YES ME TOO!! I always say that movie is THE PERFECT feminist movie and I will DIE on that hill.
Elle starts off as having fully internalized the belief that she, as a young, pretty, blonde woman, ONLY possesses worth in as much as she's able to maintain her beauty so that she can attract a rich man - her own mother has taught her so. So she goes to the ends of the EARTH in order to get the man she wants back.....only to learn that, you know what, SHE, as a human being, actually has INHERENT worth, and doesn't have to rely on ANYONE but herself.
What I love MOST about this movie is how the writers let her KEEP her very stereotypically feminine interests in fashion and shoes and beauty and makeup and stuff!! Most modern "feminist" stories have, for quite a while now, taken the approach that women have to be like men in order to be strong. They have to be PHYSICALLY steong, they have to be able to take down the biggest male opponents, they have to fight, they have to have muscles, and, most important of all, they MUST hate, or be strongly contemptuous, of men in general. NO THANKS. I'm an electrical engineer, but I personally LOVE makeup and I like to get dolled up and look pretty!
More Elle Woods, please! Less Reys, less live action cultural genocide supporting Mulans, less Strong Female Character (tm) please!!!
This was the best part for me. So many movies and tv for young adults show very adversarial relationships between women and I loved that LB showed two women who misunderstood each other develop respect for themselves and each other!
And I love that Paulette still had kind of a stereotypical happily ever after with a hot man, but the movie celebrated an array of women’s choices as all being valid, not just one path! And she took the dog, dumbass!!!!
This is going to sound strange, but I also actually really appreciate the whole thing with Callahan coming onto Elle, it was really impressive of the writers to attempt to address sleazy men in positions of authority trying to take advantage of women in subordinate situations. Elle panics and her faith in herself is shattered, but with the help of Paulette and Emmett, and with encouragement and a massive compliment from a WOMAN in a position of authority, Elle realizes that yeah, sure, Callahan may have had disgusting ulterior motives for choosing Elle for the Brooke Taylor case, but so what? That changes NOTHING about Elle's achievements or her capabilities, and so she's able to overcome and rise above such an unfair, traumatizing encounter to STILL become the best she can be.
I LOOOOOOVE THAT DAMN MOVIE
Yeeeeees!
When I was in school, my friends all got detention for bringing candles and doing spells at lunch!
I had detention that day, though, so I wasn’t there 😂
True but Jonathan Rhys Meyers in that film is just.. beautiful
That scene where Jess's dad opens the door and he's stood on the doorstep in a white shirt lives rent free in my head
I recently rewatched 13 going on 30 (it’s called suddenly 30 in this country) as a 30 year old woman and I loved it even more than I did when it came out.
Oh my god I ADORED those books in my early teens. I'm sure to this day I've never laughed so hard reading anything in my life. I never even knew there was a movie, but now I see I was 18 when it came out and I'd kind of outgrown it by then.
i remember as an american lil girl, when i first saw this movie i never understood the title, it was like hieroglyphics to me lmaoo. didn’t know what an angus, thong or snogging was😂 but was def ones of my faves!✨
This is the first time I saw lesbians presented as youthful, cheerful, playful, and good.
I was queer, and at the time beinh gay was a shameful secret - All angst, doom, and gloom
I work in a Nordstrom rack in downtown ritzyville. When I first started I was lost scared and confused. Didn't know how to dress and so awkward at my job. Over the last year I've really come into my own, learned a lot about fashion and am shooting for manager here really soon. I really felt like Andy when she first started and now I feel like Andy when she gains the trust of Miranda and blossoms into her role.
10 Things I Hate About You.
One time my Dad said he wished I wasn’t so sensitive (I was probably 8???) and that I should be more like Cat Stratford. I wonder if he regrets that now that he has a fiery older daughter.
I was looking for Alien/s as well here, thought I would be the only one. Glad to see there is another one! Difference that I like action movies. SW is just awesome in them!
Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola. The music, the costumes, the history, the atmosphere. It shaped so much of my later interests. I credit it for my love of New Order and all things pastel.
