Your Favorite Chick Flicks
Brandi and I celebrated Valentine’s Day last night since I usually spend Saturday night prepping for Sunday’s message.
We decided to have a low key night at home where we grilled steak and watched a chick flick. We rented “Night in Rodanthe”.
We had an awesome night together, but I have to be honest and say this wasn’t my favorite movie. Not because there were no explosions, car chases, or suspenseful endings. It just wasn’t the most compelling story. You can do much better for Valentine’s Day.
I don’t want some of you to make the same mistake tonight so let’s make sure you get a good chick flick to watch.
What’s your favorite chick flick ever?
I’ll confess mine is “The Notebook.”
Pride and Prejudice… there is no greater love story, at least in my mind!
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The Notebook.
Romantic and inspiring.
pride and prejudice.. the new one! totally agree!
I’ve never seen pride and prejudice. Might have to watch that one next time I’m forced to watch a chick flick.
While You Were Sleeping
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Sweet Home Alabama.
Makes me laugh and cry, can’t beat that!
I said that, not because it’s so romantic, but because it’s so funny and true to life about family life.
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Just one? Okay…my all-time favorite is Cutting Edge. It has funny moments, romantic moments and figure skating! What more could a chick ask for?
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How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days or the best movie ever—- Dirty Dancing! Happy endings are overrated. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a good one for all of us out there that are happily single today!
The Holiday. Its just perfect
But yeah, definitely check out P&P. If you can bear it, the Colin Firth version, but I think you’ll still get BUCKETLOADS of points for suggesting the recent-er film version (yes, recent-er IS a word…I’m an English major and I say so :p)
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I love Shining Through – oldie but goodie with Melanie Griffith and Michael Douglas. Also high on the list is A Walk To Remember.
And WHY do men resort to calling them chick flicks?! I hate that! A good, compelling love story is NOT just for women. Seriously.
My wife is not a chick flick kind of woman. She prefers the shoot ‘em up/blow ‘em up kind (Ford, Willis, Bourne) If I was to pick one I like While You Were Sleeping (funny moments), Message in a Bottle (I like KC…no comments) but my favorite would be Titanic.
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I love Sweet Home Alabama. It’s really goofy and cute. Always makes me laugh.
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Hubby and I both like Sense and Sensibility. One of our faves.
With Night in Rodanthe, the book is far better than the movie, and it is a one night read.
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“While You WEre Sleeping.” “Ghost.”
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Is “My Best Friend’s Wedding” a chick flick?
Of course it is! It includes a Dionne Warwick all-sing.
“Forever and ever we never will part..I’ll say a little prayer for you…”
So please, you might say a prayer for me too.
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Hmmm…I agree with pretty much everyone that has already left a comment…I love “Cutting Edge”…but, I think I am going to have to go with “Love Actually”…My husband and I watched it last night on Oxygen…How much more of a chick flick can you get?
Happy Valentine’s Day!
We watched the same movie last night and I had the same conclusion! It was not good!
Up Close and Personal is my favorite, all-time chick flick. Pride and Prejudice is probably next.
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I love all Meg Ryan movies in the 90′s…so cute..romantic comedies are my style. I also LOVE The Notebook…. I have read all of the Nicholas Sparks books..Nights in Rodanthe was a much better book than movie. Great book.
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I’m a chick, does this count? Notebook & p&p. Lots of men like the notebook.
We just watched that movie last night as well…my first thought as it ended…Nicholas Sparks needs therapy. All his movies end the same way…it did seem lacking.
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Sleepless in Seattle. Romantic, cute, and funny.
Sleepless in Seattle. Ultimate chick flick and romantic for first, second, one hundredth dates.
You’ve Got Mail
My favorite is While You Were Sleeping. It was the first movie my husband and I saw together when we were dating. It is also a great story around Christmas and New Year, although the television stations haven’t seemed to figure that out.
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The Notebook….I could only ever see that once. My husband and I say in bed together watching it and crying. Out loud. He loves chick flicks. He says the payoff at the end of the movie is worth it. If only all husbands knew this.
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Steel Magnolias
One our favorite movies of all times, Chocolat…it has it all, I guarantee it or your money back!
@Melissa, I’m pretty sure Brandi’s fav is “sweet home alabama” as well.
@Jennifer, I’m glad we weren’t alone!
I’d have to say Bourne Ultimatum
The Notebook is good — I love it that you like it!
pride and prejudice is amazing – but not the new one – the colin firth version – it is an investment of time so for your “regular time slot for a chick flick” i’d say “how to lose a guy in 10 days”
(also, i like the new look…has it been that long since i’ve been here?!)
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Sliding Doors (One of my ALL TIME favs)
You’ve Got Mail (or the original The Shop Around The Corner)
Love Actually
The Notebook
An Affair To Remember
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The Family Man or The Notebook. Cried through both of them.
