We Bet No Girl Can Name 100% Of These Movies!
- by Rhiannon-Skye Boden
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When people think of movies aimed at women, they tend to think of one thing: rom-coms. The truth is though, movies aimed at girls and women are so much more varied than that. From teen movies to family dramas to period pieces and supernatural romances, the truth is that the category of "girly movie" is a wonderfully broad one. That's good news, as it means that there exists a perfect girly movie for basically any occasion.
Feeling nostalgic? Having a sleepover? Needing a break-up movie, or a wedding movie, or a musical - girly movies provide all of that. With that said, the category is so huge that it takes serious dedication even to watch all the most popular ones, and only a true expert can know all of them. This quiz is to test the knowledge of anyone who feels like they've seen every girly movie under the sun, from the olden day classics to the contemporary favorites. These movies span genre, tone, and age, but they all have one thing in common: at their core, they celebrate awesome women and explore the problems they face.
Think it will be a breeze? Then go ahead and begin!
What Movie Is This?
This movie came out in 2001 (IMDb), and follows Reece Witherspoon as Elle Woods, a socialite who decides to completely change her life after her relationship ends. She studies hard, gets into Harvard, and soon realizes that she has the potential to be way braver and smarter than she thought. Along the way, she gains a host of new friends, including a former rival, a fellow law student, and a quirky hairstylist. She even teaches everyone her signature move, the bend and snap! The question is: in which movie does all of this happen?
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This movie came out in 1995 (IMDb) and stars Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz, a kind and pretty high schooler who also happens to be pretty rich. Even though she's a nice person, Cher is also kind of shallow, and spends most of her time trying to improve the social status of herself and others. She plays matchmaker with her teachers, and even "adopts" the new student at school, giving her fashion tips to help her become more popular. In the end though, she has to re-evaluate her priorities, and what being a good person is really all about. Oh, and it's also a loose adaptation of the Jane Austen classic "Emma", according to Wikipedia.
What Movie Is This?
This romantic comedy came out in 2001 (IMDb), and stars Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, and Collin Firth. The film is based on a 1996 novel of the same name, which is actually based on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", according to Wikipedia. In this movie, a single woman approaching middle age bumps into a childhood friend at a party, but is upset to hear him talking badly about her clothes, drinking habits and her size. She goes on a quest to change her life, working out and even dating her handsome boss, but she soon learns that everything she thought she knew about her old friend was wrong. Which movie is this?
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This comedy-drama came out in 2006 (IMDb), and stars Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep. The movie centers around a young journalist working in New York, who stumbles into a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the editor of a hugely important fashion magazine. Though the journalist doesn't know anything about fashion she sticks with the job, since after a year she can leave and work at any magazine she wants. Over time though, she grows to appreciate the fashion industry, as well as her tough-as-nails editor. However, this new outlook challenges her relationships with those around her. Which movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This 2004 (IMDb) movie stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, and is based on a Nicholas Sparks novel of the same name, according to Wikipedia. In the movie, an elderly man sits in a nursing home, reading the old woman next to him a story from a notebook. Revealed in flashbacks, the story tells of a rich heiress falling in love with a poor quarry worker, a couple who are forced apart by her family's disapproval. They are reunited many years later following World War 2, and it is revealed that the two people in the nursing home are actually the couple, only the woman can no longer remember. Which movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2008 (IMDb) musical, starring Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep. In it, a woman's wedding day is fast approaching, and she sends letters to three men who she thinks might be her father, inviting them to attend. When they arrive, the woman's mother is confused to see all her ex-boyfriends turning up at once, and she asks her two best friends to help keep them distracted. In the end, the woman decides she doesn't need to know who her father is after-all, and her mother walks her down the aisle instead. Also, there are ABBA songs, which movie is it?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is an epic romance from 1997, starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. In the movie, a young woman from a prominent family is engaged to be married, in order to secure her family's money and status. So upset by the match, she stands at the front of the ship she is traveling on, and tries to jump. Just at that moment, a penniless artist intervenes and saves her, and the two gradually learn about each other's worlds and fall in love. Tragically, they don't get a happily ever after, due to a catastrophe that causes the boat to capsize. Which movie is it?