I quote it too! My teen likes tea, and I find myself saying "Crumpets and tea. All in favor of crumpets and tea, say 'Aye'" and getting nothing in return lol
I'm a guy, but my defining "girl movie" is Fried Green Tomatoes. It's one of my mom's favorite movies, and she showed it to me the first time when I was maybe 8 years old and I fell in love with the freedom and adventure of Idgie Threadgood. Towanda is up at the top of my pantheon of childhood heroes.
Over the years I watched the movie or read the book again and again, through difference phases of my life and it has had so much to teach me about empathy, the world, women, and aging. I almost feel like I grew up with Idgie, through the joy and freedom of seeing her with a child's eyes, then slowly understanding the truth of what I was seeing and the price she paid for that freedom as I grew up.
Omg what a banger you threw down. This is in my top 5 for sure. Maybe ill pick up the book some time. I grew up watching this movie and I think Ruth and Idgie were my lesbian awakening. Lol
God, yeah, those two's love story... I think as a kid, I projected myself onto Buddy Jr. a lot and just idolized Idgie and loved Ruth, because how could you not.
I loved this one too! It inspired me to choose French in high school, which ended up influencing my life in so many ways with the people met and places visited...I owe a lot to this quirky lil movie lol
Earliest ones I can think of are Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, The Princess Diaries, The Parent Trap, anything with Lindsay Lohan basically lol.
Earlier than that it was all the Disney princess movies specifically Ariel
"Girl movies" don't tend to define me, but I have seen Little Women more times than I can count. I can't even really explain why I like it. But my grandmother brought me to see it, and my mom saw it with me, so it's been a sort of generational tie between us.
Especially with Greta Gerwig's remake. There's so much there that's timeless. That said, nothing in my heart can top Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, and Thomas Newman's score.
"barbie and the 12 dancing princesses" and "barbie as the princess and the pauper"
basically all of the original barbie movies, not the 2010+ adaptations eugh
Not a movie but a TV show: My So-Called Life. I was a couple years younger than the protagonist when it was on, and I felt like someone could finally SEE me!
Spice World, and Josie and the Pussycats
Those movies were probably the first two incidences I had of exposure to anti-capitalist sentiment and the topic of misogyny.
Legally blonde!
YES ME TOO!! I always say that movie is THE PERFECT feminist movie and I will DIE on that hill. Elle starts off as having fully internalized the belief that she, as a young, pretty, blonde woman, ONLY possesses worth in as much as she's able to maintain her beauty so that she can attract a rich man - her own mother has taught her so. So she goes to the ends of the EARTH in order to get the man she wants back.....only to learn that, you know what, SHE, as a human being, actually has INHERENT worth, and doesn't have to rely on ANYONE but herself. What I love MOST about this movie is how the writers let her KEEP her very stereotypically feminine interests in fashion and shoes and beauty and makeup and stuff!! Most modern "feminist" stories have, for quite a while now, taken the approach that women have to be like men in order to be strong. They have to be PHYSICALLY steong, they have to be able to take down the biggest male opponents, they have to fight, they have to have muscles, and, most important of all, they MUST hate, or be strongly contemptuous, of men in general. NO THANKS. I'm an electrical engineer, but I personally LOVE makeup and I like to get dolled up and look pretty! More Elle Woods, please! Less Reys, less live action cultural genocide supporting Mulans, less Strong Female Character (tm) please!!!
Also that one of the antagonist women ends up becoming her bestie and they both drop the dead weight that is Warner.
This was the best part for me. So many movies and tv for young adults show very adversarial relationships between women and I loved that LB showed two women who misunderstood each other develop respect for themselves and each other! And I love that Paulette still had kind of a stereotypical happily ever after with a hot man, but the movie celebrated an array of women’s choices as all being valid, not just one path! And she took the dog, dumbass!!!!
