1. All About Eve - One of our all-time favorites, featuring Bette Davis as a Broadway veteran who is out-smarted by an ambitious ingenue played by Anne Baxter. Won three Oscars, including Best Picture. (1950)
2. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard star in this ode to the sophistication and glamour of New York City. Directed by Blake Edwards and based on the novella by Truman Capote. (1961)
3. The French Connection - Tough cop movie that contains the best car chase scene ever. Won Gene Hackman an Oscar for Best Actor. (1971)
4. Ghostbusters - "Who ya gonna call?" We guarantee you won't get the catchy tune for this zany 1984 film out of your head for days. Features performances by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis (who also wrote the screenplay), as well as Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis. Nominated for 2 Oscars.
5. The Godfather - Marlon Brandon, who won an Oscar for his role, plays a mobster; Al Pacino is his son. Based on the novel by Mario Puzzo. (1972)
6. Manhattan - It takes place in New York and features Woody Allen. Need we say more? (1979)
7. On the Town - Three sailors (Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin) are determined to experience as much New York as they can in 24 hours of shore leave. A wonderful musical with plenty of dancing; includes that incomparable number, New York, New York.
8. Scent of a Woman - Al Pacino plays a feisty blind Army officer who leads an honorable but poor prep-school boy through sophisticated New York City. Pacino received an Oscar for Best Actor for his role. (1992)

Interested in more NYC movies? Take a list at our full list of favorites.