Not all New York City love stories have to be romantic. NYC is in this endlessly re-watchable weepie about the tumultuous friendship between CC Bloom (Bette Midler) and Hillary Whitney (Barbara Hershey). After one summer at the board walk in Atlantic City, the girls form an unbreakable that eventually leads them to live together in a nightmare down town apartment. The girls both experience success in NYC—CC becomes a big Broadway star and Hilary becomes a lawyer—and their rapport is temporarily disrupted by a man (of course). While they find each other again on the left coast, their New York City roots permeate the film.