What is the best movie with a city name in its title?

By YPB Team

Romance, crime, and war — these films span every genre but all carry a city in their name. Which one is the real standout?

  1. Casablanca — ranked #11
    Casablanca
    Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star in this timeless World War II romance set in the Moroccan city, widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made.
  2. Paris, Texas — ranked #22
    Paris, Texas
    Wim Wenders' Palme d'Or-winning drama follows a mysterious wanderer reconnecting with his family across the American Southwest.
  3. Escape from New York — ranked #33
    Escape from New York
    John Carpenter's sci-fi action classic imagines Manhattan as a maximum-security prison, with Kurt Russell as Snake Plissken sent in to rescue the President.
  4. Gangs of New York — ranked #44
    Gangs of New York
    Martin Scorsese's epic historical drama stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis in a brutal tale of rival gangs in 19th-century Manhattan.
  5. In Bruges — ranked #55
    In Bruges
    Martin McDonagh's darkly comedic crime film follows two hitmen hiding out in the medieval Belgian city after a job gone wrong.
  6. Midnight in Paris — ranked #66
    Midnight in Paris
    Woody Allen's enchanting fantasy-comedy sends Owen Wilson back in time to 1920s Paris, where he meets literary and artistic legends.
  7. Manhattan — ranked #77
    Manhattan
    Woody Allen's love letter to New York City is a beautifully shot black-and-white romantic comedy-drama about complicated relationships.
  8. L.A. Confidential — ranked #88
    L.A. Confidential
    Curtis Hanson's neo-noir masterpiece unravels a web of corruption, murder, and Hollywood glamour in 1950s Los Angeles.
  9. Fargo — ranked #99
    Fargo
    The Coen Brothers' darkly comedic crime thriller follows a botched kidnapping scheme in snowy Minnesota, anchored by Frances McDormand's Oscar-winning performance.
  10. Munich — ranked #1010
    Munich
    Steven Spielberg's tense political thriller dramatizes Israel's secret retaliation against those responsible for the 1972 Olympic massacre.
  11. Philadelphia — ranked #1111
    Philadelphia
    Tom Hanks delivers an Oscar-winning performance as a lawyer with AIDS who sues his firm for wrongful dismissal, with Denzel Washington as his attorney.
  12. Chicago — ranked #1212
    Chicago
    Rob Marshall's dazzling musical adaptation won Best Picture, starring Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones as rival murderesses in Jazz Age Chicago.
  13. Roma — ranked #1313
    Roma
    Alfonso Cuaron's deeply personal black-and-white masterpiece follows a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico City, winning three Academy Awards.
  14. Belfast — ranked #1414
    Belfast
    Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film captures a young boy's childhood during the Troubles in 1960s Northern Ireland.

Comments

A 1979 black-and-white romance, a 1981 prison island and Scorsese's 1863 draft riots: three of the fourteen films name the same city: https://youpick.best/articles/new-york-city-ranked-many-ways https://youpick.best/articles/chicago-ranked-many-ways

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