The best chick-flicks on Netflix

GIRL GANGS 

Does anyone know where we can sign up to join these ultimate friendship groups?  

Someone Great 

Music Journalist Jenny has just been dumped by her long-term boyfriend, but she’s not letting it stop her from living her best life. She decides to go on one last crazy adventure in New York City with her two best friends Erin and Blair before she moves to San Francisco.  

Clueless 

Everyone feels a little clueless sometimes, and that’s what makes this feel good chick flick relatable. The story follows Cher (Alicia Silverstone) and her best friend Dionne (both named after influential women of the time) as two clueless high school students waiting for a new project to sink their teeth into. Along comes Tai (Brittany Murphy), an awkward alternative girl who becomes Cher’s new opportunity to ‘give back to the community’ as her ex-stepbrother Josh (Paul Rudd) would say. It’s only a matter of time before Cher realises that giving back isn’t about looks and presentation.  

Sex and the City (The Movie)

The well-loved sitcom from the eighties had its epic moment on the big screen which saw Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Big getting married. However, on the day of the wedding things go wrong when Big develops cold feet after Carrie’s friend Miranda puts her foot in it, telling him about the realities of living the married life.  

The DUFF

The DUFF (A.K.A ‘Designated Ugly Fat Friend’) - we know, it’s awful. And that’s exactly what high schooler Bianca (Mae Whitman, Good Girls) is standing up against in an attempt to prove that this demeaning acronym shouldn’t be normalised. Her friends are popular, but Bianca never seems to get on with any of the other popular people in her school, especially her neighbour Wes (Robbie Amell, Upload), but they put their differences aside to work together to better both their lives for different reasons. Opposites attract, right? 

CLASSICS 

We all love a classic rom-com, there's no denying it - which one of these movies are you eating popcorn with tonight? 

Mamma Mia  

The classic feel-good musical needed a place on our classics lists. Who can resist a sing-along with Meryl Streep, and what about that sexy scene on the beach with Amanda Seyfried and Dominic Cooper singing Lay All Your Love On Me? A must watch if you love ABBA as much as us! 

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again 

Even better than the original, which is a hard thing to come by with sequels, but Here We Go Again goes back in time to when Meryl Streep’s character Donna was a young girl fresh out of university. Played by Lily James, the film documents how she met Sophie’s three fathers with brilliant renditions of classic ABBA tunes, including an epic cameo from singer Cher.  

He’s Just Not That Into You 

Old but gold, He’s Just Not That Into You is a tale of four men and five women who discover that sometimes when you like a person, they’re probably not interested. Sometimes playing hard to get is them genuinely trying to shake you off - why aren’t there any clear signs, people!? 

When Harry Met Sally 

We couldn’t leave this classic love story off our chick-flick list, and if you haven’t seen it yet, we highly recommend. The story follows two graduates who meet by chance and have a short term friendship, only to find that 5 years later their lives collide once more. Now they’re forced to face their feelings for one another head on.  

The Notebook 

This rom-com is pretty much a given for a list like this. The Notebook stars Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling (the ultimate on-screen dream couple) and it tells the tale of lovers Allie and Noah, separated by fate. The story is read every day by Duke to Ms Hamilton, an old woman who suffers from dementia. 

TEEN FLICKS

We can't resist a good teen coming-of-age movie! Check out our favourites from Netflix below... 

The Kissing Booth  

The Kissing Booth follows the life of high school student Elle (Joey King), who is starting to get feelings for her best friend’s bad boy older brother Noah. The problem is, they’ve got a best friend list of rules, which forbids them to date each other’s relatives... What could possibly go wrong at their school's Kissing Booth fundraiser?  

The Kissing Booth 2 

The sequel we promised is available on Netflix, and we’ve already been given the heads up that a third installment is on the way. So, after the events of the first movie, Elle and boyfriend Noah are separated when he goes off to university, and a new student throws a spanner in the works for thier relationship. Could things be any more complicated?  

A Cinderella Story 

Cinderella with a modern twist, starring Hillary Duff and Chad Michael Murray as two unlikely lovers who speak online as pen pals. They realise they’re falling in love with one another, but Sam (Duff) is certain pen pal Nomad won’t like her when they finally meet in real life.  

Feel the Beat 

Dancer and performer April has had no luck chasing her Broadway dreams, so when she returns home a new opportunity presents itself. Can training a misfit group of young dancers be her ticket back to Broadway, or is she destined for something else?  

Easy A

It’s as easy as A, B, C to start a raunchy rumour about yourself, but it certainly isn’t easy to reverse the damage once it’s done. Olive’s approach is to just go with it, own it, because it isn’t going away anytime soon. However, as her lies develop, her relationships start to deteriorate around her.  

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before 

Lara Jean Song-Covey (Lana Condor) is a shy teenager who once had a crush on her sister’s boyfriend. But she’s over that now. And the way she got over her involuntary crushes was to write five letters, addressed to the five boys, all neatly tucked under her bed for safe keeping, never to be shown to the light of day again. But somehow, the letters get sent out, and Covey’s life is turned upside down. How is she going to explain this one? 

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging  

Proper British this one, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is a coming of age story starring Georgia Groome, who plays eccentric, loveable teenage girl Georgia Nicolson, desperate to get a boyfriend. But he can’t just be anyone, she wants the hottest guy in school – Robbie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kick-Ass).  

The Edge of Seventeen 

Hailee Steinfeld stars in The Edge of Seventeen as an awkward, frustrated teen who’s already had enough of high school and everybody in it when she discovers in the worst way possible that her star athlete older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) is dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson).  

AFTER HOURS

Jungle Boogie with our selection of after hours chick-flicks - perfect for a Saturday night in! 

After 

Based on the Wattpad novel series by Anna Todd, After follows Tessa Young (Josephine Langford) as she begins her first year of college, only to have it interrupted by a charming bad boy called Hardin Scott (Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince). Will her attraction for him make her question everything she thought she knew about herself? With a sequel releasing later this year, get ready for even more seriously steamy scenes in After We Collided. Check out a clip form the sequel below!  

Friends with Benefits  

Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis star in this hilarious, sexy tale of friends who decide adding sex to their relationship is a really good idea. And while it starts off as all fun and games, feelings start to develop, and things gets a lot more complicated from there.  

Set it up 

When you’re meddling in somebody else's relationships, brace yourself for fate to meddle in your own relationships. This is exactly the kind of Karma that happens when two overworked assistants decide to fix up their bosses with one another. Only thing is in doing so, their own feelings begin to develop along the way.  

Isi and Ossi 

One is a billionaire’s daughter, and the other is the son of a poor, single mother. Their lives couldn’t be more opposite, but when Isi’s attempt to defy her parents wishes of her living the life they wanted her to live, she meets Ossi. She ceases the opportunity to defy her parents and pretends that the boy from the bad part of town is her new boyfriend, only things backfire when they realise this may be more than a bluff.  

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