Movies where a city is central to the story

Asteroid City

Military Personnel • Quiet Departure • Actors • Asteroid City • Stylized • Musical Score

2023 • Movie

Summer in the City

Small-Town • Contemporary • Manhattan • Romantic Comedy Fans • Small-Town Woman • Promotion To Manhattan

2016 • Movie • US, CA

City of the Sun

Urban Decay • Economic Hardship • Mine Closure • Post-Industrial Decay • Ambiguous

2017 • Movie • US, QA, NL, GE

A City at Chandigarh

Architects • Planners • Urban Construction • 1947 Partition • India

1966 • Movie • CH

Terreur sur ma ville

Community Healing • Neocastellana Town • Emotional Recovery • Reflective • Bittersweet • Open-Ended

2024 • Movie

City of My Dreams

Industrialization • Youth Survival • Stockholm • Swedish Submission • Ingvar Forest Mountain

1976 • Movie • SE

Megalopolis

Corrupt Mayor • Famous Artist • Hopeful • Self-Funded Release • Visual Effects • United States

2024 • Movie • US

City of Ghosts

Con Artist • Cliffhanger • Ngo Worker • Mid-Budget • Nonlinear

2002 • Movie • US

Downtown Switzerland

Open-Ended • Urban Environment • Urban Development • Urban Life • Social Change

2004 • Movie • CH

Cities of Last Things

Moral Ambiguity • Suicide Jump • Personal Tragedy • Art-House • Lee Hong-Chi • Dark

2018 • Movie • CN, TW, KR, US, FR, SG

City Lights

Hopeful • Mansion • Flower Market • Bittersweet • Love And Sacrifice • Great Depression

1931 • Movie • US

Green City Life

Future-Oriented • Mexico • Climate Crisis • Background Score • On-Location Shots • 2020S

2023 • Movie • FR

Les lumières de ma ville

Urban Environment • Bittersweet • Community Members • Ambiguous • Community Loss • Jean-Yves Bigras (Director)

1950 • Movie • CA

Urban Country

Uplifting • Present Day • Family Support • Family • Personal Adaptation • Teenagers

2018 • Movie • US

A Town Called Love

Romance Rivalry • Riley • Happy Ending • Love • Scouting Love • Identity Deception

2023 • Movie • CA

Hands over the City

Ambiguous • Land Developer • Politician • Documentary Style • Moral Compromise • Drama

1963 • Movie • IT, IT, FR

Stadtlandliebe

Ambiguous • German Countryside • Humorous • Citycountrylove • Comedic

2016 • Movie • DE

Roulette City

Modern-Day • Kin • Macau • Crime • Macau Crime • Crime Thriller

2012 • Movie • MO, SG

Broken City

New York City • Corruption Exposed • Bittersweet • Mid-Budget • Crime Thriller

2013 • Movie • US

Urban Genesis

Architects • Farmers • Solution-Oriented • Rural Exodus • International Collaboration • Archival Images

2022 • Movie • CH

The Village

Bittersweet • Rural Japan • Return Of Misaki • Hopeful • Kamonmura

2023 • Movie • JP

Dans la ville blanche

Ship Mechanic • Loses Contact • Bittersweet • 1980S • European Film Enthusiasts

1983 • Movie • CH, PT

Citizens of the World

Ambiguous • Contemporary • Emotional Struggle • Uncertainty • Life Change • Bittersweet

2020 • Movie • FR, IT

City Lights

Mumbai City • Poverty • Migrant • Hope For Family • Feature-Length • Family Reunion

2014 • Movie • IN

Nightmare City 2035

Futuristic City • Urban Ruins • Government Control • Sci-Fi • Ruined Metropolis • Future Dystopia

2007 • Movie • BG, US

Infinite Place

Music Enthusiasts • Post-Cold War • Hopeful • Impressive Imagery • Infinite Place • Identity

2024 • Movie

GrossStadtklein

Romantic Encounter • Family Change • Romantic Pursuit • Romantic Resolution • Family Bonds • Family Man

2013 • Movie • DE

Shine Your Eyes

Nigeria • Brazil • Family Reunion • International Viewers • Favorable Critics • Drama

2020 • Movie • FR, BR

London Town

Concert Attendance • 1970S London • Family Eviction • Mixed Reviews • Working-Class Struggle • Music As Rebellion

2017 • Movie • DE, GB, US

Brunaupark

Local Residents • Hopeful • Families • Slow-Paced • Brownpark • Linear

2024 • Movie