Urban Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 677 films set in urban environments, spanning 1927–2025. 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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Barcelona — 2000s
Urbandir. Jaume Balagueró
1957
12 Angry Men
New York City — 1950s
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
2002
25th Hour
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
2002
28 Days Later
London · Manchester — 2000s
Urban · Ruraldir. Danny Boyle
2007
28 Weeks Later
London — 2000s
Urbandir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
2009
3 Idiots
Delhi · Ladakh — 1990s · 2000s
Urban · Mountaindir. Rajkumar Hirani
2004
3-Iron
South Korea — 2000s
Urbandir. Kim Ki-duk
2007
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Romania — 1980s
Urbandir. Cristian Mungiu
1963
8½
1960s
Urbandir. Federico Fellini
1986
A Better Tomorrow
Hong Kong — 1980s
Urbandir. John Woo
2005
A Bittersweet Life
South Korea — 2000s
Urbandir. Kim Jee-woon
1991
A Brighter Summer Day
Taipei — 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Edward Yang
1993
A Bronx Tale
New York City — 1960s
Urbandir. Robert De Niro
1998
A Civil Action
Massachusetts
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Zaillian
1971
A Clockwork Orange
London — Near Future
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
2017
A Fantastic Woman
Santiago — 2010s
Urbandir. Sebastián Lelio
1992
A Few Good Men
Cuba · Washington, D.C. — 1990s
Urbandir. Rob Reiner
1964
A Fistful of Dollars
1800s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Sergio Leone
2014
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Iran — Timeless
Urbandir. Ana Lily Amirpour
1992
A League of Their Own
Chicago · Rockford · Racine · Cooperstown — 1940s · 1980s
Urban · Ruraldir. Penny Marshall
2009
A Prophet
Marseille — 2000s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jacques Audiard
1986
A Room with a View
Florence · Surrey — 1900s
Urban · Ruraldir. James Ivory
2012
A Royal Affair
Denmark — 1700s
Urbandir. Nikolaj Arcel
2011
A Separation
Tehran — 2010s
Urbandir. Asghar Farhadi
2017
A Taxi Driver
Gwangju · Seoul — 1980s · 2000s
Urbandir. Jang Hoon
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
New Jersey · New York City — Far Future
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg
2013
About Time
London · Cornwall — 2010s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Richard Curtis
2002
Adaptation.
Los Angeles · New York City · Florida — 1990s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Spike Jonze
1985
After Hours
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
2009
Agora
Alexandria — Ancient
Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar
1988
Akira
Near Future
Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo
1974
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Munich — 1970s
Urbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Phoenix · Tucson — 1970s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1950
All About Eve
New York City — 1940s
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1999
All About My Mother
Madrid · Barcelona — 1990s
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar
1979
All That Jazz
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Bob Fosse
1976
All the President's Men
Washington, D.C. — 1970s
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
2000
Almost Famous
San Diego · San Francisco · New York City — 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Cameron Crowe
1984
Amadeus
Vienna — 1700s
Urbandir. Miloš Forman
2001
Amélie
Paris — 1990s
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
2023
American Fiction
Boston · Los Angeles — 2020s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Cord Jefferson
2007
American Gangster
New York City · Newark · Thailand — 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Ridley Scott
1998
American History X
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Tony Kaye
2000
American Psycho
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Mary Harron
2003
American Splendor
Cleveland — 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Robert Pulcini
1997
Amistad
Connecticut · Cuba · Sierra Leone — 1800s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
2000
Amores Perros
Mexico City — 1990s
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
2012
Amour
Paris — 2010s
Urbandir. Michael Haneke
1986
An American Tail
New York City · Russia — 1800s
Urban · Ruraldir. Don Bluth
1981
An American Werewolf in London
London · Yorkshire — 1980s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
1987
Angel Heart
New York City · New Orleans — 1950s
Urbandir. Alan Parker
2010
Animal Kingdom
Melbourne — 2010s
Urbandir. David Michôd
1977
Annie Hall
New York City · Los Angeles — 1970s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
2024
Anora
New York City · Las Vegas — 2020s
Urbandir. Sean Baker
2020
Another Round
Copenhagen — 2010s
Urbandir. Thomas Vinterberg
2002
Antwone Fisher
Cleveland — 2000s
Urbandir. Denzel Washington
2006
Apocalypto
Central America — Early Modern
Wilderness · Rural · Urbandir. Mel Gibson
2016
Aquarius
Recife — 2010s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Kleber Mendonça Filho
2022
Argentina 1985
Argentina — 1980s
Urbandir. Santiago Mitre
2012
Argo
Tehran · Los Angeles · Virginia — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Ben Affleck
1969
Army of Shadows
Paris · Marseille · London — 1940s
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville
2014
As Above, So Below
Paris · Iran — 2010s
Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle
1997
As Good as It Gets
New York City · Baltimore — 1990s
Urbandir. James L. Brooks
1980
Atlantic City
Atlantic City — 1980s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Louis Malle
2019
Atlantics
Dakar — 2010s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Mati Diop
2007
Atonement
London — 1930s · 1940s
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Joe Wright
2011
Attack the Block
London — 2010s
Urbandir. Joe Cornish
2017
Baby Driver
Atlanta — 2010s
Urbandir. Edgar Wright
2022
Babylon
Los Angeles · New York City — 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
2023
Barbie
Los Angeles — 2020s
Urbandir. Greta Gerwig
1991
Barton Fink
Los Angeles — 1940s
Urbandir. Joel Coen
1989
Batman
1980s
Urbandir. Tim Burton
2019
Beanpole
Saint Petersburg — 1940s
Urbandir. Kantemir Balagov
1995
Before Sunrise
Vienna — 1990s
Urbandir. Richard Linklater
2004
Before Sunset
Paris — 2000s
Urbandir. Richard Linklater
1999
Being John Malkovich
New York City — 1990s
Urbandir. Spike Jonze
1979
Being There
Washington, D.C. — 1970s
Urbandir. Hal Ashby
1967
Belle de Jour
Paris — 1960s
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel
1948
Bicycle Thieves
Rome — 1940s
Urbandir. Vittorio De Sica
1988
Big
New York City — 1980s
Urban · Suburbandir. Penny Marshall
1986
Big Trouble in Little China
San Francisco — 1980s
Urban · Undergrounddir. John Carpenter
2000
Billy Elliot
London — 1980s
Urbandir. Stephen Daldry
2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
1966
Black Girl
Dakar · French Riviera — 1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Ousmane Sembène
2018
Black Panther
Oakland · London · Busan — 1990s · 2010s
Urbandir. Ryan Coogler
1989
Black Rain
Osaka · New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Ridley Scott
2010
Black Swan
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
2023
BlackBerry
Waterloo — 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Matt Johnson
2018
BlacKkKlansman
Colorado Springs — 1970s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
1998
Blade
1990s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Stephen Norrington
1982
Blade Runner
Los Angeles — Near Future
Urbandir. Ridley Scott
2017
Blade Runner 2049
Los Angeles · Las Vegas — Near Future
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve
2018
Blindspotting
Oakland — 2010s
Urbandir. Carlos López Estrada
1988
Bloodsport
Hong Kong — 1980s
Urbandir. Newt Arnold
1981
Blow Out
Philadelphia — 1980s
Urbandir. Brian De Palma
1966
Blow-Up
London — 1960s
Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni
2021
Boiling Point
London — 2020s
Urbandir. Philip Barantini
1997
Boogie Nights
Los Angeles — 1970s · 1980s
Urban · Suburbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
2014
Boyhood
Texas — 2000s · 2010s
Suburban · Urbandir. Richard Linklater
1991
Boyz n the Hood
Los Angeles — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. John Singleton
1992
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Transylvania · London — Medieval · 1800s
Urban · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola
1985
Brazil
Near Future
Urbandir. Terry Gilliam
1960
Breathless
Paris — 1960s
Urbandir. Jean-Luc Godard
2011
Bridesmaids
Milwaukee · Chicago — 2010s
Urbandir. Paul Feig
2015
Bridge of Spies
New York City · Berlin — 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1987
Broadcast News
Washington, D.C. — 1980s
Urbandir. James L. Brooks
2022
Broker
Busan · Seoul — 2020s
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
2003
Bruce Almighty
Buffalo — 2000s
Urbandir. Tom Shadyac
1998
Buffalo '66
Buffalo — 1990s
Urbandir. Vincent Gallo
2025
Bugonia
2020s
Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos
1988
Bull Durham
Durham — 1980s
Urbandir. Ron Shelton
2018
Burning
Seoul — 2010s
Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong
2005
C.R.A.Z.Y.
