
Martin Scorsese names the 30 best New York movies ever

Last Updated on March 17, 2025
Martin Scorsese is the quintessential New York filmmaker. Sure, some of his greatest films are set in New York, but that asthma kept him inside of a Little Italy apartment to do nothing but study cinema says a lot about how embedded the city is in his blood and his own movies. Now, Scorsese has listed more than 30 of the most essential New York films – and yes, he was modest enough to not list Mean Streets and Taxi Driver and Goodfellas and…
Check out Martin Scorsese’s list of 30+ greatest New York movies below:
Daybreak Express
The Naked City and Kiss of Death
Fourteen Hours
Cry of the City
A Double Life and The Marrying Kind
It Should Happen to You
On the Waterfront
The Wrong Man
Sweet Smell of Success
Shadows
Midnight Cowboy and Marathon Man
The French Connection
Bye Bye Braverman
Prince of the City...
Martin Scorsese is the quintessential New York filmmaker. Sure, some of his greatest films are set in New York, but that asthma kept him inside of a Little Italy apartment to do nothing but study cinema says a lot about how embedded the city is in his blood and his own movies. Now, Scorsese has listed more than 30 of the most essential New York films – and yes, he was modest enough to not list Mean Streets and Taxi Driver and Goodfellas and…
Check out Martin Scorsese’s list of 30+ greatest New York movies below:
Daybreak Express
The Naked City and Kiss of Death
Fourteen Hours
Cry of the City
A Double Life and The Marrying Kind
It Should Happen to You
On the Waterfront
The Wrong Man
Sweet Smell of Success
Shadows
Midnight Cowboy and Marathon Man
The French Connection
Bye Bye Braverman
Prince of the City...
- 3/15/2025
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
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