Your Favorite NYC Movie(s)

Manhattan Murder Mystery was fun.

spalsh

when harry met sally

state of grace

warriors

12 Years a Slave

Lord of the Rings

Gigi

Breakfast At Tiffany's

Mr. Wonderful

Gloria (with Gena Rowlands)

Basket Case

It was a good year, also Liquid Sky

The Hunger

Auntie Mame from 1958

Arthur (1981 original)

The World of Henry Orient

Taxi Driver

Desperately Seeking Susan

Annie Hall

Working Girl

Barefoot in the Park - 1967.

Dressed to Kill (even though parts were filmed in Philly)

How to Marry a Millionaire.

Can't Stop the Music.

The Apartment

Sunday in New York (1963). Not a good movie but a fun representation of the time period.

Hate me but Woody Allen' movies love NYC. "Manhattan" was really a love poem to the city. Shot in black & white I scarcely remember the storyline at all except mariel Hemingway was in it and I found her very annoying. But the shots of the city itself, were breathtaking. I guess I love " Hannah and her Sisters" for the same reason. Shot on the streets of NYC.

"Brighton Beach Memoirs," "Radio Days," "King of Comedy," and "Broadway Danny Rose."

Have you bitches forgotten about me?

I agree with many of the above, but 3 of my favorites have NYC in common. Annie Hall, When Harry Met Sally, and Barefoot in the Park.

Party girl

Metropolitan

OMG, yes, King of Comedy.

And my all time favorite, The Pope of Greenwich Village. Man, if you have never watched it, go find it and watch it. Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts when they were in their prime. Really good movie. I think those two, King of Comedy & Pope are my total favorites.

Fort Apache: the Bronx

In all seriousness, Torch Song Trilogy

The one I saw debut on 9/11/01 when I was a kid.

What it lacked in special effects it made up for in a sense of verisimilitude. Three out of four.

But where's the sequel?

I love the seedy NYC of '70s movies: Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, etc. I moved to NYC in the '90s and it's fascinating to me to see what the city was like back then.

Midnight Cowboy of course.

On The Town

The good bye girl, and Humoresuqe. Two really good Movies!

Many of the movies mentioned were SET in NYC, but the movies themselves were all indoors, no street scenes or shots of the city...Auntie Mame and Torch Song Trilogy, for instance.

An Unmarried Woman (I put this at the top for a reason)

Diary Of A Mad Housewife

Goodbar ( set there but not filmed there)

Husbands & Wives

Goodbye Girl

Boys In The Band

Hester Street

Kramer

Rosemary's Baby

The Royal Tenenbaums

[quote]An Unmarried Woman (I put this at the top for a reason)

And we know what it is.

Seriously, I love the rest of your list, too. Not as much as Erica, Elaine, Jeanette, and Sue, of course, but yes, every last one of them was excellent. And don't miss "Next Stop, Greenwich Village." You strike me as someone who enjoyed it (or would enjoy it).

ooops, forgot to post an image with my post.

Oh, you make me want to throw a sneaker in the East River, R39.

[quote] And don't miss "Next Stop, Greenwich Village." You strike me as someone who enjoyed it (or would enjoy it).

Hi.

No, didn't like it at all.

[quote]Oh, you make me want to throw a sneaker in the East River, [R39].

"They're only 35 dollars!"

I always thought that was an odd line.

R41, it's my second favorite Mazursky movie. I used to have a huge framed poster of it, when I lived guess where...

You know something...I'm going to probably get (gay) hate mail for this - BUT- I can't stand Shelley Winters.

$35 in 1978 = $135 in 2017.

Maybe she was kidding.

I don't know what she meant, quite frankly.

After Hours.

REAR WINDOW. I know it was filmed on a back lot but it was based on a real location and even though it was only interiors, it really summed up what it was like living in Manhattan at that time. The photographer, the honeymooners, the lonely woman, the Broadway composer, Miss Torso, and the creepy guy. They could all afford to live there.