Quebec — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Jean-Marc Vallée
1972
Cabaret
Berlin — 1930s
Urbandir. Bob Fosse
2005
Caché
Paris — 2000s
Urbandir. Michael Haneke
2018
Capernaum
Beirut — 2010s
Urbandir. Nadine Labaki
1993
Carlito's Way
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Brian De Palma
1943
Casablanca
Casablanca — 1940s
Urbandir. Michael Curtiz
1995
Casino
Las Vegas — 1970s · 1980s
Desert · Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
2009
Castaway on the Moon
Seoul — 2000s
Island · Urbandir. Lee Hae-jun
1985
Cat's Eye
New York City · Atlantic City · Wilmington · North Carolina — 1980s
Urban · Suburbandir. Lewis Teague
2002
Catch Me If You Can
New York City · Miami · France — 1960s
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1998
Central Station
Rio de Janeiro — 1990s
Urban · Ruraldir. Walter Salles
2024
Challengers
New York State — 2000s · 2010s
Urbandir. Luca Guadagnino
2008
Changeling
Los Angeles — 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
1981
Chariots of Fire
England · Scotland · Paris — 1920s · 1910s · 1970s
Urbandir. Hugh Hudson
1964
Charulata
Kolkata — 1800s
Urbandir. Satyajit Ray
2014
Chef
Los Angeles · Miami · New Orleans · Austin — 2010s
Urbandir. Jon Favreau
1997
Children of Heaven
Tehran — 1990s
Urbandir. Majid Majidi
2006
Children of Men
London — Near Future
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón
1974
Chinatown
Los Angeles — 1930s
Urbandir. Roman Polanski
2000
Chopper
Melbourne — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik
2012
Chronicle
Seattle — 2010s
Urban · Suburbandir. Josh Trank
1994
Chungking Express
Hong Kong — 1990s
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
1988
Cinema Paradiso
Rome · Sicily — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1980s
Rural · Urbandir. Giuseppe Tornatore
1941
Citizen Kane
New York City — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Orson Welles
1931
City Lights
1920s
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin
2002
City of God
Rio de Janeiro — 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Fernando Meirelles
2024
Civil War
Washington, D.C. · New York City · Virginia — Near Future
Urban · Ruraldir. Alex Garland
1962
Cléo from 5 to 7
Paris — 1960s
Urbandir. Agnès Varda
1990
Close-Up
Tehran — 1980s
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami
2012
Cloud Atlas
San Francisco · London · Hawaii · Chatham Islands — 1800s · 1930s · 1970s · 2010s · Far Future
Urban · Island · Coastal Sea · Off Worlddir. Lilly Wachowski
2008
Cloverfield
New York City — 2000s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Matt Reeves
2017
Coco
Mexico — 2010s
Urbandir. Lee Unkrich
2004
Coffee and Cigarettes
2000s
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch
2018
Cold War
Poland · Berlin · Paris · Yugoslavia — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Urban · Ruraldir. Paweł Pawlikowski
2004
Collateral
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Michael Mann
2024
Conclave
Rome — 2020s
Urbandir. Edward Berger
2011
Contagion
Minneapolis · Hong Kong · Atlanta — 2010s
Urbandir. Steven Soderbergh
2007
Control
Macclesfield · Manchester — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Anton Corbijn
2015
Crimson Peak
Buffalo · Cumberland — 1800s · 1900s
Rural · Urbandir. Guillermo del Toro
1993
Cronos
Mexico — 1990s
Urbandir. Guillermo del Toro
1997
Cure
Tokyo — 1990s
Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
1990
Cyrano de Bergerac
Paris · Arras — Early Modern
Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau
2013
Dallas Buyers Club
Dallas · Mexico — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Jean-Marc Vallée
1988
Dangerous Liaisons
Paris — 1700s
Urban · Ruraldir. Stephen Frears
2019
Dark Waters
Cincinnati · West Virginia — 1990s · 2000s · 2010s
Urban · Ruraldir. Todd Haynes
1978
Dawn of the Dead
Philadelphia — 1970s
Urban · Suburbandir. George A. Romero
2004
Dawn of the Dead
Milwaukee — 2000s
Suburban · Urbandir. Zack Snyder
1973
Day for Night
Nice — 1970s
Urbandir. François Truffaut
1988
Dead Ringers
Toronto — 1980s
Urbandir. David Cronenberg
2016
Deadpool
2010s
Urbandir. Tim Miller
2022
Decision to Leave
Busan — 2020s
Urban · Coastal Sea · Mountaindir. Park Chan-wook
1998
Deep Impact
Virginia · Washington, D.C. · Space — 1990s
Urban · Off Worlddir. Mimi Leder
1991
Delicatessen
France — Near Future
Urban · Undergrounddir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
1988
Die Hard
Los Angeles — 1980s
Urbandir. John McTiernan
1995
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
London · Punjab — 1990s
Urban · Ruraldir. Aditya Chopra
1982
Diner
Baltimore — 1950s
Urbandir. Barry Levinson
1971
Dirty Harry
San Francisco — 1970s
Urbandir. Don Siegel
2009
District 9
Johannesburg — 2010s
Urbandir. Neill Blomkamp
1989
Do the Right Thing
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
1975
Dog Day Afternoon
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
2021
Don't Look Up
Washington, D.C. · Michigan — 2020s
Urbandir. Adam McKay
1997
Donnie Brasco
New York City · Miami — 1970s
Urbandir. Mike Newell
1944
Double Indemnity
Los Angeles — 1930s
Urbandir. Billy Wilder
2004
Downfall
Berlin — 1940s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1960s
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
2011
Drive
Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Nicolas Winding Refn
2021
Drive My Car
Tokyo · Hiroshima — 2020s
Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
1989
Driving Miss Daisy
Atlanta — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Bruce Beresford
1978
Drunken Master
Urbandir. Yuen Woo-ping
1994
Ed Wood
Los Angeles — 1950s
Urbandir. Tim Burton
2014
Edge of Tomorrow
London · Paris — 2020s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Doug Liman
1999
Election
Omaha — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Alexander Payne
1998
Elizabeth
England — Early Modern
Urbandir. Shekhar Kapur
2013
Elysium
Los Angeles · Space — Far Future
Urban · Off Worlddir. Neill Blomkamp
2012
End of Watch
Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. David Ayer
2014
Enemy
Toronto — 2010s
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve
1998
Enemy of the State
Washington, D.C. · Baltimore — 1990s
Urbandir. Tony Scott
1977
Eraserhead
Timeless
Urbandir. David Lynch
2000
Erin Brockovich
Los Angeles · Hinkley — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh
1981
Escape from New York
New York City — Near Future
Urbandir. John Carpenter
2004
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
New York City — 2000s
Urban · Suburbandir. Michel Gondry
2022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
California — 2020s
Urbandir. Daniel Scheinert
2015
Ex Machina
Near Future
Urbandir. Alex Garland
1995
Fallen Angels
Hong Kong — 1990s
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
2023
Fallen Leaves
Helsinki — 2020s
Urbandir. Aki Kaurismäki
1993
Falling Down
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Joel Schumacher
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 · North Dakota · Minnesota — 1980s
Rural · Urbandir. Joel Coen
1986
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Chicago — 1980s
Urban · Suburbandir. John Hughes
1999
Fight Club
1990s
Urbandir. David Fincher
2019
Ford v Ferrari
Le Mans · Los Angeles — 1960s
Urbandir. James Mangold
1994
Forrest Gump
Alabama · Vietnam · Washington, D.C. · New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Rural · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Zemeckis
1995
Four Rooms
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Allison Anders
2013
Fruitvale Station
Oakland — 2000s
Urbandir. Ryan Coogler
1987
Full Metal Jacket
Parris Island · Da Nang · Huế — 1960s
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
1981
Gallipoli
Australia · Cairo · Turkey — 1910s
Desert · Rural · Urbandir. Peter Weir
1982
Gandhi
India · South Africa — 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
Urban · Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough
2002
Gangs of New York
New York City — 1800s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
2012
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1
Dhanbad — 1940s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Anurag Kashyap
1997
Gattaca
Near Future
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Andrew Niccol
1990
Ghost
New York City — 1990s
Urbandir. Jerry Zucker
1995
Ghost in the Shell
Japan — Near Future
Urbandir. Mamoru Oshii
1984
Ghostbusters
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Ivan Reitman
2000
Gladiator
Rome — Ancient
Urbandir. Ridley Scott
1992
Glengarry Glen Ross
New York City — 1990s
Urbandir. James Foley
2008
Gomorrah
Naples · Caserta — 2000s
Urbandir. Matteo Garrone
2007
Gone Baby Gone
Boston — 2000s
Urbandir. Ben Affleck
2003
Good Bye, Lenin!
Berlin — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Wolfgang Becker
1987
Good Morning, Vietnam
Saigon — 1960s
Urbandir. Barry Levinson
2005
Good Night, and Good Luck.
1950s
Urbandir. George Clooney
1997
Good Will Hunting
Boston — 1990s
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant
1990
GoodFellas
New York City · Tampa — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
2008
Gran Torino
Detroit — 2000s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
1988
Grave of the Fireflies
Kobe — 1940s
Urbandir. Isao Takahata
1988
Hairspray
Baltimore — 1960s
Urbandir. John Waters
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
2004
Hellboy
1940s · 2000s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Guillermo del Toro
2013
Her
Los Angeles — Near Future
Urbandir. Spike Jonze
2002
Hero
China — Ancient
Rural · Urbandir. Zhang Yimou
2016
Hidden Figures
Virginia — 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Theodore Melfi
1963
High and Low
Yokohama — 1960s
Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
1959
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Hiroshima — 1950s
Urbandir. Alain Resnais
1981
History of the World: Part I
Rome · Paris · Spain — Ancient · Medieval · 1700s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Mel Brooks
2019
Hotel Mumbai
Mumbai — 2000s
Urbandir. Anthony Maras
2004
Hotel Rwanda
Kigali — 1990s
Urbandir. Terry George
2005
Hustle & Flow
Memphis — 2000s
Urbandir. Craig Brewer
2007
I Am Legend
New York City — 2000s · 2010s
Urbandir. Francis Lawrence
2010
I Saw the Devil
South Korea — 2010s
Urbandir. Kim Jee-woon
2016
I, Daniel Blake
Newcastle — 2010s
Urbandir. Ken Loach
2013
Ida
Poland — 1960s
Rural · Urbandir. Paweł Pawlikowski
1952
Ikiru
Tokyo — 1950s
Urbandir. Akira Kurosawa
2008
In Bruges
Bruges — 2000s
Urbandir. Martin McDonagh
2000
In the Mood for Love
Hong Kong — 1960s
Urbandir. Wong Kar-Wai
2016
In This Corner of the World
Hiroshima · Kure — 1930s · 1940s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Sunao Katabuchi
2010
Incendies
Canada — 2000s · 1970s
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve
2010
Inception
Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
1996
Independence Day
Los Angeles · Washington, D.C. · Nevada — 1990s
Urban · Desertdir. Roland Emmerich
2002
Infernal Affairs
Hong Kong — 2000s
Urbandir. Alan Mak Siu-Fai
2009
Inglourious Basterds
Paris — 1940s
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino
2013
Inside Llewyn Davis
New York City · Chicago — 1960s
Urbandir. Joel Coen
2006
Inside Man
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
2015
Inside Out
San Francisco · Minnesota — 2010s
Urbandir. Pete Docter
1994
Interview with the Vampire
New Orleans · Paris · San Francisco — 1700s · 1800s · 1990s
Urbandir. Neil Jordan
1978
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
San Francisco — 1970s
Urbandir. Philip Kaufman
1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Rome — 1970s
Urbandir. Elio Petri
2008
Ip Man
Foshan — 1930s · 1940s
Urbandir. Wilson Yip
2008
Iron Man
Afghanistan — 2000s
Desert · Urbandir. Jon Favreau
2018
Isle of Dogs
Japan — Near Future
Island · Urbandir. Wes Anderson
1934
It Happened One Night
New York City · Florida — 1930s
Urbandir. Frank Capra
1990
Jacob's Ladder
