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Sir John Feelgood
Nov 18, 2009

Manhattan
Taxi Driver
Zodiac

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System Metternich
Feb 28, 2010

But what did he mean by that?

Sin City
True Detective (state, not city)

Saintv77
Aug 5, 2008

Joe and his friend the Giant Talking City.

oldpainless
Oct 30, 2009

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Dark City

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
Падение Берлина

Lunchmeat Larry
Nov 3, 2012

Goodbye Lenin
In Bruges

Gesadt
Jan 3, 2014
Stalker (the Zone, not really a city)

Crow Jane
Oct 18, 2012

nothin' wrong with a lady drinkin' alone in her room
Amelie
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (not at all a city, but still)
Hot Fuzz (really any of the Cornetto movies works for this)
The Immigrant
Amores Perros

And it's not a movie, but The Wire certainly qualifies.

Basebf555
Feb 29, 2008

The greatest sensual pleasure there is is to know the desires of another!

Fun Shoe
Blade Runner

Sponge Baathist
Jan 30, 2010

by FactsAreUseless
Big Hero 6 San Frantokyo or whatever had both Alcatraz and Hashima island

Wes Warhammer
Oct 19, 2012

:sueme:

The World's End

Pfisiar
Aug 3, 2013
Casablanca. While you don't see a lot of the city as whole. there is a cloud of presence over the story.

epsilon
Oct 31, 2001


Heat

metricchip
Jul 16, 2014

The Warriors

Hello Towel
Aug 9, 2010

The Blues Brothers - straight from the opening shots of the industrial plants and Joliet prison, the whole movie screams Chicago.

hoserama
May 21, 2007
I just screened Collateral last night with this idea in mind--that movie is an ode to LA (not that it needs one)

poorlifedecision
Feb 13, 2012
Lipstick Apathy
They Came Together.

blunt for century
Jul 4, 2008

I've got a bone to pick.

Death Wish

Idiot Kicker
Jun 13, 2007
The Room probably showed shots of San Francisco more than Denny or the mom.

Mr. Gibbycrumbles
Aug 30, 2004

Do you think your paladin sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style
Debbie Does Dallas

chefvinny
Apr 5, 2009
City of Lost Children

Queering Wheel
Jun 18, 2011


John Wick

Attack on Princess
Dec 15, 2008

To yolo rolls! The cause and solution to all problems!
Tokyo Drift.

Pope Guilty
Nov 6, 2006

The human animal is a beautiful and terrible creature, capable of limitless compassion and unfathomable cruelty.
Ghostbusters.

Sir John Feelgood
Nov 18, 2009

Inception.

When the city curls up. A person can curl up, but normally not a city.

Frostwerks
Sep 24, 2007

by Lowtax
Midnight Cowboy, Taxi Driver, the French connection are like my go-to trilogy of that era of new york city.

Ichi
May 25, 2004

llama llama ding dong
Enter The Void was the first one that popped into mind.

Edit: Also Kairo by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The city has a really overwhelming quality about it in both films.

Ichi has a new favorite as of 20:04 on May 10, 2015

Grendels Dad
Mar 5, 2011

Popular culture has passed you by.
Gangs of New York
Dredd
Demolition Man
Apocalypto

Attack on Princess
Dec 15, 2008

To yolo rolls! The cause and solution to all problems!
Groundhog Day.

Professor Wayne
Aug 27, 2008

So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.
In They Came Together, New York City is like another character in the story.

BOAT SHOWBOAT
Oct 11, 2007

who do you carry the torch for, my young man?
New York City is almost like another character in the story in They Came Together.

Necrocult
Oct 18, 2010

Form Fitting

BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:

New York City is almost like another character in the story in They Came Together.

Same.

Grendels Dad
Mar 5, 2011

Popular culture has passed you by.
Se7en.



Also, They Came Together.

ElwoodCuse
Jan 11, 2004

we're puttin' the band back together
Flashdance
Striking Distance

The Blues Brothers is a great choice. That movie would never get made these days. It'd be PG 13 and all the car chases would be done on a computer.

Gringo Heisenberg
May 30, 2009




:dukedog:
Bringing Out the Dead

Frostwerks
Sep 24, 2007

by Lowtax
Watching Birdman right now and I'd say that.

Escobarbarian
Jun 18, 2004


Grimey Drawer
Not sure about the city itself but certainly the theater.

Also in They Came Together NYC is basically another character in the story. Only in New York!

Grendels Dad
Mar 5, 2011

Popular culture has passed you by.
New York is like a character in every movie ever that takes place in New York. That city just cannot help it, it's a character. Quirky, too.

Jmcrofts
Jan 7, 2008

just chillin' in the club
Lipstick Apathy
Not a movie but True Detective season 1 made me feel like I was really there in the swamp, getting bit by giant flies.

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sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames
Nightcrawler - LA
Singles - Seattle
Silent Hill - obvious
Twin Peaks - also obvious
Let the Right One In - Blackeberg
Fargo - obvious
Lost in Translation - Tokyo


I always liked how they never say what city it is, but it's always raining and gloomy, and as soon as they drive outside the city limits it's dry and sunny.

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