Rankings by metro

Every film-year distributes the same points by box office share, split director-first down the billing order; every Oscar ceremony distributes the same prestige. A metro's score is the sum over the people it raised. Top 200 of 814 scored metros.

New York🎬
#1
CountryUnited StatesScore5190People920Leading figureFrancis Ford Coppola
London🎬
#2
CountryUnited KingdomScore2277.6People371Leading figureAlfred Hitchcock
Los Angeles🎬
#3
CountryUnited StatesScore2038.1People315Leading figureFrank Capra
Chicago🎬
#4
CountryUnited StatesScore1025.5People181Leading figureOrson Welles
San Francisco-San Jose🎬
#5
CountryUnited StatesScore690People115Leading figureTom Hanks
Boston🎬
#6
CountryUnited StatesScore611.6People95Leading figureBette Davis
Philadelphia🎬
#7
CountryUnited StatesScore586.1People99Leading figureWill Smith
Washington-Baltimore🎬
#8
CountryUnited StatesScore399.7People91Leading figureBarry Levinson
Paris🎬
#9
CountryFranceScore344.5People90Leading figureJean Renoir
Manchester🎬
#10
CountryUnited KingdomScore285.4People38Leading figureIan McKellen
Cleveland🎬
#11
CountryUnited StatesScore272.4People40Leading figureClark Gable
Kansas City🎬
#12
CountryUnited StatesScore260.7People34Leading figureRobert Altman
Detroit🎬
#13
CountryUnited StatesScore214.7People39Leading figureEllen Burstyn
Omaha-Lincoln🎬
#14
CountryUnited StatesScore203.5People19Leading figureMarlon Brando
Vienna🎬
#15
CountryAustriaScore197.7People23Leading figureFred Zinnemann
Toronto🎬
#16
CountryCanadaScore193People29Leading figureChristopher Plummer
San Diego🎬
#17
CountryUnited StatesScore177.9People25Leading figureGregory Peck
Atlanta🎬
#18
CountryUnited StatesScore174.4People27Leading figureJulia Roberts
Sydney🎬
#19
CountryAustraliaScore173.9People31Leading figureMel Gibson
Pittsburgh🎬
#20
CountryUnited StatesScore171.7People30Leading figureJames Stewart
St. Louis🎬
#21
CountryUnited StatesScore171People37Leading figureWilliam Holden
Stockholm🎬
#22
CountrySwedenScore166.6People16Leading figureIngrid Bergman
Minneapolis🎬
#23
CountryUnited StatesScore166People28Leading figureJoel and Ethan Coen
Milwaukee🎬
#24
CountryUnited StatesScore163.7People18Leading figureSpencer Tracy
Dallas🎬
#25
CountryUnited StatesScore162.4People35Leading figureRobert Benton
Louisville🎬
#26
CountryUnited StatesScore156.5People18Leading figureTom Cruise
Houston🎬
#27
CountryUnited StatesScore144.4People21Leading figureKing Vidor
Phoenix🎬
#28
CountryUnited StatesScore139.9People11Leading figureSteven Spielberg
New Haven🎬
#29
CountryUnited StatesScore130.7People26Leading figureRod Steiger
Providence🎬
#30
CountryUnited StatesScore124.1People19Leading figureDamien Chazelle
Seattle🎬
#31
CountryUnited StatesScore123.1People26Leading figureChris Pratt
Tokyo🎬
#32
CountryJapanScore122.8People16Leading figureAkira Kurosawa
Dublin🎬
#33
CountryIrelandScore120.9People32Leading figureBarry Fitzgerald
Albany🎬
#34
CountryUnited StatesScore119.5People15Leading figureCharles Brackett
Rome🎬
#35
CountryItalyScore118.9People28Leading figureRoberto Rossellini
Liverpool🎬
#36
CountryUnited KingdomScore118.8People22Leading figureGlenda Jackson
Bristol🎬
#37
CountryUnited KingdomScore117.9People21Leading figureCary Grant
