What is a Chick Flick?

Would anyone like to share his or her top ten list of best chick flicks?

I would have to say for myself that my favorite chick flick of all time is Ever After. I love its unique twist on Cinderella, the humor, and of course, Drew Barrymore.

My other top favorites include Stardust, The Princess Bride, Labyrinth, Enchanted, Ella Enchanted, Maid in Manhattan, The Prince & Me, The Princess Diaries, Sydney White, and Enchanted.

As you can probably see, my chick flicks run on a lot of fairytale and fantasy themes. I love stories where the leading lady overcomes obstacles to get her prince. They are all sappy and cheesy, but they are so much fun to watch.

If you love chick flicks I would recommend having a movie night with your friends and going with a general theme.

For example, if you wanted to have a fun night you could do a New York theme and watch chick flicks set in the big apple. It would give you a great base for what snacks to provide, as well as what drinks would fit in.

Newer movies like 27 Dresses, The Devil Wears Prada were both set in New York, as well as the classic Breakfast at Tiffany's. There are numerous other titles to choose from as well.

Theme music from chick flicks stay with you forever. I have a CD in my personal music collection of chick flick songs, love music sung by everyone from from Elton John to Bette Midler to Michael Buble and many other artists.

I don’t know if all of these chick flick songs are from movies, but some of them are and I love playing the music from time to time when I’m in a romantic mood.

@cafe41 - Speaking as a guy, the only times I will watch a chick-flick is if there is some deeper plot element besides just the romance. For example, some of the best chick flicks of 2010 included the Twilight Saga and Eat, Pray, Love. I liked both of these films.

The Twilight Saga played to the whole Dracula theme, and of course that has cross-generational and cross-gender appeal, as it is an ageless tale. The movie Eat, Pray, Love tells of one woman’s desire to use her misfortune to travel the world in search of deeper meaning to her life; this transcends romance, although romance is certainly in the film.

Going further back, to 2001, I really liked the film Kate and Leopold. I liked it for one reason alone-it involved time travel. I usually like movies with a science fiction twist, even if they are chick flicks.

@Latte31 - I could watch those movies a million times and never get sick of them. They are timeless movies because their themes are so universal. That is what top chick flicks offer the audience. Real characters with a romantic story woven into it are all elements of a great chick flick.

I think that that is the marker of a chick flick. There has to be a love story in the movie for it to be considered an official chick flick.

I personally love, “You Got Mail.” I can totally relate to looking for love and finding it in someone you never thought would be for you. I think you tend to find the love of your life when you least expect it. That is what happened to me so I could totally relate to this movie.

@Mutsy - I saw that movie a few times and you are right it is so sad at the end. I wanted to say that for me some of the top ten chick flicks of all time are “My Best Friend’s Wedding” and “Grease”. I love both movies because they remind me of friendships that I have had and I can relate to a lot of the characters.

For “My Best Friend’s Wedding” we understand the envy that Julia Robert’s feels when Cameron Diaz is getting married to someone that she would have wanted to marry. Everyone can relate to this scenario because we all have someone in our past that just sort of got away and was not meant to be with us.

I also love “Grease” because not only does it bring me back to my high school days, but the struggles that the characters were going through were so spot on that I actually felt that I knew the characters personally. I also love the love story between Sandy and Danny because I think that everyone could relate to difficulties in courting someone and all of the insecurities that develop as a result.

@Sunshine31 -I agree that movie was great. I have to say that in my opinion one of the top ten chick flicks of all time has to be, ” Titanic.” This story although extremely tragic, has the classic love story elements of loving someone so much that you risk your life for them.

My daughter loves this movie, but it is so heart wrenching and intense that I have to limit the amount of times that I watch it because can’t stop crying when I do.

I know it is a movie but I start to think about the people that really perished in this event and I feel bad for them.

I think that the best chick flicks offer a romantic element to them. I love when there is a romantic interest in the film because it makes me want the characters in the film to develop a romantic relationship.

I think that this is what makes good chick flicks memorable. For example, in the movie, “Confessions of a Shopaholic” the main character was a compulsive shopper that developed financial problems, but ironically ended up getting a job as a financial writer offering money saving advice to those that read her column.

This was really funny, but I think what really hooked me about this movie was the underline romantic storyline that was developing between the main character and her boss. It was such a great movie and I would consider it a top ten chick flick.