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My #1 would have to be “The Notebook”
Other movies my husband liked is the following:
~Somewhere In Time-Christopher Reeves & Jane Seymour
~A Walk To Remember-Mandy Moore & Shane West
~Sweet Home Alabama-Reese Witherspoon & Josh Lucas
~Finding Neverland- Kate Winslet & Jonny Depp
If you haven’t seen Finding Neverland…I would highly recommend it.
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That’s too bad… the book was pretty good.
I LOVE Something to Talk About.
Otherwise, The Notebook, You’ve Got Mail, The Holiday, Sweet Home Alabama… and of course, Pretty Woman.
But I’m just as happy with an action flick.
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When Harry Met Sally – watching it tonight with other single friends. And Love Actually.
When I think of “chick flick” I think of a shallow, “it’s OK if we talk through it” movie. But great love stories, I think those should have their own category.
The Notebook is wonderful! A few of my other favorites are Shadowlands, Sense and Sensibility, Gone with the Wind, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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Sleepless in Seattle
You’ve got Mail
When Harry met Sally
The Notebook
Steel Magnolias
Pete we were going to watch Nights in Rodanthe tonight on demand but you’ve saved The Husband…I think maybe it’ll be Secret Life of Bees! Thx!!
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Wedding Crashers.
I cried a lot.
Love Actually
13 Going on 30
While You Were Sleeping
The Princess Bride
Notting Hill
Sleepless in Seattle
Penelope
Raising Arizona (technically not a chick flick, but that movie is quirky/funny)
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the notebook is a good one. i like 13 going on 30 too. i’m just not a big movie watcher. must be that adult ADD i have.
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One Fine Day and The Notebook … I’m a sucker, I know.
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Bride Wars
This movie was hilarious. I have been sitting here trying to think of others, and I am literally drawing a complete blank. We’re obviously not movie-watchers. I’m gonna stick with what I said before. Bride Wars.
IQ
plain and simple. Not only is it a chick flick (which my hubby even LOVES this one)… it is funny and just plain decent and CUTE!
With Meg Ryan and Einstein. When I first rented it, I watched it 4 times right in a row. You’ll LOVE it!
I also like:
Return to Me
Only You
Sabrina
The Notebook … hands down. I cry everytime. I watch it every time it’s on tv and I know when the commercial breaks will be. Sad, I know. It’s just so what I think love is all about. My husband even enjoyed it (the first 20 times I made him watch it).
Now, if my hubby were answering this … he’d say “anything with Matthew McConaughy because it’s sure to get Carrie in the mood.” And yes, he’s right.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Most of the above listed movies, especially Love Actually (except for language and brief nudity), and the older Pride and Prejudice,
but what about A Knight’s Tale, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Wedding Planner, and Music From Another Room?
I did like While You Were Sleeping, but Family Man with Nicholas Cage is probably my fav. Pete, I might have to ask you to turn in your man-card after this post.
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The rule or chick flicks is this – to compensate for the predictably lame storyline, the lead actress needs to be ridiculously hot. Preferably, Kate Beckinsale. All you got was Diane Lane?! A pathetic effort, my friend…
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Hands down, Steel Magnolias! I am actually surprised more women did not mention it.
You laugh, you cry. What more could you need?!
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No no no – the Princess Bride is not a chick flick! It is one of the best movie EVER and way beyond the “chick flick” genre! Love love love that movie!
If we are going to talk about “romantic movies” with a twist, Charade is another good one.
I despise chick flicks. However, I did watch 27 Dresses recently and really liked it. For the single girl that’s been to too many weddings without one of her own, it was therapy. It was a sweet story with alot of humor.
And the dresses… geez… the sad part is that they are probably not exaggerating.
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Yep, I’m with Kristy: Pride and Prejudice (though if you include Bible stories, I don’t think it’s THE greatest love story :>) ).
Blessings in Christ,
Marshall Jones Jr.
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funny enough, my favorite “chick flick” is Tomb Raider … I’m just that kind of gal, and my husband loves it!
my favorite “chick flick” is Tomb Raider. A little Laura Croft action for me. And my husband loves me for it too!
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Lots of good movies mentioned! My fav’s …
“Somethings Gotta Give”
“How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days”
“When Harry Met Sally”
“Father of the Bride, 1 and 2″
“The Notebook”
Oh, and let’s not forget the latest greatest, “Fireproof.”
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How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days.
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The Notebook! Ahh dude. I always tell people that I actually broke up with a girl simply so I wouldn’t have to go to that movie.
This is not exactly true, I broke up for other reasons. But I knew she wanted to go to The Notebook around the time we broke up.
Needless to say, not a big fan
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some of my favorites: the cutting edge, while you were sleeping, anne of green gables, 13 going on 30, two weeks’ notice, the princess bride, enchanted, bridget jones’s diary, and can’t buy me love (i could probably go on too;)
Some of mine and my husband’s include Somewhere in Time, Fiddler on the Roof, You’ve Got Mail, and It Could Happen to You.
