Running through the streets of NYC

I just caught the ending of Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) on TCM. Here it is:

Note that between 0:20–0:36, Audrey Hepburn’s character, Holly Golightly, runs through the rain on the sidewalks of NYC. And that made me wonder how many movies have that same type of scene. There’s When Harry Met Sally (1989) between 2:35–3:48 of this clip:

There’s Manhattan (1979) between 7:18–8:46 of this clip:

Of course, those are scenes where the running is inspired by a character’s sudden realization that they are in love with another character and they have to race from Point A to Point B in order to beat the clock, or potentially lose their lover. But there are other types of running through the streets of NYC scenes that don’t involve romance like Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) between 7:05–7:42 of this clip:

And there are more. Doesn’t Marathon Man have a scene with Hoffman (again) running in NYC?

So what gives? Why all these scenes running in NYC?

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