New York City · Vietnam — 1970s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Adrian Lyne
1976
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Brussels — 1970s
Urbandir. Chantal Akerman
1996
Jerry Maguire
1990s
Urbandir. Cameron Crowe
2014
Jersey Boys
New Jersey · New York City — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1990s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
1991
JFK
New Orleans · Dallas · Washington, D.C. — 1960s
Urbandir. Oliver Stone
2014
John Wick
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Chad Stahelski
2019
Jojo Rabbit
Germany — 1940s
Urbandir. Taika Waititi
2019
Joker
1980s
Urbandir. Todd Phillips
2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Chicago — 1960s
Urbandir. Shaka King
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
Nuremberg — 1940s
Urbandir. Stanley Kramer
1962
Jules and Jim
Paris — 1910s · 1920s
Urbandir. François Truffaut
2009
Julie & Julia
Paris · New York City — 1950s · 2000s
Urbandir. Nora Ephron
2012
Kahaani
Kolkata — 2010s
Urbandir. Sujoy Ghosh
1989
Kiki's Delivery Service
Timeless
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Hayao Miyazaki
2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Tokyo — 1990s · 2000s
Urban · Ruraldir. Quentin Tarantino
2012
Killing Them Softly
Boston — 2000s
Urbandir. Andrew Dominik
2005
Kingdom of Heaven
France · Jerusalem — Medieval
Desert · Urbandir. Ridley Scott
1971
Klute
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
2003
Kontroll
Budapest — 2000s
Underground · Urbandir. Nimród Antal
1979
Kramer vs. Kramer
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Robert Benton
2004
Kung Fu Hustle
Shanghai — 1940s
Urbandir. Stephen Chow
1997
L.A. Confidential
Los Angeles — 1950s
Urbandir. Curtis Hanson
1960
L'Avventura
Sicily — 1960s
Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni
1960
La Dolce Vita
Rome — 1960s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini
1995
La Haine
Paris — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Mathieu Kassovitz
2016
La La Land
Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
2005
Lady Vengeance
Seoul — 2000s
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
2024
Late Night with the Devil
New York City · California — 1970s
Urbandir. Cameron Cairnes
1949
Late Spring
Tokyo · Kyoto — 1940s
Urbandir. Yasujirō Ozu
2012
Laurence Anyways
Montreal · Trois-Rivières — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Xavier Dolan
1970
Le Cercle Rouge
Paris · Marseille — 1970s
Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Pierre Melville
1967
Le Samouraï
Paris — 1960s
Urbandir. Jean-Pierre Melville
1994
Léon: The Professional
New York City — 1990s
Urbandir. Luc Besson
1997
Life Is Beautiful
Italy — 1930s · 1940s
Urbandir. Roberto Benigni
1979
Life of Brian
Judea — Ancient
Urban · Desertdir. Terry Jones
2013
Like Father, Like Son
Japan — 2010s
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
2016
Lion
Kolkata · Hobart · Melbourne · Khandwa — 1980s · 2000s
Urban · Ruraldir. Garth Davis
2019
Little Women
Concord · New York City · Paris — 1800s
Rural · Urbandir. Greta Gerwig
1998
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
London — 1990s
Urbandir. Guy Ritchie
2012
Looper
Kansas City — Near Future
Urban · Ruraldir. Rian Johnson
1997
Lost Highway
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch
2003
Lost in Translation
Tokyo — 2000s
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola
2017
Loveless
Moscow — 2010s
Urbandir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
1931
M
Berlin — 1930s
Urbandir. Fritz Lang
2022
M3GAN
Seattle — 2020s
Suburban · Urbandir. Gerard Johnstone
1999
Magnolia
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1989
Major League
Cleveland — 1980s
Urbandir. David S. Ward
1992
Malcolm X
New York City · Boston · Mecca — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Spike Lee
2004
Man on Fire
Mexico City — 2000s
Urbandir. Tony Scott
1979
Manhattan
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
1986
Manhunter
Florida · Atlanta · Birmingham · St. Louis — 1980s
Urban · Suburbandir. Michael Mann
2011
Margin Call
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. J.C. Chandor
2006
Marie Antoinette
Versailles · Paris — 1700s
Urbandir. Sofia Coppola
2019
Marriage Story
New York City · Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Noah Baumbach
1996
Mars Attacks!
Washington, D.C. · Las Vegas — 1990s
Urban · Desertdir. Tim Burton
1973
Mean Streets
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
2000
Memento
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
1968
Memories of Underdevelopment
Havana — 1960s
Urbandir. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
1993
Menace II Society
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Albert Hughes
1927
Metropolis
Near Future
Urban · Undergrounddir. Fritz Lang
2007
Michael Clayton
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Tony Gilroy
2011
Midnight in Paris
Paris — 2010s · 1920s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
2008
Milk
San Francisco — 1970s
Urbandir. Gus Van Sant
2002
Millennium Actress
Japan · Manchuria — 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 2000s
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
1990
Miller's Crossing
1920s
Urbandir. Joel Coen
2004
Million Dollar Baby
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
2002
Minority Report
Washington, D.C. — Near Future
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
2004
Miracle
Minnesota · New York State — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Gavin O'Connor
2023
Missing
Los Angeles · Cartagena · Nevada — 2020s
Urban · Suburbandir. Will Merrick
1936
Modern Times
1930s
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin
2011
Moneyball
Oakland — 2000s
Urbandir. Bennett Miller
2011
Monsieur Lazhar
Montreal — 2010s
Urbandir. Philippe Falardeau
2023
Monster
2020s
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
2003
Monster
Florida — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Patty Jenkins
2001
Monsters, Inc.
