Chick flick

The term chick flick is slang, sometimes slightly derisive, for a movie which is designed or considered to appeal mainly to women, and generally focusing more on romance or relationships. Many romantic comedies or films with a lots of female characters are likely to be put in this category. Critics of the term have pointed out that movies aimed specifically at men are not labeled so derisively.

List of films often mentioned as chick flicks:

In Her Shoes (2005)
Monster-in-Law (2005)
The Wedding Date (2005)
Elizabethtown (2005)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
Miss Congeniality 2 (2005)
The Notebook (2004)
50 First Dates (2004) % (Contains non-chick-flick humor)
13 Going on 30 (2004)
Chasing Liberty (2004)
Bridget Jones's Diary 2 (2004)
Down With Love (2003)
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Legally Blonde Red White and Blonde (2003)
Love Actually (2003)
Maid in Manhattan (2003)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
What a Girl Wants (2003)
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
The Hours (2002)
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
A Walk to Remember (2002)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Legally Blonde (2001)
Serendipity (2001)
The Wedding Planner (2001)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Erin Brockovich (2000)
What Women Want (2000)
Miss Congeniality (2000)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Notting Hill (1999)
She's All That (1999)
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Runaway Bride (1999)
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
The Horse Whisperer (1998)
You've Got Mail (1998)
Titanic (1997)
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997)
The First Wives Club (1996)
The English Patient (1996)
Before Sunrise (1995)
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Clueless (1995)
The American President (1995)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
While You Were Sleeping (1995)
Waiting to Exhale (1995)
Muriel's Wedding (1994)
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
An Affair to Remember (1957)
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Enchanted April (1992)
The Prince of Tides (1991)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991)
Thelma and Louise (1991)
Father of the Bride (1991)
Ghost (1990)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Mermaids (1990)
Always (1989)
Say Anything (1989)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Steel Magnolias (1989)
Working Girl (1988)
Mystic Pizza (1988)
Beaches (1988)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Flashdance (1983)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Nine to Five (1980)
Grease (1978)
The Way We Were (1973)
Love Story (1970)
Funny Girl (1964)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
My Fair Lady (1956) %
Sabrina (1954)
Gone with the Wind (1939) %
The Women (1939)
Stage Door (1937)

% Highly Disputed

Merriam-Webster recently added this term to all new editions of their dictionaries.

See also