Plan a Galentine's Day Movie Marathon Around These Iconic Films (2024)

A whip-smart costume comedy of manners, Whit Stillman’s ode to Jane Austen’s Lady Susan unfolds via lords and ladies in corsets, buttons, and bows, with one in particular—the widowed Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale)—scheming with her Yankee BFF (Chloe Sevigny) to secure a new husband. Watch free with Amazon Prime

Here’s one you may have missed. This soulful musical comedy, based on the true story of an all-female Aboriginal singing group who entertained U.S. troops in Vietnam in the late 1960s, is far too irresistible to not have a massive cult following. Watch Now

Only your closest girlfriends know about your deep-down desire to bravely—and foolishly—ride the hood of a Dodge Avenger in an homage to Vanishing Point. So goes one act of Quentin Tarantino’s duo-part grindhouse thrill, which tails groups of women terrorized by a psycho who goes by Stuntman Mike. Watch Now

It’s marital musical chairs in this classic from the director of All About Eve. When a trio of friends receive letters from a woman stating she’s run off with one of their husbands, each strained union is put under the microscope flashback-style, leaving viewers to guess who’s been unfaithful. Ladies, place your bets. Watch Now

With a script from Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, comedy veteran Paul Feig delivers a laugh riot about a woman in crisis who loses her marbles when she learns her best friend is engaged. Wiig joins Maya Rudolph and Melissa McCarthy onscreen, and the jokes—from goof to raunch—don’t stop coming. Watch Now

Nostalgia meets modern in Jason Moore's rule-breaking rom-com, which puts female friendship ahead of romantic conquests. It stars Anna Kendrick as the firecracker-in-a-skirt-suit the Bellas need to dominate collegiate a cappella. Fun watching game: Drink for every “aca” pun. Watch Now

An indie you may have missed but should most definitely seek out, Celine Sciamma’s tale of grit and “Diamonds in the Sky” focuses on four young black girls who are members of an all-female gang in a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris. Myths, stereotypes, and reputations are all busted. Watch Now

Catch up with Cher and Dionne, the iconic duo who share an affinity for plaid and a penchant for scheming, in Amy Heckerling’s glitterati satire that borrows its plot from Jane Austen’s Emma. Bonus points if your watch party includes bowls of popcorn, peanut butter M&M’s, and Special K. Watch Now

The Handmaiden, a psycho-sexual thriller from the director of Oldboy, might sound like an odd choice for a girls’ night. But the freaky, intriguing, and impenetrable friendship between a maid and the woman she’s been hired to both serve and betray in this Chan-wook Park film is a must-see. Watch free with Amazon Prime

A welcome entry into a genre saturated with male-dominated raunch, Malcolm D. Lee’s all-female road-trip comedy redefines what it means to be a lady. (Translation: Girls can and will be crass, too.) When the Flossy Posse reunites for a jaunt to the Big Easy, the obscenities drop and the fluids flow. Watch Now

You know the saying: Friends who murder together stay together. Or something like that. Ridley’s Scott’s epic adventure tags along with a pair of ride-or-die outlaws (Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon) as they try and outrun the authorities and their past. Watch free with Amazon Prime

So what if the ‘80s classic that put Julia Roberts on the map is bit cheesy? The more cheese the better. Roberts is one part of a threesome, all coming of age while slinging pies at a small-town pizza parlor during the summer. Watch on Hulu

High school’s a jungle, and the girl squad at the heart of Tina Fey’s cheeky comedy are at the top of the self-absorbed ecosystem, destroying their peers with every page-flip of their Burn Book. A lesson in learning who your true friends are, this one’s too easy to watch on repeat. While wearing pink, of course. Watch Now

For some, spending the summer with your best friend means prank-calling boys and weaving friendship bracelets. But for Mona and Tamsin (Natalie Press and Emily Blunt) in this sweltering British thriller, hanging during the break means bending and blurring boundaries between friend, lover, and enemy. Watch Now

More of an anti-female friendship flick, this killer campus comedy from director Michael Lehmann and writer Daniel Waters stars Winona Ryder and a LOT of shoulder-padded attire. Ryder plays Veronica Sawyer, a good girl mixed up with a clique of “mega bitches” all named Heather. Watch Now

Before Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith went on a Girls Trip, they were making off like bandits in F. Gary Gray’s crime drama, Set It Off. Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise round out their foursome. Watch Now

For better or worse, there’s a truth when it comes to your friends: Some of them are actually not your friends. This is exactly the case in this ‘90s dark comedy starring Kirsten Dunst with a Midwest accent. Its pageantry is saturated as much in manipulation and deceit as Aquanet and Vaseline. Frenemies forever. Buy the DVD

When the going gets tough, you go get your best friend. That’s what Gabita does in this achingly bleak Romanian New Wave film set in 1987 during one of history’s more brutal communist regimes. It follows Gabita—pregnant, terrified, and desperate—and her roommate, Otilia, as they arrange for her illegal abortion. Watch Now

Things get very complex between Benny (Minnie Driver) and her best friend Eve (Geraldine O’Rawe) once they get to university in Dublin. And it can all be summed up in just one name: Jack (Chris O’Donnell). You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll swoon—you’ll never look at your own BFF the same way again. Buy the DVD

A comedy about a group of young female soldiers bored to tears during their time in the Israeli military, Talya Lavie’s feature debut is a ballistic masterpiece that’s stayed relatively under-the-radar since its award-winning festival circuit-run back in 2014. Even though it's subtitled, its themes of friendship and love are universal. Watch Now