List of films set in New York City

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

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.

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1900s

• The Thieving Hand (1908)

1910s

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

1920s

• Manhandled (1924)
• 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)
• 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)

1950s

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)

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)

1960s

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)

1970s

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)
• 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)

1980s

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)
• 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)
• 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

• 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)

1990s

1990

• Alice (1990)
• Blue Steel (1990)
• The Bonfire of the Vanities (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)
• 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)
• Se7en (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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)

2000s

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)
• 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)
• Hey Arnold!: The Movie (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)
• 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)

2007

• 1408 (2007)
• Across the Universe (2007)
• American Gangster (2007)
• The Apocalypse (2007)
• August Rush (2007)
• Awake (2007)
• Bee Movie (2007)
• Brooklyn Rules (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)

2010s

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 (2002)
• 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)
• Side Effects (2013)
• Spiders 3D (2013)
• The Smurfs 2 (2013)
• Vishwaroopam (2013)
• The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
• World War Z (2013)

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)

2015

• Ace Jackson is a Dead Man (2015)
• An Act of War (2015)
• Ant-Man (2015)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
• The Big Short (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 Intern (2015)
• Trainwreck (2015)
• The Walk (2015)

2016

• The 5th Wave (2016)
• How to Be Single (2016)
• Norm of the North (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) – destroyed by a meteor shower
• Deep Impact (1998) – destroyed by a megatsunami resulting from an asteroid impact
• Godzilla (1998) – 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
• 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
• 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 3955
• 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

See also

• Culture of New York City