Top 100 Movies for Women List

The Bridges of Madison County video dvd movie

#80 Movie for Women

The Bridges of Madison County (1995) PG-13

Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s.

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writers:

Richard LaGravenese, Robert James Waller

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Meryl Streep, Annie Corley

#79 Movie for Women

She's the Man (2006) PG-13

When her brother decides to ditch for a couple weeks, Viola heads over to his elite boarding school, disguised as him, and proceeds to fall for one of his soccer teammates, and soon learns she's not the only one with romantic troubles.

Director:

Andy Fickman

Writers:

Ewan Leslie, Karen McCullah

Stars:

Amanda Bynes, Laura Ramsey, Channing Tatum

#78 Movie for Women

What a Girl Wants (2003) PG

An American teenager learns that her father is a wealthy British politician running for office. Although she is eager to find him, she realizes it could cause a scandal and cost him the election.

Director:

Dennie Gordon

Writers:

William Douglas-Home

Stars:

Amanda Bynes, Colin Firth, Kelly Preston

#77 Movie for Women

Freaky Friday (2003) PG

An overworked mother and her daughter do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.

Director:

Mark Waters

Writers:

Mary Rodgers, Heather Hach

Stars:

Jamie Lee Curtis, Lindsay Lohan, Mark Harmon

#76 Movie for Women

Sleepover (2004) PG

Four best friends, desperate to improve their social status, enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school.

Director:

Joe Nussbaum

Writers:

Elisa Bell

Stars:

Alexa PenaVega, Mika Boorem, Scout Taylor-Compton

#75 Movie for Women

Bring it On (2000) PG-13

A champion high school cheerleading squad discovers its previous captain stole all their best routines from an inner-city school and must scramble to compete at this year's championships.

Director:

Peyton Reed

Writers:

Jessica Bendinger

Stars:

Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford

#74 Movie for Women

Save the Last Dance (2001) PG-13

A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past.

Director:

Thomas Carter

Writers:

Duane Adler

Stars:

Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington

#73 Movie for Women

Charlie's Angels (2000) PG-13

Three women, detectives with a mysterious boss, retrieve stolen voice-ID software, using martial arts, tech skills, and sex appeal.

Director:

McG

Writers:

Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon

Stars:

Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu

#72 Movie for Women

Just Like Heaven (2005) PG-13

A lonely landscape architect falls for the spirit of the beautiful woman who used to live in his new apartment.

Director:

Mark Waters

Writers:

Peter Tolan, Leslie Dixon

Stars:

Reese Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo, Donal Logue

#71 Movie for Women

Twilight (2008) PG-13

A teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire.

Director:

Catherine Hardwicke

Writers:

Melissa Rosenberg, Stephenie Meyer

Stars:

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke

#70 Movie for Women

What Women Want (2000) PG-13

After an accident, a chauvinistic executive gains the ability to hear what women are really thinking.

Director:

Nancy Meyers

Writers:

Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa

Stars:

Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei

#69 Movie for Women

You Again (2010) PG

When a young woman realizes her brother is about to marry the girl who bullied her in high school, she sets out to expose the fiancée's true colors.

Director:

Andy Fickman

Writers:

Moe Jelline

Stars:

Kristen Bell, Odette Annable, Sigourney Weaver

#68 Movie for Women

When in Rome (2010) PG-13

Beth is a young, ambitious New Yorker who is completely unlucky in love. However, on a whirlwind trip to Rome, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, and is then aggressively pursued by a band of suitors.

Director:

Mark Steven Johnson

Writers:

David Diamond, David Weissman

Stars:

Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston

#67 Movie for Women

The Princess Diaries (2001) G

Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her 16th year.

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writers:

Meg Cabot, Gina Wendkos

Stars:

Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo

#66 Movie for Women

Penelope (2006) PG

A modern romantic tale about a young aristocratic heiress born under a curse that can only be broken when she finds true love with "one who will accept her as one of their own."

Director:

Mark Palansky

Writers:

Leslie Caveny

Stars:

Christina Ricci, James McAvoy, Reese Witherspoon

#65 Movie for Women

Paper Towns (2015) PG-13

After an all night adventure, Quentin's life-long crush, Margo, disappears, leaving behind clues that Quentin and his friends follow on the journey of a lifetime.

Director:

Jake Schreier

Writers:

Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

Stars:

Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Austin Abrams

#64 Movie for Women

The Wedding Planner (2001) PG-13

Mary Fiore is San Francisco's most successful supplier of romance and glamor. She knows all the tricks. She knows all the rules. But then she breaks the most important rule of all: she falls in love with the groom.

Director:

Adam Shankman

Writers:

Pamela Falk, Michael Ellis

Stars:

Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras

#63 Movie for Women

Crush (2001) R

Three female friends behave badly.

Director:

John McKay

Writers:

John McKay

Stars:

Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton, Anna Chancellor

#62 Movie for Women

Romeo + Juliet (1996) PG-13

Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Writers:

William Shakespeare, Craig Pearce

Stars:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo

#61 Movie for Women

Because I Said So (2007) PG-13

A meddling mother tries to set her daughter up with the right man so her kid won't follow in her footsteps.

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Writers:

Karen Leigh Hopkins, Jessie Nelson

Stars:

Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Gabriel Macht

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