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, New York, 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.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

1900s

• The Thieving Hand (1908)

1910s

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

1920s

• The Jazz Singer (1927)
• The Cameraman (1927)
• The Crowd (1928)
• Lights of New York (1928)
• Speedy (1928)
• Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
• The Broadway Melody (1929)

1930s

• Street Scene (1931)
• Strictly Dishonorable (1931)
• Central Park (1932)
• Lawyer Man (1932)
• The Bowery (1933)
• Dancing Lady (1933)
• Dinner at Eight (1933)
• 42nd Street (1933)
• Deluge (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)
• Topper (1937)
• Nothing Sacred (1937)
• The Toast of New York (1937)
• There Goes My Heart (1938)
• You Can't Take It with You (1938)
• Bachelor Mother (1939)
• Topper Takes a Trip (1939)
• The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue (1939)
• Rose of Washington Square (1939)

1940s

• Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
• I Love You Again (1940)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
• Saboteur (1942)
• The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
• Tales of Manhattan (1942)
• Woman of the Year (1942)
• Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
• Bowery to Broadway (1944)
• Greenwich Village (1944)
• Laura (1944)
• Scarlet Street (1945)
• The Clock (1945)
• The Lost Weekend (1945)
• The House on 92nd Street (1945)
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
• The Dark Corner (1946)
• Deception (1946)
• The Big Clock (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)
• Rope (1948)
• Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
• The Naked City (1948)
• Portrait of Jennie (1948)
• Up in Central Park (1948)
• The Heiress (1949)
• Adam's Rib (1949)
• On the Town (1949)

1950s

1950

• All About Eve
• Where the Sidewalk Ends
• The Tattooed Stranger

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

• Dream Wife (1953)
• How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
• Pickup on South Street (1953)
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
• Little Fugitive (1953)

1954

• It Should Happen to You (1954)
• Sabrina (1954)
• On the Waterfront (1954)
• Rear Window (1954)
• Living It Up (1954)
• Woman's World (1954)

1955

• Marty (1955)
• Guys and Dolls (1955)
• The Seven Year Itch (1955)
• Daddy Long Legs (1955)

1956

• The Catered Affair (1956)
• Lovers and Lollipops (1956)
• The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)

1957

• A King in New York (1957)
• An Affair to Remember (1957)
• Desk Set (1957)
• Funny Face (1957)
• The Garment Jungle (1957)
• On the Bowery (1957)
• Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)
• Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
• The Giant Claw (1957)

1958

• Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
• Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

1959

• It Happened to Jane (1959)
• Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Shadows (1959)
• The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
• The Best of Everything (1959)

1960s

1960

• The Apartment (1960)
• Let's Make Love (1960)
• Murder, Inc. (1960)
• BUtterfield 8 (1960)

1961

• Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
• West Side Story (1961)
• Blast of Silence (1961)

1962

• The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

1963

• Sunday in New York (1963)
• America, America (1963)

1964

• The World of Henry Orient (1964)
• The Cool World (1964)

1965

• How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
• The Pawnbroker (1965)
• A Thousand Clowns (1965)

1966

• Mister Buddwing (1966)
• You're a Big Boy Now (1966)

1967

• Barefoot in the Park (1967)
• How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
• The Incident (1967)
• Up the Down Staircase (1967)
• Wait Until Dark (1967)

1968

• Andy Warhol's Flesh (1968)
• Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
• Coogan's Bluff (1968)
• Destroy All Monsters (1968)
• Funny Girl (1968)
• The Odd Couple (1968)
• Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
• The Producers (1968)
• Planet of the Apes (1968)
• Rosemary's Baby (1968)

1969

• A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)
• Hello, Dolly! (1969)
• John and Mary (1969)
• Me, Natalie (1969)
• Midnight Cowboy (1969)
• Popi (1969)
• Putney Swope (1969)
• Sweet Charity (film) (1969)

1970s

1970

• Andy Warhol's Trash (1970)
• Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
• Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
• Hercules in New York (1970)
• Hi, Mom! (1970)
• I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
• The Boys in the Band (1970)
• The Landlord (1970)
• The Out-of-Towners (1970)
• Where's Poppa? (1970)

1971

• Bananas (1971)
• Believe in Me (1971)
• Born to Win (1971)
• Carnal Knowledge(1971)
• Cry Uncle! (1971)
• Klute (1971)
• Plaza Suite (1971)
• Shaft (1971)
• Such Good Friends (1971)
• Taking Off (1971)
• The Anderson Tapes (1971)
• The French Connection (1971)
• The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971)
• The Panic in Needle Park (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)
• Shaft's Big Score (1972)
• Super Fly (1972)
• The Godfather (1972)
• The Hot Rock (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)
• Sisters (1973)
• Soylent Green (1973)
• The Seven-Ups (1973)
• The Way We Were (1973)

