Oprah's Top 100 Chick Flick List. Discuss.

[Shirley Ujest]

Best of the Best? (http://listsofbests.com/list/85)



Morocco Josef von Sternberg Buy
2 Camille George Cukor Buy
3 Notorious Alfred Hitchcock Buy
4 The French Lieutenant's Woman Karel Reisz Buy
5 The English Patient Anthony Minghella Buy
6 The Women George Cukor Buy
7 Julia Fred Zinnemann Buy
8 Desperately Seeking Susan Susan Seidelman Buy
9 The Truth About Cats & Dogs Michael Lehmann Buy
10 Romy and Michele's High School Reunion David Mirkin Buy
11 The Hours Stephen Daldry Buy
12 All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz Buy
13 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Martin Scorsese Buy
14 Aliens James Cameron Buy
15 Thelma & Louise Ridley Scott Buy
16 What's Love Got to Do with It Brian Gibson Buy
17 Girlfight Karyn Kusama Buy
18 Black Narcissus Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell Buy
19 The Shop Around The Corner Ernst Lubitsch Buy
20 The Lady Eve Preston Sturges Buy
21 Born Yesterday George Cukor Buy
22 Pat and Mike George Cukor Buy
23 Breakfast At Tiffany's Blake Edwards Buy
24 Bull Durham Ron Shelton Buy
25 Pretty Woman Garry Marshall Buy
26 Bridget Jones's Diary Sharon Maguire Buy
27 Something's Gotta Give Nancy Meyers Buy
28 Rebecca Alfred Hitchcock Buy
29 Island in the Sun Robert Rossen Buy
30 Smooth Talk Joyce Chopra Buy
31 She's Gotta Have It Spike Lee Buy
32 A Walk on the Moon Tony Goldwyn Buy
34 Four Weddings and a Funeral Mike Newell Buy
35 Sense And Sensibility Ang Lee Buy
36 Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair Buy
37 His Girl Friday Howard Hawks Buy
38 High Society Charles Walters Buy
39 An Imitation of Life Douglas Sirk Buy
40 Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks Buy
41 The Color Purple Steven Spielberg Buy
42 Daughters of the Dust Julie Dash Buy
43 Little Women Gillian Armstrong Buy
44 Eve's Bayou Kasi Lemmons Buy
45 The Virgin Suicides Sofia Coppola Buy
46 Lovely & Amazing Nicole Holofcener Buy
47 Laurel Canyon Lisa Cholodenko Buy
48 Rabbit-Proof Fence Phillip Noyce Buy
49 Whale Rider Niki Caro Buy
50 Bend It Like Beckham


Sorry about the spacing. I couldn't get it to copy just the movie. So here in the Movie/director & BUY it now cause you gots to have it.

[davenportavenger]

100?

Anyway, I wouldn't call even half of those movies "chick flicks." Most of them have a woman as the main character but to me the term chick flick has a connotation of fluff, and there's a lot of serious/"deep" movies on there. Though I have to say that most of those movies were pretty boring to me.

Meh, Oprah.

[Caprese]

Glad to see The Virgin Suicides on there. I always thought this haunting movie was underrated. Have not seen every last film on the list, but watched a good many of them.
Never cared for either the book or the movie of Bridget Jones. Couldn't stand the way she obsessed over her weight.
Pretty Woman is probably a bit suspect as well, but I thought Julia Roberts pulled it off.
I own both Armstrong's Little Women as well as Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility.
I watch them two or three times a year. Love 'em. I think they illustrate the agony and the ecstasy of being female. Good cinematography too.

[Waccoe]

Where is An Affair to Remember? Come to that, where is Sleepless in Seattle?

[monstro]

I discount the list all-together since it does not include Beaches or Waiting To Exhale.


And tell me how in the world Romy and Michele's High School Reunion beats out The Color Purple???

[Shirley Ujest]

Desperately Seeking Susan andRomy & Michelle's Reunion in the top ten is just a travesty.

[WhyNot]

What? No Dangerous Beauty (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118892/)? Or Valmont (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098575/)? Or Elizabeth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127536/)?

Harumph. Where are my corset movies?

And..uh...Aliens? How the heck is that a chick-flick? Don't give me "empowered woman" crap, Alien (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/) was much better for that - until the underwear scene, of course.

Am I the only one whooshed by The English Patient? Gawd, I thought the agony would never end. The movie, that is, not his agony. Die, already! It's on so many "best" lists, I'm certain I'm just missing something, and I've even tried it several times. But it's not getting any better.

[Caprese]

Agree that Elizabeth is a most excellent film and I own that one too.
I much preferred the movie version of The English Patient to the novel.
It was a pretty darn good chick movie. Visually it was gorgeous.
Seems like some folks disagree about what constitutes a proper chick flick.
I don't really have a chick-flick manifesto.
Myself,I like good dialogue and humor, I appreciate more than a few thought-provoking moments, and some sniffles are okay.

[moriah]

Yes, there are a few fluff pieces and that whore movie...

Yes, some more important and substantial films showcasing female talent or telling a women's story were left out...

At least all those weepy, overwrought, chewing on the scenery, showcase of 'hollywood actresses' movies were not included, like The Secret of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and Steel Magnolias, anything with Cher...

[Wendell Wagner]

Since when does 50 equal 100?

[Marley23]

Since when does 50 equal 100?
Crap, uh, well I uh...

You get a car! YOU GET A CAR!! EVERYBODY GETS A CAR!

[drm]

There just seems to be no rhyme or reason to this list whatsoever. It seems like they would need to stretch a little bit to call some of these chick flicks. The Virgin Suicides is not exactly a chick flick. It's a good movie and there are in fact woman in it but a chick flick? I don't know. And Aliens? Why not just add Kill Bill to the list? There's a woman that kicks some ass in that movie. Amelie seems like it would actually be a perfect addition to the list and it isn't there.

I just don't get this list at all.

[stpauler]

At least all those weepy, overwrought, chewing on the scenery, showcase of 'hollywood actresses' movies were not included, like The Secret of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and Steel Magnolias, anything with Cher...
I was surprised to see Steel Magnolias and Fried Green Tomatoes off the list. When I think "ChickFlick" those are the first two to come to mind.

[Kel Varnsen - Latex Division]

The Buy Family must be a total powerhouse in the directing world.

[Ms Boods]

And..uh...Aliens? How the heck is that a chick-flick? Don't give me "empowered woman" crap


Cos maybe the scene with the Queen Alien and all her wee, defenseless eggs 'n' babies, and then the nasty bad human lady torched them all...poor wee beasties...

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