Good Chick Flicks

[Johnny Canuck]

Hey Guys

not sure if there are any threads already on the topic of Chick Flicks. You know the ones I am talking about. The ones you force yourself to sit through so you can get to your shoot em up or heavy metal DVDs later without being ragged on by the wife. Or the movie you will watch to earn a little, well, you know.

Last night I sat through "Quills". While it has some pretty interesting scenes, almost perverted at times, over all, I wanted 2 hours of my life back.

So my question is, what are some decent "Chick Flicks" that aren't painful to sit through. I do remember not minding "What A Woman Wants" and "Waiting To Exhale". Please don't laugh. I can handle them a little better if they sound good and look good. The picture I mean. And a few hotties thrown in there helps ease the pain.
JC

 

[Nick250]

Pretty Woman
American President
Grumpy Old Men

I have not seen Quills, but I heard there were lots of naked women

 

[Johnny Canuck]

Yeah Pretty Woman is a standard.

Quills had lots of naked people. Yes, men too. One of those rare movies where you see FULL frontal nudity, if you're into that sort of thing. It takes place in the 1800's when hygeine and dentistry was not really a priority so don't get too excited.

 

[~JC~]

Love Actually
You've Got Mail
My wife loved "The Long Kiss Goodnight", but that's why she's my wife

 

[j_garcia]

I liked Quills. Not what I would call a chick flick though.

Steel Magnolias
Fried Green Tomatoes
Immortal Beloved
Shakespear in Love
Legends of the Fall
Moulin Rouge
Bram Stoker's Dracula (not exactly, but it is essentially a love story)

 

[Jack Hammer]

The American President is definately watchable.
Titanic is kind of painful to watch, but you you lots of death and destruction near the end to help make up for it.
Legally Blonde was entertaining at times.
As Good As It Gets was pretty funny.
50 First Dates
U-571, O.K. not a real chick flick, but most girls I know liked it for the "beef-cake" factor.
That and Troy.
Chicago It was watchable.

 

[j_garcia]

Rather than Legally Blonde, I might say Sweet Home Alabama.
50 First Dates - good call; I liked that one.

Recently watched Pride & Prejudice and I thought it was not bad.

 

[korgoth]

happy accidents, great movie
50 first dates
you can count on me, good indie film
big fish, not really chick flick
garden state, it was alright

 

[~JC~]

Generation gap

It would help me if, when you posted these questions, that you prefaced it with, Hi, I'm 20, what is a good ''Chick flick" ?

What is the average age of the members here? Inquiring mind what to know.

 

[Sheep]

18. Turning 19 in July.

SheepStar

 

[Johnny Canuck]

I am a very young 37.

Quills wasn't really a chick flick. just that it was one the wife wanted to see that i didn't. Does that count? I don't read much so that's probably why I did not enjoy it. it's about literature, writing, kind of Shakespearean. Not my cup of tea, but if that kind of thing is up your alley, probably a great flick.

 

[~JC~]

just that it was one the wife wanted to see that i didn't. Does that count? QUOTE]


Works for me!

 

[tomd51]

They actually make good chick flicks?!? Hmm... -TD

 

[gmichael]

They actually make good chick flicks?!? Hmm... -TD

Oh sure. Lot of them.

There was.... uh... um, no. But there was.... nah. OK OK I got it! How about.... nope, that wasn't good either.

Never mind. Please ignore the man behind the curtain.

 

[DTS]

Elizabth Town- wasn't to bad a LOTS of good music.
Under the Tuscan sun- had a pretty cool thunder storm for the HT.

I'm pretty lucky though, we like the same movies [except perhaps Napolean Dynamite and a few others.] most the time she says "I'm in the mood for something NOISY"! Sweet...

 

[brian32672]

I am surprised no one said this one yet, I did see someone put on - You've Got Mail.

Anyhow I was speaking of - Sleepless in Seattle

Someone put on Grumpy Old Men, that is much more of a comedy than a romance/chick flik.

