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NEW YORK (PIX11) – There are hundreds of movies based in New York City, but only a few capture the charm and magic of the Big Apple.
The film-review website Rotten Tomatoes examined hundreds of films set in the city and chose the "212 Best New York City Movies."
“It’s little wonder that the five boroughs have played background – and often lead – in so many movies. New York is a place overflowing with stories, no matter where you swipe your MetroCard,” the Rotten Tomatoes website states. “It is, at the southern end of Manhattan, the center of the financial world, where greed has made for great cinema; a short subway ride from that, you’re in the center of global fashion, where the Miranda Priestlys of the world wield their power for high drama and big laughs; zip further north still and you hit the Great White Way, where so many dreams have played out on our screens, from ‘All About Eve’ to ‘Birdman.’"
The top 20 NYC movies are:
- The Godfather
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- All About Eve
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?
- On The Water Front
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Soul
- King Kong
- The Godfather, Part II
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Brooklyn
- The French Connection
- Taxi Driver
- Rear Window
- Man on Wire
- Uncut Gems
- Birdman
- Sweet Smell of Success
- Annie Hall
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Why are so many movies set in NYC?
“Pick any corner of New York, and every single angle that you shoot is going to be interesting,” said Anastasia Puglisi in a recent New York Times interview. Puglisi is an executive vice president and co-executive producer at Wolf Entertainment, the production company responsible for the many “Law & Order” franchises.
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