question: Adam Brooks is best known for writing and directing a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film that starred Ryan Reynolds, and was set where?
answer: New York City
context: Title: Just Friends
  Passage: Just Friends is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Roger Kumble, written by Adam 'Tex' Davis and starring Ryan Reynolds, Amy Smart, Anna Faris, Chris Klein and Christopher Marquette.  The plot focuses on a formerly overweight high school nerd (Reynolds) who attempts to free himself from the friend zone after reconnecting with his lifelong crush and best friend (Smart) while visiting his hometown for Christmas.
  Title: Adam Brooks (filmmaker)
  Passage: Adam Brooks (born September 3, 1956) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor.  He is best known for writing and directing "Definitely, Maybe" (2008) and for writing screenplays for "French Kiss" (1995), "Wimbledon" (2004), and "" (2004).  His first film as a writer-director "Almost You" won the Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1985.
  Title: Life in Flight
  Passage: Life in Flight is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Tracey Hecht.  Patrick Wilson stars as Will Sargent, an architect who begins to question the perfect life he has constructed for himself and his family when he meets urban designer Kate Voss (Lynn Collins).  Amy Smart co-stars.  It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 27, 2008, and was later released in the United States on November 30, 2010 by IFC Films.
  Title: Adventureland (film)
  Passage: Adventureland is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Mottola, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart and co-starring Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Martin Starr, and Margarita Levieva.  The film is set in the summer of 1987 when recent college grad James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) is making big plans to tour Europe and attend graduate school in pursuit of a career in journalism.  However, financial problems force him to look for a summer job instead of traveling abroad, which places him at Adventureland, a run-down amusement park in western Pennsylvania.  There he meets Emily Lewin (Kristen Stewart), a co-worker with whom he develops a quick rapport and relationship.
  Title: Definitely, Maybe
  Passage: Definitely, Maybe is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam Brooks, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Rachel Weisz, Elizabeth Banks, Abigail Breslin, and Kevin Kline.  Set in New York City during the 1990s, the film is about a political consultant who tries to help his eleven-year-old daughter understand his impending divorce by telling her the story of his past romantic relationships and how he ended up marrying her mother.  The film grossed $55 million worldwide.
  Title: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  Passage: Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Woody Allen.  The plot centers on two American women, Vicky and Cristina, who spend a summer in Barcelona where they meet an artist, Juan Antonio, who is attracted to both of them while still enamored of his mentally and emotionally unstable ex-wife María Elena.  The film was shot in Spain in Barcelona, Avilés and Oviedo, and was Allen's fourth consecutive film shot outside of the United States.
  Title: Oliver's Story (film)
  Passage: Oliver's Story is a 1978 American romantic drama film and a sequel to "Love Story" (1970) based on a novel by Erich Segal published a year earlier.  It was directed by John Korty and again starred Ryan O'Neal, this time opposite Candice Bergen.  The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge and Francis Lai.  It was released by Paramount Pictures on December 15, 1978.
  Title: Meet the Browns (film)
  Passage: Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film released by Lionsgate on March 21, 2008.  The film was based on the play of the same name by Tyler Perry.
  Title: Nick &amp; Norah's Infinite Playlist
  Passage: Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist is a 2008 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Peter Sollett and starring Michael Cera and Kat Dennings.  Written by Lorene Scafaria and based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, the story tells of teenagers Nick (Cera) and Norah (Dennings), who meet when Norah asks Nick to pretend to be her boyfriend for five minutes.  Over the course of the night, they try to find their favorite band's secret show and search for Norah's drunken best friend.
  Title: Right There (film)
  Passage: Right There is a 2013 American short film written and directed by Nathan Suher.  A romantic comedy about unrequited love, the film starred Ryan Hanley, Lauren Kennedy, Andre Boudreau, and Alexandra Cipolla.  It was made as a modern-day silent film and intended by the filmmakers as a homage to the genre.
citations: Adam Brooks (filmmaker) Definitely, Maybe