Radio days

R45, I thought she was objecting to saying the sneaker was "ruined." Her next move was to clean the dogshit off, to kind of un-destroy it. I took it as just one more thing wrong in the Benton marriage.

r49 to *his saying the sneaker was "ruined"

Butterfield 8

[quote][R45], I thought she was objecting to saying the sneaker was "ruined." Her next move was to clean the dogshit off, to kind of un-destroy it. I took it as just one more thing wrong in the Benton marriage.

I'm not totally following you.

But I have a dreadful head cold and can't think straight.

many of the already mentioned plus

Jeffrey

Trick

New York, I love you

...

Basquiat

Manhattan Murder Mystery

Goodbye Girl

[quote]Manhattan Murder Mystery

I thought it was SUCH a clunker.

What seemed weird to me about Unmarried Woman, her tits were flat and she let the director film her naked. I was surprised about that at the time.

Chapter Two

Only When I Laugh

r52 It was about the money spent, I thought. Martin said dogshit on his shoe was reason enough to consider it ruined, and as we saw, reason to throw it out. Erica thought it was something that could be fixed. The sneaker was a metaphor for their marriage, a bit of foreshadowing, if you like.

Slaves of New York

After Hours

Vampire's Kiss

Perfect Strangers

Quick Change

King Kong

Laura

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Dead End

The East Side Kids/Bowery Boys series

I see, R59.

I'll have to give that further thought when I get over this cold. Really take it apart and re-examine it.

[quote]What seemed weird to me about Unmarried Woman, her tits were flat and she let the director film her naked. I was surprised about that at the time.

They weren't flat, they were droopy.

She felt comfortable doing that scene because it wasn't gratuitous. It was supposed to show how comfortable they were together.

In fact, I think she comes across as very cold with him, when he tells her he's unhappy. The only time she lights up when she's with him, is when the subject of her gurlfriends is brought up.

Moonstruck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Filmed mostly in Toronto except for the outdoor scenes.)

Dating myself! Thoroughly Modern Millie, starring MTM!

Man On Wire

The Saphead

Coney Island

The Saturday Night Kid

TAXI DRIVER, TIMES SQUARE, AFTER HOURS, CRUISING, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, CIAO! MANHATTAN, BIG BUSINESS, THE NAKED CITY, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, SEVEN YEAR ITCH, REAR WINDOW, too many to mention, whad'd I miss?

The most apropos: Exodus.

The Odd Couple

Desk Set

The Courtship of Eddie’s Father

R67 Really? Exodus?

This is turning into a list-every-movie-which-was-filmed-in-NY thread

I only listed my favorite. Hall Monitor R70, I hope you get a permanent case of the clap, and your pecker falls off.

French Connection

Rosemary's Baby

Last Days of Disco

These are my favorite 70's-set in NYC movies because in each of them the City is a central character.

How about through the queer lens?

Cruising

Trick

Kiss Me Guido

[quote]How about through the queer lens?

How about the lens of my fist in your face?

I second Laura

The original Out-Of-Towners. Doesn't paint NYC in a favorable light (which is why I love it).

A Fine Madness

Bell Book and Candle about a secret coven of witches living in Greenwich Village in the 1950s. John Van Druten, the author of the original play, always denied there was an intended gay subtext but he was a gay man living in the Village in the 1950s and wrote a play about outwardly normal people living secret lives with their own private bars and restaurants in the Village. It's just so obvious.... Exteriors shot on location and great, stylish design.

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

"Looking for Mr. Goodbar"; "Romeo is Bleeding"; "The Pope of Greenwich Village" -

Sleepers

Saturday Night Fever

R80 - Who the hell cares about Mr. Goodbar except for the murder scene?

Well this was set in Manhattan as well, and I adore this movie.

Soylent Green - NYC in the "future"

Boys In The Band

my apt. was to die for.

Rich Kids

After Hours. I thinks its sublimely funny, and the goddess Teri Garr is just fantastic.

Klute

Three Days of the Condor

Frankie & Johnny

Desperately Seeking Susan

Rich Kids loses its way.

I want to add a few - not faves, but I like them.

