The Good Old Days: Pre-Giuliani New York

By: Ari

Remember when New York City was a scary place?

• 01
  Ms. 45
  Abel Ferrara
• 02
  The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
  Joseph Sargent
• 03
  The Naked City
  Jules Dassin
• 04
  Bad Lieutenant
  Abel Ferrara
• 05
  Cruising
  William Friedkin
• 06
  Serpico
  Sidney Lumet
• 07
  The New York Ripper
  Lucio Fulci
• 08
  Where the Sidewalk Ends
  Otto Preminger
• 09
  Madigan
  Don Siegel
• 10
  Across 110th Street
  Barry Shear
• 11
  Super Fly
  Gordon Parks Jr.
• 12
  King of New York
  Abel Ferrara
• 13
  Mean Streets
  Martin Scorsese
• 14
  Taxi Driver
  Martin Scorsese
• 15
  Maniac
  William Lustig
• 16
  Forty Deuce
  Paul Morrissey
• 17
  The Pope of Greenwich Village
  Stuart Rosenberg
• 18
  Who Killed Teddy Bear?
  Joseph Cates
• 19
  Shaft
  Gordon Parks
• 20
  The Connection
  Shirley Clarke
• 21
  The Cool World
  Shirley Clarke
• 22
  Street Smart
  Jerry Schatzberg
• 23
  Escape from New York
  John Carpenter
• 24
  Fear City
  Abel Ferrara
• 25
  Sweet Smell of Success
  Alexander Mackendrick
• 26
  Summer of Sam
  Spike Lee
• 27
  Do the Right Thing
  Spike Lee
• 28
  The Warriors
  Walter Hill
• 29
  Heat
  Paul Morrissey
• 30
  Trash
  Paul Morrissey
• 31
  Flesh
  Paul Morrissey
• 32
  God Told Me To
  Larry Cohen
• 33
  After Hours
  Martin Scorsese
• 34
  Carlito's Way
  Brian De Palma
• 35
  The Prisoner of Second Avenue
  Melvin Frank
• 36
  The French Connection
  William Friedkin
• 37
  The Panic in Needle Park
  Jerry Schatzberg
• 38
  Saturday Night Fever
  John Badham
• 39
  The Lords of Flatbush
  Stephen Verona
• 40
  Laws of Gravity
  Nick Gomez
• 41
  Nighthawks
  Bruce Malmuth
• 42
  Fingers
  James Toback
• 43
  The Gambler
  Karel Reisz
• 44
  Looking for Mr. Goodbar
  Richard Brooks
• 45
  Klute
  Alan J. Pakula
• 46
  Edmond
  Stuart Gordon
• 47
  Stranger Than Paradise
  Jim Jarmusch
• 48
  Dog Day Afternoon
  Sidney Lumet
• 49
  The Pawnbroker
  Sidney Lumet
• 50
  The Seven-Ups
• 51
  Fort Apache the Bronx
  Daniel Petrie
• 52
  Desperately Seeking Susan
  Susan Seidelman
• 53
  The Driller Killer
  Abel Ferrara
• 54
  Eyes of Laura Mars
  Irvin Kershner
• 55
  Maniac Cop
  William Lustig
• 56
  Frankenhooker
  Frank Henenlotter
• 57
  Basket Case
  Frank Henenlotter
• 58
  Go Go Tales
  Abel Ferrara
• 59
  'R Xmas
  Abel Ferrara
• 60
  China Girl
  Abel Ferrara
• 61
  Year of the Dragon
  Michael Cimino
• 62
  Times Square
  Allan Moyle
• 63
  The Manhattan Love Suicides
  Richard Kern
• 64
  On the Bowery
  Lionel Rogosin
• 65
  The Blank Generation
  Amos Poe
• 66
  Permanent Vacation
  Jim Jarmusch
• 67
  Alphabet City
  Amos Poe
• 68
  Downtown 81
  Edo Bertoglio
• 69
  Smithereens
  Susan Seidelman
• 70
  Liquid Sky
  Slava Tsukerman
• 71
  Beat Street
  Stan Lathan
• 72
  Combat Shock
  Buddy Giovinazzo
• 73
  Life Is Hot in Cracktown
  Buddy Giovinazzo
• 74
  Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.
  Lloyd Kaufman
• 75
  Street Trash
  J. Michael Muro
• 76
  A Bronx Tale
  Robert De Niro
• 77
  1990: The Bronx Warriors
  Enzo G. Castellari
• 78
  C.H.U.D.
  Douglas Cheek
• 79
  Q: The Winged Serpent
  Larry Cohen
• 80
  A Stranger Is Watching
  Sean S. Cunningham
• 81
  Slime City
  Greg Lamberson
• 82
  Wait Until Dark
  Terence Young
• 83
  Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
  Rob Hedden
• 84
  Cat People
  Jacques Tourneur
• 85
  Gremlins 2: The New Batch
  Joe Dante
• 86
  Wolfen
  Michael Wadleigh
• 87
  Inferno
  Dario Argento
• 88
  Aroused
  Anton Holden
• 89
  Def by Temptation
  James Bond III
• 90
  Forced Entry
  Shaun Costello
• 91
  The Headless Eyes
  Kent Bateman
• 92
  Eye of the Evil Dead
  Lucio Fulci
• 93
  Perfect Strangers
  Larry Cohen
• 94
  The Seventh Victim
  Mark Robson
• 95
  Sex Wish
  Victor Milt
• 96
  Special Effects
  Larry Cohen
• 97
  Tenement
  Roberta Findlay
• 98
  Vampire's Kiss
  Robert Bierman
• 99
  Midnight Cowboy
  John Schlesinger
• 100
  Basquiat
  Julian Schnabel
• 101
  Little Odessa
  James Gray
• 102
  We Own the Night
  James Gray