Memorable and Great
'Chick' Flicks
Part 6
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Memorable and Great Part 6 |
Often considered an all-encompassing sub-genre, they mostly include dialogue-laden, formulated romantic comedies (with mis-matched lovers or female relationships), tearjerkers and gal-pal films, movies about family crises and emotional catharsis, some traditional 'weepies' and fantasy-action adventures, sometimes with foul-mouthed and empowered females, and female bonding situations involving families, mothers, daughters and children. Note: The
films that are marked with a yellow star
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Great 'Chick' Flicks (part 6, chronological) |
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| The Joy Luck Club (1993) |
"I tell you the story because I was raised the Chinese way. I was taught to desire nothing, to swallow other people's misery, and to eat my own bitterness. And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way. Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl, and I was born to my mother and I was born a girl, all of us like stairs, one step after another, going up, going down, but always going the same way. No, this cannot be, this not knowing what you're worth, this not begin with you. My mother not know her worth until too late - too late for her, but not for me. Now we will see if not too late for you, hmm?" |
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| The Remains of the Day (1993) | "I don't believe a man can consider himself fully content until he has done all he can to be of service to his employer." |  
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| Sleepless in Seattle (1993) |
What if someone you never met, someone you never saw, someone you
never knew was the only someone for you? -- "It's easier to be killed by a terrorist than it is to find a husband over the age of 40!" |
  
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| Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) |
Five good reasons to stay single "Uhm, look. Sorry, sorry. Uh, I just, uhm, well, this is a really stupid question and, uhm, particularly in view of our recent shopping excursion, but, uh, I just wondered, if by any chance, uhm, ah, I mean obviously not because I guess I've only slept with nine people, but-but I-I just wondered...uhh. I really feel, umm...in short, to recap in a slightly clearer version, uh, in the words of David Cassidy in fact, uhm, while he was still with the Partridge Family, uh, 'I think I love you,' and uh, I-I, uh, just wondered by any chance, you wouldn't like to... Umm...Uh...Uh...No, no, no of course not...Uhm, I'm an idiot, ha, he's not... Excellent, excellent, fantastic...lovely to see you, sorry to disturb...Better get on...Well, I thought it over a lot, you know, I wanted to get it just right." -- "Let me ask you one thing. Do you think - after we've dried off, after we've spent lots more time together - you might agree *not* to marry me? And do you think not being married to me might maybe be something you could consider doing for the rest of your life?" |
  
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| It Could Happen to You (1994) |
A cop. A waitress. A lottery ticket. "I told you I'd share my ticket. I never planned on sharing my heart. Maybe I could get lucky twice today." "It's like a fairy tale." |
  
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| Legends of the Fall (1994) |
The men of the Ludlow family. A woman's grace brought them together. Then her passion tore them apart. "Look at me. Please, look at me. I'll wait for you. However long it takes. I'll wait for you forever." |
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| Muriel's Wedding (1994) |
She's not just getting married, she's getting even. A Story of Love, Laughter and the Pursuit of Matrimony, everyone is invited! "When I lived in Porpoise Spit, I used to sit in my room for hours and listen to ABBA songs. But since I've met you and moved to Sydney, I haven't listened to one ABBA song. That's because my life is as good as an ABBA song." |
 
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| The American President (1995) |
Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the
one thing he wants most? "You're attracted to me, but the idea of physical intimacy is uncomfortable because you only know me as the President. But it's not always gonna be that way, and the reason I know that is there was a moment last night when you were with ME, not the President. And I know what a big step that was for you..." |
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| Before Sunrise (1995) |
...When love can come as a complete surprise Can the greatest romance of your life last only one night? "You know, I have this awful paranoid thought that feminism was mostly invented by men so that they could like, fool around a little more." "And you know how they say we're all each others' demons and angels? Well, she was literally a Botticelli angel. Just telling me that everything was gonna be okay...Yeah, she was sitting next to this very weird couple who started fighting so she had to move. She sat right across the aisle from me. So, we started to talk, and uh, she didn't like me much at first. She's super smart, very passionate, um...and beautiful. And I was so unsure of myself. I thought everything I said sounded so stupid." "But then the morning comes, and we turn back into pumpkins, right?" |
   
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| Boys on the Side (1995) |
A motion picture that celebrates the art of survival, the gift of laughter
and the miracle of friendship. |
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