If you’re practicing social distancing to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, odds are you’re going to have a lot more time to spend at home.
And of course, our modern activity of choice is a dedicated TV show or movie binge-watch. But since you can’t go out and enjoy the city, how about living city life vicariously through these 50 shows and movies that take place in the best city in the world, all streaming now?
1. Gossip Girl
Most millennials’ favorite high school drama.
Where: Netflix
2. New York Minute
Can’t go wrong with some Mary-Kate and Ashley running around New York!
Where: Netflix
3. Set it Up
Love a good NYC rom-com.
Where: Netflix
4. Someone Great
Where: Netflix
5. Sex and the City 2
Where: Netflix
6. Brooklyn’s Finest
Where: Netflix
7. High Fidelity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5bkbfdVzbI
Where: Hulu
8. Hitch
Where: Netflix
9. You, Season 1
Where: Netflix
10. 5 Flights Up
Where: Netflix
11. While We’re Young
Where: Netflix
12. The Incredible Jessica James
Where: Netflix
13. Limitless
Where: Netflix
14. Harlem Nights
Where: Netflix
15. Tootsie
Now that Broadway’s closed, relive its most recent hit here.
Where: Netflix
16. Cloverfield
Maybe it’ll make you feel better to imagine alien monsters taking over NYC rather than a virus?
Where: Netflix
17. Bushwick
Where: Netflix
18. Barry
Where: Netflix
19. The Real Housewives of New York
Where: Hulu
20. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Where: Hulu
21. Impractical Jokers
Laughter is the best medicine, right?
Where: Hulu
22. The Bold Type
Where: Hulu
23. Younger
Where: Hulu
24. Goodfellas
Where: Netflix
25. Friends from College
Where: Netflix
26. Jessica Jones
Where: Netflix
27. Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Where: Amazon Prime Streaming
28. New York, I Love You
Where: Amazon Prime Streaming
29. Seinfeld
Where: Hulu
30. 30 Rock
Where: Hulu
31. How I Met Your Mother
Where: Hulu
32. Everybody Hates Chris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNGuV0N1FpI
Where: Hulu
33. Boardwalk Empire
Where: Hulu
34. Spider-Man: Homecoming
Where: Hulu
35. Mad Men
Where: Netflix
36. Succession
Where: HBO
37. GIRLS
Where: HBO
38. Broad City
Where: Hulu
39. Modern Love
Where: Amazon Prime Video
40. Daredevil
Where: Netflix
41. Luke Cage
Where: Netflix
42. Iron Fist
Where: Netflix
43. Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
Where: Netflix
44. Pose
Where: Netflix
45. Sex and the City Seasons 1-5
Where: Amazon Prime Video
46. Ghostbusters
Where: Hulu
47. Saturday Night Fever
Where: STARZ
48. Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Where: STARZ
49. Marriage Story
Half in New York, half in L.A., but still!
Where: Netflix
50. The Muppets Take Manhattan
Where: Amazon Prime Video
51. Working Girl
Where: HBO & Hulu
Now’s the time to share all your streaming logins!
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