Top 100 Movies for Women List

#60 Movie for Women

Blue Crush (2002) PG-13

As a hard-core surfer girl prepares for a big competition, she finds herself falling for a football player.

Director:

John Stockwell

Writers:

Susan Orlean, Lizzy Weiss

Stars:

Kate Bosworth, Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis

#59 Movie for Women

Moonstruck (1987) PG

Loretta Castorini, a book keeper from Brooklyn, New York, finds herself in a difficult situation when she falls for the brother of the man she has agreed to marry.

Director:

Norman Jewison

Writers:

John Patrick Shanley

Stars:

Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis

#58 Movie for Women

My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) PG-13

When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding.

Director:

P.J. Hogan

Writers:

Ronald Bass

Stars:

Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney, Cameron Diaz

#57 Movie for Women

The First Wives Club (1996) PG

Reunited by the death of a college friend, three divorced women seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger women.

Director:

Hugh Wilson

Writers:

Olivia Goldsmith, Robert Harling

Stars:

Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Diane Keaton

#56 Movie for Women

Pretty Woman (1990) R

A man in a legal but hurtful business needs an escort for some social events, and hires a beautiful prostitute he meets... only to fall in love.

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writers:

J.F. Lawton

Stars:

Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Jason Alexander

#55 Movie for Women

Love Actually (2003) R

Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Director:

Richard Curtis

Writers:

Richard Curtis

Stars:

Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson

#54 Movie for Women

Steel Magnolias (1989) PG

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship and welcome her into the fold.

Director:

Herbert Ross

Writers:

Robert Harling

Stars:

Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field

#53 Movie for Women

Beaches (1988) PG-13

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.

Director:

Garry Marshall

Writers:

Iris Rainer, Mary Agnes Donoghue

Stars:

Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard

#52 Movie for Women

Prime (2005) PG-13

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.

Director:

Ben Younger

Writers:

Ben Younger

Stars:

Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Bryan Greenberg

#51 Movie for Women

Sixteen Candles (1984) PG

A girl's "sweet" sixteenth birthday becomes anything but special as she suffers from every embarrassment possible.

Director:

John Hughes

Writers:

John Hughes

Stars:

Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Justin Henry

#50 Movie for Women

I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007) PG-13

A mother falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time. Mother Nature messes with their fates.

Director:

Amy Heckerling

Writers:

Amy Heckerling

Stars:

Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd, Saoirse Ronan

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#49 Movie for Women

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) PG

Four best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.

Director:

Ken Kwapis

Writers:

Ann Brashares, Delia Ephron

Stars:

Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera

#48 Movie for Women

Bride Wars (2009) PG

Two best friends become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day.

Director:

Gary Winick

Writers:

Greg DePaul, Casey Wilson

Stars:

Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Candice Bergen

#47 Movie for Women

Where the Heart Is (2000) PG-13

A pregnant 17-year-old rebuilds her life after being abandoned by her boyfriend at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma.

Director:

Matt Williams

Writers:

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Stars:

Natalie Portman, James Frain, Ashley Judd

#46 Movie for Women

The Devil Wears Prada (2006) PG-13

A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.

Director:

David Frankel

Writers:

Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger

Stars:

Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier

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#45 Movie for Women

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) PG-13

After years of mother-daughter tension, Siddalee receives a scrapbook detailing the wild adventures of the "Ya-Yas", her mother's girlhood friends.

Director:

Callie Khouri

Writers:

Rebecca Wells, Mark Andrus

Stars:

Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan

#44 Movie for Women

Enchanted (2007) PG

A young maiden in a land called Andalasia, who is prepared to be wed, is sent away to New York City by an evil queen, where she falls in love with a lawyer.

Director:

Kevin Lima

Writers:

Bill Kelly

Stars:

Amy Adams, Susan Sarandon, James Marsden

#43 Movie for Women

The Fault in the Stars (2014) PG-13

Two teenage cancer patients begin a life-affirming journey to visit a reclusive author in Amsterdam.

Director:

Josh Boone

Writers:

Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

Stars:

Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff

#42 Movie for Women

Grease (1978) PG-13

Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. When they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance?

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Writers:

Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey

Stars:

John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing

#41 Movie for Women

Coyote Ugly (2000) PG-13

Aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford, after getting a job at a women-run NYC bar that teases its male patrons, comes out of her shell.

Director:

David McNally

Writers:

Gina Wendkos

Stars:

Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman

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