Best Urban Setting Movies & TV Shows

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

Andrea Beaumont leaves her father to return to Gotham, rekindling an old romance with Bruce Wayne. At the same time, a mysterious figure begins to hunt down Gotham's criminals, wrongly implicating Batman in the murders. Now on the run from the law, Batman must find and stop the culprit, while also navigating his relationship with Andrea.

Run time: 76m Tagline: The Dark Knight fights to save Gotham city from its deadliest enemy. Release: 1993-12-25

Stars: Abe Vigoda Bob Hastings Dana Delany Dick Miller Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Hart Bochner John P. Ryan Kevin Conroy Mark Hamill Stacy Keach

The Terminator

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

Run time: 108m Tagline: Your future is in its hands. Release: 1984-10-26

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger Bess Motta Dick Miller Earl Boen Lance Henriksen Linda Hamilton Michael Biehn Paul Winfield Rick Rossovich Shawn Schepps

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

Run time: 137m Tagline: It's nothing personal. Release: 1991-07-03

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger Castulo Guerra Danny Cooksey Earl Boen Edward Furlong Jenette Goldstein Joe Morton Linda Hamilton Robert Patrick S. Epatha Merkerson

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.

Run time: 109m Tagline: The Machines Will Rise. Release: 2003-07-02

Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger Carolyn Hennesy Claire Danes David Andrews Earl Boen Jay Acovone Kristanna Loken Mark Famiglietti Moira Sinise Nick Stahl

Ghostbusters

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

Run time: 107m Tagline: They're here to save the world. Release: 1984-06-08

Stars: Annie Potts Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd David Margulies Ernie Hudson Harold Ramis Rick Moranis Sigourney Weaver Slavitza Jovan William Atherton