In some films, the setting does more than provide a backdrop; it actively shapes the story, influences the characters, and dictates the film’s central themes. Some films act as love letters to the city they’re set in, while others let the location dictate the tone and themes of the movie.
From the romance of Paris in ‘Amélie’ (2001), the beauty of Salzburg in ‘The Sound of Music' (1965), and the chaos of Tokyo in ‘Lost in Translation' (2003), these cities are inseparable from the movies that take place in them.
So, click on to find out which movies have cities that feel like the main character.