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List of films set in New York City

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In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in New York City, or a fictionalized version thereof.

Contents

The following is a list of some of the more memorable films set in New York City, sorted by the year the film was released.

Prior to 1910

  • What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City (1901)
  • The Thieving Hand (1908)
  • Bolletje lulkoek (1909)
  • 1910s

  • Fatty at Coney Island (1911)
  • Regeneration (1915)
  • Lights of New York (1916)
  • Coney Island (1917)
  • The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
  • 1920s

  • Manhandled (1924)
  • Subway Sadie (1926)
  • East Side, West Side (1927)
  • The Jazz Singer (1927)
  • The Cameraman (1928)
  • The Crowd (1928)
  • Lights of New York (1928)
  • Speedy (1928)
  • The Cameraman (1928)
  • Applause (1929)
  • The Broadway Melody (1929)
  • Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
  • 1930s

  • Street Scene (1931)
  • Strictly Dishonorable (1931)
  • Sidewalks of New York (1931)
  • The Heart of New York (1932)
  • Central Park (1932)
  • Lawyer Man (1932)
  • 42nd Street (1933)
  • The Bowery (1933)
  • Dancing Lady (1933)
  • Deluge (1933)
  • Dinner at Eight (1933)
  • Ex-Lady (1933)
  • Footlight Parade (1933)
  • Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
  • Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
  • Hold Your Man (1933)
  • The House on 56th Street (1933)
  • King Kong (1933)
  • Lady for a Day (1933)
  • Rafter Romance (1933)
  • Dames (1934)
  • Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
  • The Thin Man (1934)
  • Dangerous (1935)
  • If You Could Only Cook (1935)
  • A Night at the Opera (1935)
  • Romance in Manhattan (1935)
  • The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
  • Libeled Lady (1936)
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
  • My Man Godfrey (1936)
  • Nothing Sacred (1937)
  • The Toast of New York (1937)
  • Topper (1937)
  • Just Around the Corner (1938)
  • There Goes My Heart (1938)
  • You Can't Take It with You (1938)
  • 5th Ave Girl (1939)
  • The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue (1939)
  • Bachelor Mother (1939)
  • Rose of Washington Square (1939)
  • Topper Takes a Trip (1939)
  • 1940s

  • Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
  • City for Conquest (1940)
  • I Love You Again (1940)
  • Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
  • Babes on Broadway (1941)
  • Citizen Kane (1941)
  • The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
  • Ice-Capades (1941)
  • Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
  • The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
  • Saboteur (1942)
  • Tales of Manhattan (1942)
  • Woman of the Year (1942)
  • Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
  • Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
  • Bowery to Broadway (1944)
  • Greenwich Village (1944)
  • Laura (1944)
  • The Clock (1945)
  • Doll Face (1945)
  • The House on 92nd Street (1945)
  • The Lost Weekend (1945)
  • Scarlet Street (1945)
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
  • The Dark Corner (1946)
  • Deception (1946)
  • The Locket (1946)
  • The Big Clock (1947)
  • Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
  • I'll Be Yours (1947)
  • It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
  • Kiss of Death (1947)
  • Life with Father (1947)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
  • The Unfaithful (1947)
  • Easter Parade (1948)
  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
  • The Naked City (1948)
  • Portrait of Jennie (1948)
  • Rope (1948)
  • Up in Central Park (1948)
  • Adam's Rib (1949)
  • C-Man (1949)
  • East Side, West Side (1949)
  • The Heiress (1949)
  • On the Town (1949)
  • Port of New York (1949)
  • The Window (1949)
  • 1950

  • All About Eve (1950)
  • Side Street (1950)
  • The Tattooed Stranger (1950)
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
  • 1951

  • I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
  • Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
  • When Worlds Collide (1951)
  • 1952

  • Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
  • 1953

  • The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
  • Dream Wife (1953)
  • How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
  • Little Fugitive (1953)
  • The Moon Is Blue (1953)
  • Pickup on South Street (1953)
  • The Glass Wall (1953)
  • 1954

  • Executive Suite (1954)
  • It Should Happen to You (1954)
  • Living It Up (1954)
  • On the Waterfront (1954)
  • Rear Window (1954)
  • Sabrina (1954)
  • Woman's World (1954)
  • 1955

  • Daddy Long Legs (1955)
  • Guys and Dolls (1955)
  • Killer's Kiss (1955)
  • Marty (1955)
  • The Naked Street (1955)
  • The Seven Year Itch (1955)
  • 1956

  • The Catered Affair (1956)
  • Lovers and Lollipops (1956)
  • The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
  • The Wrong Man (1956)
  • 1957

  • 12 Angry Men (1957)
  • An Affair to Remember (1957)
  • The Bachelor Party (1957)
  • Desk Set (1957)
  • Edge of the City (1957)
  • Funny Face (1957)
  • The Garment Jungle (1957)
  • The Giant Claw (1957)
  • A King in New York (1957)
  • On the Bowery (1957)
  • Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
  • Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
  • 1958

  • Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
  • Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
  • 1959

