The 21 Best Films Set in New York City


Grace Kelly and James Stewart in 'Rear Window'
"Probably beginning with Herald Square (1896), thousands of movies have been set in New York City. These 21 New York film locations can justifiably be called the best. ... 8. Rear Window (1954) A celebrated Alfred Hitchcock thriller, Rear Window stars James Stewart as L.B. 'Jeff' Jefferies, a voyeuristic wheelchair-bound photographer who realizes that one of his neighbors (Raymond Burr) has murdered his wife. Grace Kelly co-stars as Jeffries’ beautiful socialite girlfriend whose fussing around him intensifies his sense of impotence. The Greenwich Village apartment building Jeffries gazes on at '125 West Ninth Street' was modeled on the one at 125 Christopher Street, which still exists. ..."
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