A Movie Tour of New York City

New York City has a long history of movie production. Classics such as Goodfellas, the Godfather trilogy, Ghostbusters, Men in Black, Shaft, Taxi Driver and West Side Story were all filmed in the Big Apple. Experience some of your favorite movie scenes by taking a cinematic tour of New York City. A movie tour of New York City makes for the perfect vacation, and might even lead to a celebrity sighting. This guide will help you to set up a self-guided tour, find a guide to show you around or visit a movie currently being filmed. Be sure to click on the blue links for additional details. Enjoy your visit to New York City!

Self-guided Tours

Taking a self-guided tour allows you to set your own pace and see the movie filming locations of your choice. You can also save money by setting up your own tour. This is a very flexible way to check out movie locations.

Check the Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations for a large number of locations of filming locations in New York City. The Travel Channel provides a list of movie filming locations that would make a nice addition to your self-guided tour. Tailored Tours provides directions for self-guided movie location tours for a fee. Pick a tour, or let them know your interests, and they will e-mail you a PDF attachment that you can print.

Guided Tours

Guided tours of filming locations give you access to expert knowledge. While it may cost more money, hiring a guide to show you around on your movie tour of New York City will save you time. Group and private tours are available.

Adventure Student Travel offers a three day New York movie tour. On Location Tours offers tours of some of the most popular movies and television shows filmed in New York City. Offering private and group tours, you can check out the hot spots from Sex and the City, or take a walking tour of movies filmed in Central Park. Tickets must be purchased in advance, so you might consider purchasing them online.

Current Filming

Check out a movie currently in production on your visit. New York City is home to a lot of movies, and chances are that one is being filmed while you are planning to visit. If you are interested in watching a movie being filmed, click here. This website offers daily updates on filming locations across the United States.