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The Rotten Apple

A list created by sensoria

Movies featuring the seedier side of New York City.

Movies on The Rotten Apple List
Rank	Title	Director(s)	Year Released
1	Warriors, The	Walter Hill	1979
2	Escape from New York	John Carpenter	1981
3	Bad Lieutenant	Abel Ferrara	1992
4	Maniac	William Lustig	1980
5	Taxi Driver	Martin Scorsese	1976
6	Ms .45	Abel Ferrara	1981
7	King of New York	Abel Ferrara	1990
8	Vigilante	William Lustig	1982
9	Death Wish	Michael Winner	1974
10	Fear City	Abel Ferrara	1984
11	Exterminator, The	James Glickenhaus	1980
12	Hell Up In Harlem	Larry Cohen	1973
13	Night of the Juggler	Sidney J. Furie, Robert Butler	1980
14	1990: The Bronx Warriors	Enzo G. Castellari	1982
15	Across 110th Street	Barry Shear	1972
16	Driller Killer, The	Abel Ferrara	1979
17	Wolfen	Michael Wadleigh	1981
18	God Told Me To	Larry Cohen	1976
19	Escape from the Bronx	Enzo G. Castellari	1983
20	Liquid Sky	Slava Tsukerman	1982
21	Alphabet City	Amos Poe	1984
22	C.H.U.D.	Douglas Cheek	1984
23	Mixed Blood	Paul Morrissey	1984
24	New York Ripper, The	Lucio Fulci	1982
25	Frankenhooker	Frank Henenlotter	1990
26	Massage Parlor Murders	Alex Stevens, Chester Fox	1973
27	Cruising	William Friedkin	1980
28	Panic in Needle Park, The	Jerry Schatzberg	1971
29	Midnight Cowboy	John Schlesinger	1969
30	Prince of the City	Sidney Lumet	1981
31	Fort Apache, the Bronx	Daniel Petrie	1981
32	Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The	Joseph Sargent	1974
33	Education of Sonny Carson, The	Michael Campus	1974
34	Mean Streets	Martin Scorsese	1973
35	Sex Killer, The	Barry Mahon	1967
36	Gloria	John Cassavetes	1980
37	Police State	Nick Zedd	1987
38	French Connection, The	William Friedkin	1971
39	Smithereens	Susan Seidelman	1982
40	Seven-Ups, The	Philip D'Antoni	1973
41	Combat Shock	Buddy Giovinazzo	1986
42	Shaft	Gordon Parks	1971
43	Super Fly	Gordon Parks Jr.	1972
44	Bad Girls Go to Hell	Doris Wishman	1965
45	Black Caesar	Larry Cohen	1973
46	Good Time	Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie	2017
47	Born to Win	Ivan Passer	1971