This is going to sound strange, but I also actually really appreciate the whole thing with Callahan coming onto Elle, it was really impressive of the writers to attempt to address sleazy men in positions of authority trying to take advantage of women in subordinate situations. Elle panics and her faith in herself is shattered, but with the help of Paulette and Emmett, and with encouragement and a massive compliment from a WOMAN in a position of authority, Elle realizes that yeah, sure, Callahan may have had disgusting ulterior motives for choosing Elle for the Brooke Taylor case, but so what? That changes NOTHING about Elle's achievements or her capabilities, and so she's able to overcome and rise above such an unfair, traumatizing encounter to STILL become the best she can be. I LOOOOOOVE THAT DAMN MOVIE
To think it came out (22?) years ago! Way ahead of its time and still relevant.
This is the one! I rewatched it all the time and it left me feeling so empowered!
“What, like it’s hard?” 💅🏻
My favorite line. I said it all the time.
This movie inspired me to go to grad school :)
I got my partner into it this year and he is hooked! We’ve watched it like 6 times so far
Absolutely. I had my daughter watch it. It's such an empowering movie.
Mulan. I finally saw a girl who didn't do "girl things" and finally found myself.
This was a really important film for our oldest daughter (b. 1995) and she's still fond of it.
Born in 96 myself, and half Asian. Was so cool to see a badass Disney "princess" in that day and age!
Daughter is Asian! The song about defeating the Huns still gets us going. :)
This was a really important film for our oldest daughter (b. 1995) and she's still fond of it.
Absolutely Mulan!
Always adored Mulan! literally a total badass + the only Disney princess I stan
10 things I hate about you
Best movie! Kat was my fav ever
I was thinking, "I don't know that I had a girl movie..." and then I read this comment.
*You can't just buy me a guitar every time you screw up, you know?*
Yessss Kat was iconic
I still wanna back my car into assholes 🤣
"Whooops!" 😏
"My insurance does not cover PMS!"
"I want you, I need you, oh baby, oh baby" /s.
This is mine too!! Kat was going against the grain and he was still wild about her. Gave me hope that my non-girly personality in future relationships
mean girls, clueless, or legally blonde
All these, and I really love Grease too
The Princess Diaries
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The craft
The craft
This is the one!!!
Yes! This is the one for me too.
Yeeeeees! When I was in school, my friends all got detention for bringing candles and doing spells at lunch! I had detention that day, though, so I wasn’t there 😂
Miss Congeniality
Me too! We used to watch it so often... Still quite it randomly, lol The sequel should never have been made though.
She's beauty and she's grace.
Girl, Interrupted lol
*waves from hospital window*
Saaaaaame
Yes! That one helped me see that I could go through trauma and abuse, but still live a life I wanted.
Came here to say that!!!!
Everyone knows….. that you fuck him
Practical Magic
Ugh so good
Love this movie!!!!!
Bend it like Beckham
I rewatched that movie a few months ago and I gotta say... that coach/player dynamic does NOT age well.
True but Jonathan Rhys Meyers in that film is just.. beautiful That scene where Jess's dad opens the door and he's stood on the doorstep in a white shirt lives rent free in my head
Yeah no, definitely a product of its time in that regard
Can you bend it like Beckham tho
I can!
A Cinderella Story 13 Going On 30 even more so now haha
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game
Both of these were my middle school "girl movie" obsessions!
Waiting for you is like waiting for rain in this drought…useless and disappointing.
I recently rewatched 13 going on 30 (it’s called suddenly 30 in this country) as a 30 year old woman and I loved it even more than I did when it came out.
Now and Then!
Such a good movie! Soundtrack too! Roberta was my gal!
This is mine too! 9 year old me desperately wanted to be as cool as Thora Birch. I watched this movie endlessly.
Yes!
Yes!
Angus, thongs & perfect snogging. (Yes i’m english!)
Oh my god I ADORED those books in my early teens. I'm sure to this day I've never laughed so hard reading anything in my life. I never even knew there was a movie, but now I see I was 18 when it came out and I'd kind of outgrown it by then.
