Every year to celebrate Dakota's birthday, he picks a topic and names his favourite films by that category. This year he picked the 10 most popular filming locations in North America, including NYC, Las Vegas, Chicago and more and named the best film by these cities.

Joining Dakota is Bil Antoniou, host of the Bad Gay Movies and Riviera Rats podcasts. Here are their picks, with Dakota's first and Bil's second.

NYC - Midnight Cowboy, Hannah and Her Sisters

Chicago - The Blues Brothers, Return To Me

LA - Singin' in the Rain, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Boston - The Town, The Bostonians

San Fransisco - Bullitt, Vertigo

DC - All The President's Men, Born Yesterday

Las Vegas - The Hangover, Diamonds Are Forver

Philadelphia - Creed, Blow Out

Toronto - Enemy, Dead Ringers

Montreal - Red Rooms, Jesus of Montreal

Follow Bil on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠. Check out ⁠⁠Bad Gay Movies⁠⁠ and Riviera Rats on Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts.

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