A Short List of Recommended Movies Related to New York City

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 (listed alphabetically)

 

25th Hour, Dir. Spike Lee, 2002

 

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn  Dir. Elia Kazan, 1945

 

After Hours, Dir. Martin Scorcese, 1985 

 

The Age of Innocence, Dir. Martin Scorcese,  1993

 

American Gangster, Dir. Ridley Scott, 2007

 

Annie Hall, Dir. Woody Allen, 1977

 

Basquiat, Dir. Julian Schnabel, 1996

 

Being John Malkovich, Dir. Spike Jonze, 1999

 

Breakfast at Tiffany's , Dir. Blake Edwards, 1961 

 

Brighton Beach Memoirs Dir. Gene Saks 1986

 

The Brother from Another Planet, Dir. John Sayles, 1984

 

Citizen Kane, Dir. Orson Welles, 1941

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Coney Island - American Experience: https://www.kanopy.com/en/stjohns/watch/video/204929

 

Crossing Delancey, Dir. Joan Micklin Silver, 1988

 

Desperately Seeking Susan,  Susan Seidelman, 1985

 

Dog Day Afternoon,  Dir. Sidney Lumet, 1975

 

Do the Right Thing,  Dir. Spike Lee, 1989 

 

Gangs of New York, Dir. Martin Scorcese , 2002

 

The Godfather Parts I and II, Dir. Francis Ford Coppola, 1972, 1974

 

Hair,  Dir. Milos Forman, 1979

 

King Kong,  Dir. Merian Cooper, Ernest Schoedsack, 1933

 

Manhattan, Dir. Woody Allen, 1979

 

Midnight Cowboy,  Dir. John Schlesinger, 1969 

 

Moonstruck,  Dir. Norman Jewison, 1987

 

Moscow on the Hudson,  Dir. Paul Mazursky, 1984

 

Network,  Dir. Sidney Lumet, 1976

 

New York: A Documentary Film, Dir. Ric Burns, 1999

 

New York Stories,  Dirs. Wood Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorcese, 1989

 

On the Waterfront, Dir. Elia Kazan, 1954

 

The Producers, Dir. Mel Brooks,

 

Raging Bull , Dir. Martin Scorcese, 1980

 

Ragtime, Dir. Milos Forman,

 

Rear Window Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1954

 

Requiem for a Dream , Dir. Darren Aronofsky, 2000

 

Rosemary's Baby , Dir. Roman Polanski, 1968

 

Saturday Night Fever, Dir. John Badham, 1977

 

Serpico, Dir. Didney Lumet, 1973

 

Sophie's Choice , Dir. Alan Pakula, 1982

 

Spider Man and Spider Man 2,  Dir. Sam Raimi, 2002, 2004,

 

Summer of Sam, Dir. Spike Lee, 1999

 

Superman ,  Dir. Richard Donner, 1978  

 

The Sweet Smell of Success, Dir. Alexander Mackendrick, 1957

 

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Dir. Joseph Sargent, 1974

 

Taxi Driver, Dir. Martin Scorcese,1976

 

Vanya on 42nd Street , Louis Malle, 1994

 

Wall Street, Dir. Oliver Stone, 1987 

 

West Side Story,  Dir. Jerome Robbins, 1961

 

Wild Style, Dir. Charlie Ahearn, 1983