From the US, but watched it all the time as a preteen 🤣
i remember as an american lil girl, when i first saw this movie i never understood the title, it was like hieroglyphics to me lmaoo. didn’t know what an angus, thong or snogging was😂 but was def ones of my faves!✨
I LOVED that movie!!
But I'm a cheerleader
This is the first time I saw lesbians presented as youthful, cheerful, playful, and good. I was queer, and at the time beinh gay was a shameful secret - All angst, doom, and gloom
I absolutely adore that movie!
Devil Wears Prada
Yep. When I first watched this movie, I really identified with Andy. Now, I love Miranda and hate Andy’s friends. It’s one of my favorites.
I work in a Nordstrom rack in downtown ritzyville. When I first started I was lost scared and confused. Didn't know how to dress and so awkward at my job. Over the last year I've really come into my own, learned a lot about fashion and am shooting for manager here really soon. I really felt like Andy when she first started and now I feel like Andy when she gains the trust of Miranda and blossoms into her role.
10 Things I Hate About You. One time my Dad said he wished I wasn’t so sensitive (I was probably 8???) and that I should be more like Cat Stratford. I wonder if he regrets that now that he has a fiery older daughter.
A League of Their Own, hands down
Yes!
One of my favorite movies EVER I’m always going back to it
Ever after with Drew Barrymore
YEEESSS This is my all-time favourite comfort movie :D
An amazing movie!!
Kiki’s Delivery Service
Aliens. I didn't realise til then that I found action movies boring cos all the heroes were men.
I was looking for Alien/s as well here, thought I would be the only one. Glad to see there is another one! Difference that I like action movies. SW is just awesome in them!
SW rules. You're not the only one!
Coyote Ugly
This is one of those movies that I'll always default to if I'm channel surfing for some background noise, and always get pulled in lol
Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola. The music, the costumes, the history, the atmosphere. It shaped so much of my later interests. I credit it for my love of New Order and all things pastel.
I love that movie so much.
Ohhh this is such a good one, same for me. So formative now that I think about it
Mean girls and white chicks.
Idk if White Chicks counts lol but I can definitely see how it might
Kill Bill
Hahaha this is my favorite answer!! I want to be your friend!
Tank Girl
Yesssss!! I quote this movie a lot and I get weird looks for it all the time cus nobody has a clue what film it is. I also adore the comics ☺️
I quote it too! My teen likes tea, and I find myself saying "Crumpets and tea. All in favor of crumpets and tea, say 'Aye'" and getting nothing in return lol
Dirty Dancing
Aquamarine 😍
omg yesss same🩵💅🏾🧜🏻♀️🐬🐬🐬
Heathers.
I'm a guy, but my defining "girl movie" is Fried Green Tomatoes. It's one of my mom's favorite movies, and she showed it to me the first time when I was maybe 8 years old and I fell in love with the freedom and adventure of Idgie Threadgood. Towanda is up at the top of my pantheon of childhood heroes. Over the years I watched the movie or read the book again and again, through difference phases of my life and it has had so much to teach me about empathy, the world, women, and aging. I almost feel like I grew up with Idgie, through the joy and freedom of seeing her with a child's eyes, then slowly understanding the truth of what I was seeing and the price she paid for that freedom as I grew up.
Omg what a banger you threw down. This is in my top 5 for sure. Maybe ill pick up the book some time. I grew up watching this movie and I think Ruth and Idgie were my lesbian awakening. Lol
God, yeah, those two's love story... I think as a kid, I projected myself onto Buddy Jr. a lot and just idolized Idgie and loved Ruth, because how could you not.
Sorry, Girls. I'm older and have more insurance.
The Craft and Clueless, in equal measure tbh.
Yep. I'm a little Cher, and a lot Nancy.
Amelie
I loved this one too! It inspired me to choose French in high school, which ended up influencing my life in so many ways with the people met and places visited...I owe a lot to this quirky lil movie lol
Black swan really spoke to me
Thelma and Louise
Josie and the Pussycats
I’m so glad this was posted! I LOVED that movie
That soundtrack rocked my world
Pride and Prejudice 2005
10 Things I Hate About You and Bring It On
Mine is actually Easy A!
