List of films shot in Harlem

This is a list of films shot in Harlem, in New York City.

• Harlem Is Heaven, 1932
• Dark Manhattan, 1937
• Moon Over Harlem, 1939
• Paradise in Harlem, 1939
• Harlem Hot Shots, 1940
• Hi De Ho, 1947
• In the Street, 1948
• Souls of Sin, 1949
• Showtime at the Apollo: "Harlem Merry-go-Round", 1955
• Edge of the City, 1957
• The Cool World, 1963
• The Pawnbroker, 1964
• Topaz, 1969
• Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1970
• Black Roots, 1970
• Shaft, 1971
• Across 110th Street, 1972
• Come Back, Charleston Blue, 1972
• Shaft's Big Score, 1972
• Super Fly, 1972
• Black Caesar, 1973
• Ganja & Hess, 1973
• Gordon's War, 1973
• Hell Up in Harlem, 1973
• Live and Let Die, 1973
• Claudine, 1974
• From These Roots, 1974
• Aaron Loves Angela, 1975
• The Brother from Another Planet, 1984
• The Cotton Club, 1984
• Looking for Langston, 1988
• Harlem Nights, 1989
• King of New York, 1990
• Paris Is Burning, 1990
• Reversal of Fortune, 1990 (City College of New York, in Harlem, was used to depict Harvard University.)
• Strictly Business (film), 1991
• A Rage in Harlem, 1991
• New Jack City , 1991
• Jungle Fever , 1991
• Juice, 1992
• Who's the Man?, 1993
• Sugar Hill, 1994
• Above the Rim, 1994
• A Great Day in Harlem, 1994
• Die Hard with a Vengeance, 1995
• The Spitball Story, 1998
• The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001
• Paid in Full, 2002
• The 25th Hour, 2002 (scenes filmed in Shepard Hall, City College of New York)
• The Hebrew Hammer, 2003 (scene filmed under the 125th Street viaduct)
• Up In Harlem, 2004
• The Black Donnellys (television series, frequently filmed in Harlem), 2006
• Killa Season, 2006
• August Rush, 2007
• Pride and Glory, 2007
• American Gangster, 2007
• The Ministers, 2007
• Queen of Media, 2007
• The Brave One, 2007
• Law & Order, 2009
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, 2009
• Precious, 2009
• NYC 22, 2011 (TV series)
• Fugly!, 2011^[1]
• Pan Am, 2012^[2]
• Kill Your Darlings, 2012 (filmed on Astor Row)
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 2012^[3]
• Monica Z, 2012^[4]
• Black Nativity, 2013

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