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, 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 a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Prior to 1910

What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City (1901)
The Thieving Hand (1908)
Bolletje lulkoek (1909)

1910s

1920s

Manhandled (1924)
Subway Sadie (1926)
East Side, West Side (1927)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
The Cameraman (1928)
The Crowd (1928)
Lights of New York (1928)
Speedy (1928)
The Cameraman (1928)
Applause (1929)
The Broadway Melody (1929)
Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)

1930s

Street Scene (1931)
Strictly Dishonorable (1931)
Sidewalks of New York (1931)
The Heart of New York (1932)
Central Park (1932)
Lawyer Man (1932)
42nd Street (1933)
The Bowery (1933)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Deluge (1933)
Dinner at Eight (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)
Nothing Sacred (1937)
The Toast of New York (1937)
Topper (1937)
Just Around the Corner (1938)
There Goes My Heart (1938)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
5th Ave Girl (1939)
The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue (1939)
Bachelor Mother (1939)
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Topper Takes a Trip (1939)

1940s

Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
City for Conquest (1940)
I Love You Again (1940)
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Babes on Broadway (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Saboteur (1942)
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Woman of the Year (1942)
Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Bowery to Broadway (1944)
Greenwich Village (1944)
Laura (1944)
The Clock (1945)
Doll Face (1945)
The House on 92nd Street (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Scarlet Street (1945)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
The Dark Corner (1946)
Deception (1946)
The Locket (1946)
The Big Clock (1947)
Gentleman's Agreement (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)
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
The Naked City (1948)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Rope (1948)
Up in Central Park (1948)
Adam's Rib (1949)
C-Man (1949)
East Side, West Side (1949)
The Heiress (1949)
On the Town (1949)
Port of New York (1949)
The Window (1949)

1950s

1950

1951

1952

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

1953

1954

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

1955

Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Killer's Kiss (1955)
Marty (1955)
The Naked Street (1955)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)

1956

1960s

1960

The Apartment (1960)
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Butterfield 8 (1960)
Let's Make Love (1960)
Murder, Inc. (1960)
Pay or Die (1960)
Weddings and Babies (1960)

1961

1962

1963

1964

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

1965

1966

Any Wednesday (1966)
Barefoot in the Park (1966)
Chelsea Girls (1966)
The Group (1966)
A Man Called Adam (1966)
Mister Buddwing (1966)
You're a Big Boy Now (1966)

1967

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
The Incident (1967)
The President's Analyst (1967)
Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)

1968

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

1969

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

1970s

1970

Andy Warhol's Trash (1970)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
The Boys in the Band (1970)
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Hercules in New York (1970)
Hi, Mom! (1970)
I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
Joe (1970)
The Landlord (1970)
Love Story (1970)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
The Out-of-Towners (1970)
The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
Where's Poppa? (1970)

1971

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

1974

Claudine (1974)
Crazy Joe (1974)
Death Wish (1974)
The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
For Pete's Sake (1974)
The Gambler (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Harry and Tonto (1974)
Law and Disorder (1974)
The Lords of Flatbush (1974)
The Super Cops (1974)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Willie Dynamite (1974)

1975

1976

Deadly Hero (1976)
The Front (1976)
God Told Me To (1976)
King Kong (1976)
Marathon Man (1976)
Network (1976)
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)

1977

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

1978

Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
Fingers (1978)
Girlfriends (1978)
King of the Gypsies (1978)
Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978)
Superman (1978)
An Unmarried Woman (1978)
The Wiz (1978)

1979

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

1980s

1980

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

1981

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

1982

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

1984

1985

After Hours (1985)
Brewster's Millions (1985)
A Chorus Line (1985)
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Fast Forward (1985)
Insignificance (1985)
Krush Groove (1985)
The Last Dragon (1985)
The Protector (1985)
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
Rappin' (1985)
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
Santa Claus The Movie (1985)
Turk 182! (1985)
Year of the Dragon (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)
Legal Eagles (1986)
The Park Is Mine (1986)
She's Gotta Have It (1986)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Something Wild (1986)

1987

An Autumn's Tale (1987)
Batteries Not Included (1987)
China Girl (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)
Street Trash (1987)
Three Men and a Baby (1987)
Wall Street (1987)
Who's That Girl (1987)