1974

• Claudine (1974)
• Death Wish (1974)
• For Pete's Sake (1974)
• Harry and Tonto (1974)
• Law and Disorder (1974)
• The Gambler (1974)
• The Godfather: Part II (1974)
• The Education of Sonny Carson (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)
• King Kong (1976)
• Marathon Man (1976)
• Network (1976)
• Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• The Front (1976)
• God Told Me To (1976)

1977

• Annie Hall (1977)
• Audrey Rose (1977)
• End of the World (1977)
• New York, New York (1977)
• Opening Night (1977)
• Roseland (1977)
• Saturday Night Fever (1977)
• Short Eyes (1977)
• The Goodbye Girl (1977)
• The Rescuers (1977)
• The Sentinel (1977)

1978

• An Unmarried Woman (1978)
• Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
• Girlfriends (1978)
• Fingers (1978)
• Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
• The Wiz (1978)
• Superman (1978)
• Grease (1978)

1979

• All That Jazz (1979)
• Boardwalk (1979)
• Going in Style (1979)
• Hair (1979)
• Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
• Love At First Bite (1979)
• Manhattan (1979)
• Rich Kids (1979)
• The Driller Killer (1979)
• The Wanderers (1979)
• The Warriors (1979)

1980s

1980

• Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
• Cruising (1980)
• Dressed to Kill (1980)
• Fame (1980)
• Gloria (1980)
• Hero at Large (1980)
• It's My Turn (1980)
• Maniac (1980)
• Night of the Juggler (1980)
• Permanent Vacation (1980)
• Raging Bull (1980)
• The Dogs of War (1980)
• The Exterminator (1980)
• The First Deadly Sin (1980)
• The Jazz Singer (1980)
• Times Square (1980)
• Tribute (1980)

1981

• Arthur (1981)
• Brooklyn Bridge (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)
• My Dinner with Andre (1981)
• Ms. 45 (1981)
• Nighthawks (1981)
• Prince of the City (1981)
• Ragtime (1981)
• The Chosen (1981)
• They All Laughed (1981)
• Wolfen (1981)

1982

• Annie (1982)
• Author! Author! (1982)
• Forty Deuce (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)
• Liquid Sky (1983)
• Staying Alive (1983)
• The King of Comedy (1983)
• Trading Places (1983)
• Two of a Kind (1983)
• Wild Style (1983)
• Vigilante (1983)
• Without A Trace (1983)

1984

• Alphabet City (1984)
• Beat Street (1984)
• Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
• Brother From Another Planet (1984)
• C.H.U.D. (1984)
• Exterminator 2 (1984)
• Falling in Love (1984)
• Ghostbusters (1984)
• Mixed Blood (1984)
• Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
• Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
• Over the Brooklyn Bridge (1984)
• Romancing the Stone (1984)
• Splash (1984)
• The Cotton Club (1984)
• The Lonely Guy (1984)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
• The Natural (1984)
• The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

1985

• A Chorus Line (1985)
• After Hours (1985)
• Brewster's Millions (1985)
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
• Insignificance (1985)
• Krush Groove (1985)
• Rappin' (1985)
• Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins(1985)
• Streetwalkin' (1985)
• The Last Dragon (1985)
• The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
• Turk 182! (1985)
• Year of the Dragon (1985)
• Santa Claus The Movie (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)
• The Park Is Mine (1986)
• She's Gotta Have It (1986)
• Something Wild (1986)

1987

• Batteries Not Included (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)
• Three Men and a Baby (1987)
• Wall Street
• Who's That Girl (1987)

1988

• Beaches (1988)
• Big (1988)
• Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
• Big Business (1988)
• Cocktail (1988)
• Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
• Coming to America (1988)
• Crossing Delancey (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

• The Abyss (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)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Longtime Companion (1989)
• Look Who's Talking (1989)
• The January Man (1989)
• New York Stories (1989)
• Rooftops (1989)
• Sea of Love (1989)
• Sidewalk Stories (1989)
• When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
• Vampire's Kiss(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)
• State of Grace (1990)
• Green Card (1990)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)
• Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
• King of New York (1990)
• Solar Crisis (1990)
• Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990)
• Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
• Metropolitan (1990)
• Q & A (1990)
• Quick Change (1990)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
• Three Men and a Little Lady (1990)
• Mo' Better Blues (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)
• One Good Cop (1991)
• Other People's Money (1991)
• Out for Justice (1991)
• The Prince of Tides (1991)
• Queens Logic (1991)
• The Refrigerator (1991)
• Regarding Henry (1991)
• Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)
• Strictly Business (1991)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
• The People Under the Stairs (1991)