Others to mention.
13 Going on 30
An affair to Remember (hey, I liked it I have seen it at least 3 times)
Against the Ropes (however, it is a boxing movie, but as Meg Ryan is the lead star)
The American President (this one has been mentioned)
Arthur (not sure if this was mentioned)
At First Sight
The Bachelor
The Banger Sisters (however I did not like it, you might be able to sit through it)
Beaches (yeah, I can sit through this one)
Bell, Book, and Candle (very good romance/witch movie - I have seen it at least 20 times)
Bridget Jones Diary 2-Edge of Reason (I did not like the first one)
Chances Are
A Cinderella Story
City of Angels (not sure if this was mentioned)
Curly Sue
The Cutting Edge (great movie, I have see over 2 dozen times)
Defending Your Life (somewhat of a romantic type movie)
Dirty Dancing
Doctor Zhivago (however, I can only sit through this on particular moods)
Electric Dreams (somewhat of a romance)
The English Patient (I have only been able to sit through it once, but it was not bad)
Erin Brockovich
Far and Away (decent chick flik)
Father of the Bride (parts 1 and 2) (comedy romance)
Forever Young
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Gigi (yes, I have no problems sitting through this one)
The Goodbye Girl (you should not have a problem sitting through this one)
Home Fries (somewhat of a chick flik)
The Horse Whisperer
Ice Castles (I have no problem sitting through this one, seen it well over 2 dozen times)
Kate & Leopold
Kramer vs. Kramer
A League of Their Own
Lilya 4-Ever (be warned, it is subtitled, and 98% of normal people will have a tear in their eye by the end, not a romance chick flik, more like a real life chick flik)
Love Me if You Dare (be warned, this will be subtitled)
The Main Event (Barbara Striesand chick flik)
Meet Joe Black (this might have been mentioned)
Must Love Dogs
My Fair Lady (yes, I have no problem with sitting through it/every once in awhile)
The Notebook
On Golden Pond (this may be hard to sit through for most)
Pretty in Pink (great 80s chick flik)
The Princess Diaries (I have no problem sitting for either part 1 or 2)
Raising Helen (somewhat of a chick flik)
Return to Me (great chick flik and very easy to sit through)
Sabrina (Harrison Ford version)
Seems Like Old Times (comedy romance)
Sixteen Candles (great 80s comedy romance)
The Sluggers Wife (somewhat of a chick flik, shows a woman trying to be independent)
Somewhere in Time
State Fair (I can sit through this, you may not be able to)
Time After Time (Jack the ripper, but with a twist of romance and time travel)
Titanic
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Uptown Girls (comedy, not much of a romance but it is a chick flik)
The Wedding Singer (comedy romance)
What's up Doc ? (70s comedy romance)
While You were Sleeping (might have been mentioned)
Wimbledon (pretty darn good/somewhat of a romance)

 

[brmiller88]

I am surprised that with as many movies that have been mentioned, several of my favorite chick flicks have gone unmentioned.

Amelie (Audrey Tautou)
Chocolat (Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet)

I'll throw in a repeat mention of
Garden State (Zach Braff, Natalie Portman)

Another decent chick flick
French Kiss (Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline)

... and for my wife, any film with Vin Diesel. (YMMV )

Oh, and I'm 26.

 

[j_garcia]

Spotless Mind? A good film, but I wouldn't consider it a chick flick.

Garden State really isn't a chick flick in my book either, but another very decent movie.

How about Like Water For Chocolate

 

[majorloser]

I'm confused

I thought "chick flick" was something else, not movies meant for females.

But since you mentioned it, just about anything with Brad Pitt would make them happy.

 

[sploo]

Amelie (Audrey Tautou)
Chocolat (Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet)

Not seen Chocolat, but loved the other two.

Amelie's not really the sort of thing I'd usually watch, but is definitely 'feel good' without making me want to vomit (like most similar Hollywood movies).

I found Eternal Sunshine to be quite a sad film, and something of a dark insight into human psyche... but maybe that's just my perception!