Timeless
Urbandir. Pete Docter
2016
Moonlight
Miami · Atlanta — 2000s · 2010s
Urbandir. Barry Jenkins
2009
Mother
South Korea — 2000s
Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
1960
Mughal-e-Azam
Urbandir. K. Asif
2001
Mulholland Drive
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. David Lynch
2005
Munich
Munich · Paris · Rome · Beirut · New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1994
Muriel's Wedding
Sydney — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. P.J. Hogan
1991
My Own Private Idaho
Portland · Idaho · Rome · Seattle — 1990s
Urban · Ruraldir. Gus Van Sant
2005
Mysterious Skin
Kansas · New York City — 1980s · 1990s
Rural · Urbandir. Gregg Araki
1989
Mystery Train
Memphis — 1980s
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch
2003
Mystic River
Boston — 2000s
Urbandir. Clint Eastwood
1975
Nashville
Nashville — 1970s
Urbandir. Robert Altman
1976
Network
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
1989
New York Stories
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
2004
Night Watch
Moscow — 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Timur Bekmambetov
2014
Nightcrawler
Los Angeles — 2010s
Urbandir. Dan Gilroy
2000
Nine Queens
Argentina — 2000s
Urbandir. Fabián Bielinsky
2021
Nobody
2020s
Suburban · Urbandir. Ilya Naishuller
2004
Nobody Knows
Tokyo — 2000s
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
1959
North by Northwest
New York City · Chicago — 1950s
Urban · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
1979
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Transylvania · Wismar — 1800s
Urban · Mountaindir. Werner Herzog
1946
Notorious
Rio de Janeiro — 1940s
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
2001
Ocean's Eleven
Las Vegas — 2000s
Urbandir. Steven Soderbergh
2017
Okja
Seoul · New York City — 2010s
Mountain · Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
2003
Oldboy
1980s · 2000s
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
1954
On the Waterfront
New York City — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Elia Kazan
2007
Once
Dublin — 2000s
Urbandir. John Carney
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
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
1994
Once Were Warriors
Auckland — 1990s
Urbandir. Lee Tamahori
2003
Ong-Bak
Bangkok · Thailand — 2000s
Urban · Ruraldir. Prachya Pinkaew
2013
Only Lovers Left Alive
Detroit · Tangier — 2010s
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch
2023
Oppenheimer
Los Alamos · Princeton — 1930s · 1940s · 1950s
Desert · Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
2014
Paddington
London — 2010s
Urbandir. Paul King
2017
Paddington 2
London — 2010s
Urbandir. Paul King
2019
Pain and Glory
Madrid · Valencia — 1960s · 1980s · 2010s
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar
2006
Paprika
Japan — Near Future
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
2019
Parasite
Seoul — 2010s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Bong Joon Ho
1984
Paris, Texas
Los Angeles · Houston — 1980s
Desert · Urbandir. Wim Wenders
2023
Past Lives
New York City · Seoul — 1990s · 2010s · 2020s
Urbandir. Celine Song
2016
Paterson
Paterson — 2010s
Urbandir. Jim Jarmusch
1998
Perfect Blue
Tokyo — 1990s
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
2023
Perfect Days
Tokyo — 2020s
Urbandir. Wim Wenders
2016
Perfect Strangers
Italy — 2010s
Urbandir. Paolo Genovese
2007
Persepolis
Tehran · Paris · Vienna — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Vincent Paronnaud
2017
Phantom Thread
London — 1950s
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1993
Philadelphia
Philadelphia — 1990s
Urbandir. Jonathan Demme
1959
Pickpocket
Paris · London — 1950s
Urbandir. Robert Bresson
2020
Pieces of a Woman
Boston — 2010s
Urbandir. Kornél Mundruczó
2021
Pig
Portland — 2020s
Wilderness · Urbandir. Michael Sarnoski
1982
Pink Floyd: The Wall
London — 1940s · 1980s
Urbandir. Alan Parker
1980
Pixote
Rio de Janeiro — 1980s
Urbandir. Héctor Babenco
1967
PlayTime
Paris — 1960s
Urbandir. Jacques Tati
1991
Point Break
Los Angeles · Australia — 1990s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow
1985
Police Story
Hong Kong — 1980s
Urbandir. Jackie Chan
2023
Poor Things
London · Lisbon · Alexandria · Paris — 1800s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yorgos Lanthimos
2014
Predestination
New York City · Cleveland — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Michael Spierig
1990
Pretty Woman
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Garry Marshall
2014
Pride
Wales · London — 1980s
Rural · Urbandir. Matthew Warchus
1996
Primal Fear
Chicago — 1990s
Urbandir. Gregory Hoblit
2009
Public Enemies
Chicago · Indiana · Wisconsin — 1930s
Urban · Ruraldir. Michael Mann
1994
Pulp Fiction
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
2002
Punch-Drunk Love
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1984
Purple Rain
Minneapolis — 1980s
Urbandir. Albert Magnoli
1980
Raging Bull
New York City · Miami — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1981
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Cairo · Nepal — 1930s
Desert · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
1988
Rain Man
Cincinnati · Los Angeles · Las Vegas — 1980s
Urban · Ruraldir. Barry Levinson
1991
Raise the Red Lantern
China — 1920s
Urbandir. Zhang Yimou
2007
Ratatouille
Paris — 2000s
Urbandir. Brad Bird
1999
Ratcatcher
Glasgow — 1970s
Urbandir. Lynne Ramsay
1954
Rear Window
1950s
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
1981
Reds
New York City · Russia — 1910s · 1920s
Urbandir. Warren Beatty
2000
Remember the Titans
Virginia — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Boaz Yakin
2000
Requiem for a Dream
New York City — 1990s
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
1992
Reservoir Dogs
1990s
Urbandir. Quentin Tarantino
2022
Return to Seoul
Seoul — 2020s
Urbandir. Davy Chou
1998
Ring
Japan — 1990s
Urban · Islanddir. Hideo Nakata
2011
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
San Francisco — 2010s
Urban · Suburban · Wildernessdir. Rupert Wyatt
1987
RoboCop
Detroit — Near Future
Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven
1960
Rocco and His Brothers
Milan — 1960s
Urbandir. Luchino Visconti
2008
RocknRolla
London — 2000s
Urbandir. Guy Ritchie
1976
Rocky
Philadelphia — 1970s
Urbandir. John G. Avildsen
2018
Roma
Mexico City — 1970s
Urbandir. Alfonso Cuarón
1945
Rome, Open City
Rome — 1940s
Urbandir. Roberto Rossellini
1948
Rope
New York City — 1940s
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
1968
Rosemary's Baby
New York City — 1960s
Urbandir. Roman Polanski
2022
RRR
Delhi — 1920s
Urban · Wildernessdir. S. S. Rajamouli
1993
Rudy
Illinois · Indiana — 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. David Anspaugh
1998
Run Lola Run
Berlin — 1990s
Urbandir. Tom Tykwer
1998
Rushmore
Houston — 1990s
Urbandir. Wes Anderson
2002
Russian Ark
Saint Petersburg — 1800s · 1900s · 1910s · 1940s
Urbandir. Aleksandr Sokurov
1998
Satya
Mumbai — 1990s
Urbandir. Ram Gopal Varma
1983
Scarface
Miami · Bolivia — 1980s
Urbandir. Brian De Palma
1992
Scent of a Woman
New York City · New England — 1990s
Urbandir. Martin Brest
1993
Schindler's List
Kraków · Auschwitz — 1940s
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Toronto — 2010s
Urbandir. Edgar Wright
1995
Se7en
1990s
Urbandir. David Fincher
1989
Sea of Love
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Harold Becker
2012
Searching for Sugar Man
Cape Town · Detroit — 1970s · 1990s
Urbandir. Malik Bendjelloul
1996
Secrets & Lies
London — 1990s
Urbandir. Mike Leigh
2014
Selma
Selma · Alabama — 1960s
Urban · Ruraldir. Ava DuVernay
1973
Serpico
New York City — 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
