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100 Greatest Chick Flicks

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Criteria: These Greatest 'Chick Flicks' were chosen for their storyline, acting, direction, popularity and box office success. These films were NOT chosen for how highly rated they are overall, but how they rate in the subject of "Chick Flicks".

Elements of 'Chick Flicks': Chick Flicks can be described as movies where the story has greater appeal to women than men. Romance, melodrama, female bonding, tearjerker, story with a predominantly female point of view. (A precise definition has never been set in stone)

Last Updated: 2017-09-01
Newly added names are in  Red 
Greatest Chick Flicks
  Title - (Year, Primary Director) (Staring Actors)
  1. Terms of Endearment - (1983, James L. Brooks) (Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson)
  2. Steel Magnolias - (1989, Herbert Ross) (Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Julia Roberts)
  3. Brief Encounter - (1945, David Lean) (Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway)
  4. Breakfast at Tiffany's - (1961, Blake Edwards) (Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard)
  5. Beaches - (1988, Garry Marshall) (Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard)
  6. The Way We Were - (1973, Sydney Pollack) (Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford)
  7. Titanic - (1997, James Cameron) (Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane)
  8. Now, Voyager - (1942, Irving Rapper) (Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains)
  9. All About Eve - (1950, Joseph L. Mankiewicz) (Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Marilyn Monroe)
10. Thelma & Louise - (1991, Ridley Scott) (Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel)
11. The Piano - (1993, Jane Campion) (Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Anna Paquin)
12. Gone With The Wind - (1939, Victor Fleming) (Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard)
13. Stella Dallas - (1937, King Vidor) (Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Alan Hale)
14. Bridget Jones's Diary - (2001, Sharon Maguire) (Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth)
15. Sophie's Choice - (1982, Alan J. Pakula) (Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol)
16. Fried Green Tomatoes - (1991, Jon Avnet) (Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson)
17. Little Women - (1994, Gillian Armstrong) (Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Kirsten Dunst)
18. Love Story - (1970, Arthur Hiller) (Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, Ray Milland)
19. Somewhere In Time - (1980, Jeannot Szwarc) (Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour)
20. The Princess Diaries - (2001, Garry Marshall) (Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo)
21. My Big Fat Greek Wedding - (2002, Joel Zwick) (Nia Vardalos, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan)
22. The English Patient - (1996, Anthony Minghella) (Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche)
23. The First Wives Club - (1996, Hugh Wilson) (Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler)
24. The Bridges Of Madison County - (1995, Clint Eastwood) (Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep)
25. Sleepless In Seattle - (1993, Nora Ephron) (Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Rosie O'Donnell)
26. The Joy Luck Club - (1993, Wayne Wang) (Kieu Chinh, Tsai Chin, Lisa Lu)
27. Four Weddings And A Funeral - (1994, M. Newell) (Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell)
28. A Room With A View - (1986, James Ivory) (Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter)
29. Ghost - (1990, Jerry Zucker) (Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg)
30. Imitation Of Life - (1959, Douglas Sirk) (Lana Turner, John Gavin, Troy Donahue)
31. Julia - (1977, Fred Zinnemann) (Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards)
32. Under The Tuscan Sun - (2003, Audrey Wells) (Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan)
33. Pretty Woman - (1990, Garry Marshall) (Richard Gere, Julia Roberts)
34. Educating Rita - (1983, Lewis Gilbert) (Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams)
35. You've Got Mail - (1998, Nora Ephron) (Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear)
36. Crimes Of The Heart - (1986, Bruce Beresford) (Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek)
37. Sense And Sensibility - (1995, Ang Lee) (Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant)
38. Barefoot In The Park - (1967, Gene Saks) (Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Mildred Natwick)
39. An Unmarried Woman - (1978, Paul Mazursky) (Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy)
40. Working Girl - (1988, Mike Nichols) (Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver)
41. Legends Of The Fall - (1994, Edward Zwick) (Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Aidan Quinn)
42. Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood - (2002, Callie Khouri) (Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn)
43. Looking For Mr. Goodbar - (1977, Richard Brooks) (Diane Keaton, Tuesday Weld, Richard Gere)
44. Truly, Madly, Deeply - (1991, Anthony Minghella) (Juliet Stevenson, Jenny Howe, Carolyn Choa)
45. Muriel's Wedding - (1994, P.J. Hogan) (Sophie Lee, Roz Hammond, Toni Collette)
46. Funny Girl - (1968, William Wyler) (Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford)
