New York Movies

[ChessMad]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 4:10pm

My dream is to one day be able to work and live in New York. It's very expensive for me to visit to New York so I sometimes daydream about being there. Something I often do is to watch movies that takes place in or captures the spirit of New York, to able to re-live the memories I have of this fantastic city.

So now I'm asking you guys if you have any favorite New York movies. It could be a movie, documentary or tv-series.

A few of my favorites are Taxidriver, Manhattan, Annie Hall, When Harry Met Sally, Rosemary's Baby, The Devil Wears Prada, Breakfast at Tiffany's, anything Sex and the City and Friends.



Also, I want to apologize if there's any grammar or spelling mistakes. English is not my first language.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 4:13pm

Hannah and Her Sisters
One Fine Day
Enchanted

[strummergirl]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 4:29pm

Working Girl
Tootsie
Muppets Take Manhattan
Big

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/6/11 at 7:15pm

Even though it's already been mentioned, Woody Allen movies really capture the spirit and experience of NYC.

On the flip side, to me, Spike Lee movies do not...even though they are mostly set in NYC.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 7/7/11 at 2:01am

I hope you get to see all that are suggested by the BWWers! Have a NYC Netflix Party Month!

Panic in Needle Park - Pacino early film (drugs..)
Dog Day Afternoon - Pacino (one of my faves of all time). Based on a true story - phenomenal acting.
(Orig) The Taking of Pelham One, Two, Three (subway hijacking)
Midnight Cowboy (great)
Mean Streets - Scorsese - Harvey Keitel
Bad Lieutenant - Harvey Keitel
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (a must!)
The French Connection - greatest car chase scene ever, and new yorkiest crime drama of all)
The King of Comedy - DeNiro, Scorsese
Kramer vs. Kramer - Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep
The Seven Ups - police drama
Saturday Night Fever
Author, Author - Al Pacino, as a Bway Playwright
Moonstruck (great!) - Cher, NiC Cage. Romantic comedy
6 Degrees of Separation - Will Smith, Stockard Channing, Donald Sutherland
Klute - Jane Fonda as a hooker
The Incident (subway terror!) very young Martin Sheen. Love this flick!
The Odd Couple - need I say more>
Annie Hall - essential Woody Allen





Updated On: 7/7/11 at 02:01 AM

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/7/11 at 8:09am

My favorites:

On the Town
Sweet Charity
Midnight Cowboy
Manhattan
West Side Story
Fame
The Out-of-Towners
Moonstruck
On the Waterfront
Annie Hall
Arthur
Radio Days
Bullets Over Broadway
Hannah and Her Sisters
Rosemary's Baby
When Harry Met Sally
Breakfast at Tiffany's
My Man Godfrey
42nd Street
Miracle on 34th Street
Gold Diggers of 1933
Dead End
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Goodbye Girl
The Wiz (kidding!)
The Apartment
The French Connection
Shaft
Do the Right Thing
Saturday Night Fever
Big
Taxi Driver
New York: A Documentary Film (Ric Burns)
How to Succeed in Business ...
Meet John Doe
Nothing Sacred
Broadway: The Golden Age (documentary)
Reds
Ragtime
A Thousand Clowns

Updated On: 7/7/11 at 08:09 AM

[tazber]

Posted: 7/7/11 at 8:19am

All good recommendations.

Of course there are scores of films set in NY, but the suggestions below are films that couldn't have taken place anywhere else. The city is almost another character in some of these.
They're not all great movies, but they all have a distinct flavor and capture the milieu of the city at a certain place in time.

New York, New York
Sweet Smell Of Success
Breakfast At Tiffany's
The Taking Of Pelham 1 2 3(original 1974)
The Goodbye Girl
Fame (1980 original)
Prince Of The City
Trading Places
The Cotton Club
Once Upon A Time In America
Wall Street
Bright Lights, Big City
Torch Song Trilogy
King Of New York
The Fisher King
Party Girl
The Last Days Of Disco
Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
New York, I Love You

Enjoy!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/7/11 at 10:00am

Why not watch us live and in living color?
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[IAMWHATIAM]

Posted: 7/7/11 at 11:10am

For sure, there are a few clunkers on this list. And for sure there are a few that I would watch again and again (some because they are just so good, and some because they are true guilty pleasures). Enjoy, and I hope that some day you get to fulfill your dream of living here. We'll be waiting!

Desperately Seeking Susan
After Hours
Prisoner of Second Avenue
Little Manhattan
Splash
Ghostbusters
Ghost
Crossing Delancey
As Good as it Gets
The Turning Point
An Affair to Remember
The Turning Point
Center Stage
Serendipity
Two Weeks Notice
Keeping the Faith
You’ve Got Mail
13 Going on 30
The Nanny Diaries
Prime
Coyote Ugly
Igby Goes Down
Tadpole
The Squid and the Whale
The Basketball Diaries
Factory Girl
American Psycho
Plaza Suite
Barefoot in the Park
Fort Apache The Bronx
Serpico

Madagascar

Mad Hot Ballroom
I Shot Andy Warhol
Strictly Ballroom

Lords of Flatbush
City Island
Requiem for a Dream

[Jon]

Posted: 7/7/11 at 11:45am

My "1980's quirky downtowners" trilogy:

Desperately Seeking Susan
After Hours
The Butcher's Wife

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/7/11 at 12:07pm

After Hours is a great film.

"What do you want from me? I'm just a word processor!"

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 7/7/11 at 1:42pm

"After Hours" is the BEST....totally captures Bohemia. Teri Garr and Catherine O'Hara are perfection.

"Gee Whiz?! What are you doing? Trying to patronize me?" hahaha
"Surrender Dorothy!" hahahaha

To add to the "80s quirky" list, I recommend "Slaves of New York" starring Bernadette Peters a slew of recognizable NY stage actors. I love that movie.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 7/7/11 at 5:58pm

The Naked City
On The Town
Midnight Cowboy

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/7/11 at 8:43pm

DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN totally made me want to move to New York. And here I am...still wishing I could have a loft like Aidan Quinn's with the aquarium room divider and the Bruce Lee mural.

For more NY Bohemia: STRANGER THAN PARADISE, TIMES SQUARE, SMITHEREENS.

[sally1112]

Posted: 7/8/11 at 12:46am

Just got back from a friends house and a viewing of Muppets Take Manhattan.