1998
Shakespeare in Love
London — Early Modern
Urbandir. John Madden
2004
Shaun of the Dead
London — 2000s
Urbandir. Edgar Wright
1996
Shine
Adelaide · London — 1950s · 1960s
Suburban · Urbandir. Scott Hicks
2018
Shoplifters
Tokyo — 2010s
Urbandir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
1993
Short Cuts
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Robert Altman
2013
Short Term 12
2010s
Urbandir. Destin Daniel Cretton
2015
Sicario
Ciudad Juárez · Texas — 2010s
Urban · Desertdir. Denis Villeneuve
2005
Sin City
Timeless
Urbandir. Robert Rodriguez
1952
Singin' in the Rain
Los Angeles — 1920s
Urbandir. Gene Kelly
1992
Singles
Seattle — 1990s
Urbandir. Cameron Crowe
1998
SLC Punk
Salt Lake City · Utah — 1980s
Urbandir. James Merendino
1993
Sleepless in Seattle
Seattle · Baltimore · New York City — 1990s
Urbandir. Nora Ephron
2008
Slumdog Millionaire
Mumbai — 1990s · 2000s
Urbandir. Danny Boyle
2000
Snatch
London · Antwerp — 2000s
Urbandir. Guy Ritchie
1992
Sneakers
San Francisco — 1960s · 1990s
Urbandir. Phil Alden Robinson
1959
Some Like It Hot
Chicago · Miami — 1920s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Billy Wilder
1977
Sorcerer
Jerusalem · Paris · New York City · Veracruz — 1970s
Wilderness · Urban · Mountaindir. William Friedkin
2018
Sorry to Bother You
Oakland — Near Future
Urbandir. Boots Riley
2020
Soul
New York City — 2020s
Urbandir. Pete Docter
2020
Sound of Metal
Paris — 2010s
Rural · Urbandir. Darius Marder
2011
Source Code
Chicago — 2010s
Urbandir. Duncan Jones
1973
Soylent Green
New York City — 2020s
Urbandir. Richard Fleischer
1994
Speed
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Jan de Bont
2002
Spider-Man
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Sam Raimi
2004
Spider-Man 2
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Sam Raimi
2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Bob Persichetti
2001
Spirited Away
Timeless
Urbandir. Hayao Miyazaki
2015
Spotlight
Boston — 2000s
Urbandir. Tom McCarthy
2013
Spring Breakers
Florida — 2010s
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Harmony Korine
2006
Still Life
Fengjie — 2000s
Urbandir. Jia Zhangke
1999
Stir of Echoes
Chicago — 1990s
Urbandir. David Koepp
2015
Straight Outta Compton
Los Angeles · Detroit — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. F. Gary Gray
1950
Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles — 1950s
Urbandir. Billy Wilder
1978
Superman
Kansas · California — 1970s
Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Richard Donner
1977
Suspiria
Berlin — 1970s
Urbandir. Dario Argento
2002
Sweet Home Alabama
Alabama · New York City — 2000s
Rural · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Andy Tennant
2002
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
South Korea — 2000s
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
2008
Synecdoche, New York
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Charlie Kaufman
2002
Talk to Her
Madrid — 2000s
Urbandir. Pedro Almodóvar
1985
Tampopo
1980s
Urbandir. Jūzō Itami
2022
TÁR
Berlin · New York City — 2020s
Urbandir. Todd Field
1997
Taste of Cherry
Tehran — 1990s
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami
1976
Taxi Driver
New York City — 1970s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1991
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Los Angeles — 1990s · Near Future
Urbandir. James Cameron
1959
The 400 Blows
Paris — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. François Truffaut
1960
The Apartment
New York City — 1960s
Urbandir. Billy Wilder
2011
The Artist
Los Angeles — 1920s
Urbandir. Michel Hazanavicius
2012
The Avengers
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Joss Whedon
2008
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Germany — 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Uli Edel
2014
The Babadook
Adelaide — 2010s
Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent
2003
The Barbarian Invasions
Montreal — 2000s
Urbandir. Denys Arcand
1966
The Battle of Algiers
Algiers — 1950s
Urbandir. Gillo Pontecorvo
2000
The Beach
Thailand · Bangkok — 1990s
Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Danny Boyle
2012
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Jaipur — 2010s
Urbandir. John Madden
1998
The Big Lebowski
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Joel Coen
2015
The Big Short
New York City · Florida — 2000s
Urbandir. Adam McKay
2017
The Big Sick
Chicago · New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Michael Showalter
2024
The Bikeriders
Chicago — 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Jeff Nichols
2009
The Blind Side
Memphis — 2000s
Suburban · Urbandir. John Lee Hancock
1980
The Blues Brothers
Chicago — 1980s
Urbandir. John Landis
2024
The Brutalist
Philadelphia · New York City · Venice — 1940s · 1950s · 1980s
Urbandir. Brady Corbet
2004
The Butterfly Effect
1990s · 2000s
Urban · Suburbandir. Eric Bress
2021
The Card Counter
Atlantic City — 2020s
Urbandir. Paul Schrader
1980
The Changeling
Seattle — 1970s
Urbandir. Peter Medak
2008
The Chaser
Seoul — 2000s
Urbandir. Na Hong-jin
1971
The Conformist
Paris · Rome — 1930s · 1940s
Urbandir. Bernardo Bertolucci
2005
The Constant Gardener
Kenya · London — 2000s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Fernando Meirelles
1974
The Conversation
San Francisco — 1970s
Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola
2023
The Creator
Los Angeles · Space — Near Future
Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Gareth Edwards
1994
The Crow
Detroit — 1990s
Urbandir. Alex Proyas
2008
The Dark Knight
Hong Kong — 2000s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
2004
The Day After Tomorrow
New York City — 2000s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Roland Emmerich
2017
The Death of Stalin
Moscow — 1950s
Urbandir. Armando Iannucci
1978
The Deer Hunter
Pennsylvania · Saigon — 1970s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Michael Cimino
2006
The Departed
Boston — 2000s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1972
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
1970s
Urbandir. Luis Buñuel
1991
The Double Life of Véronique
Kraków · Clermont-Ferrand · Paris — 1990s
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
1980
The Elephant Man
London — 1800s
Urbandir. David Lynch
1973
The Exorcist
Washington, D.C. — 1970s
Urbandir. William Friedkin
2022
The Fabelmans
New Jersey · Phoenix · Los Angeles — 1950s · 1960s
Suburban · Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
2019
The Farewell
Changchun · New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Lulu Wang
2020
The Father
London — 2010s
Urbandir. Florian Zeller
2018
The Favourite
London — Early Modern
Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos
1997
The Fifth Element
New York City · Egypt — Far Future
Urban · Off Worlddir. Luc Besson
2010
The Fighter
Lowell · Atlantic City · London — 2000s
Urbandir. David O. Russell
1993
The Firm
Memphis · Cayman Islands — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Sydney Pollack
1986
The Fly
Toronto — 1980s
Urbandir. David Cronenberg
1971
The French Connection
New York City · Marseille — 1970s
Urbandir. William Friedkin
2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
France — 1970s
Urbandir. Wes Anderson
1993
The Fugitive
Chicago — 1990s
Urbandir. Andrew Davis
1997
The Full Monty
Sheffield — 1990s
Urbandir. Peter Cattaneo
1977
The Gauntlet
Las Vegas · Phoenix — 1970s
Urban · Desertdir. Clint Eastwood
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
2013
The Great Beauty
Rome — 2010s
Urbandir. Paolo Sorrentino
1940
The Great Dictator
1930s
Urbandir. Charlie Chaplin
2018
The Hate U Give
2010s
Urban · Suburbandir. George Tillman Jr.