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2010 teen comedy, starring Emma Stone and Stanley Tucci. In this movie, a teenager agrees to pretend to have slept with her friend, so that others will stop teasing him for being attracted to guys. Once the news gets out, the girl's reputation changes, and more and more guys ask her to pretend that she's done the same with them. This causes rumors to circulate about her, but she embraces them, stitching a red "A" into all her clothes inspired by the book "The Scarlet Letter". In the end though, she forces everyone to tell the truth, and settles into a relationship she's really happy with. Which movie is it?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2011 comedy, starring Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Rose Byrne. In it, a woman whose life isn't going the way she planned it after an unsuccessful business venture is asked by her best friend to be her maid of honor. One of the other bridesmaids is a rich and glamorous socialite, and the two immediately dislike each other. After forgetting to book a reservation at the restaurant, getting food poisoning, and upsetting the bachelorette party, the woman goes into a tailspin and is told she is no longer the maid of honor. In the end, she gets her life back on track, makes it up to her friends, and even grows to like her rival bridesmaid. Which movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2001 teen comedy, starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews. In it, a teenager finds out she is descended from royalty, and that her grandmother wants her to step up to the throne and rule as the princess. Although she is terrified at first, she finds that she loves the royal makeover she is given, and that ruling might even be a job she could love. However, the increased attention causes her to make some bad decisions, and almost lose her friends before finding herself. What movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2012 comedy starring Anna Kendrick, with an ensemble cast including Ben Platt and Adam DeVine. It follows a girl who dreams of becoming a music producer at a college obsessed with acapella singing. Though she's unenthusiastic at first, she soon grows to love competition singing and her teammates, but the team captain's old fashioned approach leads her to make some not so inspired choices. In the end, she revolutionizes the music they're performing, helps them to win the title, and gets the guy. Which movie is it?
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This movie is a 2009 romantic comedy, starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore and Scarlett Johansson. It follows nine young people all living in Baltimore, and they're different quests to finally solve their romantic problems. At the centre of the whole movie is Gigi Phillips, a woman who constantly thinks guys are interested in her when they're actually not. There are weddings, break-ups, workplace romances and proposals - and of course, every single plotline ends happily. This is also one of those rom-coms where every single character knows each other, but what movie is it?
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This movie is a 2004 romantic comedy starring Jessica Garner. It follows a teenager who, after being tricked on her 13th birthday, wishes she was already a grown up. When she wakes up the next day, she has a brilliant job and a boyfriend who loves her, and is days away from turning 30 years old. However, while she can't remember any of how she got to that moment, her friends inform her that she has become a selfish person, who doesn't speak to her parents and sells out her own magazine. Regretting ever wishing to grow up so fast, she has to find a way to turn back time. What movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 1998 romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. In it, Meg Ryan's character is the owner of an independent book store, passed down to her after her mother passed away. Tom Hank's character is the son of a huge bookstore mogul, and is involved in the family business. When his family open a bookstore branch directly opposite her independent bookshop the two become rivals, but they are unaware that they are also falling involve. This is because they also talk every night online using different names - which movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2008 comedy drama starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Anniston. It follows a married couple who both work as reporters for rival newspapers, who decide that they might want to start a family. To see if they are ready, they adopt an adorable Labrador puppy, who soon turns out to be impossible to control. Life is chaotic, but the dog turns out to be a great help, since it becomes the subject of the husband's super successful newspaper column. We follow the couple until the dog passes away, and watch as they become closer together - what movie is this?
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This movie is a 1978 musical comedy, starring Oliva Newton-John and John Travolta. It follows a couple who had a summer romance while on vacation, who then must break up and go back to school. Unexpectedly, they end up attending the same high school, but cannot reunite as the guy is too concerned about looking cool. Over time, he tries to apologize by showing he can change, and even gets into sports. Meanwhile, the girl learns that she should maybe be braver in her dress and actions, and the two finally get back together at the end. What movie is this?
