New York and Hollywood

New York has been the protagnolist of a great number of films: The Godfather

directed by Francis Ford Coppola

based on Mario Puzo's novel about southern Italian immigrant families who settled in Little Italy and became involved in the Mafia.

Another greatest American directors is Martin Scorsese:

 he has set a lot of films based on corruption, gang wars between immigrants and problems caused by ethnic differences:

Mean Streat (1973)

Taxi Driver (1976)

New York, New York (1977)

Raging Bull (1980)

The Age of Innocence (1993)

Gangs of New York (2002)

Woody Allen, that was born in New York City and loves it dearly 

has made there some of his best movies: Manhattan (1979)

New York impressive skyline and tall skyscrapers have been the perfect setting for:

King Kong (2005)

Spiderman (2002)

Indipendence Day (1996)