Movies Set in New York State in the 1940s

Kinora's catalogue lists 30 films set in New York State in the 1940s, spanning 1941–2024. 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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• 1992

  A League of Their Own

  Chicago · Rockford · Racine · Cooperstown — 1940s · 1980s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Penny Marshall
• 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
• 1959

  Imitation of Life

  New York City — 1940s · 1950s
  Urbandir. Douglas Sirk
• 1946

  It's a Wonderful Life

  New York State — 1930s · 1940s
  Ruraldir. Frank Capra
• 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
• 2021

  Nightmare Alley

  Buffalo — 1930s · 1940s
  Ruraldir. Guillermo del Toro
• 1949

  On the Town

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Gene Kelly
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 1973

  The Way We Were

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