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The 1981 film Fort Apache, The Bronx is another film that used the Bronx's gritty image for its storyline.

The movie's title is from the nickname for the 41st Police Precinct in the South Bronx which was nicknamed " Fort Apache ".

Also from 1981 is the horror film Wolfen making use of the rubble of the Bronx as a home for werewolf type creatures.

Knights of the South Bronx, a true story of a teacher who worked with disadvantaged children, is another film also set in the Bronx released in 2005.