Movies Set in New York City in the 1940s

Kinora's catalogue lists 36 films set in New York City in the 1940s, spanning 1940–2024. 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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• 1949

  Adam's Rib

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. George Cukor
• 1950

  All About Eve

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 1944

  Arsenic and Old Lace

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Frank Capra
• 1941

  Ball of Fire

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Howard Hawks
• 1988

  Bird

  New York City · Los Angeles · Kansas City — 1940s · 1950s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 1942

  Cat People

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Jacques Tourneur
• 1947

  Gentleman's Agreement

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Elia Kazan
• 1943

  Heaven Can Wait

  New York City — 1800s · 1900s · 1910s · 1940s
  Urbandir. Ernst Lubitsch
• 1941

  Here Comes Mr. Jordan

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Alexander Hall
• 1959

  Imitation of Life

  New York City — 1940s · 1950s
  Urbandir. Douglas Sirk
• 1947

  Kiss of Death

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Henry Hathaway
• 1944

  Laura

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Otto Preminger
• 1992

  Malcolm X

  New York City · Boston · Mecca — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 1947

  Miracle on 34th Street

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. George Seaton
• 1948

  Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

  Connecticut · New York City — 1940s
  Rural · Urbandir. H. C. Potter
• 1949

  On the Town

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Gene Kelly
• 1944

  Phantom Lady

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Robert Siodmak
• 1987

  Radio Days

  New York City — 1930s · 1940s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Woody Allen
• 1980

  Raging Bull

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

  Remember the Night

  New York City · Indiana — 1940s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Mitchell Leisen
• 1948

  Rope

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1942

  Saboteur

  California · New York City — 1940s
  Urban · Desertdir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1982

  Sophie's Choice

  New York City · Auschwitz — 1940s
  Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
• 1945

  Spellbound

  Vermont · New York City · Rochester — 1940s
  Urban · Mountaindir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1948

  The Big Clock

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. John Farrow
• 2024

  The Brutalist

  Philadelphia · New York City · Venice — 1940s · 1950s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Brady Corbet
• 1949

  The Fountainhead

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. King Vidor
• 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
• 1947

  The Lady from Shanghai

  New York City · San Francisco — 1940s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Orson Welles
• 1945

  The Lost Weekend

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Billy Wilder
• 1948

  The Naked City

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Jules Dassin
• 1942

  The Palm Beach Story

  New York City · Palm Beach — 1940s
  dir. Preston Sturges
• 1947

  The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Norman Z. McLeod
• 1973

  The Way We Were

  New York City · Los Angeles — 1940s · 1950s
  dir. Sydney Pollack
• 1942

  Woman of the Year

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. George Stevens