  • The Best of Everything (1959)
  • It Happened to Jane (1959)
  • Middle of the Night (1959)
  • North by Northwest (1959)
  • Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
  • Shadows (1959)
  • The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
  • 1960

  • The Apartment (1960)
  • Bells Are Ringing (1960)
  • Butterfield 8 (1960)
  • Let's Make Love (1960)
  • Murder, Inc. (1960)
  • Pay or Die (1960)
  • Weddings and Babies (1960)
  • 1961

  • Blast of Silence (1961)
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
  • The Hustler (1961)
  • Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
  • Something Wild (1961)
  • West Side Story (1961)
  • The Young Savages (1961)
  • 1962

  • If a Man Answers (1962)
  • Madison Avenue (1962)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  • Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
  • That Touch of Mink (1962)
  • Two for the Seesaw (1962)
  • 1963

  • America, America (1963)
  • Critic's Choice (1963)
  • Sunday in New York (1963)
  • 1964

  • The Cool World (1964)
  • Empire (1964)
  • The World of Henry Orient (1964)
  • 1965

  • How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
  • A Man Called Adam (1965)
  • The Pawnbroker (1965)
  • A Thousand Clowns (1965)
  • 1966

  • Any Wednesday (1966)
  • Barefoot in the Park (1966)
  • Chelsea Girls (1966)
  • The Group (1966)
  • A Man Called Adam (1966)
  • Mister Buddwing (1966)
  • You're a Big Boy Now (1966)
  • 1967

  • How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
  • The Incident (1967)
  • The President's Analyst (1967)
  • Up the Down Staircase (1967)
  • Wait Until Dark (1967)
  • Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)
  • 1968

  • Andy Warhol's Flesh (1968)
  • Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
  • Coogan's Bluff (1968)
  • Destroy All Monsters (1968)
  • Funny Girl (1968)
  • The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968)
  • The Odd Couple (1968)
  • Planet of the Apes (1968)
  • The Producers (1968)
  • Rosemary's Baby (1968)
  • Sweet November (1968)
  • Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
  • 1969

  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
  • Cactus Flower (1969)
  • Hello, Dolly! (1969)
  • John and Mary (1969)
  • Me, Natalie (1969)
  • Midnight Cowboy (1969)
  • Popi (1969)
  • Putney Swope (1969)
  • Sweet Charity (1969)
  • 1970

  • Andy Warhol's Trash (1970)
  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
  • The Boys in the Band (1970)
  • Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
  • Hercules in New York (1970)
  • Hi, Mom! (1970)
  • I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
  • Joe (1970)
  • The Landlord (1970)
  • Love Story (1970)
  • On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
  • The Out-of-Towners (1970)
  • The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
  • Where's Poppa? (1970)
  • 1971

  • The Anderson Tapes (1971)
  • Bananas (1971)
  • Believe in Me (1971)
  • Born to Win (1971)
  • Carnal Knowledge (1971)
  • Cry Uncle! (1971)
  • The French Connection (1971)
  • The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
  • The Hospital (1971)
  • Klute (1971)
  • Little Murders (1971)
  • Made for Each Other (1971)
  • The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
  • Plaza Suite (1971)
  • Shaft (1971)
  • Such Good Friends (1971)
  • Taking Off (1971)
  • Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)
  • 1972

  • Across 110th Street (1972)
  • Ciao! Manhattan (1972)
  • Come Back, Charleston Blue (1972)
  • The Godfather (1972)
  • The Hot Rock (1972)
  • Shaft's Big Score (1972)
  • Super Fly (1972)
  • Valachi Papers (1972)
  • 1973

  • Badge 373 (1973)
  • Black Caesar (1973)
  • Cops and Robbers (1973)
  • From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973)
  • Godspell (1973)
  • Gordon's War (1973)
  • Hell Up in Harlem (1973)
  • Live and Let Die (1973)
  • Mean Streets (1973)
  • Serpico (1973)
  • The Seven-Ups (1973)
  • Sisters (1973)
  • Soylent Green (1973)
  • The Way We Were (1973)
  • 1974

  • Claudine (1974)
  • Crazy Joe (1974)
  • Death Wish (1974)
  • The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
  • For Pete's Sake (1974)
  • The Gambler (1974)
  • The Godfather: Part II (1974)
  • Harry and Tonto (1974)
  • Law and Disorder (1974)
  • The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
  • The Super Cops (1974)
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
  • Willie Dynamite (1974)
  • 1975

  • Aaron Loves Angela (1975)
  • Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
  • Hester Street (1975)
  • Once Is Not Enough (1975)
  • The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
  • The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975)
  • The Sunshine Boys (1975)
  • Three Days of the Condor (1975)
  • 1976

  • Deadly Hero (1976)
  • The Front (1976)
  • God Told Me To (1976)
  • King Kong (1976)
  • Marathon Man (1976)
  • Network (1976)
  • Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
  • Taxi Driver (1976)
  • 1977

  • Annie Hall (1977)
  • Audrey Rose (1977)
  • End of the World (1977)
  • The Goodbye Girl (1977)
  • Heroes (1977)
  • New York, New York (1977)
  • Opening Night (1977)
  • The Rescuers (1977)
  • Roseland (1977)
  • Saturday Night Fever (1977)
  • The Sentinel (1977)
  • Short Eyes (1977)
  • 1978

  • Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
  • Fingers (1978)
  • Girlfriends (1978)
  • King of the Gypsies (1978)
  • Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
  • Superman (1978)
  • An Unmarried Woman (1978)
  • The Wiz (1978)
  • 1979

  • All That Jazz (1979)
  • Boardwalk (1979)
  • The Driller Killer (1979)
  • Going in Style (1979)
  • Hair (1979)
  • Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
  • Love At First Bite (1979)
  • Manhattan (1979)
  • Rich Kids (1979)
  • The Wanderers (1979)
  • The Warriors (1979)
  • 1980

  • Blank Generation (1980)
  • Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
  • Cruising (1980)
  • The Dogs of War (1980)
  • Dressed to Kill (1980)
  • The Exterminator (1980)
  • Fame (1980)
  • The First Deadly Sin (1980)
  • Gloria (1980)
  • Hero at Large (1980)
  • It's My Turn (1980)
  • The Jazz Singer (1980)
  • Maniac (1980)
  • Night of the Juggler (1980)
  • Permanent Vacation (1980)
  • Raging Bull (1980)
  • Times Square (1980)
  • Tribute (1980)
  • 1981

  • Arthur (1981)
  • Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
  • The Chosen (1981)
  • Downtown 81 (1981)
  • Escape from New York (1981)
  • Eyewitness (1981)
  • The Fan (1981)
  • Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
  • Ghost Story (1981)
  • Heavy Metal (1981)
  • Ms. 45 (1981)
  • My Dinner with Andre (1981)
  • Nighthawks (1981)
  • Prince of the City (1981)
  • Ragtime (1981)
  • They All Laughed (1981)
  • Wolfen (1981)
  • 1982

  • Annie (1982)
  • Author! Author! (1982)
  • The Clairvoyant (1982)
  • Forty Deuce (1982)
  • Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
  • My Favorite Year (1982)
  • Night Shift (1982)
  • Q (1982)
  • Six Weeks (1982)
  • Smithereens (1982)
  • Sophie's Choice (1982)
  • Still of the Night (1982)
  • Tootsie (1982)
  • 1983

  • Escape From the Bronx (1983)
  • The King of Comedy (1983)
  • Liquid Sky (1983)
  • Staying Alive (1983)
  • Strange Invaders (1983)
  • Trading Places (1983)
  • Two of a Kind (1983)
  • Vigilante (1983)
  • Wild Style (1983)
  • Without A Trace (1983)
  • 1984

  • Alphabet City (1984)
  • Beat Street (1984)
  • Body Rock (1984)
  • Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
  • Brother From Another Planet (1984)
  • C.H.U.D. (1984)
  • The Cotton Club (1984)
  • Exterminator 2 (1984)
  • Falling in Love (1984)
  • Fear City (1984)
  • Ghostbusters (1984)
  • Klassenverhältnisse (1984)
  • The Lonely Guy (1984)
  • Mixed Blood (1984)
  • Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
  • The Natural (1984)
  • Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
  • Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
  • The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
  • Romancing the Stone (1984)
  • Splash (1984)
  • Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
  • Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
  • 1985

  • After Hours (1985)
  • Brewster's Millions (1985)
  • A Chorus Line (1985)
  • Death Wish 3 (1985)
  • Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
  • Fast Forward (1985)
  • Insignificance (1985)
  • Krush Groove (1985)
  • The Last Dragon (1985)
  • The Protector (1985)
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
  • Rappin' (1985)
  • Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
  • Santa Claus The Movie (1985)
  • Turk 182! (1985)
  • Year of the Dragon (1985)
  • 1986

  • An American Tail (1986)
  • Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
  • "Crocodile" Dundee (1986)
  • F/X (1986)
  • Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
  • Highlander (1986)
  • Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986)
  • Legal Eagles (1986)
  • The Park Is Mine (1986)
  • She's Gotta Have It (1986)
  • Sid and Nancy (1986)
  • Something Wild (1986)
  • 1987

  • An Autumn's Tale (1987)
  • Batteries Not Included (1987)
  • China Girl (1987)
  • Fatal Attraction (1987)
  • Forever, Lulu (1987)
  • Graveyard Shift (1987)
  • Moonstruck (1987)
  • The Pick-Up Artist (1987)
  • Radio Days (1987)
  • The Secret of My Success (1987)
  • Street Trash (1987)
  • Three Men and a Baby (1987)
  • Wall Street (1987)
  • Who's That Girl (1987)
  • 1988

  • Beaches (1988)
  • Big (1988)
  • Big Business (1988)
  • Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
  • Cocktail (1988)
  • Coming to America (1988)
  • Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
  • Crossing Delancey (1988)
  • Die Hard (1988)
  • Fun Down There (1988)
  • Maniac Cop (1988)
  • Married to the Mob (1988)
  • Oliver and Company (1988)
  • Scrooged (1988)
  • Shakedown (1988)
  • Short Circuit 2 (1988)
  • Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
  • Torch Song Trilogy (1988)
  • Working Girl (1988)
  • 1989