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This movie is a 1986 romantic comedy, starring Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer and Harry Dean Stanton. It follows a quirky high school girl who is looked down upon by her school's popular students, thanks to her unique fashion sense and music taste. Her best friend Duckie is equally unique, and is secretly in love with her. Another student is interested in her, but since he is a rich and popular guy, his friends encourage him to stay away from her. In the end, he assures her at prom that money doesn't matter to him, and everyone lives happily ever after. What movie is this?
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This movie is a 1989 romantic comedy, starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal. It follows a couple who meet three times, but only stay in each other's lives the third time around. The woman is convinced that men and women can be just friends, but the man is sure that's impossible. They hang out platonically for years, helping each other get over their previous relationships, and they even help their best friends get together. In the end, they prove that men and women can just be friends, but they do end up together in the end. What movie is this?
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This movie is a 1994 family drama, starring Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes and Susan Sarandon. It follows four daughters and their mother during the 1800s, as they struggle to adapt to life without their father, who is away fighting in a conflict. One daughter is sensible and grounded, one a wild but loyal tomboy, one sweet and shy and one obsessed with romance and wanting to be older. They see each other through illness and poverty, while learning about the world, what they want to do when they are older, and even love. What movie is it?
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This movie is a 2007 comedy starring Rupert Everett, Gemma Arterton and Talulah Riley, with appearances from Colin Firth, Russell Brand and Stephen Fry. The story follows an out of control all-girls school, run by an eccentric headteacher. While attempting to shut the school down, the government's education officer falls in love with the headteacher. Meanwhile, the new girl in school must learn to adapt to her crazy new environment, which she is put off by at first but soon grows to love. Also: the school competes in University Challenge in order to win the prize money and pay the school's debts. Which movie is this?
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This movie is a 1985 comedy drama, starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. It follows a bored and unfulfilled housewife who reads about the adventures of Susan, a bohemian living in New York City, via messages in the personal section of a newspaper. When a man asks to meet Susan and gives a location, the housewife goes there too to watch the meeting happen. However, she ends up becoming part of events, and in a crazy plot involving amnesia, lost earrings and mistaken identity, learns to be braver herself. Which movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 1984 coming-of-age story starring Molly Ringwald, Michael Schoeffling, and Anthony Michael Hall. It follows a girl who feels ignored on her sixteenth birthday, as her big sister is getting married the day after. She has a crush on a popular boy at school who is dating another girl, while a nerdy guy keeps trying unsuccessfully to date her. In the end though, she befriends the nerdy guy who finds a girlfriend of his own, and ends up dating the popular boy just in time to blow out the candles on her birthday cake. Which movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2008 teen comedy starring Emma Roberts and Alex Pettyfer. It follows a socialite from America whose mother passed away, leaving her constantly misbehave at home. Angry at her, her father sends her to boarding school in England, where she initially acts arrogant and rude. However, she later befriends her roommates, who agree to help her expelled so she can go home. Several pranks later and she has fallen in love with the headmaster's son, and become captain of the lacrosse team, but a fire at the school means she might not be allowed to stay. Which movie is this?
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This movie is a 2005 romantic drama starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen. Based on a Jane Austen novel, it follows a young woman and her five sisters, who are all encouraged to get married to wealthy men. When two rich bachelors arrive in town, her elder sister immediately falls for one of them, but the other one is rude and cold to her. After hearing various stories about his personality and actions from others in town she declares she could never love him, but over the course of the story she slowly learns the truth about him. What movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2004 teen comedy, starring Lindsey Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Tina Fey. It follows a girl who moves to America to attend high school, and immediately is warned about the dangers of each clique. However, when she is invited onto the popular table, her plan to make fun of them and learn about them is soon changed, as she finds herself becoming more and more like them. Soon enough, she has alienated her true friends and lost her real personality, and must do everything that she can to put things right. What movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2008 supernatural romance starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. It follows a high school student who moves across the country to live with her father, and at her new school meets a group of extraordinary people. One of the boys seems to dislike her, but is also fascinated with her, which leads her to find out more about him. Later, she finds out that he is actually a vampire, which is why he tried to stay away. The two fall in love despite this, but find that they have bigger problems, as not every vampire is as kind as his family. What movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2007 musical romantic comedy starring John Travolta, Zac Efron, Queen Latifa and others. It follows a high school student who is obsessed with dancing, and who wants to get onto a popular dancing television show. She auditions and makes it on, thanks to some moves that she is taught by the black students at her school. She becomes one of the show's most popular dancers despite her heavyset physique, and campaigns for integration of dancers of different races on the show. She succeeds, as well as getting the man of her dreams, and even teaching her mother to love herself. Which movie is this?
