Top Ten Chick Flicks

Need a good cry?  E! Online has come up with this list of the best Chick Flicks of all time; "Get out the Hankies."

1		Beaches A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent but strong friendship over the years. Directed by Garry Marshall.  Starring Bette Midler & Barbara Hershey. Based on the book Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart. PG-13
2		The Way We Were A classic love story sparked by the attraction of opposites played out against the backdrop of American life during times of foreign war, domestic prosperity and McCarthy-era paranoia in Hollywood. Directed by Sydney Pollack.  Starring Barbra Streisand & Robert Redford. PG
3		Sleepless in Seattle After hearing a man confess his love for his dearly departed wife on a call-in radio show, a woman falls deeply, inexplicably in love with him. Deciding he is her destiny, she treks across country on a wildly romantic impulse to meet him. Directed by Nora Ephron.  Starring Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan. PG
4		Waiting to Exhale The story of four African-American women who journey through a modern labyrinth of husbands and lovers, jobs and makeovers. Directed by Forest Whitaker.  Starring Whitney Houston & Angela Bassett. Based on the book Waiting to Exhale by Terry McMillan. R
5		The Women Mary Haines loses her husband to ruthless Crystal Allen who is aided and abetted by Sylvia Fowler whose own spouse has taken up with another woman. In Reno, in the throes of divorce, all wage war on one another. Directed by George Cukor.  Starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, & Rosalind Russell. Based on the play The Women by Clare Booth Luce. NR
6		Steel Magnolias A young diabetic's decision to have a baby may cost her life. This choice leaves her own mother torn between love and anger, while her loyal friends support her and try to deal with their own feelings. Directed by Herbert Ross.  Starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, & Julia Roberts. Based on the play Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling. PG
7		When Harry Met Sally... Romantic comedy that starts with the relationship between just-graduated-from-college Sally and Harry . They drive to New York together and find they dislike each other, but through the years develop a close friendship. The big question is can they sleep together and still love each other in the morning! Directed by Rob Reiner.  Starring Billy Crystal & Meg Ryan. R
8		Gone with the Wind Set during the American Civil War, this story focuses on the lives and loves of Southerners during this period and the hardships they endured. Directed by Victor Fleming.  Starring Clark Gable & Vivien Leigh. Based on the book Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. G
9		Pretty Woman When successful corporate mogul Edward Lewis meets independent and carefree Vivian Ward, their two lives are worlds apart. But Vivian's energetic spirit challenges Edward's no-nonsense, business-minded approach to life, sparking an immediate attraction. Directed by Garry Marshall.  Starring Richard Gere & Julia Roberts. R
10		Sabrina The Larrabee brothers of Long Island are total opposites. Linus is all work, David's all playboy. But when Sabrina , daughter of the family's chauffer, returns from Paris all grown up and glamourous, the stage is set for some family fireworks as the brothers fall under the spell of her delightful charms. Directed by Billy Wilder.  Starring Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, & William Holden. NR