Movies
Tribute to New York: films that showcase the best of the Big Apple
No city has been the star of as many movies - and a host of great films too - as the Big Apple. Here a few celluloid classics are recalled
29 April 2018 - 00:00
"New York, New York, a helluva town," as the song says and even if you've never set foot in it, you know it because you just can't escape it on screen.
Over the history of film and TV, America's most diverse and well-known city has become as much a character in the medium's history as any of the well-known ones we've seen stalking, singing, crying or laughing on its well-pounded pavements.
If you've traipsed the streets of the city you'll know how hard it is not to stop every few blocks and come face to face with something you've seen on screen. So in tribute to the city that's forever alive and awake and filled with possibilities, here are a few of our favourite on-screen versions and visions of life in the city both then and now:..
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