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This movie is a 2000 action comedy film starring Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. It follows three highly trained private investigators, who work for a mysterious man who they only ever talk to over a speaker. He tells them to investigate a tech company that he believes has taken a man hostage in order to get his expertise. The three investigate using a mixture of detective work and martial arts, but discover a huge twist that changes the mission completely. In the end they solve the mystery and are congratulated by their mysterious boss, who they still haven't met. What movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 1993 romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. It follows a man whose wife has passed away, and his son, who have both just moved house to start a new life. The man goes on the radio to talk about his loss, and hundreds of women write to him in sympathy. The son reads one of the letters and writes back pretending to be his dad, setting up a meeting. The man and woman meet briefly several times, and are captivated by each other, but only realize who the other is after each going to the meeting place for different reasons. What movie is this?
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Enchanted is a 2007 musical comedy with animated elements. It follows a beautiful girl who lives in a cartoon world, who is tricked into entering the real world on her wedding day by a witch. In the real world, she is rescued and taken in by a dad and his daughter, while the prince from the cartoon world follows to rescue her. The dad slowly falls in love with the girl, and the two decide to live together there, while his ex-girlfriend falls for the prince and goes to live in the cartoon world. What movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 1991 road movie starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon. It follows two best friends, a waitress and a housewife, who decide to go on holiday. When they stop for food, one of them falls for a handsome stranger, but he then attacks her. Her friend comes to the rescue but in the process, the man loses his life, and the two flee. Now on the run, they are forced to protect themselves from thieves and other attackers but learn along the way that their friendship is the most important thing they have. What movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2002 family comedy starring Parminder Nagra and Kiera Knightley. It follows a girl who loves football, but is forbidden from playing by her strict family. She plays in secret, and her skill is soon discovered by another girl, who invites her to try out for the local team. She gets accepted, and the two become best friends, until she falls for the team's coach, who the other girl also has a crush on. They reconcile, but the girl's parents find out about her secret life, and she must find some way to make them understand. What movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 1988 dark comedy starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. It follows a high school girl who is counting the days until she can leave and go to college, but is unexpectedly adopted by the most popular trio of girls in school. At first she is thrilled, but the friends treat her less than kindly, and even embarrass her at a party. At the same time, she falls in love with a mysterious new kid with a love of dangerous pranks, who turns out to be even more dangerous than she first thought. What movie is this?
What Movie Is This?
This movie is a 2003 comedy starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. It follows a kind but quirky teenager and her mother, who is about to remarry to a man the teen doesn't like. When arguing at a restaurant they are given a fortune cookie, and after reading the fortune cookie aloud they wake up in each other's body. Only a selfless act can switch them back, and so they spend the next few days in each other's shoes, coming to finally understand the other one's needs and priorities. Which movie is this?
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This movie is a 2007 coming-of-age movie, starring Micheal Cera and Ellen Page. It follows a teenage girl who discovers she is pregnant, with the father being her friend who is super in love with her. She decides to give birth to the baby but not keep it, and finds a couple in the newspaper she thinks would be perfect parents. She bonds with both of them, but just as the baby's due date is coming up, the man reveals he is splitting up with his wife due to his feelings for her. In the end, the woman adopts the baby as a single parent, and the teen realises she is in love with her friend. What movie is this?