List of films set in Brooklyn, New York. This is a list of movies which take place in the borough of Brooklyn, not necessarily a collection of films actually made in the location. All of part of the following films take Brooklyn, NYC, as a major or significant setting.
Dozens of popular films have taken the vibrant Brooklyn neighborhood as a setting, many of them dealing with the borough's rich history. Sophie's Choice, for example, takes place in 1940s Brooklyn, where an Auschwitz survivor has resettled following WWII. Sergio Leone's epic Once Upon a Time in America looks at organized crime in Brooklyn in the '20s and '30s. Other movies have used the neighborhood as a microcosm to look at larger political and social issues in America, including a number of films from Brooklyn-raised filmmaker Spike Lee. (These include Mo' Better Blues, She's Gotta Have It, Clockers, and Do the Right Thing.)
Many of these were movies filmed in Brooklyn, or even have Brooklyn in the title, but all are great movies and have this hipster borough as an integral part of the plot.1
9½ Weeks
Mickey Rourke, Kim BasingerReleased: 1986
Directed by: Adrian Lyne
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Annie Hall
Woody Allen, Diane KeatonReleased: 1977
Directed by: Woody Allen
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Arranged
John Rothman, Marcia Jean KurtzReleased: 2007
Directed by: Stefan Schaefer, Diane Crespo
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Lee Van Cleef, Cecil KellawayReleased: 1953
Directed by: Eugène Lourié
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The Bounty Hunter
Jennifer Aniston, Gerard ButlerReleased: 2010
Directed by: Andy Tennant
6Brooklyn Force
Adam Bertocci, Kent SandersonReleased: 2008
Directed by: Adam Bertocci
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Brooklyn Lobster
Jane Curtin, Danny AielloReleased: 2005
Directed by: Kevin Jordan
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Brooklyn Matters
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Brooklyn Rules
Alec Baldwin, Mena SuvariReleased: 2006
Directed by: Michael Corrente
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Brooklyn's Finest
Richard Gere, Ethan HawkeReleased: 2009
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
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Cadillac Man
Robin Williams, Tim RobbinsReleased: 1990
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
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Clockers
Spike Lee, Harvey KeitelReleased: 1995
Directed by: Spike Lee
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Coney Island Baby
Laura Fraser, Karl GearyReleased: 2003
Directed by: Amy Hobby
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Cowboy from Brooklyn
Ronald Reagan, Ann SheridanReleased: 1938
Directed by: Lloyd Bacon
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Crooklyn
RuPaul, Spike LeeReleased: 1994
Directed by: Spike Lee
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The Cult of Sincerity
Kathryn Merry, Letty SerraReleased: 2008
Directed by: Brendan Choisnet, Adam Browne
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Dead Presidents
Martin Sheen, Terrence HowardReleased: 1995
Directed by: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
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Deuces Wild
James Franco, Debbie HarryReleased: 2002
Directed by: Scott Kalvert
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Do the Right Thing
Samuel L. Jackson, Martin LawrenceReleased: 1989
Directed by: Spike Lee
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Dog Day Afternoon
Al Pacino, Carol KaneReleased: 1975
Directed by: Sidney Lumet
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The French Connection
Gene Hackman, Roy ScheiderReleased: 1971
Directed by: William Friedkin
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Godzilla
Matthew Broderick, Hank AzariaReleased: 1998
Directed by: Roland Emmerich
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Goodfellas
Robert De Niro, Samuel L. JacksonReleased: 1990
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
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Half Nelson
Ryan Gosling, Denis O'HareReleased: 2006
Directed by: Ryan Fleck
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He Got Game
Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'NealReleased: 1998
Directed by: Spike Lee
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