  • Blue Steel (1989)
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
  • Do the Right Thing (1989)
  • Family Business (1989)
  • Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
  • Ghostbusters II (1989)
  • Harlem Nights (1989)
  • The January Man (1989)
  • Longtime Companion (1989)
  • Look Who's Talking (1989)
  • New York Stories (1989)
  • Rooftops (1989)
  • Sea of Love (1989)
  • Sidewalk Stories (1989)
  • The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
  • Vampire's Kiss (1989)
  • When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
  • Who Shot Patakango? (1989)
  • 1990

  • Alice (1990)
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
  • Frankenhooker (1990)
  • The Freshman (1990)
  • Ghost (1990)
  • The Godfather Part III (1990)
  • Goodfellas (1990)
  • Green Card (1990)
  • Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
  • Jacob's Ladder (1990)
  • Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
  • King of New York (1990)
  • Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990)
  • Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
  • Metropolitan (1990)
  • Mo' Better Blues (1990)
  • Q & A (1990)
  • Quick Change (1990)
  • Solar Crisis (1990)
  • State of Grace (1990)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
  • Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
  • 1991

  • 29th Street (1991)
  • All I Want for Christmas (1991)
  • Curly Sue (1991)
  • The Fisher King (1991)
  • Frankie and Johnny (1991)
  • Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991)
  • The Hard Way (1991)
  • Jungle Fever (1991)
  • New Jack City (1991)
  • Night on Earth (1991)
  • One Good Cop (1991)
  • Other People's Money (1991)
  • Out for Justice (1991)
  • The People Under the Stairs (1991)
  • The Prince of Tides (1991)
  • Queens Logic (1991)
  • The Refrigerator (1991)
  • Regarding Henry (1991)
  • Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)
  • Strictly Business (1991)
  • The Super (1991)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
  • 1992

  • Bad Lieutenant (1992)
  • Boomerang (1992)
  • Freejack (1992)
  • Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
  • Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
  • Hoffa (1992)
  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
  • Husbands and Wives (1992)
  • Juice (1992)
  • Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992)
  • Newsies (1992)
  • Night and the City (1992)
  • Scent of a Woman (1992)
  • Single White Female (1992)
  • A Stranger Among Us (1992)
  • 1993

  • The Age of Innocence (1993)
  • A Bronx Tale (1993)
  • Carlito's Way (1993)
  • Coneheads (1993)
  • Freefall (1993)
  • Last Action Hero (1993)
  • Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
  • Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
  • Naked in New York (1993)
  • The Night We Never Met (1993)
  • Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
  • The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
  • Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
  • Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
  • Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
  • Sliver (1993)
  • Strapped (1993)
  • Super Mario Bros. (1993)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
  • Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
  • We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
  • Who's the Man? (1993)
  • 1994

  • Above The Rim (1994)
  • Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
  • The Cowboy Way (1994)
  • Crooklyn (1994)
  • Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
  • Fresh (1994)
  • Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)
  • The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
  • I Like It Like That (1994)
  • It Could Happen to You (1994)
  • Léon: The Professional (1994)
  • Love Affair (1994)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
  • Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
  • Quiz Show (1994)
  • The Scout (1994)
  • The Shadow (1994)
  • The Stand (1994)
  • A Troll in Central Park (1994)
  • Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
  • Wolf (1994)
  • 1995

  • The Addiction (1995)
  • Balto (1995)
  • The Basketball Diaries (1995)
  • Clockers (1995)
  • Denise Calls Up (1995)
  • Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
  • Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
  • Hackers (1995)
  • It Takes Two (1995)
  • Jeffrey (1995)
  • Kids (1995)
  • Kiss of Death (1995)
  • A Little Princess (1995)
  • Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
  • Money Train (1995)
  • Party Girl (1995)
  • Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
  • Sabrina (1995)
  • Smoke (film) (1995)
  • The Usual Suspects (1995)
  • Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
  • 1996

  • Bed of Roses (1996)
  • Bullet (1996)
  • City Hall (1996)
  • A Couch in New York (1996)
  • Daylight (1996)
  • Dunston Checks In (1996)
  • Eddie (1996)
  • Ed's Next Move (1996)
  • Eraser (1996)
  • The First Wives Club (1996)
  • The Funeral (1996)
  • Girl 6 (1996)
  • Independence Day (1996)
  • The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
  • One Fine Day (1996)
  • Ransom (1996)
  • She's the One (1996)
  • Sleepers (1996)
  • Sunset Park (1996)
  • 1997

  • All Over Me (1997)
  • As Good as It Gets (1997)
  • Chasing Amy (1997)
  • Commandments(1997)
  • Conspiracy Theory (1997)
  • The Devil's Advocate (1997)
  • The Devil's Own (1997)
  • Donnie Brasco (1997)
  • The Fifth Element (1997)
  • Henry Fool (1997)
  • Kiss Me Guido (1997)
  • Men in Black (1997)
  • Mimic (1997)
  • Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
  • Titanic (1997)
  • One Night Stand (1997)
  • Spawn (1997)
  • Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)
  • Turbulence (1997)
  • 1998