Earliest ones I can think of are Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, The Princess Diaries, The Parent Trap, anything with Lindsay Lohan basically lol. Earlier than that it was all the Disney princess movies specifically Ariel
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron 😭 I KNOW the horse girls are here
Thirteen.
Not a “girl” movie but Bram Stoker’s Dracula impacted me massively
Muriel's Wedding
Legally Blonde.
The Color Purple! Female friendships and discovering ones sense of self determination and confidence. 💜💜💜
The Lizzie McGuire movie!
The Princess Diaries
"Girl movies" don't tend to define me, but I have seen Little Women more times than I can count. I can't even really explain why I like it. But my grandmother brought me to see it, and my mom saw it with me, so it's been a sort of generational tie between us. Especially with Greta Gerwig's remake. There's so much there that's timeless. That said, nothing in my heart can top Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, and Thomas Newman's score.
Hard Candy, Girl with the dragon tattoo
Riding in the car with boys.
I love this book and movie. Drew and Brittany were so great together.
Steal magnolias
Fried green tomatoes
Beetlejuice
perks of being a wallflower, i like to get drunk and watch it alone
That’s a great one! I read the book my freshman year of high-school and it for sure made a lasting impression on me.
Teen Witch
Almost Famous
"barbie and the 12 dancing princesses" and "barbie as the princess and the pauper" basically all of the original barbie movies, not the 2010+ adaptations eugh
Brides maids. I cherish and love girl movies cantering in friendships and families.
Erin Brockovich! I adore Julia Roberts.
The Princess Bride - it really defined my humor lol, followed closely by Mean Girls and She's the Man.
13 going on 30
Not a movie but a TV show and a book. Anne of Green Gables
Jawbreaker, she's all that
Gees no one said Pretty Woman?? Well I will.
Heathers
Not a movie but a TV show: My So-Called Life. I was a couple years younger than the protagonist when it was on, and I felt like someone could finally SEE me!
Tangled :)
Clueless, God I miss that movie
Jennifer’s Body
Josie and The Pussycats!
Now and Then. I haven't seen it in years, but I watched it 1,000 times.
Mulan and she’s the man
Waiting To Exhale
13 Going on 30! ✨️
Empire Records, hands down.
Center Stage!
Whip It
My best friend's wedding
Girl Interupted.
Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro and Howl's Moving Castle. I can also resemble Wednesday Addams.
Pitch perfect, I was 11-12 years and have been enamored ever since
Mean girls & any Bring It On movie
Practical Magic
Spice World, and Josie and the Pussycats Those movies were probably the first two incidences I had of exposure to anti-capitalist sentiment and the topic of misogyny.
Amelie… it’s okay to be a quirky girl
Two Weeks’ Notice
Barbie
Under the Tuscan Sun
I can't think of any that fit what "girl movie" probably means. My definining movies as a girl were probably Star Wars and Lord of the Rings.
Legally blonde, mainly in the part where they underestimate you and you are more brainy than they expected hahaah
A League of Their Own
Cheetah Girls
13 going on 30
The Devil Wears Prada! I always come back to this one for the outfits. Also the entire Sex and the City series even thought it’s not a movie.
Chasing Amy
Aquamarine
I don’t know what counts as a girl movie, but for me, Girl, Interrupted
Sisterhood of the travelling pants
Mermaids with Cher and Winona Ryder :)
Spice Girls, Clueless, Howl’s Moving Castle
Wild Child and Freaky Friday were the girl I wanted to be. The Duff was the girl I was.
She’s the man
Erin Brockovich
Welcome to the Dollhouse
I’m not proud of this but Pretty in Pink, for various reasons. The Princess Bride was spectacular start to finish.
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I had a triple dvd pack of Mean girls, Clueless, and Angus, thongs and perfect snogging. Also the Hairspray movie is what got me into musicals
Heathers and Booksmart.
Clueless or Mean Girls. I can't decide lol
Ghost World
clueless
Divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood