THEME EXPLORATION
1970s New York City
12 films · 3 directors
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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Martin Scorsese
USA
His films like Taxi Driver and Mean Streets are quintessential explorations of 1970s New York City's gritty urban underbelly and moral complexity.
Sidney Lumet USAA master of 1970s NYC noir who captured the city's social decay and institutional corruption in Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, and Network.
Sofia Coppola USAThe Godfather Part II features iconic New York City sequences that authentically portray the city's organized crime landscape and urban landscape of that era.