Movies where a city is central to the story

Asteroid City

Astronomers • Quiet Departure • Spain • Retro-Futuristic • Meteorite Inventory • Widescreen

2023 • Movie

Summer in the City

Contemporary • Retail Store • Store Manager • Small-Town Girl • Modern • Career Promotion

2016 • Movie • US, CA

City of the Sun

Urban Decay • Miners • Hopeful • Community Survival • Post-Soviet • Nostalgic

2017 • Movie • US, QA, NL, GE

A City at Chandigarh

1947 Partition • Long-Term Impact • Chandigarh • Architectural Vision • Urban Development • Slow-Paced

1966 • Movie • CH

Terreur sur ma ville

Neocastellana Town • Personal Trauma • Injured • Natural Disaster

2024 • Movie

City of My Dreams

Urban Hardship • Poverty • Stockholm • Film Festival Screening • Historical

1976 • Movie • SE

Megalopolis

New Rome • Hopeful • Famous Artist • Alternate America • Drama • Building Megalopolis

2024 • Movie • US

City of Ghosts

Cliffhanger • Phnom Penh • Mentor Betrayal • Ambiguous • Mixed Reviews • Matt Dillon

2002 • Movie • US

Downtown Switzerland

Urban Environment • Political Tension • Open-Ended • Multi-Perspective • Low-Budget • Documentary

2004 • Movie • CH

Cities of Last Things

Personal Tragedy • Suicide Jump • Ordinary Man • Reverse Storytelling • Jack Kao • Cyberpunk

2018 • Movie • CN, TW, KR, US, FR, SG

City Lights

Final Recognition • Early Sound Era • Hopeful • Hope • Positive Reviews • Great Depression Era

1931 • Movie • US

Green City Life

Climate Crisis • Global Cities • Local Communities • Urban Planners • Realistic

2023 • Movie • FR

Les lumières de ma ville

Montreal • Loss Of Values • Artistic Struggle • Moral Crisis • Melancholic • The Lights Of My City

1950 • Movie • CA

Urban Country

Mother • Ranch Owner • Horse Farm • Modern • Moving To Countryside • Teddy Smith (Director)

2018 • Movie • US

A Town Called Love

Romance Rivalry • Love • Emma • Scouting Love • Lighthearted • Romantic

2023 • Movie • CA

Hands over the City

Moral Compromise • Economic Growth • Land Developer • Politician • Post-World War Ii • Venice Film Festival

1963 • Movie • IT, IT, FR

Stadtlandliebe

Countryside • 2010S • German Countryside • Mid-Budget • Fast-Paced • Urban Professionals

2016 • Movie • DE

Roulette City

Loyalty Tested • Take • Gambling Winnings • Fast-Paced • Crime Thriller • Urban Crime

2012 • Movie • MO, SG

Broken City

Bittersweet • Blackmail • Louisiana • Murder Cover-Up • Long Runtime • Thrilling

2013 • Movie • US

Urban Genesis

Small City Model • Hopeful • Urban Development • Ambient Music • Adults • 2020S

2022 • Movie • CH

The Village

Hopeful • Fate And Hope • Kamonmura • You • Working In Waste Facility • Yu (Protagonist)

2023 • Movie • JP

Dans la ville blanche

Loses Contact • Switzerland • Search For Purpose • Search For Meaning • Adults

1983 • Movie • CH

Citizens of the World

Elderly Men • Friends • 2020S • Emotional Struggle • Character-Driven • Emigration Plans

2020 • Movie • FR, IT

City Lights

Bittersweet • Rajasthan Village • Survival • Migrant • Rajkummar Rao • Poverty

2014 • Movie • IN

Nightmare City 2035

Ambiguous • Future Dystopia • Rebels • Post-Internet Society • Thrilling • Government Control

2007 • Movie • BG, US

Infinite Place

East Germany • Loitz • Post-Cold War • Melancholic • Local Resistance • Identity

2024 • Movie

GrossStadtklein

Romantic Encounter • Family Upheaval • Happy Ending • City Life • Til Schweiger (Producer) • Romantic Interest

2013 • Movie • DE

Shine Your Eyes

Family Reunion • Open-Ended • Brazil • Rotten Tomatoes 100% • International Viewers • Nigeria

2020 • Movie • FR, BR

London Town

Reconciliation • Concert Attendance • Music Passion • Family Eviction • 53% Rotten Tomatoes

2017 • Movie • DE, GB, US

Brunaupark

Eviction • Families • Contemporary • Naturalistic • Brownpark • Urban Neighborhood

2024 • Movie • CH