2011
The Help
Jackson — 1960s
Suburban · Urbandir. Tate Taylor
2023
The Holdovers
Boston · New England — 1970s
Rural · Urbandir. Alexander Payne
2006
The Host
Seoul — 2000s
Urbandir. Bong Joon Ho
2014
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Mumbai · Paris — 2010s
Rural · Urbandir. Lasse Hallström
1983
The Hunger
New York City · London — 1980s
Urbandir. Tony Scott
2008
The Hurt Locker
Iraq — 2000s
Urban · Desertdir. Kathryn Bigelow
2011
The Ides of March
Ohio — 2010s
Urbandir. George Clooney
2013
The Immigrant
New York City — 1920s
Urbandir. James Gray
1999
The Insider
Mississippi — 1990s
Urbandir. Michael Mann
2011
The Intouchables
Paris — 2010s
Urbandir. Éric Toledano
2019
The Irishman
Philadelphia · Detroit — 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1982
The King of Comedy
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
2010
The King's Speech
London — 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Tom Hooper
2007
The Kite Runner
Kabul · San Francisco · Peshawar — 1970s · 1980s · 2000s
Urbandir. Marc Forster
2021
The Last Duel
Paris — Medieval
Rural · Urbandir. Ridley Scott
2006
The Last King of Scotland
Uganda — 1970s
Urbandir. Kevin Macdonald
1988
The Last Temptation of Christ
Jerusalem · Judea — Ancient
Desert · Urban · Ruraldir. Martin Scorsese
1963
The Leopard
Sicily — 1800s
Urban · Ruraldir. Luchino Visconti
2006
The Lives of Others
Berlin — 1980s
Urbandir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
1980
The Long Good Friday
London — 1970s
Urbandir. John Mackenzie
1973
The Long Goodbye
Los Angeles · Mexico — 1970s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Altman
2013
The Lunchbox
Mumbai — 2010s
Urbandir. Ritesh Batra
2010
The Man from Nowhere
South Korea — 2010s
Urbandir. Lee Jeong-beom
1979
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Germany — 1940s · 1950s
Urban · Suburbandir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
2012
The Master
California · Phoenix · Massachusetts — 1950s
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
1999
The Matrix
Far Future
Urban · Off Worlddir. Lana Wachowski
2021
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Michigan · California — 2020s
Suburban · Urbandir. Mike Rianda
1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Timeless
Urbandir. Henry Selick
1985
The Official Story
Buenos Aires — 1980s
Urbandir. Luis Puenzo
1928
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Rouen — Medieval
Urbandir. Carl Theodor Dreyer
2004
The Passion of the Christ
Jerusalem · Judea — Ancient
Urban · Ruraldir. Mel Gibson
2002
The Pianist
Warsaw — 1940s
Urbandir. Roman Polanski
1992
The Player
Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Robert Altman
2017
The Post
Washington, D.C. — 1960s · 1970s
Urbandir. Steven Spielberg
2006
The Prestige
London — 1900s
Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
1998
The Prince of Egypt
Egypt — Ancient
Desert · Urbandir. Simon Wells
1991
The Prince of Tides
New York City · South Carolina — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Barbra Streisand
2012
The Raid
Jakarta — 2010s
Urbandir. Gareth Evans
1985
The Return of the Living Dead
Louisville — 1980s
Urbandir. Dan O'Bannon
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
New York City — 2000s
Urbandir. Wes Anderson
1939
The Rules of the Game
Paris — 1930s
Rural · Urbandir. Jean Renoir
2016
The Salesman
Tehran — 2010s
Urbandir. Asghar Farhadi
2015
The Second Mother
São Paulo — 2010s
Urbandir. Anna Muylaert
2009
The Secret in Their Eyes
Buenos Aires — 1970s · 1980s · 1990s
Urban · Ruraldir. Juan José Campanella
1994
The Shawshank Redemption
Maine — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Urbandir. Frank Darabont
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Baltimore · Memphis · Ohio — 1990s
Urbandir. Jonathan Demme
1999
The Sixth Sense
Philadelphia — 1990s
Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan
2010
The Social Network
Boston — 2000s
Urbandir. David Fincher
1973
The Sting
Chicago — 1930s
Urbandir. George Roy Hill
2024
The Substance
Los Angeles — Near Future
Urbandir. Coralie Fargeat
1974
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
New York City — 1970s
Underground · Urbandir. Joseph Sargent
1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
New York City · Italy — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella
1976
The Tenant
Paris — 1970s
Urbandir. Roman Polanski
1984
The Terminator
Los Angeles — 1980s
Urbandir. James Cameron
1949
The Third Man
Vienna — 1940s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Carol Reed
2021
The Tomorrow War
Miami · Dominican Republic · Russia — 2020s · Near Future
Urban · Coastal Sea · Wildernessdir. Chris McKay
1974
The Towering Inferno
San Francisco — 1970s
Urbandir. John Guillermin
2010
The Town
Boston — 2010s
Urbandir. Ben Affleck
2020
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chicago — 1960s
Urbandir. Aaron Sorkin
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
Los Angeles · New York City — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Bryan Singer
1982
The Verdict
Boston — 1980s
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
2019
The Wandering Earth
Shanghai · Sulawesi · Space — Near Future
Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Frant Gwo
1979
The Warriors
New York City — 1970s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Walter Hill
2013
The Wind Rises
Japan · Germany — 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s
Urban · Ruraldir. Hayao Miyazaki
2013
The Wolf of Wall Street
New York City — 1980s · 1990s
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
1959
The World of Apu
Kolkata — 1930s
Urban · Ruraldir. Satyajit Ray
2005
The World's Fastest Indian
Invercargill · Los Angeles · Utah — 1960s
Rural · Desert · Urbandir. Roger Donaldson
2021
The Worst Person in the World
Oslo — 2020s
Urbandir. Joachim Trier
2008
The Wrestler
New Jersey — 2000s
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
2023
The Zone of Interest