Cardiff🎬
#38
CountryUnited KingdomScore117.8People10Leading figureAnthony Hopkins
Hartford🎬
#39
CountryUnited StatesScore115.6People11Leading figureKatharine Hepburn
Wellington🎬
#40
CountryNew ZealandScore115.3People11Leading figurePeter Jackson
Miami🎬
#41
CountryUnited StatesScore114.5People21Leading figureJohnny Depp
Berlin🎬
#42
CountryGermanyScore109.8People16Leading figureErnst Lubitsch
Krakow🎬
#43
CountryPolandScore108.5People3Leading figureBilly Wilder
Denver🎬
#44
CountryUnited StatesScore103.8People21Leading figureDavid Fincher
Glasgow🎬
#45
CountryUnited KingdomScore93.2People22Leading figureFrank Lloyd
Melbourne🎬
#46
CountryAustraliaScore92.5People14Leading figureCate Blanchett
Memphis🎬
#47
CountryUnited StatesScore88.1People11Leading figureMorgan Freeman
Montreal🎬
#48
CountryCanadaScore87.8People17Leading figureNorma Shearer
Rochester🎬
#49
CountryUnited StatesScore87.6People12Leading figurePhilip Seymour Hoffman
Mexico City🎬
#50
CountryMexicoScore86.5People16Leading figureAlfonso CuarΓ³n
Leeds-Bradford🎬
#51
CountryUnited KingdomScore83.1People15Leading figurePeter O'Toole
Columbus🎬
#52
CountryUnited StatesScore83.1People9Leading figureVincente Minnelli
Sacramento🎬
#53
CountryUnited StatesScore80People13Leading figureJessica Chastain
Richmond🎬
#54
CountryUnited StatesScore79.8People13Leading figureWarren Beatty
Austin🎬
#55
CountryUnited StatesScore74.1People12Leading figureTerrence Malick
Cincinnati🎬
#56
CountryUnited StatesScore72.9People13Leading figureWoody Harrelson
Newcastle🎬
#57
CountryUnited KingdomScore72.4People12Leading figureRidley Scott
Portland (ME)🎬
#58
CountryUnited StatesScore71.3People3Leading figureJohn Ford
San Antonio🎬
#59
CountryUnited StatesScore71People9Leading figureTommy Lee Jones
South Bend🎬
#60
CountryUnited StatesScore71People4Leading figureSydney Pollack
New Orleans🎬
#61
CountryUnited StatesScore68.9People19Leading figureReese Witherspoon
Budapest🎬
#62
CountryHungaryScore68.5People14Leading figureMichael Curtiz
Salt Lake City-Provo🎬
#63
CountryUnited StatesScore68.2People12Leading figureFrank Borzage
Birmingham🎬
#64
CountryUnited KingdomScore66.5People19Leading figureJames Whale
Honolulu🎬
#65
CountryUnited StatesScore64.5People11Leading figureNicole Kidman
Lexington🎬
#66
CountryUnited StatesScore62.4People9Leading figureGeorge Clooney
Belfast🎬
#67
CountryUnited KingdomScore61.8People8Leading figureKenneth Branagh
Quincy🎬
#68
CountryUnited StatesScore61.7People8Leading figureRuth Gordon
Vancouver🎬
#69
CountryCanadaScore60.6People14Leading figureMichael J. Fox
Mulhouse🎬
#70
CountryFranceScore60People2Leading figureWilliam Wyler
Johannesburg🎬
#71
CountrySouth AfricaScore56.7People9Leading figureCharlize Theron
Helena🎬
#72
CountryUnited StatesScore56.4People2Leading figureGary Cooper
London (ON)🎬
#73
CountryCanadaScore56.1People8Leading figurePaul Haggis
Rhine-Ruhr🎬
#74
CountryGermanyScore54.7People10Leading figureLuise Rainer
York🎬
#75
CountryUnited KingdomScore52.6People3Leading figureJudi Dench
Perth🎬
#76
CountryAustraliaScore52.2People5Leading figureSam Worthington
St. Catharines-Niagara🎬
#77
CountryCanadaScore51.3People2Leading figureJames Cameron
Indianapolis🎬
#78
CountryUnited StatesScore50.7People7Leading figureSteve McQueen
