s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Carol Reed
2011
The Tree of Life
Waco · Dallas — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 2010s · Far Future
Suburban · Urban · Off Worlddir. Terrence Malick
1998
The Truman Show
1990s
Urban · Coastal Sea · Islanddir. Peter Weir
1964
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Cherbourg — 1950s · 1960s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Jacques Demy
1987
The Untouchables
Chicago — 1930s
Urbandir. Brian De Palma
1995
The Usual Suspects
New York City · Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Bryan Singer
1939
The Wizard of Oz
Kansas — 1930s
Rural · Urbandir. Victor Fleming
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
New York City · London — 1980s · 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1959
The World of Apu
Calcutta — 1930s
Urban · Ruraldir. Satyajit Ray
2007
This Is England
England — 1980s
Urban · Suburban · Coastal Seadir. Shane Meadows
1994
Three Colors: Red
Geneva — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
1997
Titanic
Atlantic Ocean · New York City · Southampton — 1910s · 1990s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. James Cameron
1953
Tokyo Story
Tokyo · Onomichi — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu
1958
Touch of Evil
Mexico — 1950s
Urban · Desertdir. Orson Welles
1996
Trainspotting
Edinburgh · London — 1990s
Urbandir. Danny Boyle
2019
Uncut Gems
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Benny Safdie
2014
Under the Skin
Glasgow — 2010s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. Jonathan Glazer
1992
Unforgiven
Japan — 1800s
Rural · Wilderness · Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
1958
Vertigo
San Francisco — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
2006
Volver
Madrid · La Mancha — 2000s
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar
1971
Walkabout
Australia — 1960s · 1970s
Wilderness · Desert · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg
2014
Whiplash
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
1957
Wild Strawberries
Stockholm · Lund — 1950s
Rural · Urbandir. Ingmar Bergman
2014
Wild Tales
2010s
Urban · Rural · Desertdir. Damián Szifron
1987
Wings of Desire
Berlin — 1980s
Urbandir. Wim Wenders
1975
Xala
Senegal — 1970s
Urbandir. Ousmane Sembène
2001
Y Tu Mamá También
Mexico City · Mexico — 1990s · 2000s
Urban · Rural · Coastal Seadir. Alfonso Cuarón
2000
Yi Yi
Taipei · Tokyo — 2000s
Urbandir. Edward Yang
1961
Yojimbo
Japan — 1800s
Rural · Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
2007
Zodiac
San Francisco · California — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Urban · Ruraldir. David Fincher

Frequently asked

How many movies are set in urban environments?

Kinora's catalogue lists 299 films set in urban environments, spanning 1922–2023.

What are some movies set in urban environments?

Films set in urban environments in our catalogue include 12 Angry Men (1957), 12 Years a Slave (2013), 25th Hour (2002), 28 Days Later (2002), and 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007).

What is the oldest movie set in urban environments?

Nosferatu (1922) is the earliest film set in urban environments in our catalogue; the most recent is Poor Things (2023).