Movies Set in New York City in the 1950s

Kinora's catalogue lists 36 films set in New York City in the 1950s, spanning 1950–2024. 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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• 1957

  12 Angry Men

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 1957

  A Face in the Crowd

  Arkansas · Memphis · New York City — 1950s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Elia Kazan
• 1957

  An Affair to Remember

  Atlantic Ocean · New York City — 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Leo McCarey
• 1987

  Angel Heart

  New York City · New Orleans — 1950s
  Urbandir. Alan Parker
• 1988

  Bird

  New York City · Los Angeles · Kansas City — 1940s · 1950s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 2015

  Bridge of Spies

  New York City · Berlin — 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
• 2015

  Brooklyn

  New York City · Ireland — 1950s
  Urban · Ruraldir. John Crowley
• 1994

  Forrest Gump

  Alabama · Vietnam · Washington, D.C. · New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis
• 1957

  Funny Face

  New York City · Paris — 1950s
  Urbandir. Stanley Donen
• 1990

  GoodFellas

  New York City · Tampa — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1955

  Guys and Dolls

  New York City · Havana — 1950s
  Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
• 1953

  How to Marry a Millionaire

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Jean Negulesco
• 1959

  Imitation of Life

  New York City — 1940s · 1950s
  Urbandir. Douglas Sirk
• 2014

  Jersey Boys

  New Jersey · New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1990s
  Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
• 2009

  Julie & Julia

  Paris · New York City — 1950s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Nora Ephron
• 1992

  Malcolm X

  New York City · Boston · Mecca — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Spike Lee
• 1955

  Marty

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Delbert Mann
• 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
• 1953

  Pickup on South Street

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Samuel Fuller
• 1959

  Pillow Talk

  New York City · Connecticut — 1950s
  Urbandir. Michael Gordon
• 1994

  Quiz Show

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Robert Redford
• 1980

  Raging Bull

  New York City · Miami — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1957

  Sweet Smell of Success

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Alexander Mackendrick
• 1953

  The Band Wagon

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli
• 2024

  The Brutalist

  Philadelphia · New York City · Venice — 1940s · 1950s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Brady Corbet
• 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
• 1994

  The Hudsucker Proxy

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Joel Coen
• 1962

  The Manchurian Candidate

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. John Frankenheimer
• 1955

  The Seven Year Itch

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Billy Wilder
• 1999

  The Talented Mr. Ripley

  New York City · Italy — 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella
• 1973

  The Way We Were

  New York City · Los Angeles — 1940s · 1950s
  dir. Sydney Pollack
• 1956

  The Wrong Man

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1961

  West Side Story

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Jerome Robbins
• 1950

  Where the Sidewalk Ends

  New York City — 1950s
  Urbandir. Otto Preminger