Auschwitz — 1940s
Urbandir. Jonathan Glazer
1988
They Live
Los Angeles — 1980s
Urbandir. John Carpenter
1981
Thief
Chicago · Los Angeles — 1980s
Urbandir. Michael Mann
2009
Thirst
2000s
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
1984
This Is Spinal Tap
1980s
Urbandir. Rob Reiner
1993
Three Colors: Blue
Paris — 1990s
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
1994
Three Colors: Red
Geneva — 1990s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
1994
Three Colors: White
Paris · Warsaw — 1990s
Urbandir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
1975
Three Days of the Condor
New York City · Washington, D.C. — 1970s
Urbandir. Sydney Pollack
2011
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
London · Budapest · Istanbul — 1970s
Urbandir. Tomas Alfredson
2003
Tokyo Godfathers
Tokyo — 2000s
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
1953
Tokyo Story
Tokyo · Onomichi — 1950s
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Yasujirō Ozu
2016
Toni Erdmann
Bucharest — 2010s
Urbandir. Maren Ade
1982
Tootsie
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Sydney Pollack
1990
Total Recall
Near Future
Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven
1958
Touch of Evil
1950s
Urbandir. Orson Welles
1983
Trading Places
Philadelphia · New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. John Landis
2000
Traffic
San Diego · Tijuana · Cincinnati · Washington, D.C. — 2000s
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Soderbergh
2016
Train to Busan
Busan · Seoul — 2010s
Urbandir. Yeon Sang-ho
2001
Training Day
Los Angeles — 2000s
Urbandir. Antoine Fuqua
1996
Trainspotting
Edinburgh · London — 1990s
Urbandir. Danny Boyle
1982
Tron
1980s
Urbandir. Steven Lisberger
2004
Troy
Troy · Greece — Ancient
Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Wolfgang Petersen
1993
True Romance
Detroit · Los Angeles — 1990s
Urbandir. Tony Scott
2005
Tsotsi
Johannesburg — 2000s
Urbandir. Gavin Hood
1995
Twelve Monkeys
Philadelphia — 1990s · Near Future · Far Future
Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam
1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
France · Vietnam — 1940s · 1960s · 1980s
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
2000
Unbreakable
Philadelphia — 2000s
Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan
2019
Uncut Gems
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Benny Safdie
2014
Under the Skin
Glasgow — 2010s
Urban · Wilderness · Mountaindir. Jonathan Glazer
2003
Underworld
2000s
Urban · Undergrounddir. Len Wiseman
2009
Up in the Air
Omaha — 2000s
Urbandir. Jason Reitman
2018
Upgrade
Near Future
Urbandir. Leigh Whannell
2012
V/H/S
Arizona — 1990s · 2010s
Urban · Rural · Desertdir. David Bruckner
1958
Vertigo
San Francisco — 1950s
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Barcelona · Oviedo — 2000s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
2015
Victoria
Berlin — 2010s
Urbandir. Sebastian Schipper
1983
Videodrome
Toronto — 1980s
Urbandir. David Cronenberg
2006
Volver
Madrid · La Mancha — 2000s
Urban · Ruraldir. Pedro Almodóvar
2012
Wadjda
Riyadh — 2000s
Urbandir. Haifaa al-Mansour
2001
Waking Life
2000s
Urbandir. Richard Linklater
2005
Walk the Line
Arkansas · Memphis · Nashville — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
Rural · Urbandir. James Mangold
1971
Walkabout
Australia — 1970s
Desert · Wilderness · Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg
1987
Wall Street
New York City — 1980s
Urbandir. Oliver Stone
2008
Waltz with Bashir
Beirut · Tel Aviv — 1980s · 2000s
Urbandir. Ari Folman
2005
War of the Worlds
New York City · Boston — 2000s
Urban · Suburbandir. Steven Spielberg
1983
WarGames
Seattle · Colorado — 1980s
Urban · Undergrounddir. John Badham
2011
Warrior
Pittsburgh · Philadelphia · Atlantic City — 2010s
Urbandir. Gavin O'Connor
2009
Watchmen
New York City · Antarctica — 1980s
Urban · Off Worlddir. Zack Snyder
2006
We Are Marshall
West Virginia — 1970s
Urbandir. McG
2014
What We Do in the Shadows
Wellington — 2010s
Suburban · Urbandir. Jemaine Clement
2021
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Japan — Near Future
Urbandir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
1989
When Harry Met Sally...
New York City — 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. Rob Reiner
2014
Whiplash
New York City — 2010s
Urbandir. Damien Chazelle
1995
Whisper of the Heart
Tokyo — 1990s
Urban · Suburbandir. Yoshifumi Kondo
1988
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Los Angeles — 1940s
Urbandir. Robert Zemeckis
2018
Widows
Chicago — 2010s
Urbandir. Steve McQueen
2014
Wild Tales
Argentina — 2010s
Urban · Wildernessdir. Damián Szifron
1987
Wings of Desire
Berlin — 1980s
Urbandir. Wim Wenders
1985
Witness
Philadelphia · Lancaster — 1980s
Rural · Urbandir. Peter Weir
2013
World War Z
Philadelphia · South Korea · Jerusalem · Cardiff — 2010s
Urbandir. Marc Forster
1975
Xala
Dakar — 1970s
Urbandir. Ousmane Sembène
2000
Yi Yi
Taipei · Tokyo — 1990s
Urbandir. Edward Yang
2016
Your Name.
Tokyo · Gifu — 2010s · 2020s
Urban · Ruraldir. Makoto Shinkai
1983
Zelig
Germany — 1920s · 1930s
Urbandir. Woody Allen
2012
Zero Dark Thirty
Pakistan · Abbottabad · Afghanistan · Washington, D.C. — 2000s · 2010s
Urbandir. Kathryn Bigelow
2007
Zodiac
San Francisco — 1960s · 1970s · 1980s
Urbandir. David Fincher
2009
Zombieland
Los Angeles — 2000s
Rural · Urbandir. Ruben Fleischer
2016
Zootopia
2010s
Urban · Ruraldir. Byron Howard

Frequently asked

How many movies are set in urban environments?

Kinora's catalogue lists 677 films set in urban environments, spanning 1927–2025.

What are some movies set in urban environments?

Films set in urban environments in our catalogue include [REC] (2007), 12 Angry Men (1957), 25th Hour (2002), 28 Days Later (2002), and 28 Weeks Later (2007).

What is the oldest movie set in urban environments?

Metropolis (1927) is the earliest film set in urban environments in our catalogue; the most recent is Bugonia (2025).