  • 54 (1998)
  • Antz (1998)
  • Armageddon (1998)
  • Belly (1998)
  • Celebrity (1998)
  • The City (1998)
  • Deep Impact (1998)
  • Gia (1998)
  • Godzilla (1998)
  • Great Expectations (1998)
  • Half Baked (1998)
  • He Got Game (1998)
  • Last Days of Disco (1998)
  • Living Out Loud (1998)
  • Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1998)
  • A Perfect Murder (1998)
  • Pi (1998)
  • A Price Above Rubies (1998)
  • Rounders (1998)
  • The Siege (1998)
  • Stepmom (1998)
  • U.S. Marshals (1998)
  • You've Got Mail (1998)
  • 1999

  • Annie (1999)
  • 200 Cigarettes (1999)
  • Analyze This (1999)
  • The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
  • Being John Malkovich (1999)
  • Big Daddy (1999)
  • Black and White (1999)
  • The Bone Collector (1999)
  • Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
  • Cradle Will Rock (1999)
  • Cruel Intentions (1999)
  • End of Days (1999)
  • Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
  • Flawless (1999)
  • For Love of the Game (1999)
  • The Matrix (1999)
  • Meet Joe Black (1999)
  • Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
  • Music of the Heart (1999)
  • The Out-of-Towners (1999)
  • Payback (1999)
  • Simply Irresistible (1999)
  • Stuart Little (1999)
  • Summer of Sam (1999)
  • Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
  • The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
  • Urban Menace (1999)
  • 2000

  • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
  • American Psycho (2000)
  • Autumn in New York (2000)
  • Bait (2000)
  • Bamboozled (2000)
  • Bless the Child (2000)
  • Boiler Room (2000)
  • Center Stage (2000)
  • Coyote Ugly (2000)
  • Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
  • Da Hip Hop Witch (2000)
  • Digimon Adventure 02: Hurricane Touchdown (2000)
  • Dinner Rush (2000)
  • The Family Man (2000)
  • Finding Forrester (2000)
  • Frequency (2000)
  • Hamlet (2000)
  • Happy Accidents (2000)
  • Highlander: Endgame (2000)
  • The Intern (2000)
  • Keeping the Faith (2000)
  • Little Nicky (2000)
  • Loser (2000)
  • The Prince of Central Park (2000)
  • Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  • Shaft (2000)
  • Small Time Crooks (2000)
  • Urbania (2000)
  • X-Men (2000)
  • 2001

  • 15 Minutes (2001)
  • 61* (2001)
  • A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  • Acts of Worship (2001)
  • The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
  • Double Take (2001)
  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
  • Head Over Heels (2001)
  • How High (2001)
  • Kate & Leopold (2001)
  • Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
  • K-PAX (2001)
  • The Next Big Thing (2001)
  • The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
  • Serendipity (2001)
  • Sidewalks of New York (2001)
  • Someone Like You (2001)
  • Tart (2001)
  • Town & Country (2001)
  • Vanilla Sky (2001)
  • The Young Girl and the Monsoon (2001)
  • Zoolander (2001)
  • 2002

  • 25th Hour (2002)
  • Ash Wednesday (2002)
  • Bomb the System (2002)
  • Brown Sugar (2002)
  • Catch Me If You Can (2002)
  • Changing Lanes (2002)
  • City by the Sea (2002)
  • Death to Smoochy (2002)
  • Deuces Wild (2002)
  • Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
  • Gangs of New York (2002)
  • Get A Clue (2002)
  • Hollywood Ending (2002)
  • Igby Goes Down (2002)
  • Life or Something Like It (2002)
  • Maid in Manhattan (2002)
  • Manito (2002)
  • Men in Black II (2002)
  • Mr. Deeds (2002)
  • Paid in Full (2002)
  • Panic Room (2002)
  • Phone Booth (2002)
  • Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
  • Roger Dodger (2002)
  • Spider-Man (2002)
  • Stuart Little 2 (2002)
  • Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
  • Two Weeks Notice (2002)
  • Unfaithful (2002)
  • Washington Heights (2002)
  • 2003

  • Anger Management (2003)
  • Anne B. Real (2003)
  • Daredevil (2003)
  • Down with Love (2003)
  • Duplex (2003)
  • Seed of Chucky (2003)
  • Elf (2003)
  • Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
  • Honey (2003)
  • How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
  • In America (2003)
  • In the Cut (2003)
  • Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)
  • Kangaroo Jack (2003)
  • Nikos the Impaler (2003)
  • Something's Gotta Give (2003)
  • Uptown Girls (2003)
  • X2: X-Men United (2003)
  • 2004

  • 13 Going on 30 (2004)
  • Alfie (2004)
  • Along Came Polly (2004)
  • Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
  • Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
  • The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
  • Devil Man (2004)
  • Dot.Kill (2004)
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
  • FahrenHYPE 9/11 (2004)
  • The Forgotten (2004)
  • Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)
  • Heights (2004)
  • Hellboy (2004)
  • Jersey Girl (2004)
  • Lbs. (2004)
  • Little Black Book (2004)
  • The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
  • Maria Full of Grace (2004)
  • Melinda and Melinda (2004)
  • National Treasure (2004)
  • New York Minute (2004)
  • P.S. (2004)
  • Raising Helen (2004)
  • Rick (2004)
  • She Hate Me (2004)
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Taxi (2004)
  • The Terminal (2004)
  • 2005