1988

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

Blue Steel (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)
The January Man (1989)
Longtime Companion (1989)
Look Who's Talking (1989)
New York Stories (1989)
Rooftops (1989)
Sea of Love (1989)
Sidewalk Stories (1989)
The Unbelievable Truth (1989)
Vampire's Kiss (1989)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Who Shot Patakango? (1989)

1990s

1990

Alice (1990)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Frankenhooker (1990)
The Freshman (1990)
Ghost (1990)
The Godfather Part III (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Green Card (1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
King of New York (1990)
Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990)
Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
Metropolitan (1990)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Q & A (1990)
Quick Change (1990)
Solar Crisis (1990)
State of Grace (1990)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Three Men and a Little Lady (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)
Night on Earth (1991)
One Good Cop (1991)
Other People's Money (1991)
Out for Justice (1991)
The People Under the Stairs (1991)
The Prince of Tides (1991)
Queens Logic (1991)
The Refrigerator (1991)
Regarding Henry (1991)
Straight Out of Brooklyn (1991)
Strictly Business (1991)
The Super (1991)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

1992

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

1993

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

1994

Above The Rim (1994)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
The Cowboy Way (1994)
Crooklyn (1994)
Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)
Fresh (1994)
Highlander III: The Sorcerer (1994)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
I Like It Like That (1994)
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Love Affair (1994)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
Quiz Show (1994)
The Scout (1994)
The Shadow (1994)
The Stand (1994)
A Troll in Central Park (1994)
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
Wolf (1994)

1995

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

1996

Bed of Roses (1996)
Bullet (1996)
City Hall (1996)
A Couch in New York (1996)
Daylight (1996)
Dunston Checks In (1996)
Eddie (1996)
Ed's Next Move (1996)
Eraser (1996)
The First Wives Club (1996)
The Funeral (1996)
Girl 6 (1996)
Independence Day (1996)
The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
One Fine Day (1996)
Ransom (1996)
She's the One (1996)
Sleepers (1996)
Sunset Park (1996)

1997

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

1998

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

1999

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

2000s

2000

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
American Psycho (2000)
Autumn in New York (2000)
Bait (2000)
Bamboozled (2000)
Bless the Child (2000)
Boiler Room (2000)
Center Stage (2000)
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Cruel Intentions 2 (2000)
Digimon Adventure 02: Hurricane Touchdown (2000)
Dinner Rush (2000)
The Family Man (2000)
Finding Forrester (2000)
Frequency (2000)
Hamlet (2000)
Happy Accidents (2000)
Highlander: Endgame (2000)
The Intern (2000)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
Little Nicky (2000)
Loser (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)
61* (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 Next Big Thing (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)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Gangs of New York (2002)
Get A Clue (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)
Washington Heights (2002)

2003

Anger Management (2003)
Anne B. Real (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)
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen (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)
Lbs. (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

Angel Rodriguez (2005)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
Chasing Ghosts (2005)
Cinderella Man (2005)
Dark Water (2005)
Fantastic Four (2005)
Game 6 (2005)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Hitch (2005)
The Honeymooners (2005)
In Good Company (2005)
In the Mix (2005)
The Interpreter (2005)
King Kong (2005)
Little Manhattan (2005)
Lord of War (2005)
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)
Madagascar (2005)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
Native New Yorker (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 (2006)
16 Blocks (2006)
The 9/11 Commission Report (2006)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (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)
Night at the Museum (2006)
The Pink Panther (2006)
Puccini for Beginners (2006)
Shortbus (2006)
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
The Wild (2006)
Vettaiyadu Villaiyadu (2006)
World Trade Center (2006)
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
The Departed (2006)

2007

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

2008

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

2010s

2010

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

2012

2 Days in New York (2012)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Arbitrage (2012)
The Avengers (2012)
The Bourne Legacy (2012)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
The Dictator (2012)
English Vinglish (2012)
Forgetting the Girl (2012)
Freelancers (2012)
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
Lola Versus (2012)
Madagascar 3 (2012)
Man on a Ledge (2012)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Premium Rush (2012)
Red Hook Summer (2012)
Safe (2012)
The Unspeakable Act (2012)
Wanderlust (2012)
What Maisie Knew (2012)

