| New York City is known for being a major tourist | | | | recent ones are Serendipity, You've Got Mail and |
| destination and also the city that never sleeps. Since it | | | | Autumn in New York. John Cusack and Kate |
| has a lot of famous attractions, it has provided a great | | | | Beckinsale played the destined lovers in the romantic |
| backdrop for many great movies. From romantic flicks | | | | comedy Serendipity. While You've Got Mail reunited |
| to action-packed motion pictures - a lot of movies | | | | the love team of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. This |
| have featured the bustling city of New York. | | | | movie was based on the classic The Shop Around |
| One of the main attractions of New York, the Empire | | | | the Corner. And the romantic drama flick Autumn in |
| State Building, is the favorite meeting place in classic | | | | New York featured Richard Gere and Winona Ryder. |
| romantic films such as An Affair to Remember, Love | | | | Among the classic romantic films with a New York |
| Affair and Sleepless in Seattle. The 1957 movie An | | | | City background are Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Way |
| Affair to Remember featured movie stars Cary Grant | | | | We Were, Barefoot in the Park and When Harry Met |
| and Deborah Kerr. While the 1939 movie Love Affair | | | | Sally. Breakfast at Tiffany's showcased the very |
| starred Charles Boyer and Irene Dunn. This movie was | | | | charming Audrey Hepburn. It also starred the talented |
| such a hit that a remake of it was released in 1994. It | | | | George Peppard. The 1973 film The Way We Were |
| starred contemporary movie stars Warren Beatty and | | | | featured the talents of Barbra Steisand and Robert |
| Annette Bening. And even though Sleepless in Seattle | | | | Redford. While in the movie Barefoot in the Park, |
| mostly features the city of Seattle, the pivotal part of | | | | Robert Redford was paired with Jane Fonda. And the |
| this movie was shot in New York. This modern love | | | | modern classic When Harry Met Sally, featured the |
| story starred Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. All of these | | | | love story of the characters Hary and Sally played by |
| movies feature climactic scenes at the top of the | | | | Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan. |
| Empire State Building. | | | | Among the many other fantastic movies that were |
| This popular skyscraper was also seen in the action | | | | based in New York City are Annie Hall, The |
| movie King Kong, which has had multiple versions. The | | | | Apartment, Broadway Melody, Dead End, Dog Day |
| original film was released in 1933 with Fay Wray | | | | Afternoon, Falling In Love, The French Connection, |
| starring in it. The most recent remake was done in | | | | Goodfellas, Kramer Vs. Kramer, Marathon Man, |
| 2005 with Jack Black and Naomi Watts playing the | | | | Midnight Cowboy, Moonstruck, Morning Glory, On the |
| major roles. Other action-packed films that have | | | | Waterfront, Raging Bull, Rear Window, Scent of a |
| featured New York City are Godzilla and | | | | Woman, The Seven Year Itch, Sophie's Choice, Taxi |
| Ghostbusters. | | | | Driver, Tootsie, Wall Street, The West Side Story, |
| There are other romantic movies that were based in | | | | Working Girl, Gangs of New York, and of course The |
| the amazing city of New York. Some of the more | | | | Godfather. |