Birmingham (AL)🎬
#79
CountryUnited StatesScore50.3People9Leading figureDaniel Scheinert
Rimini🎬
#80
CountryItalyScore49.1People1Leading figureFederico Fellini
Oxford🎬
#81
CountryUnited KingdomScore48.8People12Leading figureEmma Watson
Spokane🎬
#82
CountryUnited StatesScore48.2People6Leading figureBing Crosby
Duluth🎬
#83
CountryUnited StatesScore48.1People3Leading figureJessica Lange
Modesto🎬
#84
CountryUnited StatesScore48.1People3Leading figureGeorge Lucas
Tulsa🎬
#85
CountryUnited StatesScore47.6People9Leading figureJennifer Jones
Springfield🎬
#86
CountryUnited StatesScore47.6People14Leading figureLillian Gish
Brighton & Hove🎬
#87
CountryUnited KingdomScore47.1People12Leading figurePaul Scofield
Scranton🎬
#88
CountryUnited StatesScore46.4People7Leading figureJack Palance
Warsaw🎬
#89
CountryPolandScore44.7People7Leading figureKrzysztof KieΕ›lowski
Richmond (IN)🎬
#90
CountryUnited StatesScore43.3People2Leading figureRobert Wise
Hastings🎬
#91
CountryUnited KingdomScore43.1People6Leading figureMichael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
Cambridge🎬
#92
CountryUnited KingdomScore43People8Leading figureRichard Attenborough
Kalispell🎬
#93
CountryUnited StatesScore42.7People3Leading figureBrad Bird
Munich🎬
#94
CountryGermanyScore41.8People9Leading figureWerner Herzog
Brussels🎬
#95
CountryBelgiumScore41.8People2Leading figureAudrey Hepburn
St. Petersburg🎬
#96
CountryRussiaScore41.6People8Leading figureGeorge Sanders
Brisbane🎬
#97
CountryAustraliaScore40.8People7Leading figureGeorge Miller
Knoxville🎬
#98
CountryUnited StatesScore40.5People10Leading figureClarence Brown
Champaign🎬
#99
CountryUnited StatesScore40.4People4Leading figureFrances McDormand
Danville (IL)🎬
#100
CountryUnited StatesScore40.2People1Leading figureGene Hackman
Missoula🎬
#101
CountryUnited StatesScore40.1People2Leading figureDavid Lynch
Fresno🎬
#102
CountryUnited StatesScore39.8People5Leading figureSteven Zaillian
Edinburgh🎬
#103
CountryUnited KingdomScore39.6People6Leading figureSean Connery
Norwich🎬
#104
CountryUnited KingdomScore39.3People6Leading figureOlivia Colman
Columbia🎬
#105
CountryUnited StatesScore39.3People5Leading figureStanley Donen
San Juan🎬
#106
CountryPuerto RicoScore38.8People4Leading figureJosΓ© Ferrer
Copenhagen🎬
#107
CountryDenmarkScore37.7People14Leading figureJoachim Trier
Grand Rapids🎬
#108
CountryUnited StatesScore36.6People8Leading figureKurt Luedtke
Hull🎬
#109
CountryUnited KingdomScore36.5People5Leading figureJim Broadbent
Zaragoza🎬
#110
CountrySpainScore34.8People1Leading figureLuis BuΓ±uel
Buenos Aires🎬
#111
CountryArgentinaScore34.2People12Leading figureNicolΓ‘s Giacobone
Canterbury🎬
#112
CountryUnited KingdomScore33.4People5Leading figureOrlando Bloom
Fayetteville (NC)🎬
#113
CountryUnited StatesScore33.3People2Leading figureJulianne Moore
Portland🎬
#114
CountryUnited StatesScore33.2People14Leading figureHarry Brown
Frosinone🎬
#115
CountryItalyScore32.8People2Leading figureVittorio De Sica
Nottingham🎬
#116
CountryUnited KingdomScore32.4People6Leading figureClaudine West
Nashville🎬
#117
CountryUnited StatesScore32.2People10Leading figureTom Schulman
Swansea🎬
#118
CountryUnited KingdomScore31.5People4Leading figureRay Milland
