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
- 1Francis Ford Coppola70.38
- 2Jack Nicholson68.08
- 3Stanley Kubrick64.4
- 4Woody Allen62.54
- 5Martin Scorsese59.86
- 6Meryl Streep58.13
- 7Al Pacino49.58
- 8Robert De Niro47.98
- 9Joseph L. Mankiewicz46.98
- 10Elia Kazan45.43
- 11Humphrey Bogart43.11
- 12Oliver Stone41.23
- 13Denzel Washington39.69
- 14Robert Downey Jr.36.49
- 15Eddie Murphy35.38
- 16Sigourney Weaver34.9
- 17James Cagney34.75
- 18Claudette Colbert33.17
- 19Jane Fonda32.01
- 20Burt Lancaster29.44
- 21James L. Brooks29.13
- 22George Cukor29.09
- 23Ben Hecht27.95
- 24Zoe Saldaña27.08
- 25Anne Bancroft26.27
+324 more
Set in New York
- The Godfather 1972#1
- Citizen Kane 1941#2
- The Godfather Part II 1974#20
- Taxi Driver 1976#25
- Rear Window 1954#28
- 12 Angry Men 1957#37
- North by Northwest 1959#42
- Intolerance 1916#48
- GoodFellas 1990#56
- Raging Bull 1980#59
- Do the Right Thing 1989#66
- King Kong 1933#71
- On the Waterfront 1954#76
- It Happened One Night 1934#81
- Midnight Cowboy 1969#89
- Annie Hall 1977#97
- The Apartment 1960#98
- All About Eve 1950#102
- West Side Story 1961#114
- Titanic 1997#118
- Superman 1978#128
- The French Connection 1971#131
- Rosemary's Baby 1968#142
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004filmed#149
- 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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