# The best movies set in New York City

From Breakfast at Tiffany's to Uncut Gems: the great New York films, from PIX11's Rotten Tomatoes ranking, Yardbarker and Time Out.

- 45 votes · 15 items
- Oct 16, 2025 · Kirsty Cox
- https://even.best/en/l/3994/the-best-movies-set-in-new-york-city

## Top 15

1. **The Godfather (1972)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — The Corleones, and the most famous film of the bunch.
2. **Dog Day Afternoon (1975)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Al Pacino's Brooklyn bank robbery.
3. **Manhattan (1979)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Woody Allen's black-and-white love letter.
4. **12 Angry Men (1957)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Twelve jurors in one room.
5. **Annie Hall (1977)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
6. **Mean Streets (1973)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Scorsese's Little Italy, with De Niro and Keitel.
7. **Taxi Driver (1976)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Travis Bickle drives the night shift.
8. **Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Audrey Hepburn on Fifth Avenue.
9. **Uncut Gems (2019)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Adam Sandler as a Diamond District gambler.
10. **Midnight Cowboy (1969)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo on 42nd Street.
11. **Do the Right Thing (1989)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The hottest day of the year in Bed-Stuy.
12. **West Side Story (1961)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Jets and Sharks on the Upper West Side.
13. **When Harry Met Sally... (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Twelve years of friendship across Manhattan.
14. **The French Connection (1971)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Popeye Doyle and the chase under the elevated train.
15. **Ghostbusters (1984)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Busting ghosts from a Tribeca firehouse.

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