# Movies "strong enough for a man, but made for a woman" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064 "2001-09-17T02:34:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/1 "2001-09-17T02:34:22Z")
People forever talk about “chick flicks” and “guy movies” but there are those that we like despite being aimed at the other gender. These are mine: [li]I love **The Professional** and I’d rank it in my top ten favorite movies of all time. Even in this movie you can already tell that Natalie Portman is going to be a powerful actress.[/li] [li] **Playing God**. Both male leads are attractive, there are a lot of guns and double play.[/li] [li] **The Big Hit**. I saw this one with one of my closest friends, and we were the only non-teenage boys there. The video store scene is priceless.[/li] [li] **The Replacement Killers**. I guess by now you see I like the hit-men thing in general…Mira is in the catagory of “girls who kick butt” too.[/li] [li] **Bad Boys**. I look forward to the sequel being made if Martin Lawrence gets his #$%^ together long enough. Supposed to be in 03’ now.[/li] [li] \*\* Fight Club.\*\* I really like the plot, and I never suspected the plot twist until near the end.[/li] What are yours? ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/2 "2001-09-17T04:41:46Z")
**The Family Man** … does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/3 "2001-09-17T17:17:54Z")
Well, I’m brain-dead from sitting at work all day, but at least one that I can think of is **Circle of Friends**. Very nice movie 'bout 3 girls who grow up in Ireland mid 20th century. ---
**Author:** ![lucie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed8c4c/32.png) [@lucie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/4 "2001-09-17T20:28:41Z")
My favorite guy films (dick-flicks? no, too crude): Die Hard - I adore Alan Rickman Yojimbo - actually, any movie with Toshiro Mifune Ronin Ghost Dog Most Jackie Chan films, but especially First Strike, Rumble in the Bronx, & Drunken Master II My husband’s favorite chick films: Um, I can’t think of any, but then again, I don’t like too many of them either. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@Kaitlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlyn)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/5 "2001-09-18T00:53:12Z")
Well, I was the guy who started the “I like chick flicks” thread, so this is an easy one for me. Off the top of my head: **Return to Me** **Where the Heart Is** **Steel Magnolias** **Places in the Heart** **The River** ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/6 "2001-09-18T01:59:54Z")
Speaking as a Manly Man **(Note my deep, baritone voice and face full of hair)** here are a few chix flix that I’ve enjoyed (but don’t tell my buddies down at the VFW): Angel at My Table A Streetcar Named Desire Breakfast at Tiffany’s The English Patient (yeah, I know it was crap) Heavenly Creatures Moonstruck Mystic Pizza Pretty in Pink Truly Madly Deeply (Yo, Lucie: Alan Rickman!) When Harry Met Sally That’s enough, gotta go rotate my tires now… ---
**Author:** ![Chekmate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@Chekmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chekmate)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/7 "2001-09-18T17:26:19Z")
I like Save the Last Dance and You’ve Got Mail… That’s all the good ones that my GF has subjected me to. Some of the others made me want to go to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/8 "2001-09-18T23:28:40Z")
Lessee… French Kiss When Harry Met Sally Moonstruck Mystic Pizza Pretty in Pink Steel Magnolias Circle of Friends The Matchmaker 9 to 5 That’s all I can think of for now; I’m sure there are more. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/9 "2001-09-18T23:35:35Z")
Girly-girl that I am, I never even imagined I could possibly enjoy a movie about boxing. I mean, could you get anything MORE macho? So my vote here goes to one of my favorite movies of all time, **Diggstown**. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/10 "2001-09-19T02:04:17Z")
Not to completely resurrect **Crunchy Frog** ’s ire, but I love _ **Titanic** _. I saw it twice at the movies, I own the tape. Damn it, now I’ll have to watch it again tonight. Others: _**Boys Don’t Cry An Officer and a Gentleman**_ (I think that’s a cross-over anyway) _**Legends of the Fall Howard’s End Shakespeare in Love**_ I’m sure there are more. … ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/11 "2001-09-19T03:28:31Z")
**Die Hard Aliens Terminator Pulp Fiction The Professional** Heck, I love a good guy movie. A _good_ guy movie. **Sniper** was not a good guy movie. My husband liked **Thelma and Louise** which is just a guy flick with chicks, if you ask me. He also liked **Fools Rush In**. He got to laugh _and_ see Selma Hayek on the toilet. ---
**Author:** ![Spoonbender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spoonbender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoonbender)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-strong-enough-for-a-man-but-made-for-a-woman/82064/12 "2001-09-19T03:52:17Z")
I’m male, and I loved _Thelma and Louise_. I don’t consider it a “feminist” or “chick” flick but a lot of people perceived it that way.