Stream Netflix Movies Virtually With Your Girlfriends!
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Missing your best girlfriends due to this lockdown? At tough times like this one, there's no better idea than you ladies taking some quality time off together to enjoy the ultimate movie marathon with feel-good, relatable content and empowering female characters. Maybe a virtual sleepover where you binge-watch your favourite chick flicks and rom-coms is all you need to have the perfect girls' night in.
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Just grab some popcorn, a bottle of water (or wine) and your laptop, and you'll be set for an exciting night. From classic chick flicks of the 2000s to the modern and witty #girlpower comedies, we have compiled a list of the top movies currently available on Netflix that will make your Girls' Night (virtual or not) sleepover so much more fun!
15 Best Chick Flicks on Netflix Right Now
Scroll down for our funny and (occasionally) swoon-worthy Netflix recommendations:
1. Bridesmaids
Referred to by some as a female version of The Hangover, Bridesmaids is a hilariously funny fem-friendship movie that contains meaningful insights on adult friendships, layered with raunchy humour. We follow Annie (whose life isn't going very well) as her best friend Lillian gets hitched. In a flurry of chaotic wedding parties, she faces competition with a fellow bridesmaid in a fight to prove who is the true (and better) best friend of the bride.
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey
Duration: 2 hours, 12 mins
2. White Chicks
Can you believe it's been almost 2 decades since this iconic film was released? Well, sit back and watch as Kevin and Marcus go undercover as the white Wilson sisters in White Chicks, a classic chick flick that surely doesn't need any introduction from us. As our favourite white girl duo solves a kidnapping plot, get ready for some good laughter with your girlfriends and remember to burst into A Thousand Miles when the iconic scene with Terry Crews comes on!
Starring: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Busy Philipps, Jaime King, Terry Crews
Duration: 1 hour, 55 mins
3. Set It Up
One of our favourite (and more recent) rom-coms is Set It Up, where we meet Harper and Charlie, two overworked and underpaid assistants to their demanding bosses. This chick flick gives a fresh take of the rom-com genre, with its plot in which we see both characters team up with determination to concoct a grand, relentless plan to set their bosses up together, in the hopes to finally get them off their backs.
Starring: Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs
Duration: 1 hour, 45 mins
4. Easy A
In comedy chick flick Easy A, we meet high school student Olive who lied to her best friend about losing her virginity to a college boy. However, this little gossip was overheard by the high school busybody and in no time, Olive became the talk of the school, but for the wrong reasons. Soon, she finds herself enjoying her boost of popularity, even if it exists only with her fake promiscuous reputation.
Starring: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley
Duration: 1 hour, 32 mins
5. Always Be My Maybe
Comedian Ali Wong brings more entertaining content to the screen in Always Be My Maybe, a charming rom-com that follows a pair of Asian-American best friends and childhood sweethearts who have since drifted apart, ending their relationship forever. Fifteen years later, they've built their own very different lives but are once again pushed back to each other in adulthood and old sparks may or may not start to rekindle...
Starring: Ali Wong, Randall Park, Keanu Reeves
Duration: 1 hour, 42 mins
6. The Other Woman
There's no better chick flick trope that we enjoy more than women supporting women, especially when it involves these ladies working together to take down a dishonest, three-timing man. In The Other Woman, lawyer Carly discovers by unpleasant surprise that the man she's fallen for is actually married to ditsy, devoted housewife Kate. In fits of scheming anger, the two ladies eventually find a third and much younger woman - another one of his affairs. Soon, the three ladies join forces to plot a satisfying revenge on him.
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, Kate Upton
Duration: 1 hour, 49 mins
7. John Tucker Must Die
John Tucker Must Die is the 2000s high-school version of The Other Woman, where we meet three high schoolers who come together to take revenge on their serial cheater, basketball star ex-boyfriend, John Tucker. Its a cute and upbeat teen comedy, as we see these girls (who normally never get along) team up in their grand plan to set John up to fall for the new girl in town, just to end up breaking his heart like he did with theirs.
Starring: Brittany Snow, Arielle Kebbel, Sophia Bush, Ashanti, Jesse Metcalfe
Duration: 1 hour, 30 mins
8. Bad Moms
Bad Moms brings an entertaining, yet universally realistic twist to the domestic comedy genre, as we follow Amy, an overworked and stressed-out helicopter mom who one day feels pushed beyond her limits and decides to go wild for that feeling of long overdue freedom. She eventually finds unlikely allies in two other underappreciated moms, Kiki and Carla, as they loosen up and have some wild, rowdy fun, before setting themselves up for the ultimate showdown against a clique of seemingly perfect mothers.
Starring: Mila Kunis, Kathryn Hahn, Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate
Duration: 1 hour, 41 mins
9. Friends With Benefits
Treat yourself and the girls to a sexy, yet heartwarming rom-com with main characters who have believable, crackling chemistry. In Friends With Benefits, recruiter Jamie becomes fast friends with Dylan after convincing him to take a job at GQ magazine and finding that they have a lot in common. The pair bond over their disappointment in true love and soon decides to add casual sex to their supposedly platonic friendship, which inevitably leads to complications.