1992

• Bad Lieutenant (1992)
• Boomerang (1992)
• Freejack (1992)
• Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
• Juice (1992)
• Hoffa (1992)
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
• Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
• Husbands and Wives (1992)
• Newsies (1992)
• Night and the City (1992)
• Scent of a Woman (1992)
• A Stranger Among Us (1992)
• Single White Female (1992)

1993

• The Age of Innocence (1993)
• A Bronx Tale (1993)
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
• Carlito's Way (1993)
• Coneheads (1993)
• Freefall (1993)
• Last Action Hero (1993)
• Look Who's Talking Now (1993)
• Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
• The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
• Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
• Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
• Sliver (1993)
• Super Mario Bros. (1993)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
• The Night We Never Met (1993)
• Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
• We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
• Who's the Man (1993)

1994

• A Troll in Central Park (1994)
• Above The Rim (1994)
• Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
• Crooklyn (1994)
• Fresh (1994)
• Highlander III: The Sorcerer (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 Cowboy Way (1994)
• The Scout (1994)
• The Shadow (1994)
• The Stand (1994)
• Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
• Wolf (1994)

1995

• A Little Princess (1995)
• Balto (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)
• Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
• Money Train (1995)
• Party Girl (1995)
• Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• The Basketball Diaries (1995)
• Sabrina (1995)
• Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

1996

• Daylight (1996)
• Bed of Roses (1996)
• Bullet (1996)
• City Hall (1996)
• Eddie (1996)
• Eraser (1996)
• Independence Day (1996)
• One Fine Day (1996)
• Ransom (1996)
• She's the One (1996)
• Sleepers (1996)
• Sunset Park (1996)
• A Couch in New York (1996)
• The First Wives Club (1996)
• The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)

1997

• All Over Me (1997)
• As Good as It Gets (1997)
• Chasing Amy (1997)
• Conspiracy Theory (1997)
• The Devil's Advocate (1997)
• Donnie Brasco (1997)
• The Fifth Element (1997)
• Henry Fool (1997)
• Men in Black (1997)
• Mimic (1997)
• Night Falls on Manhattan (1997)
• One Night Stand (1997)
• Spawn (1997)
• The Devil's Own (1997)
• Turbulence (1997)
• Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)
• Kiss Me Guido (1997)

1998

• 54 (1998)
• A Perfect Murder (1998)
• A Price Above Rubies (1998)
• Antz (1998)
• Armageddon (1998)
• Belly (1998)
• Celebrity (1998)
• The City (1998)
• Deep Impact (1998)
• Godzilla (1998)
• Gia (1998)
• Great Expectations (1998)
• Half Baked (1998)
• He Got Game (1998)
• Living Out Loud (1998)
• Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.(1998)
• Pi (1998)
• The Siege (1998)
• Stepmom (1998)
• You've Got Mail (1998)
• U.S. Marshals (1998)
• Rounders (1998)
• Last Days of Disco (1998)

1999

• 200 Cigarettes (1999)
• Analyze This (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)
• Meet Joe Black (1999)
• Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
• Music of the Heart (1999)
• Payback (1999)
• The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
• The Matrix (1999)
• The Out-of-Towners (1999)
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
• Urban Menace (1999)
• Simply Irresistible (1999)
• Stuart Little (1999)
• Summer of Sam (1999)
• Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

2000s

2000

• American Psycho (2000)
• Autumn in New York (2000)
• Bait (2000)
• Bless the Child (2000)
• Boiler Room (2000)
• Center Stage (2000)
• Coyote Ugly (2000)
• Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
• Dinner Rush (2000)
• Digimon Adventure 02: Hurrican Touchdown (2000)
• The Family Man (2000)
• Finding Forrester (2000)
• Frequency (2000)
• Hamlet (2000)
• Happy Accidents (2000)
• Highlander: Endgame (2000)
• Keeping the Faith (2000)
• Little Nicky (2000)
• Loser (2000)
• The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (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)
• 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 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)
• Gangs of New York (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)

2003

• Anne B. Real (2003)
• Anger Management (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)
• 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)
• 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

• The Amityville Horror (2005)
• Angel Rodriguez (2005)
• Cinderella Man (2005)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Chasing Ghosts (2005)
• Fantastic Four (2005)
• Game 6 (2005)
• Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
• Hitch (2005)
• The Honeymooners (2005)
• In Good Company (2005)
• The Interpreter (2005)
• In the Mix (2005)
• King Kong (2005)
• Little Manhattan (2005)
• Lord of War (2005)
• Madagascar (2005)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (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 (film) (2006)
• 16 Blocks (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)
• Puccini for Beginners (2006)
• Shortbus (2006)
• The 9/11 Commission Report (2006)
• The Wild (2006)
• Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu (2006)
• World Trade Center (2006)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