Laura Mars (camp)

Audrey Rose (spooky - loses its way, but has its moments)

Turning Point (it's always better than I remember)

I was going to say Prisoner Of Second Avenue - but it's pretty shit and juvenile when seen today. He's always the same and Bancroft could be a ham - which she was in this.

Up The Sandbox (except for the crappy fantasy sequences, which is half the film)

Roseland (used to like it, God knows why)

Starting Over (NYC & Boston locations) - Jill Clayburgh's a bit of a damp squib in it, but I like the film. (Burt And whatshername are good)

Boardwalk - quite powerful.

Fame.

The original Kojak film - BLEAK and powerful.

Used to love Annie Hall - now it just seems to be a Woody, aren't I loveable and quirky? promo - frankly, no you're not.

I never liked Saturday Night Fever - could never stand him. I don't like anything about it. Fugly film.

Liquid Sky (captures the era)

French Connection - usually hate action movies, but it's superb.

[quote][R80] - Who the hell cares about Mr. Goodbar except for the murder scene?

MANY people on DL, for a start.

Big Business

Oh yeah, the noise, the smog, the crowds, the muggers, sex fiends, white slavers, politicians, it's a pistol. I got about as much use for it as a toad has for spit curls!

Though it's just set in NYC not filmed, the aura of NYC permeates "My Man Godfrey." And I definitely second "After Hours."

Frankenhooker

Trick Annie Hall

The French Connection.

With all of the movies listed - and I even mentioned a couple myself - I can't believe an obvious one was overlooked . . .

Dog Day Afternoon

Where's Poppa

Dog Day Afternoon

Which is the movie with Ruth Gordon, part of whose plot involves someone walking through Central Park at night?

Kissing Jessica Stein

I agree with R33 On the Town was shot on location in NYC. I also love most of the Woody Allen Movies, the ones that show NYC street scenes.

[quote]With all of the movies listed - and I even mentioned a couple myself - I can't believe an obvious one was overlooked . . .

Speaking of obvious ones:

New York, New York

I'm well aware it's hot garbage but I still have enjoyed THE WACKNESS (2008) more than a couple times so it's high on the list.

Mary-Kate Olsen's role is small but absolutely steals the second Act. Olivia Thirlby is on cruise-control but works. Sir Ben is too hammy but hey, he's having fun.

KIDS

The Best of Everything.

The Devil's Advocate, for the real estate alone.

Another vote for An Unmarried Woman. Because it shows seamy-glam 70s NYC from the perspective of a resident, not a tourist. I was recently over by the FDR expressway foot bridge from the opening with Jill C and Michael M jogging. It's undergoing a huge renovation.

Also more obscure is Shirley MacLaine in The Possession of Joel Delaney. Upper East Side and Washington Heights locations c. 1971.

I watched Serendipity last night. wonderful new york movie EXCEPT the horrible casting of ugly obnoxious John Cusack as a male romantic lead. It would have been a huge hit with anybody else.

Cusack is a wet mop and not a leading man.

Of course we can't forget the classics: My SIster Eileen, Miracle on 34th Street, ....

R83: Many of the street scenes and interiors in The Age of Innocence were shot in Troy, NY.

I have never actually sat through Miracle on 34th Street, R111. I hate Christmas and its movies. So I will not be able to forget it. I don't remember it.

Ms 45

Maniac. The original 1980 one starring Tom Savini, not the Elijah wood remake

Downtown 81

Johnny Suede was more of a Brooklyn movie. Great time capsule of 1990 Williamsburg showing the early hipster days. Brad Pitt was at his yummiest here. Great performance from Catherine Keener as well as cameos from tina Louise and nick cave

1984's Old Enough was an excellent and obscure NYC coming of age film. Rainbow Harvest turned out a great performance as the tough girl "from the wrong side of the tracks" - it's a shame she never went on to do anything else. Notable appearances by Danny aiello and a very young Alyssa Milano.

Ghost

All About Eve.