Starring: Mila Kunis, Justin Timberlake
Duration: 1 hour, 49 mins
10. Someone Great
Netflix's Someone Great kicks off right after Jenny's breakup with her boyfriend of nine years. The story immediately taps into the comfort of friendship as Jenny leans on her two best friends, Blair and Erin, for support. To help nurse her broken heart, the trio heads out to enjoy one last wild blowout before Jenny moves across the country for her dream job. Through its relatable, realistically painful, yet funny plot, the story reminds us girls that it's not about meeting someone great, but it's about us being that "someone" for ourselves.
Starring: Gina Rodriguez, Brittany Snow, DeWanda Wise, LaKeith Stanfield
Duration: 1 hour, 32 mins
11. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Revisit your angsty tween days with Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging. Based on the book series by Louise Rennison, the story follows 14-year-old relatable and curious Georgia, who keeps a diary about the ups and downs of being a teen. Enter Georgia Nicolson's world as she experiences all the awkward and unglamorous moments actual teen girls face growing up (finding your first love and learning how to kiss!).
Starring: Georgia Groome, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Eleanor Tomlinson, Kimberley Nixon
Duration: 1 hour, 40 mins
12. Wine Country
Netflix's Wine Country is a hilarious and heartfelt comedy where the ultimate girl gang unites for a scenic birthday getaway in Napa Valley. The group of six longtime girlfriends enjoy a fun time of relaxation and reconnecting over glasses of wine and laughter, but when the alcohol kicks in and they start revisiting past choices, the women begin to question their friendships and their futures.
Starring: Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell, Tina Fey
Duration: 1 hour, 43 mins
13. Bridget Jones' Diary
Bridget Jones' Diary is a funny and light-hearted rom-com, and a modern reinterpretation of Pride & Prejudice that lovers of the classic would enjoy. For Bridget Jones, her life has always remained the same. We meet her at age 32, a single woman who is determined to improve herself and writes in her diary about all the things she wishes would happen in her life. However, things start to take an interesting turn when two men start vying for her affection.
Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant
Duration: 1 hour, 37 mins
14. Bride Wars
It's the best friends-to-enemies trope that we can't help but love and enjoy in Bride Wars. Liv and Emma are a pair of childhood best friends who have been planning every aspect of their future weddings together, including choosing the same dream wedding venue. They are literally each other's ride-or-die, at least until the day that a clerical error causes their wedding dates to clash and they end up as rivals in their fight to get married before the other.
Starring: Kate Hudson, Anne Hathaway, Candice Bergen, Bryan Greenberg
Duration: 1 hour, 29 mins
15. Aquamarine
Relive your teenage fantasy dreams with Aquamarine, an iconic coming-of-age rom-com from the 2000s. Two sensible 13-year-old girls are spending their last summer together at a beach resort, only to discover a mermaid in their beach club's swimming pool after a violent storm. The mermaid, Aquamarine, is seeking true love so that she can prove to her father that it exists, so the girls help her in winning the heart of a handsome lifeguard.
Starring: Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts, JoJo
Duration: 1 hour, 50 mins
Bonus Recommendations: More Must-Watch Movies For You Ladies!
Here are 4 extra recommendations that aren't necessarily 'chick flicks', but we know you will love 'em anyway:
15. Moxie
Feminism has never felt as empowering till theMoxiegirls started taking over their school, calling out the sexism that blatantly exists within its four walls. Say it out loud -Moxie girls fight back!The 2021 comedy-drama film directed by Amy Poehler was a refreshing hit unlike any other high-school story, where we see a group of teenage students fight back against the system, rebel girl style.
Starring: Hadley Robinson, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Lauren Tsai, Amy Poehler
Duration: 1 hour, 51 mins
16. The Heat
Just imagine the regular comedic, buddy cop film, but now with a female twist. The Heat is a hilarious action piece in which methodical FBI special agent Sarah tracks an elusive drug lord in order to get herself a promotion. However, she finds that she has to first deal with foul-mouthed detective cop Shannon, whose methods are the total opposite of hers, and they struggle as both women are forced to work together on the case.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Melissa McCarthy
Duration: 2 hours, 3 mins
17. 200 Pounds Beauty
Take a break from your usual K-dramas and watch 200 Pounds Beauty instead, a heartwarming Korean musical piece! Han-Na is a talented, plus-sized girl who lends her voice as a ghost singer for a not-so-talented pop star, Amy. We see Han-Na's self-confidence affected by her overweight body, making her decision to undergo intensive plastic surgery to become the 'ideal' slender beauty. Under her new identity, Jenny, she soon becomes a pop sensation but starts to lose her true self in the process.
Starring: Kim Ah-Joong, Joo Jin-Mo
Duration: 1 hour, 51 mins
18. Ocean's 8
After her release from prison in Ocean's 8, Debbie Ocean begins her scheme to pull off the grand heist she's been planning for throughout her years in jail. She assembles an all-female crew of seven skilled (and beautiful) women to steal a 150-million dollar diamond necklace from the yearly Met Gala. Remember to grab a bag of popcorn as you sit back with your girlfriends and enjoy this empowering crime comedy that's funny, witty and all about the female power.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina
Duration: 1 hour, 51 mins