  • Angel Rodriguez (2005)
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
  • Chasing Ghosts (2005)
  • Cinderella Man (2005)
  • Dark Water (2005)
  • Fantastic Four (2005)
  • Game 6 (2005)
  • Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
  • Hitch (2005)
  • The Honeymooners (2005)
  • In Good Company (2005)
  • In the Mix (2005)
  • The Interpreter (2005)
  • King Kong (2005)
  • Little Manhattan (2005)
  • Lord of War (2005)
  • Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)
  • Madagascar (2005)
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
  • Native New Yorker (2005)
  • Nicky's Game (2005)
  • Prime (2005)
  • The Producers (2005)
  • Rent (2005)
  • The Sisters (2005)
  • The Squid and the Whale (2005)
  • Syriana (2005)
  • Two for the Money (2005)
  • War of the Worlds (2005)
  • 2006

  • .45 (2006)
  • 16 Blocks (2006)
  • The 9/11 Commission Report (2006)
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula's Curse (2006)
  • A Cantor's Tale (2006)
  • Coffee Date (2006)
  • Day Night Day Night (2006)
  • The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
  • Factory Girl (2006)
  • Fifty Pills (2006)
  • A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
  • Inside Man (2006)
  • Jaan-E-Mann (2006)
  • Just Like the Son (2006)
  • Just My Luck (2006)
  • Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)
  • Kill the Poor (2006)
  • My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
  • Night at the Museum (2006)
  • The Pink Panther (2006)
  • Puccini for Beginners (2006)
  • Shortbus (2006)
  • The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
  • The Wild (2006)
  • Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu (2006)
  • World Trade Center (2006)
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
  • The Departed (2006)
  • 2007

  • 1408 (2007)
  • Across the Universe (2007)
  • American Gangster (2007)
  • The Apocalypse (2007)
  • August Rush (2007)
  • Awake (2007)
  • Bee Movie (2007)
  • Brooklyn Rules (2007)
  • Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  • Enchanted (2007)
  • Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
  • Highlander: The Source (2007)
  • I Am Legend (2007)
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)
  • Khuda Kay Liye (2007)
  • The Nanny Diaries (2007)
  • No Reservations (2007)
  • P.S. I Love You (2007)
  • Purple Violets (2007)
  • Reign Over Me (2007)
  • Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
  • Rush Hour 3 (2007)
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  • Suburban Girl (2007)
  • Tara Rum Pum (2007)
  • TMNT (2007)
  • WdeltaZ (2007)
  • We Own The Night (2007)
  • 2008

  • 100 Million BC (2008)
  • 27 Dresses (2008)
  • Alone in the Dark II (2008)
  • Beautiful Losers (2008)
  • Bolt (2008)
  • Cloverfield (2008)
  • The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)
  • Deception (2008)
  • Definitely, Maybe (2008)
  • Disaster Movie (2008)
  • Doubt (2008)
  • Ghost Town (2008)
  • The Happening (2008)
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
  • Hookers In Revolt (2008)
  • How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
  • The Incredible Hulk (2008)
  • Jumper (2008)
  • Lust For Vengeance (2008)
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
  • Made of Honor (2008)
  • Max Payne (2008)
  • Meet Dave (2008)
  • Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
  • Mirrors (2008)
  • My Sassy Girl (2008)
  • Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
  • Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
  • NYC: Tornado Terror (2008)
  • Pride and Glory (2008)
  • Punisher: War Zone (2008)
  • Righteous Kill (2008)
  • Iron-Man (2008)
  • Sex and the City (2008)
  • Synecdoche New York (2008)
  • The Visitor (2008)
  • The Wackness (2008)
  • What Happens in Vegas (2008)
  • You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
  • 2009

  • Adam (2009)
  • Ananda Tandavam (2009)
  • Bride Wars (2009)
  • Brooklyn's Finest (2009)
  • City Island (2009)
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
  • Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
  • Dance Flick (2009)
  • Fighting (2009)
  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
  • The Hungry Ghosts (2009)
  • The International (2009)
  • Julie & Julia (2009)
  • Knowing (2009)
  • New York (2009)
  • New York, I Love You (2009)
  • Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
  • Notorious (2009)
  • Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
  • The Proposal (2009)
  • State of Play (2009)
  • The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
  • Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
  • Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
  • Watchmen (2009)
  • Whatever Works (2009)
  • 2010