2013

Third Person (2013)
American Hustle (2013)
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)
Atlantic Rim (2013)
Blue Jasmine (2013)
Broken City (2013)
Chinese Puzzle (2013)
Dead Man Down (2013)
Frances Ha (2013)
Generation Um (2013)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Immigrant (2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Kick-Ass 2 (2013)
Kill Your Darlings (2013)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
Now You See Me (2013)
Oblivion (2013)
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)
Side Effects (2013)
Spiders 3D (2013)
The Smurfs 2 (2013)
The Last Session (2013)
Vishwaroopam (2013)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
World War Z (2013)

2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014)
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)
Annie (2014)
Begin Again (2014)
Before We Go (2014)
Birdman (2014)
The Cobbler (2014)
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)
Deliver Us From Evil (2014)
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2014)
The Drop (2014)
John Wick (2014)
Left behind (2014)
Listen Up Philip (2014)
Love Is Strange (2014)
Lucy (2014)
Mania Days (2014)
Match (2014)
A Most Violent Year (2014)
I Origins (2014)
The Other Woman (2014)
Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)
Predestination (2014)
St. Vincent (2014)
Scumbag Hustler (2014)
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
That Awkward Moment (2014)
Top Five (2014)
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
Whiplash (2014)
Winter's Tale (2014)
5 to 7 (2014)

2015

Ace Jackson is a Dead Man (2015)
An Act of War (2015)
Ant-Man (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
The Big Short (2015)
Brooklyn (2015)
Carol (2015)
Fantastic Four (2015)
Focus (2015)
Minions (2015)
Mistress America (2015)
Pixels (2015)
Queen of Earth (2015)
Run All Night (2015)
Ted 2 (2015)
The Intern (2015)
The Night Before (2015)
Trainwreck (2015)
The Walk (2015)

2016

The 5th Wave (2016)
Ghostbusters
Money Monster (2016)
Norm of the North (2016)
Sully (2016)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Tallulah (2016)
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Nerve (2016)
Dr Strange (2016)

New York City devastated on film

This list includes films in which New York City is damaged, destroyed, or otherwise devastated.

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
Captive Women (1952) – unknown cause of destruction of the city
Invasion U.S.A. (1952) – destroyed by a nuclear war
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 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
The Stand (1994) – the city is overcome by mass anarchy and a worldwide plague before being abandoned
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) – Parts of the city are destroyed by a meteor shower
Deep Impact (1998) – Destroyed by a megatsunami resulting from an asteroid impact. The megatsunami also engulfs the World Trade Center
Godzilla (1998) – many buildings 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 Rodan in a giant monster rampage
Absolute Zero (2005) – destroyed by an ice age
King Kong (2005) – destroyed by a giant monster rampage
War of the Worlds (2005) – destroyed by an alien invasion
Category 7: The End of the World (2005) – destroyed by a super storm
Children of Men (2006) – mentioned
Disaster Zone: Volcano in New York (2006) – destroyed by a volcanic eruption
I Am Legend (2007) – destroyed by a vampire apocalypse
Aftermath: Population Zero (2008) – disintegration
Cloverfield (2008) – destroyed by a giant monster rampage
The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008) – destroyed by an alien invasion
Disaster Movie (2008) – destroyed by multiple natural disasters
The Happening (2008) – epidemic
Life After People (2008) – disintegration
NYC: Tornado Terror (2008) – destroyed by a tornado
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
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) – the city gets smashed by a giant bagel at Times Square
Knowing (2009) – destroyed by a solar storm
Watchmen (2009) – destroyed by a nuclear bomb
Skyline (2010) – destroyed by an alien invasion
Battle: Los Angeles (2011) – mentioned
2012: Ice Age (2011) – destroyed by an ice age
Doomsday Prophecy (2011) – destroyed by a massive earthquake
The Divide (2011) – destroyed by nuclear explosions
The Avengers (2012) – devastated by a battle between superheroes and supervillans
Atlantic Rim (2013) – destroyed by a gaint monster rampage
Oblivion (2013) – destroyed by an alien invasion
Spiders 3D (2013) – destroyed by giant spiders
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014) – destroyed by a Sharknado
Pixels (2015) – destroyed by an alien invasion
Independence Day 2 (2016) – aliens attack the city
The 5th Wave (2016) – destroyed by a tsunami created by aliens

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 3978/3979
Soylent Green (1973) – set in 2022
Heavy Metal (1981)
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
Oblivion (2013) – set from 2017 to 2077

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