Rankings by Metro / New York

The Screen of New York

United States · #1 by film pedigree · 349 notable figures · 70 canon films set here

Metro rank
#1
Screen score
5190
People
920
Films set here
70

What New York is known for

Box office 26%Prestige 22%Audience 52%

New York skews toward audience.

Canon films set here, by decade

1
'00
2
'10
3
'20
10
'30
7
'40
7
'50
9
'60
13
'70
8
'80
5
'90
2
'00
3
'10

From New York

  1. 1Francis Ford Coppola70.38
  2. 2Jack Nicholson68.08
  3. 3Stanley Kubrick64.4
  4. 4Woody Allen62.54
  5. 5Martin Scorsese59.86
  6. 6Meryl Streep58.13
  7. 7Al Pacino49.58
  8. 8Robert De Niro47.98
  9. 9Joseph L. Mankiewicz46.98
  10. 10Elia Kazan45.43
  11. 11Humphrey Bogart43.11
  12. 12Oliver Stone41.23
  13. 13Denzel Washington39.69
  14. 14Robert Downey Jr.36.49
  15. 15Eddie Murphy35.38
  16. 16Sigourney Weaver34.9
  17. 17James Cagney34.75
  18. 18Claudette Colbert33.17
  19. 19Jane Fonda32.01
  20. 20Burt Lancaster29.44
  21. 21James L. Brooks29.13
  22. 22George Cukor29.09
  23. 23Ben Hecht27.95
  24. 24Zoe Saldaña27.08
  25. 25Anne Bancroft26.27

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Set in New York

  1. The Godfather 1972#1
  2. Citizen Kane 1941#2
  3. The Godfather Part II 1974#20
  4. Taxi Driver 1976#25
  5. Rear Window 1954#28
  6. 12 Angry Men 1957#37
  7. North by Northwest 1959#42
  8. Intolerance 1916#48
  9. GoodFellas 1990#56
  10. Raging Bull 1980#59
  11. Do the Right Thing 1989#66
  12. King Kong 1933#71
  13. On the Waterfront 1954#76
  14. It Happened One Night 1934#81
  15. Midnight Cowboy 1969#89
  16. Annie Hall 1977#97
  17. The Apartment 1960#98
  18. All About Eve 1950#102
  19. West Side Story 1961#114
  20. Titanic 1997#118
  21. Superman 1978#128
  22. The French Connection 1971#131
  23. Rosemary's Baby 1968#142
  24. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004filmed#149
  25. Batman 1989#159

+45 more

Canon films by New York filmmakers

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 · Stanley Kubrick#3
  • Taxi Driver 1976 · Martin Scorsese#25
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 · Stanley Kubrick#29
  • GoodFellas 1990 · Martin Scorsese#56
  • Raging Bull 1980 · Martin Scorsese#59
  • A Clockwork Orange 1971 · Stanley Kubrick#60
  • The Silence of the Lambs 1991 · Jonathan Demme#78
  • The Deer Hunter 1978 · Michael Cimino#79
  • To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 · Robert Mulligan#96
  • Annie Hall 1977 · Woody Allen#97
  • West Side Story 1961 · Jerome Robbins#114
  • The Shining 1980 · Stanley Kubrick#126
  • Superman 1978 · Richard Donner#128
  • Paths of Glory 1957 · Stanley Kubrick#136
  • Safety Last! 1923 · Sam Taylor#155
  • Scarface 1983 · Brian De Palma#158
  • The Lion King 1994 · Roger Allers#172
  • Barry Lyndon 1975 · Stanley Kubrick#173
  • The Jazz Singer 1927 · Alan Crosland#190
  • The Philadelphia Story 1940 · George Cukor#193
  • Get Out 2017 · Jordan Peele#206
  • The Avengers 2012 · Joss Whedon#208
  • The Usual Suspects 1995 · Bryan Singer#230
  • Manhattan 1979 · Woody Allen#233
  • Mean Streets 1973 · Martin Scorsese#235
  • Carrie 1976 · Brian De Palma#236
  • The Manchurian Candidate 1962 · John Frankenheimer#248
  • A Woman Under Influence 1974 · John Cassavetes#253
  • Cool Hand Luke 1967 · Stuart Rosenberg#256
  • This Is Spinal Tap 1984 · Rob Reiner#258

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