In 2016 Time Out New York compiled a list of the 101 best New York movies of all time. Directors such as Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen are unsurprisingly well represented. The list covers Academy Award winners, silents, documentaries and some of the most controversial movies ever made. Presumably the order of films has more to do with how well they represent the city rather than which are considered the best movies.
- 1. Taxi Driver (1976)
- 2. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
- 3. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- 4. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
- 5. Manhattan (1979)
- 6. Do the Right Thing (1989)
- 7. King Kong (1933)
- 8. Shadows (1959)
- 9. Escape from New York (1981)
- 10. On the Town (1949)
- 11. The French Connection (1971)
- 12. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- 13. After Hours (1985)
- 14. Ghostbusters (1984)
- 15. Chelsea Girls (1966)
- 16. On the Waterfront (1954)
- 17. Annie Hall (1977)
- 18. Wall Street (1987)
- 19. The Warriors (1979)
- 20. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
- 21. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
- 22. Serpico (1973)
- 23. 42nd Street (1933)
- 24. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
- 25. Goodfellas (1990)
- 26. American Psycho (2000)
- 27. Little Fugitive (1953)
- 28. All That Jazz (1979)
- 29. The Clock (1945)
- 30. 25th Hour (2002)
- 31. The Naked City (1948)
- 32. Mean Streets (1973)
- 33. Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
- 34. West Side Story (1961)
- 35. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- 36. Shame (2011)
- 37. Wild Style (1983)
- 38. Shaft (1971)
- 39. Metropolitan (1990)
- 40. King of New York (1990)
- 41. The Godfather (1972)
- 42. The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
- 43. My Dinner with Andre (1981)
- 44. Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
- 45. Kids (1995)
- 46. Network (1976)
- 47. Flaming Creatures (1963)
- 48. Marty (1955)
- 49. Man on Wire (2008)
- 50. Superman (1978)
- 51. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
- 52. The Crowd (1928)
- 53. Fatal Attraction (1987)
- 54. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
- 55. When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
- 56. Fame (1980)
- 57. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
- 58. Klute (1971)
- 59. Margaret (2011)
- 60. The Squid and the Whale (2005)
- 61. Carnal Knowledge (1971)
- 62. Tootsie (1982)
- 63. Regeneration (1915)
- 64. On the Bowery (1956)
- 65. Super Fly (1972)
- 66. Speedy (1928)
- 67. Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
- 68. Paris Is Burning (1990)
- 69. Death Wish (1974)
- 70. Downtown 81 (1981)
- 71. Black Swan (2010)
- 72. The Landlord (1970)
- 73. Bad Lieutenant (1992)
- 74. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
- 75. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)
- 76. The Cool World (1964)
- 77. Two Lovers (2008)
- 78. Cruising (1980)
- 79. Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
- 80. All About Eve (1950)
- 81. Big (1988)
- 82. Dressed to Kill (1980)
- 83. Little Murders (1971)
- 84. Rear Window (1954)
- 85. Smithereens (1982)
- 86. The Hunger (1983)
- 87. Summer of Sam (1999)
- 88. King Kong (1976)
- 89. Hester Street (1975)
- 90. The Blank Generation (1976)
- 91. The Last Days of Disco (1998)
- 92. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
- 93. Hamlet (2000)
- 94. Man Push Cart (2005)
- 95. Wolfen (1981)
- 96. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
- 97. God Told Me To (1976)
- 98. Hi, Mom! (1970)
- 99. Black and White (1999)
- 100. Awesome; I Fuckin’ Shot That! (2006)
- 101. C.H.U.D. (1984)