I want to do a little pre-NYC trip celebration with my friend the day before our trip. What are some awesome movies to rent that really get you in that "New York state of mind"?



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/04/2012 11:15AM by askanewyorker.

There are lots of movies that feature New York locations. Here are some suggestions:

On The Town
Annie Hall
Manhattan
Manhattan Murder Mystery (much of Woody Allen, actually)
West Side Story
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Fame
Taxi Driver
Midnight Cowboy
Saturday Night Fever
Little Manhattan
Serendipity
Sidewalks of New York
Rent (shot mostly in California but set in NY)
The Producers
Unfaithful
You've Got Mail
When Harry Met Sally
Big

Hope that helps!

The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

Starring: Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke

You forgot my favorite....Working Girl!

Last June when on the boat to Ellis Island, we passed the Staten Island ferry and I could hear that great Carly Simon theme song that opens the movie with the shot of the ferry...(and alas...the twin towers in the background)

Of course, Harrison Ford is very scenic also...

Also:

Wall Street
Nine and a Half Weeks
After Hours
How to Marry a Millionaire

I forgot:

The Secret of my Success
Kissing Jessica Stein

The Squid and the Whale and Igby Goes Down both show some great NYC locations as well.

Autumn in New York with Winona Ryder and Richard Gere. Nice scenes of Central Park

Don't forget the greatest New York movie ever made , "A Bronx Tale",

Nicky

I like 200 Cigarettes with the Affleck brothers, Courtney Love, Paul Rudd, and Kate Hudson.

Blue in the Face (aka Brooklyn Boogie)

Hitch