I recently ran across an article online that listed the top 30 chick-flicks of all time. As I read through them I admit there were several that I agreed with, a few that I haven’t seen, and several more that I knew had a sad ending, which knocked them off my list for sure.
I’m sure there are plenty of movie goers out there who don’t mind leaving the theater with mascara tracks down their cheeks, but I’m not one of those. If you’re going to make me cry, it better be for a darn good reason.
So I decided to come up with my own list of the best chick-flicks and invite you to add your vote in as well. Here’s the link for the original article so you can judge those for yourself. LINK
Here’s my list:
Sweet Home Alabama
French Kiss
Sabrina
Steel Magnolias
Mom’s Night Out
27 Dresses
How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days
Sleepless in Seattle
You’ve Got Mail
When Harry Met Sally
Six Days and Seven Nights
Raising Helen
Enchanted
Friends with Benefits
The Holiday
Kate and Leopold
Just Like Heaven
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Thirteen Going on Thirty

And these made me think of other movies that could be considered chick flicks, depending on your definition.
What about:
Tin Cup
For Love of the Game
Far and Away
Meet Joe Black
One for the Money
Witness
Sense and Sensibility
Urban Cowboy
Or these classics:
Dear Ruth
Send Me No Flowers
That Touch of Mink
An Affair to Remember
Gone with the Wind
Some Like It Hot
And what exactly is a “chick flick?” Wikipedia says, “Chick flick is a slang term for the film genre dealing mainly with love and romance which is targeted to a female audience.”
Well, that knocks out a few of these…My husband has seen at least a third of the movies in the first section. And I know he’s seen almost all in the second one. Let me pause here and tell you that I am not keeper of the remote at my house and I am definitely married to an alpha male.
So how do I narrow this down? Okay, I’m on a desert island with a DVD player and ten DVDs. Don’t question the electricity factor. Just go with it. (Dang! I forgot to add that one to the list!) What ten “girly” movies would I/you want to take? Here’s my edited list:
French Kiss
Tin Cup
Far and Away
Witness
Some Like It Hot
Gone With the Wind
Sweet Home Alabama
Sleepless in Seattle
Six Days and Seven Nights
A River Runs Through It.
What’s that you say? A River Runs Through It is not a chick flick? Well, those who know me know that have a “thang” for Brad Pitt. I wouldn’t be able to make it stranded on an island with questionable electricity without at least one of Brad’s movies and he is sooooo much cuter in A River Runs Through It than he was in Meet Joe Black.
What about you? Ten chick flicks you can watch over and over. Okay, nine chick flicks and one pretend boyfriend movie. Go!
Everyone who comments will be put in a drawing to win an autographed copy of Healing a Heart. And as always, thanks for reading!

