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TOP FILMS SET IN NEW YORK (full results)

Rank Film Points L #1
#1 Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) 39 11 4
#2 Manhattan (Woody Allen, 1979) 34 8 4
#3 King Kong (Merian C Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsak, 1933) 19 6 -
#4 The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) - incl. one vote for trilogy 13 4 1
#5 Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977) 9 2 1
The Godfather: Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) - incl. one vote for trilogy 9 3 1
The Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957) 9 3 -
#8 Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger, 1969) 7 3 -
#9 25th Hour (Spike Lee, 2002) 6 2 1
Hannah & Her Sisters (Woody Allen, 1986) 6 2 -
Rosemary's Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968) 6 2 1
Shadows (John Cassavetes, 1959) 6 2 -
#13 It Should Happen to You (George Cukor, 1954) 5 1 1
King of Comedy (Martin Scorsese, 1983) 5 2 -
Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990) 5 1 1
The Naked City (Jules Dassin, 1948) 5 1 1
#17 Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet, 1975) 4 1 -
Footlight Parade (Lloyd Bacon, 1933) 4 1 -
Ghostbusters (Ivan Reitman, 1984) 4 2 -
Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990) 4 1 -
Husbands and Wives (Woody Allen, 1992) 4 1 -
Mean Streets (Martin Scorsese, 1973) 4 2 -
Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980) 4 1 -
#24 Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999) 3 1 -
The King of New York (Abel Ferrara, 1990) 3 1 -
Marathon Man (John Schlesinger) 3 1 -
Once Upon a Time in America (Sergio Leone, 1984) 3 2 -
On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan, 1954) 3 1 -
Radio Days (Woody Allen, 1987) 3 2 -
Requiem for a Dream (Darren Aronofsky, 2000) 3 1 -
Saturday Night Fever (John Badham, 1977) 3 1 -
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Joseph Sargent, 1974) 3 1 -
The Warriors (Walter Hill, 1979) 3 1 -
The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock, 1956) 3 1 -
#35 Age of Innocence (Martin Scorsese, 1993) 2 1 -
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Blake Edwards, 1961) 2 1 -
Bullets over Broadway (Woody Allen, 1994) 2 1 -
A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood, 1935) 2 1 -
Spider-Man 2 (Sam Raimi, 2004) 2 1 -
Such Good Friends (Otto Preminger, 1971) 2 1 -
West Side Story (Jerome Robbins & Robert Wise, 1961) 2 1 -
#42 All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950) 1 1 -
Crimes and Misdemeanors (Woody Allen, 1989) 1 1 -
North by Northwest (Alfred Hitchcock, 1959) 1 1 -
Quick Change (Howard Franklin & Bill Murray, 1990) 1 1 -
The Seventh Victim (Mark Robson, 1943) 1 1 -
L=How many lists each film appears on                   #1=How many number one votes each film recieves

*points are given as follows: for numbered lists, first place recieves 5 points, second place recieves 4, third place 3, fourth place 2 and fifth place gets 1 point; for unumbered lists, each film will recieve 3 points; total points are then tallied up and a comprehensive Top 5 list is created.

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