Martin Scorsese has revealed the 30 best New York movies

The renowned director Martin Scorsese has unveiled the 30 greatest New York films for a series he is organizing at the city's Roxy Cinema.

Named Living, Breathing New York, the series celebrates the release of the thriller Pet Shop Days, which Scorsese executive produced and is set in New York. The director has a unique connection to the city, which has been the backdrop for many of his most acclaimed works.

“There are countless ‘New York filmmakers’ – each with their own unique vision,” Scorsese stated in a press release. “I collaborated with the city when I created (my own films like) Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, GoodFellas, Bringing Out the Dead, and The Wolf of Wall Street.”

His top 30 can be read below:

1. Daybreak Express (D.A. Pennebaker)

2. The Naked City (Jules Dassin)

3. Kiss of Death (Henry Hathaway)

4. Fourteen Hours (Henry Hathaway)

5. Cry of the City (Robert Siodmak)

6. A Double Life (George Cukor)

7. The Marrying Kind (George Cukor)

8. It Should Happen to You (George Cukor)

9. Midnight Cowboy (John Schlesinger)

10. The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock)

11. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick)

12. Shadows (John Cassavetes)

13. Marathon Man (John Schlesinger)

14. The French Connection (William Friedkin)

15. Bye Bye Braverman (Sidney Lumet)

16. Prince of the City (Sidney Lumet)

17. Manhattan (Woody Allen)

18. Bad Lieutenant (Abel Ferrara)

19. Heaven Knows What (Josh and Benny Safdie)

20. Good Time (Josh and Benny Safdie)

21. Uncut Gems (Josh and Benny Safdie)

22. The Apartment (Billy Wilder)

23. Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)

24. Dog Day Afternoon (Sidney Lumet)25. Manhattan (Woody Allen)

26. Regeneration (Raoul Walsh)

27. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (D.W. Griffith) 

28. Odds Against Tomorrow (Robert Wise)

29. On the Waterfront (Elia Kazan)

30. Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick)

Recently, the Oscar-winning film-maker also professed his admiration for the recent remake of Nosferatu, saying that anything the film’s director Robert Eggers does is “amazing”.