Madrid🎬
#119
CountrySpainScore31.3People5Leading figurePenΓ©lope Cruz
Lima (OH)🎬
#120
CountryUnited StatesScore31.1People3Leading figureDudley Nichols
Zurich🎬
#121
CountrySwitzerlandScore30.6People3Leading figureRichard Schweizer
Springfield (MO)🎬
#122
CountryUnited StatesScore30.6People1Leading figureBrad Pitt
Bucharest🎬
#123
CountryRomaniaScore30.4People5Leading figureArthur Caesar
Beijing🎬
#124
CountryChinaScore30People9Leading figureChloΓ© Zhao
Bloomington🎬
#125
CountryUnited StatesScore30People5Leading figurePete Docter
Youngstown🎬
#126
CountryUnited StatesScore29.9People7Leading figureChris Columbus
Bournemouth🎬
#127
CountryUnited KingdomScore29.7People5Leading figureJeremy Irons
Chisinau🎬
#128
CountryMoldovaScore29.6People1Leading figureLewis Milestone
Madison🎬
#129
CountryUnited StatesScore29.4People5Leading figureFred MacMurray
Wichita🎬
#130
CountryUnited StatesScore29.2People8Leading figureHattie McDaniel
Lviv🎬
#131
CountryUkraineScore29People3Leading figurePaul Muni
Hamburg🎬
#132
CountryGermanyScore28.9People6Leading figureHanns KrΓ€ly
Geneva🎬
#133
CountrySwitzerlandScore28.7People1Leading figureJean-Luc Godard
Pardubice🎬
#134
CountryCzech RepublicScore28.2People1Leading figureMiloΕ‘ Forman
Shreveport🎬
#135
CountryUnited StatesScore27.8People5Leading figureJoshua Logan
Appleton🎬
#136
CountryUnited StatesScore27.6People4Leading figureWillem Dafoe
Chihuahua🎬
#137
CountryMexicoScore27.4People1Leading figureAnthony Quinn
Sioux City🎬
#138
CountryUnited StatesScore27.1People6Leading figureJames Coburn
Parma🎬
#139
CountryItalyScore27.1People2Leading figureBernardo Bertolucci
Frankfurt🎬
#140
CountryGermanyScore27People7Leading figureSimone Signoret
Guadalajara🎬
#141
CountryMexicoScore26.9People3Leading figureGuillermo del Toro
Rockford🎬
#142
CountryUnited StatesScore26.5People7Leading figureJoan Allen
Kaohsiung🎬
#143
CountryTaiwanScore25.8People1Leading figureAng Lee
Perugia🎬
#144
CountryItalyScore25.5People2Leading figureRoberto Benigni
Kirksville (MO)🎬
#145
CountryUnited StatesScore25.4People1Leading figureGeraldine Page
Gothenburg🎬
#146
CountrySwedenScore25.3People3Leading figureStellan SkarsgΓ₯rd
Naples🎬
#147
CountryItalyScore25.3People8Leading figureVincent Gardenia
Savannah🎬
#148
CountryUnited StatesScore25.3People3Leading figureCharles Coburn
Rio de Janeiro🎬
#149
CountryBrazilScore25.1People6Leading figureMarshall Brickman
Nairobi🎬
#150
CountryKenyaScore24.6People5Leading figureLupita Nyong'o
Nassau (BAH)🎬
#151
CountryBahamasScore24.5People1Leading figureSidney Poitier
Santa Barbara🎬
#152
CountryUnited StatesScore24.3People7Leading figureJosh Brolin
Toowoomba🎬
#153
CountryAustraliaScore24.3People1Leading figureGeoffrey Rush
Tyler🎬
#154
CountryUnited StatesScore24.2People1Leading figureSissy Spacek
Athens🎬
#155
CountryGreeceScore24.1People4Leading figureKatina Paxinou
Big Stone Gap🎬
#156
CountryUnited StatesScore23.2People1Leading figureGeorge C. Scott
Ferrara🎬
#157
CountryItalyScore23.2People1Leading figureMichelangelo Antonioni
Colorado Springs🎬
#158
CountryUnited StatesScore23.2People4Leading figureJon Watts
Scarborough🎬
#159
CountryUnited KingdomScore23.1People1Leading figureCharles Laughton
La Crosse🎬
#160