  • All Good Things (2010)
  • Anjaana Anjaani (2010)
  • The Back-up Plan (2010)
  • Black Swan (2010)
  • Cop Out (2010)
  • Date Night (2010)
  • Devil (2010)
  • Eat Pray Love (2010)
  • Fair Game (2010)
  • The Four-Faced Liar (2010)
  • Get Him to the Greek (2010)
  • Gulliver's Travels (2010)
  • happythankyoumoreplease (2010)
  • The Hole (2010)
  • Iron Man 2 (2010)
  • It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
  • Just Wright (2010)
  • Kick-Ass (2010)
  • Last Night (2010)
  • Letters to Juliet (2010)
  • Morning Glory (2010)
  • My Name is Khan (2010)
  • The Other Guys (2010)
  • Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
  • Remember Me (2010)
  • Salt (2010)
  • Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
  • Step Up 3D (2010)
  • The Switch (2010)
  • Tiny Furniture (2010)
  • Twelve (2010)
  • Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
  • When in Rome (2010)
  • 2011

  • 13 (2011)
  • 2012: Ice Age (2011)
  • The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
  • Arthur (2011)
  • Beastly (2011)
  • Born to Be a Star (2011)
  • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  • Dream House (2011)
  • Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
  • Friends with Benefits (2011)
  • Limitless (2011)
  • Margin Call (2011)
  • Meanwhile (2011)
  • Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
  • New Year's Eve (2011)
  • Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D (2011)
  • Our Idiot Brother (2011)
  • The Pill (2011)
  • The Resident (2011)
  • Shame (2011)
  • The Sitter (2011)
  • The Smurfs (2011)
  • Something Borrowed (2011)
  • Tower Heist (2011)
  • Union Square (2011)
  • 2012

  • 2 Days in New York (2012)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
  • Arbitrage (2012)
  • The Avengers (2012)
  • The Bourne Legacy (2012)
  • Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
  • The Dictator (2012)
  • English Vinglish (2012)
  • Forgetting the Girl (2012)
  • Freelancers (2012)
  • Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
  • Lola Versus (2012)
  • Madagascar 3 (2012)
  • Man on a Ledge (2012)
  • Men in Black 3 (2012)
  • Premium Rush (2012)
  • Red Hook Summer (2012)
  • Safe (2012)
  • The Unspeakable Act (2012)
  • Wanderlust (2012)
  • What Maisie Knew (2012)
  • 2013

  • Third Person (2013)
  • American Hustle (2013)
  • Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
  • Atlantic Rim (2013)
  • Blue Jasmine (2013)
  • Broken City (2013)
  • Chinese Puzzle (2013)
  • Dead Man Down (2013)
  • Frances Ha (2013)
  • Generation Um (2013)
  • The Great Gatsby (2013)
  • The Immigrant (2013)
  • Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
  • Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
  • Kill Your Darlings (2013)
  • The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
  • Now You See Me (2013)
  • Oblivion (2013)
  • Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
  • The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete (2013)
  • Side Effects (2013)
  • Spiders 3D (2013)
  • The Smurfs 2 (2013)
  • The Last Session (2013)
  • Vishwaroopam (2013)
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
  • World War Z (2013)
  • 2014

  • 5 Flights Up (2014)
  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
  • Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
  • The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
  • Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)
  • Annie (2014)
  • Begin Again (2014)
  • Before We Go (2014)
  • Birdman (2014)
  • The Cobbler (2014)
  • Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
  • Deliver Us From Evil (2014)
  • The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2014)
  • The Drop (2014)
  • John Wick (2014)
  • Left behind (2014)
  • Listen Up Philip (2014)
  • Love Is Strange (2014)
  • Lucy (2014)
  • Mania Days (2014)
  • Match (2014)
  • A Most Violent Year (2014)
  • I Origins (2014)
  • The Other Woman (2014)
  • Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
  • Predestination (2014)
  • St. Vincent (2014)
  • Scumbag Hustler (2014)
  • Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
  • That Awkward Moment (2014)
  • Top Five (2014)
  • A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
  • Whiplash (2014)
  • Winter's Tale (2014)
  • 5 to 7 (2014)
  • 2015

  • About Ray (2015)
  • Ace Jackson is a Dead Man (2015)
  • An Act of War (2015)
  • Ant-Man (2015)
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
  • Brooklyn (2015)
  • Carol (2015)
  • Fantastic Four (2015)
  • Focus (2015)
  • Minions (2015)
  • Mistress America (2015)
  • Pixels (2015)
  • Queen of Earth (2015)
  • Run All Night (2015)
  • Ted 2 (2015)
  • The Big Short (2015)
  • The Intern (2015)
  • The Night Before (2015)
  • Trainwreck (2015)
  • The Walk (2015)
  • 2016

  • The 5th Wave (2016)
  • Ghostbusters
  • Money Monster (2016)
  • Norm of the North (2016)
  • Sully (2016)
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
  • Tallulah (2016)
  • The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
  • Nine Lives (2016)
  • Nerve (2016)
  • How to Be Single (2016)
  • Dr Strange (2016)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)
  • New York City devastated on film

    This list includes films in which New York City is damaged, destroyed, or otherwise devastated.

