# What movies are neither guy flix nor chick flix ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 28, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623 "2006-04-28T17:17:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Purl\_little\_me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/76d3ee/32.png) [@Purl\_little\_me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purl_little_me)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/1 "2006-04-28T17:17:22Z")
Seems like most end up in either of those categories. For most men’s stories, dramas and comedies as well as action movies, the women are extras or props to be rescued. Or else all the stars on the posters are women and the men are backgroud stereotypes, either mean or weak. Of course the date movie boy-meets-girl love stories are fairly balanced. What dramas or comedies have balanced casts? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/2 "2006-04-28T17:25:10Z")
\*\*Alien Aliens Mary Queen of Scots \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/3 "2006-04-28T17:39:00Z")
The Big Chill Woody Allen movies Nora Ephron movies Garry Marshall movies ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/4 "2006-04-28T18:20:22Z")
Eraserhead. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/5 "2006-04-28T18:43:57Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] The Big Chill Woody Allen movies Nora Ephron movies Garry Marshall movies [/QUOTE] Nora Ephron? She’s the Jerry bruckheimer of Chick Flicks ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/6 "2006-04-28T19:00:58Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] Nora Ephron? She’s the Jerry bruckheimer of Chick Flicks [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure that if you say her name three times while looking in a mirror, she appears and lops your nuts off. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/7 "2006-04-28T20:29:46Z")
Nora Ephron movies are definitely chick flicks. I’m going to have to nominate three of my favorite movies: Apollo 13 Almost Famous A Beautiful Mind ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/8 "2006-04-28T20:34:39Z")
Ocean’s 11 (the remake) ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/9 "2006-04-28T21:01:55Z")
**The 40-Year-Old Virgin** is a “neutral” flick. That is, is has two story lines proceeding along simultaneously, one with guy themes and one for the chicks. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/10 "2006-04-28T21:10:05Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] I’m pretty sure that if you say her name three times while looking in a mirror, she appears and lops your nuts off. [/QUOTE] 😃 Thank Og no one else is still in the office. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/11 "2006-04-28T21:14:04Z")
I’d say any Pixar animated feature goes for mass gender-neutral appeal. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/12 "2006-04-28T21:19:22Z")
_Manos: The Hands Of Fate_ is unsuitable for human viewing, regardless of race, sex, religion, physical handicap\*, et cetera. \*Well, I suppose it might be OK for someone who is blind and deaf. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/13 "2006-04-28T21:24:03Z")
This may only apply to English (and probably Theater) majors, but I think _Shakespeare in Love_ is gender-neutral, if barely. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/14 "2006-04-28T21:52:12Z")
**Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?** ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/15 "2006-04-28T23:28:57Z")
I always thought **Roadhouse**. The guys dig the fights, and the monster truck scene. The chicks have Patrick Swaze to stare at for the entire film. YMMV Sgt Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/16 "2006-04-28T23:41:49Z")
_The Red Balloon._ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/17 "2006-04-28T23:42:01Z")
**Titanic** had weepy doomed romance for the ladies and a ship hitting an iceberg for the gents. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/18 "2006-04-28T23:52:15Z")
Serious socially relevent movies, like Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/19 "2006-04-29T00:20:01Z")
_Out of Sight_? I haven’t heard any men specifically say they like it, but I think it hits both categories in the “guy movie” vs. “chick movie” debate. Guns, crime, and prison fights for the guys, George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez doing the “love from the wrong side of the tracks” thing for the girls. Plus, I don’t care who you are, that trunk scene is just _hot_. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2006, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623/20 "2006-04-29T00:34:52Z")
Just a few picked from my own collection: The Hudsucker Proxy Casablanca Brazil Being John Malkovich Topper Serenity (which every man, woman and child ought see, several times, and buy DVD copies of for all their friends :D) Call me wacky, but I think most flicks are more or less gender neutral. ‘Guy’ flicks tend to be your more action oriented fare, although sometimes with deeper masculine stuff going on (Lawrence of Arabia comes to mind). ‘Chick’ flicks tend to be… about… uh, girly stuff, you know? All sappy and such. (Does it show that I don’t watch many of these, heh?) Most movies fall somewhere in the middle. Maybe it’s just my particular taste in film, though. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-are-neither-guy-flix-nor-chick-flix/354623.md?page=2)