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Nothing beats The Notebook but the duo of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset are on my chick flick list.
I’m really not a huge fan of chick flicks. I yelled my way though “P.S. I love you” recently (all in the name of ‘I really need to make spend some time with my nonchristian mates’) and I detest the BBC extended version of Pride & Prejudice (which seems that every Christian woman in the UK loves apart from me).
But…there are a few that I love: Devil Wears Prada, Notting Hill and Amelie.
And I think if we minus out the drinking & smoking I might just be Bridget Jones personified…!
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Serendipity. hands down the best movie of all time.
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Steel Magnolias!
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Mine is Return to Me. Love that movie!
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I love almost all of the movies mentioned. I was surprised no one mentioned Serendipity, but then there it was at the end. Great movie! Nights in Rodanthe was pretty bad especially compared to the book which is much different. I reread it right before we saw the movie and I was mad they changed so much. Some movies that weren’t mentioned are Say Anything, Sleepless in Seattle and 16 Candles. Confessions of a Shopaholic is very good too! That was part of our Valentine’s date. Ken liked it too.
I’m a hormonal pregnant woman, and I also thought this movie sucked. I’d say my fave is Moulin Rouge…mostly because I love Ewan MacGregor’s voice.
Current would be
The Notebook
The Lake House
Past
Roman Holiday
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
LUV LUV LUV IT!!!
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The Notebook, A Walk to Remember(Oh Yeah both were movies that an ex boyfriend owned prior to me seeing them)….Lets see I heard mention of “My Best Friend’s Wedding”—great break up movie—Dirty Dancing(Hell Yeah!!!)—Saw it 14 times in one weekend when I was like 15—Steel Magnolia was awesome—Don’t know what else—
When a Man Loves a Woman, Save the Last Dance, Father of Bride 1 and 2, Maid in Manhattan, Not a movie exactlly–but have it on DVD so it counts “Final Episode of Friends”—-LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!!!!
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My favorite is “Spanglish.”
“PS I Love You” is probably second.
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Bridget Jones “I like you just the way you are” my fovorite line … who doesn’t want to hear that!
When Harry Met Sally and For the record, if you do watch Pride and Prejudice watch the one with Colin Firth.
50 First Dates is really sweet as well as Never Been Kissed it is abit juvenile but that kiss at the end is worth it.
The “princess bride”
three extravagent love stories in one movie
a man for a woman
a son for his father
and a grandfather for his grandson
OOO I forgot about “Princess Bride”. I’ve memorized whole scenes from that one!
This is going way back but
Sixteen Candles
Pretty in Pink
St Elmos Fire
The Notebook
Holy Cow! We watched the same exact movie this weekend. I agree with you totally. Although I did bawl like someone I love had must died at the end part of the movie.
My favorite chick flick is also, “The Notebook.” I also LOVE “Pretty Woman” and “Dirty Dancing.”
BTW…..LOVE the new site! It looks awesome!
Don’t know how I could have forgotten….
Pretty In Pink
Sixteen Candles
and last but not least……..
An Officer and a Gentleman
sorry I missed this post…pride and prejudice…no contest (the new one)
We made this mistake too. What an awful mistake it was. Pride & Prejudice, Two Weeks Notice or The Notebook for me. I can’t decide.
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Terminator 2! LOL
City of Angels
Ironically I was working on my Top 10 Chick Flick List yesterday (I was making a lot of top 10 lists).
Here’s the complete list…
City of Angels
I.Q.
Music and Lyrics
You’ve Got Mail
The Wedding Singer
The Princess Bride
Can’t Buy Me Love
When Harry Met Sally
Hitch
Say Anything
Although I must confess that I’ve never seen Love Actually or Sweet Home Alabama.
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I wholeheartedly second Chocolat! It’s a wonderful movie.
I agree Chocolat is a wonderful movie. I think every church planting team should watch that movie. And Johnny Depp is in it so that makes it one of my favorites. But it does have a dark side to it. Do chicks enjoy the darker side of movies too?
Definitely a movie church leaders should watch that’s for sure!
Blessings,
Dave
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Hi,
I just came cross this discussion and am hoping that one of you can help me with a mystery movie. Back in or around 1988 I saw a movie that I want to rent for my daughter to see. For the life of me, I can’t recall the name and have found nothing that looks like it could be it. It was a romantic tear-jerker that takes place in late 19th/early 20th century England. A teenage son of a high society family falls in love with a girl from a poor background. They meet at a summer estate or vacation place where she works as a maid, I think. Like in The Notebook, the theme is about how class differences and external forces work to keep lovers apart. I don’t know the names of any of the actors. Does this movie ring a bill to anyone!? If so, I’d be very grateful if you could let me know at blbehrmann@hughes.net. Thank you! Barb