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

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

Casablanca - ranking option ranked #1

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.

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Paris, Texas - ranking option ranked #2

Paris, Texas

Wim Wenders' Palme d'Or-winning drama follows a mysterious wanderer reconnecting with his family across the American Southwest.

2/14
Escape from New York - ranking option ranked #3

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.

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Gangs of New York - ranking option ranked #4

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.

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In Bruges - ranking option ranked #5

In Bruges

Martin McDonagh's darkly comedic crime film follows two hitmen hiding out in the medieval Belgian city after a job gone wrong.

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Midnight in Paris - ranking option ranked #6

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.

6/14
Manhattan - ranking option ranked #7

Manhattan

Woody Allen's love letter to New York City is a beautifully shot black-and-white romantic comedy-drama about complicated relationships.

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L.A. Confidential - ranking option ranked #8

L.A. Confidential

Curtis Hanson's neo-noir masterpiece unravels a web of corruption, murder, and Hollywood glamour in 1950s Los Angeles.

8/14
Fargo - ranking option ranked #9

Fargo

The Coen Brothers' darkly comedic crime thriller follows a botched kidnapping scheme in snowy Minnesota, anchored by Frances McDormand's Oscar-winning performance.

9/14
Munich - ranking option ranked #10

Munich

Steven Spielberg's tense political thriller dramatizes Israel's secret retaliation against those responsible for the 1972 Olympic massacre.

10/14
Philadelphia - ranking option ranked #11

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.

11/14
Chicago - ranking option ranked #12

Chicago

Rob Marshall's dazzling musical adaptation won Best Picture, starring Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones as rival murderesses in Jazz Age Chicago.

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Roma - ranking option ranked #13

Roma

Alfonso Cuaron's deeply personal black-and-white masterpiece follows a domestic worker in 1970s Mexico City, winning three Academy Awards.

13/14
Belfast - ranking option ranked #14

Belfast

Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film captures a young boy's childhood during the Troubles in 1960s Northern Ireland.

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