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
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 2013

  12 Years a Slave

  New York City · New Orleans · Louisiana — 1800s
  Ruraldir. Steve McQueen
• 2002

  25th Hour

  New York City — 2000s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 1950

  All About Eve

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 2000

  Almost Famous

  San Diego · San Francisco · New York City — 1960s · 1970s
  Urbandir. Cameron Crowe
• 1977

  Annie Hall

  New York City · Los Angeles — 1970s
  Urbandir. Woody Allen
• 2024

  Anora

  New York City · Las Vegas — 2020s
  Urbandir. Sean Baker
• 2022

  Babylon

  Los Angeles · New York City — 1920s · 1930s
  Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
• 2014

  Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

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

  Black Swan

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
• 2002

  Catch Me If You Can

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

  Citizen Kane

  New York City — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s
  Urbandir. 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
• 2004

  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  New York City — 2000s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Michel Gondry
• 1994

  Forrest Gump

  Alabama · Vietnam · Washington, D.C. · New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis
• 2017

  Get Out

  New York City — 2010s
  Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele
• 1990

  GoodFellas

  New York City · Tampa — 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 · Florida — 1930s
  Urbandir. Frank Capra
• 1971

  Klute

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
• 1992

  Malcolm X

  New York City · Boston · Mecca — 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

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

  Raging Bull

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

  Requiem for a Dream

  New York City — 1990s
  Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
• 1948

  Rope

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1968

  Rosemary's Baby

  New York City — 1960s
  Urbandir. Roman Polanski
• 1989

  Sea of Love

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Harold Becker
• 1977

  Sorcerer

  Jerusalem · Paris · New York City · Veracruz — 1970s
  Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin
• 2018

  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Bob Persichetti
• 2002

  Sweet Home Alabama

  Alabama · New York City — 2000s
  Rural · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Andy Tennant
• 2022

  TÁR

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

  Taxi Driver

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

  The Apartment

  New York City — 1960s
  Urbandir. Billy Wilder
• 2017

  The Big Sick

  Chicago · New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Michael Showalter
• 2024

  The Brutalist

  Philadelphia · New York City · Venice — 1940s · 1950s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Brady Corbet
• 1971

  The French Connection

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

  The Godfather

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

  The Godfather Part II

  New York City · Sicily · Las Vegas · Havana — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1940s · 1950s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola
• 2001

  The Royal Tenenbaums

  New York City — 2000s
  Urbandir. Wes Anderson
• 1999

  The Talented Mr. Ripley

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

  The Usual Suspects

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

  The Wolf of Wall Street

  New York City — 1980s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2019

  Uncut Gems

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Benny Safdie
• 2005

  War of the Worlds

  New York City · Boston — 2000s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 2014

  Whiplash

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Damien Chazelle