The Best Comedy Movies Set In New York
Many of the best comedy movies set in New York are all-time classics. The city's energy makes it a natural setting for funny movies. They take all forms, too, from supernatural comedies like the Ghostbusters, to romantic comedies like Big, to social satires like Coming to America (which is also a rom-com). In a city with more than eight million people, there is a multitude of possibilities for humor. And since the Big Apple is home to everything from Broadway to Wall Street, there is a wealth of material to be explored. Comedy movies showing NYC and Manhattan at its most colorful have been earning laughs for decades.
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- Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, John Amos
- Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia
- Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey
- Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis
- Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern
- Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke