Four NYC movie theaters were just ranked among the world’s best cinemas

With its colorful characters, stunning skyline and unflappable swagger, New York is an inherently cinematic city, so it's only fitting that it's also a film lover’s dream town, boasting some of the best movie theaters around. And if you need proof that the Big Apple has what it takes to rival those celluloid temples out west or those film palaces over in Europe, Time Out's global list of "The 100 Greatest Cinemas In The World Right Now" just dropped and four NYC theaters made the ranking. 

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Even more excitingly, one of New York's own even managed to crack the top three: Film Forum, a four-screen favorite of both regular filmgoers and famous pros like Robert Eggers ("I have probably had the most inspiring moviegoing experiences of my adult life at Film Forum," the Nosferatu director told Time Out.) The Greenwich Village staple is deservedly praised for its always-interesting mix of American indie premieres, foreign art films, genre works, directors’ retrospectives and special programming."

Elsewhere on the list, you'll find Fort Greene's Bam Rose Cinemas at number 55, a refreshingly no-nonsense Brooklyn classic that focuses on the stuff cinephiles really care about (that is, dark screening rooms, excellent sound and a candy-and-popcorn counter). A quick ride over the Manhattan Bridge will get you to the list's number 23 spot, the Lower East Side arthouse Metrograph—the Ludlow Street cinema showcases "meticulously curated programming appears in 35mm, 16mm and DCP formats, with thematic series, archival films and rare international titles filling its highbrow calendar."

And rounding out the homegrown selections is Village East by Angelika over in the East Village, which gets its "cinephile bona fides from its eclectic assortment of limited-release pictures, foreign cinema gems and 5-perf 70mm screenings (bringing even more clarity and color to recent expansive titles like Sinners, One Battle After Another and The Testament of Ann Lee)." 

Altogether, that cool quartet helps continue to prove that New York is one of the world's greatest film-loving cities. We wouldn't want to take in a picture anywhere else!