I Miss New York: 100 Movies Set in NYC

The Best of Everything (1959) A bit trashy and melodramatic, the film depicts career women in the late Eisenhower era; stars Joan Crawford as the consummate bitter executive (Amanda Farrow ) and Hope Lange as the wide-eyed secretary (Caroline Bender) working in the nasty world of publishing. [...] Touted as the Park Slope version of Kramer vs Kramer, (where the setting has moved from the Seventies Manhattan to Eighties Brooklyn), the film title refers to the giant squid and sperm whale diorama housed at the American Museum of Natural History (which we don’t see until the final shot of the film). [...] The Warriors (1979) The cult film's colorful, gritty depiction of New York's infamous gangs/night armies is based on the 1965 novel of the same name; the story centers on The Warriors, a gang who must make an urban journey of 30 miles, from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf in Coney Island in southern Brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader. [...] Set in the Upper West Side, circa mid 1950’s (when many Puerto Ricans moved to NYC), it explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two street gangs (White and Latino respectively), and the tragic fate of the two star crossed lovers, Tony and Maria. [...] The ultimate portrait of a young professional woman in the 80’s and worth watching just to look at the outfits – the big hair, the shoulder pads, the outlandish makeup.