47. Notting Hill - (1999, Roger Michell) (Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Richard McCabe)
48. Up Close & Personal - (1996, Jon Avnet) (Robert Redford, Michelle Pfeiffer)
49. Howards End - (1992, James Ivory) (Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Anthony Hopkins)
50. When Harry Met Sally... - (1989, Rob Reiner) (Meg Ryan, Billy Crystal, Carrie Fisher)
51. The Goodbye Girl - (1977, Herbert Ross) (Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason)
52. Rabbit-Proof Fence - (2002, Phillip Noyce) (Everlyn Sampi, Kenneth Branagh, Tianna Sansbury)
53. A Walk On The Moon - (1999, Tony Goldwyn) (Diane Lane, Viggo Mortensen)
54. Women In Love - (1969, Ken Russell) (Glenda Jackson, Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Jennie Linden)
55. Postcards From The Edge - (1990, Mike Nichols) (Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid)
56. The Big Chill - (1983, Lawrence Kasdan) (Tom Berenger, Glenn Close, William Hurt)
57. The Devil Wears Prada - (2006, David Frankel) (Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway)
58. The Prince Of Tides - (1991, Barbra Streisand) (Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner)
59. Boys On The Side - (1995, Herbert Ross) (Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore)
60. Frida - (2002, Julie Taymor) (Salma Hayek, Mía Maestro, Alfred Molina)
61. Father Of The Bride - (1991, Charles Shyer) (Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Kimberly Williams)
62. Volver - (2006, Pedro Almodóvar) (Penélope Cruz, Carmen Maura)
63. Eve's Bayou - (1997) (Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson)
64. Romeo And Juliet - (1968, Franco Zeffirelli) (Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey, Michael York)
65. The Last Days of Chez Nous - (1992, Gillian Armstrong) (Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz)
66. The Heart Of Me - (2002, Thaddeus O'Sullivan) (Helena Bonham Carter, Olivia Williams)
67. Dirty Dancing - (1987, Emile Ardolino) (Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach)
68. The Notebook - (2004, Nick Cassavetes) (Tim Ivey, Gena Rowlands, James Garner)
69. Bridesmaids - (2011, Paul Feig) (Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph)
70. My Best Friend's Wedding - (1997, P.J. Hogan) (Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz)
71. Bend It Like Beckham - (2002, Gurinder Chadha) (Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley)
72. Wuthering Heights - (1939, William Wyler) (Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven)
73. Like Water For Chocolate - (1992, Alfonso Arau) (Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Yareli Arizmendi)
74. Mona Lisa Smile - (2003, Mike Newell) (Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles)
75. Deeply - (2000, Sheri Elwood) (Kirsten Dunst, Lynn Redgrave, Julia Brendler)
76. Camille - (1936, George Cukor) (Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore)
77. The Virgin Suicides - (1999, Sofia Coppola) (James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst)
78. City Of Angels - (1998, Brad Silberling) (Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan)
79. Runaway Bride - (1999, Garry Marshall) (Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack)
80. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - (1974, Martin Scorsese) (Ellen Burstyn, Harvey Keitel)
81. Waiting To Exhale - (1995, Forest Whitaker) (Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett)
82. He's Just Not That Into You - (2009, Ken Kwapis) (Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly)
83. Monsoon Wedding - (2001, Mira Nair) (Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shetty)
84. A Walk In The Clouds - (1995, Alfonso Arau) (Keanu Reeves, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón)
85. Love Affair - (1994, Glenn Gordon Caron) (Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan)
86. Chocolat - (2000, Lasse Hallström) (Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench)
87. Bitter Moon - (1992, Roman Polanski) (Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Peter Coyote)
88. Hope Floats - (1998, Forest Whitaker) (Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands)
89. Time Of Her Life - (2005, Steven M. Smith) (Laura Penneycard, Geoff Shaw)
90. American Dreamer - (1984, Rick Rosenthal) (JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti)
91. Something's Gotta Give - (2003, Nancy Meyers) (Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves)
92. The Truth About Cats & Dogs - (1996, Michael Lehmann) (Janeane Garofalo, Uma Thurman)
93. An Affair To Remember - (1957, Leo McCarey) (Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning)
94. Fifty Shades of Grey - (2015, Sam Taylor-Johnson) (Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan)
95. Laurel Canyon - (2002, Lisa Cholodenko) (Frances McDormand, Christian Bale, Kate Beckinsale)
96. The Great Gatsby - (1974, Jack Clayton) (Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Karen Black)
97. Always - (1989, Steven Spielberg) (Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman)
98. Ever After - (1998, Andy Tennant) (Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott)
99. How Stella Got Her Groove Back - (1998, Kevin Rodney Sullivan) (Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs)
100. Shirley Valentine - (1989, Lewis Gilbert) (Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie)



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