  • Deluge (1933) – destroyed by an earthquake and a tsunami
  • King Kong (1933) – destroyed by a giant monster rampage
  • Five (1951) – destroyed by nuclear weapons
  • When Worlds Collide (1951) – destroyed by multiple natural disasters
  • Captive Women (1952) – unknown cause of destruction of the city
  • Invasion U.S.A. (1952) – destroyed by a nuclear war
  • The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) – destroyed by a giant monster rampage
  • Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) – destroyed by an alien invasion
  • The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) – the city was not destroyed, but was abandoned from a "radioactive disease"
  • The Day the Sky Exploded (1961) – destroyed by multiple natural disasters
  • Fail-Safe (1964) – destroyed by nuclear war and plane crashes
  • Destroy All Monsters (1968) – destroyed by Godzilla and a giant monster rampage
  • Planet of the Apes (1968) – unknown cause of destruction of the city
  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) – unknown cause of destruction of the city
  • End of the World (1977) – destroyed by multiple natural disasters
  • Meteor (1979) – destroyed by a meteor strike
  • Zombi 2 (1979) – destroyed by a zombie apocalypse
  • Escape from New York (1981) – the city was partially destroyed by prison riots, but it is converted to a large prison
  • Q (1982) – destroyed by a giant monster rampage
  • 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983) – unknown cause of destruction of the city
  • Ghostbusters (1984) – parts of the city are destroyed by a giant monster known as the "Stay Pufft Marshmallow Man"
  • Solar Crisis (1990) – destroyed by a solar flare
  • The Stand (1994) – the city is overcome by mass anarchy and a worldwide plague before being abandoned
  • A Troll in Central Park (1994) – parts of the city are destroyed by a tornado
  • Daylight (1996) – only the Holland Tunnel is destroyed by terrorists
  • Independence Day (1996) – destroyed by an alien invasion
  • Armageddon (1998) – Parts of the city are destroyed by a meteor shower
  • Deep Impact (1998) – Destroyed by a megatsunami resulting from an asteroid impact. The megatsunami also engulfs the World Trade Center
  • Godzilla (1998) – many buildings destroyed by a giant monster rampage
  • Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999) – destroyed by an earthquake
  • Tycus (2000) – destroyed by falling debris from the earth's moon
  • Fail-Safe (2000) – destroyed by nuclear war and plane crashes
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) – destroyed by rising sea levels and global warming
  • Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) – destroyed by an alien invasion
  • The Time Machine (2002) – destroyed by pieces of the moon breaking up in 2037
  • Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) – destroyed by giant robots
  • The Day After Tomorrow (2004) – destroyed by a tsunami and an ice age
  • Devil Man (2004) – destroyed by a battle between Devilman and Satan
  • Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) – destroyed by Rodan in a giant monster rampage
  • Absolute Zero (2005) – destroyed by an ice age
  • King Kong (2005) – destroyed by a giant monster rampage
  • War of the Worlds (2005) – destroyed by an alien invasion
  • Category 7: The End of the World (2005) – destroyed by a super storm
  • Children of Men (2006) – mentioned
  • Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006) – destroyed by a volcanic eruption
  • I Am Legend (2007) – destroyed by a vampire apocalypse
  • Aftermath: Population Zero (2008) – disintegration
  • Cloverfield (2008) – destroyed by a giant monster rampage
  • The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) – destroyed by an alien invasion
  • Disaster Movie (2008) – destroyed by multiple natural disasters
  • The Happening (2008) – epidemic
  • Life After People (2008) – disintegration
  • NYC: Tornado Terror (2008) – destroyed by a tornado
  • The Day the Earth Stopped (2008) – destroyed by giant alien robots
  • War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008) – destroyed by an alien invasion
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) – the city gets smashed by a giant bagel at Times Square
  • Knowing (2009) – destroyed by a solar storm
  • Watchmen (2009) – destroyed by a nuclear bomb
  • Skyline (2010) – destroyed by an alien invasion
  • Battle: Los Angeles (2011) – mentioned
  • 2012: Ice Age (2011) – destroyed by an ice age
  • Doomsday Prophecy (2011) – destroyed by a massive earthquake
  • The Divide (2011) – destroyed by nuclear explosions
  • The Avengers (2012) – devastated by a battle between superheroes and supervillans
  • Atlantic Rim (2013) – destroyed by a gaint monster rampage
  • Oblivion (2013) – destroyed by an alien invasion
  • Spiders 3D (2013) – destroyed by giant spiders
  • Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) – destroyed by a Sharknado
  • Pixels (2015) – destroyed by an alien invasion
  • Independence Day 2 (2016)  – aliens attack the city
  • The 5th Wave (2016) – destroyed by a tsunami created by aliens
  • Future New York City in film

  • Captive Women (1952)
  • Planet of the Apes (1968) – set in 3978
  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) – set in 3978/3979
  • Soylent Green (1973) – set in 2022
  • Heavy Metal (1981)
  • 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983) – set in 2019
  • The Fifth Element (1997) – set in 2263
  • Bicentennial Man (1999) – set from 2005 to 2205
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) – set from 2142 to 4142
  • The Time Machine (2002) – set in 2030, 2037, and 802,701
  • Click (2006) – set in the 2030s
  • Babylon A.D. (2008)  – set in 2059
  • Oblivion (2013)  – set from 2017 to 2077
  • References

    List of films set in New York City Wikipedia


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