I second Ghost! the exterior shots of Oda Mae Brown and Willy Lopez's neighborhoods were shot in Bushwick near the Broadway/Myrtle intersection. I also vote for Coming to America- which has just been greenlit for a sequel. I used to live near the Burger King on queens boulevard where they shot the McDowells scenes- although the eddie Murphy apartment scenes were shot on broadway in Williamsburg.

Eyewitness.

Sig Weaver, William Hurt, James Woods and a host of cameos by amazing actors.. It really depicts NYC of the 80's. It's filmed entirely on NYC streets. Check out janitor (suspicious Viet Nam vet of course) Hurt's spacious apt. (OK it's a basement apt. but it's big). WNEW (Channel 5 --Do you know where your children are?) personalities. And there are motorcycles! My favorite scene...Hurt fends off Siggy's attacker with the chain he uses to lock up the motorcycle as a lasso. This is a forgotten depiction of gritty, nasty early 80's NYC. -- where yoy weren't safe after sundown, and when you went through voir dire at jury duty, everyone raised their hand when asked if you were a victim of a crime!

Party Girl and it's soundtrack takes me back to the mid 90's club scene. Young Liev Schreiber and Guillermo Diaz were so cute.

I wish I could recommend NAKED IN NEW YORK (1993) as a great or a favorite. The soundtrack is lovely, Kathleen Turner smokes a J in one scene, and Ralph Macchio is superb (in a gay role no less). Yet I can't bring myself to rec it even so. It just isn't that good of a film in spite of trying.

Also, the NY part of the film is very much limited to late-80s loft parties in Manhattan and a couple of Bway theaters. Little else of the city is seen or even mentioned as the protagonists make their home somewhere in the suburbs.

Stream it and skip to Turner's/Macchio's scenes. Or watch the final 10 minutes.

Deadline at Dawn (1946)

A hidden gem of a murder mystery with Paul Lukas and Susan Hayward.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

Sweet November- Sandy Dennis and Anthony Newley....

25th Hour

Rosemary's Orphan: Home Alone in The Dakota

Manhattan II: Staying Kosher In Sing Sing

Kids was awesome when I was 15

Basketball Diaries should have been better

Eyes Wide Shut

Another underrated Tom Cruise in NYC movie was Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky had the best opening shots of NYC I've seen

I'm going back to the days of [italic]film noir[/italic] for this gem -

Pickup on South Street

On the Waterfront

Fritz the Cat

Precious

On the Waterfront is on the other side of the Hudson - as in Hoboken

Godspell (1973)

Lousy movie but the city featured prominently in it.

Hair

The Mirror Has Two Faces

Gotham (and no, not Batman). I don't know that I would call it a "good" movie (it is OK), but I really enjoyed it, and I've always had a soft spot for Virginia Madsen. Just always like her as an actress.

Tarzan’s New York Adventure.

[quote]Which is the movie with Ruth Gordon, part of whose plot involves someone walking through Central Park at night?

—Anonymous

"Where's Poppa"....Ron Liberman was the brother transversing the park

"Parting Glances"

Escape From New York

Moonstruck

Garbo Talks

Fatso

Radio Days

Another Woman

Working Girl

The King of Comedy

Wall Street

OK, mine are Moonstruck, The Pope of Greenwich Village, Hannah and Her Sisters, Manhattan,The Godfather I and The King of Comedy.

Breakfast at Tiffany' s

[italic]Me, Natalie[/italic]

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[quote]Vanilla Sky had the best opening shots of NYC I've seen

I love the opening to Rosemary's Baby with Mia singing her lullaby.

Paris Is Burning

The Out of Towners The Game Barefoot in the Park Eyes Wide Shut

(R158) Why doesn't spaces and next paragraph work for me on this site??? HELP!!!

Press return TWICE, R159.

OP, terrible choice of a photo. Fuck you for that. And I like Michelle Pfeiffer.

Even though "Eyes Wide Shut" is set in NY, much of it was actually shot in London.

The Devil Wears Prada

The Marathon Man

It Should Happen To You

Such Good Friends

A New Leaf

You're a Big Boy Now

Naked City

"Single Room Furnished" (1968)

Do the Right Thing