2007

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

2008

• 100 Million BC (2008)
• 27 Dresses (2008)
• Alone in the Dark II (2008)
• Beautiful Losers (2008)
• Bolt (2008)
• Cloverfield (2008)
• Deception (2008)
• Definitely, Maybe (2008)
• Disaster Movie (2008)
• Doubt (2008)
• Ghost Town (2008)
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
• Hookers In Revolt (2008)
• How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
• Jumper (2008)
• Lust For Vengeance (2008)
• Meet Dave (2008)
• My Sassy Girl (2008)
• Max Payne (2008)
• Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
• Mirrors (2008)
• Made of Honor (2008)
• Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
• Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
• NYC: Tornado Terror (2008)
• Punisher: War Zone (2008)
• Pride and Glory (2008)
• Righteous Kill (2008)
• Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)
• Synecdoche New York(2008)
• The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)
• The Happening (2008)
• The Incredible Hulk (2008)
• The Visitor (2008)
• The Wackness (2008)
• The Women (2008)
• Two Lovers (film) (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)
• Bloody 27 (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)
• 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)
• Shot List (2009)
• State of Play (2009)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
• The International (2009)
• The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)
• Under New Management (2009)
• Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
• Watchmen (2009)
• Whatever Works (2009)

2010

• All Good Things (2010)
• Anjaana Anjaani (2010)
• The Book of Eli (2010)
• Backup Plan (2010)
• Black Swan (2010)
• Cop Out (2010)
• Date Night (2010)
• Devil (2010)
• Eat Pray Love (2010)
• Fair Game (2010)
• Get Him to the Greek (2010)
• Gulliver's Travels (2010)
• happythankyoumoreplease (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)
• My Name is Khan (2010)
• Morning Glory (2010)
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
• Remember Me (2010)
• Salt (2010)
• Sex and the City 2 (2010)
• The Back-up Plan (2010)
• The Four-Faced Liar (2010)
• The Hole (2010)
• Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
• Step Up 3D (2010)
• The Other Guys (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)
• Anonymous (2011)
• Arthur (2011)
• Beastly (2011)
• Born to Be a Star (2011)
• Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
• Dream House (2011)
• Friends with Benefits (2011)
• Limitless (2011)
• Margin Call (2011)
• Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
• New Year's Eve (2011)
• Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D (2011)
• Our Idiot Brother (2011)
• The Resident (2011)
• Shame (2011)
• The Sitter (2011)
• The Smurfs (2011)
• Something Borrowed (2011)
• Tower Heist (2011)

2012

• The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
• The Avengers (2012)
• The Bourne Legacy (2012)
• The Great Gatsby (2013)
• The Dictator (2012)
• Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
• Madagascar 3 (2012)
• Man on a Ledge (2012)
• Men in Black 3 (2012)
• Safe (2012)
• Wanderlust (2012)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (film) (2012)
• Premium Rush (2012)

2013

• Broken City (2013)
• Bullet to the Head (2012)
• Spiders 3D (2013)
• Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
• The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
• Oblivion (2013)
• The Smurfs 2 (2013)

New York City destroyed on film

• 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
• Invasion U.S.A. (1952) – destroyed by a nuclear war
• Captive Women (1952) – unknown cause of destruction of the city
• 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 it 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 and a solar storm
• 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 an asteroid and a tsunami
• 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 a giant monster rampage
• Category 7: The End of the World (2004) – destroyed by a super storm
• War of the Worlds (2005) – destroyed by an alien invasion
• King Kong (2005) – destroyed by a giant monster rampage
• Absolute Zero (2005) – destroyed by an ice age
• Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006) – destroyed by a volcanic eruption
• Children of Men (2006) – mentioned
• I Am Legend (2007) – destroyed by a zombie apocalypse
• The Happening (2008) – epidemic
• Aftermath: Population Zero (2008) – disintegration
• Cloverfield (2008) – destroyed by a giant monster rampage
• Disaster Movie (2008) – destroyed by multiple natural disasters
• Life After People (2008) – disintegration
• NYC: Tornado Terror (2008) – destroyed by a tornado
• The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) – destroyed by an alien invasion
• 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
• Watchmen (2009) – destroyed by a nuclear war
• Knowing (2009) – destroyed by a solar storm
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) – the city gets smashed by a giant bagel at Times Square
• Skyline (2010) – destroyed by an alien invasion
• Battle: Los Angeles (2010) – mentioned
• 2012: Ice Age (2011) – destroyed by an ice age
• The Divide (2011) – destroyed by nuclear explosions
• The Avengers (2012) – destroyed by a battle between superheroes and supervillans
• Starlite Motel – destroyed with a whacking stick
• Spiders 3D (2013)  – destroyed by giant spiders

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
• 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
• Wall-E (2008) – set in 2805
• Avatar (2009; extended edition alternate opening) – set in 2148

See also

• Culture of New York City