In no particular order, these are Dr. Schweitzer’s favorite movies about/set in New York:
1. West Side Story
(even though a lot was filmed on sound stages)
2. Serpico
3. Taxi Driver
4. Annie Hall or Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
6. Ghostbusters
7. You’ve Got Mail or When Harry Met Sally
8. On the Waterfront
9. The Goodbye Girl
10. Fame
11. The Cotton Club
12. Finding Forrester
13. Three Days of the Condor
14. Rosemary’s Baby (the Dakota! What a building!)
15. The Godfather
16. Super Fly
17. The Odd Couple
18. Funny Girl
19. Butterfield 8
20. Guys and Dolls
(bonus one: Saturday Night Fever).