Top ten New York City subway movie moments

“There’s very few movies actually done in the subways of New York,” says director Tony Scott, clearly proud that his new action thriller, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is one of the small number that is. For this explosive face-off between train hijacker Ryder (John Travolta) and train dispatcher Walter Gerber (Denzel Washington), the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) gifted the Brit helmer with the keys to the underground kingdom, providing not just the locations but also in Scott’s words “real trains to play with”.

The result is a treat of action-packed thrills and spills, all imbued with the authentic taste of the Big Apple’s transit system. And to celebrate this subway city saga, itself a reboot of the classic 70s flick starring Walter Matthau, we’re remembering some past cinematic stop-offs with our top ten New York City subway movie moments.