Thugs terrorize a subway train en route from the Bronx to Grand Central Terminal in this 1967 film (noable for being Martin Sheen’s first film role). The hoodlums board at 170th Street in the Bronx, and despite the New York City Transit Authority telling the filmmakers they couldn’t film on its property, they shot exteriors there anyway. The interiors were filmed in a mock-up of a subway car designed for the 1939 World’s Fair.

The second of the original five Apes films shows off more of the rubble of what was once New York City. It includes a cinematic version of the Queensboro Plaza station in Queens—which isn’t quite correct, since the film depicts the station underground, when it is, in fact, aboveground.

In this 1971 Woody Allen joint, his character, Fielding Mellish, is riding the 42nd Street Shuttle when a pair of street toughs (one of them played by Sylvester Stallone) starts terrorizing the passengers in one car. Allen tosses them off the train at Grand Central, but the doors re-open and they re-board. Uh oh.

After his wife is murdered and his daughter is raped (by a gang including a very young Jeff Goldbum), Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes the law into his own hands, dispensing vigilante justice throughout New York City. In one instance, a pair of muggers makes their way down an AA train (predecessor to the current C train). An older man quietly reading a newspaper seems a ripe target, but Kersey has a gun hidden behind the paper and shoots both of them dead. He disembarks at the 86th Street station on the Upper West Side.

A band of criminals led by Mr. Blue (Robert Shaw) takes a 6 train hostage in this classic 1974 thriller. Their demand: $1 million dollars. If they don’t get it in one hour, they’ll kill one passenger per minute after that. Their lead pursuers are Transit Authority lieutenants Zachary Garber (Walter Matthau) and Rico Patrone (Jerry Stiller), in what is probably the only time that Transit Authority workers got to play the heroes on screen. Some of the scenes in the movie were filmed at what is now the New York Transit Museum.

Tony (John Travolta) spends a fair amount of time on the subway in this film, where much of the action takes place in south Brooklyn. One clearly identifiable location is the 53rd Street station on the R in Bay Ridge. He also eats pizza from Lenny’s by the 20th Avenue stop on the D in Bensonhurst.

Martin Scorsese’s 1985 dark comedy was filmed all over a New York City that barely exists today, with locations including the long-gone, grotty Terminal Bar and the defunct River Diner on Eleventh Avenue. One location that is still around, though, is the Spring St subway station on Sixth Avenue, where lead character Paul (Griffin Dunne) tries, unsuccessfully, to board a subway, only to find that he doesn’t have enough change to buy a token.

In the first installment of the Crocodile Dundee series, Sue (Linda Kozlowski) follows the titular Australian hero (Paul Hogan) to the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station, where a game of telephone succeeds and they embrace in the film’s finale.

Hoyt-Schermerhorn has made numerous appearances in films and TV shows over the years, but none is quite as popular as the music video for Michael Jackson’s “Bad,” directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring a young Wesley Snipes. When Jackson died in 2009, then-City Council Member Letitia James (who’s now the public advocate) pushed, unsuccessfully, to have the station renamed for the King of Pop.

Darren Aronofsky’s first feature film is a surreal, dark trip through one man’s addled mind—and New York City, particularly its subway system. A few stations were used during filming, including East Broadway and 15th St-Prospect Park, seen here.

In the sequel to Men in Black, Agent Jay (Will Smith) and his new partner, Agent Tee (Patrick Warburton), deal with a 600-foot-long worm, named Jeff, that is supposed to only roam the E, F, and M lines. After Tee upsets Jeff, Jay is forced to ride him through the subway system. He enters along Sixth Avenue near Rockefeller Center. But after Jeff starts devouring a C train, only a small portion is left by the time it comes to a stop at the 81st Street-Museum of Natural History stop.

The Marcy Ave stop on the J/M/Z line makes a very brief appearance in the second episode of the New Zealand comedy duo’s eponymous HBO series; it’s part of the video for “Inner City Pressure,” the pair’s riff on ’80s synth-pop a la the Pet Shop Boys.

The Comedy Central series shows off a lot of New York City, including its underbelly. While it’s hardly the only subway scene in the show, one episode shows Ilana running late to meet Abbi at the Jay St-MetroTech station in Brooklyn to take the A to JFK. Turnstile hopping ensues.

In season one, episode seven of the Netflix Marvel series, Jones (Krysten Ritter) follows Wendy (Robin Weigert) to what purports to be the Second Avenue F train station. While attempting to get Wendy to sign divorce papers, Jones drops her on to the track and then has to save her from a train. The scene was actually filmed at the PATH train’s 33rd Street station.

USA’s twisty, tech-y thriller is filmed all over New York City, but one of its pivotal moments happens below-ground. Elliot (Rami Malek) first properly meets Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) at the Church Avenue station in Brooklyn. It’s not the only subway scene in the show, but no further spoilers here.