CountryUnited StatesScore22.9People1Leading figureNicholas Ray
Wichita Falls🎬
#161
CountryUnited StatesScore22.7People3Leading figureVan Heflin
Hong Kong🎬
#162
CountryHong KongScore22.7People12Leading figureAndy Lau
Jerusalem🎬
#163
CountryIsraelScore22.7People1Leading figureNatalie Portman
Buffalo🎬
#164
CountryUnited StatesScore22.3People10Leading figureFranchot Tone
Florence🎬
#165
CountryItalyScore22.1People7Leading figureYves Montand
Cedar Rapids🎬
#166
CountryUnited StatesScore21.7People4Leading figureElijah Wood
Dothan🎬
#167
CountryUnited StatesScore21.5People1Leading figureFaye Dunaway
Cape Town🎬
#168
CountrySouth AfricaScore21.2People3Leading figureRonald Harwood
Las Palmas🎬
#169
CountrySpainScore21.2People1Leading figureJavier Bardem
Augusta🎬
#170
CountryUnited StatesScore21People3Leading figureLaurence Fishburne
Macon🎬
#171
CountryUnited StatesScore20.8People1Leading figureMelvyn Douglas
Portsmouth🎬
#172
CountryUnited KingdomScore20.7People4Leading figureAnthony Minghella
Monterey🎬
#173
CountryUnited StatesScore20.5People8Leading figureJohn Steinbeck
Hot Springs🎬
#174
CountryUnited StatesScore20.5People2Leading figureBilly Bob Thornton
Lansing🎬
#175
CountryUnited StatesScore20.4People2Leading figureBurt Reynolds
Dayton🎬
#176
CountryUnited StatesScore20.3People6Leading figureEleanor Parker
Malmo🎬
#177
CountrySwedenScore20.2People2Leading figureMax von Sydow
Milan🎬
#178
CountryItalyScore20.1People9Leading figureLuchino Visconti
McAlester (OK)🎬
#179
CountryUnited StatesScore20People1Leading figureMichael Wilson
Graz🎬
#180
CountryAustriaScore20People1Leading figureArnold Schwarzenegger
Reno🎬
#181
CountryUnited StatesScore19.9People3Leading figureCurtis Hanson
Auckland🎬
#182
CountryNew ZealandScore19.5People4Leading figureAndrew Adamson
Topeka🎬
#183
CountryUnited StatesScore19People2Leading figureAnnette Bening
Wilmington🎬
#184
CountryUnited StatesScore19People4Leading figureAriana DeBose
Cobourg (ON)🎬
#185
CountryCanadaScore18.9People1Leading figureMarie Dressler
Jefferson City🎬
#186
CountryUnited StatesScore18.9People2Leading figureWilliam Rose
Kalamazoo🎬
#187
CountryUnited StatesScore18.7People6Leading figureJohn Briley
Baton Rouge🎬
#188
CountryUnited StatesScore18.7People1Leading figureSteven Soderbergh
Greensboro-Winston Salem🎬
#189
CountryUnited StatesScore18.5People5Leading figureTed Tally
Winnipeg🎬
#190
CountryCanadaScore18.5People5Leading figureAnna Paquin
Peoria🎬
#191
CountryUnited StatesScore18.5People6Leading figureFrank Wead
Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe🎬
#192
CountryJapanScore18.4People7Leading figureMachiko Kyō
Troy🎬
#193
CountryUnited StatesScore18.4People2Leading figureMaureen Stapleton
Montrose (CO)🎬
#194
CountryUnited StatesScore18.3People1Leading figureDalton Trumbo
Thomasville🎬
#195
CountryUnited StatesScore18.3People1Leading figureJoanne Woodward
Tel-Aviv🎬
#196
CountryIsraelScore18.1People8Leading figureChaim Topol
Bielefeld🎬
#197
CountryGermanyScore18.1People1Leading figureF. W. Murnau
Syracuse🎬
#198
CountryUnited StatesScore18People6Leading figureDouglas Morrow
Oklahoma City🎬
#199
CountryUnited StatesScore17.7People8Leading figureJames Garner
Adelaide🎬
#200
CountryAustraliaScore17.6People4Leading figureJudith Anderson