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Is there anything better than getting together with your pals and enjoying a great movie with talented female leads? We think not, which is why we've decided to round up the best funny lady movies that are guaranteed to make you laugh until you cry.
From classic rom-coms to clever satires filled with quotable one-liners (we see you, Late Night), here are 55 funny lady movies that are ideal for your next girls' night in.
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1. Bridesmaids
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Melissa McCarthy, um, in the sink of a fancy bridal shop bathroom.
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2. Girls Trip
Meet the Flossy Posse, a group of childhood best friends who reunite for a much-needed vacay.
New World Pictures
3. Heathers
1988. Cult black comedy. Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. Any questions?
MGM
4. Legally Blonde
This movie is a total delight—any Cosmo girl would know.
Warner Bros.
5. Private Benjamin
A wealthy, sheltered young woman joins the army after her husband dies on their wedding night. What could go wrong?
Columbia Pictures
6. Ghostbusters
Don’t get us wrong: We loved the original, but the original didn’t have Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.
Roadside Attractions
7. In a World...
Lake Bell wrote, co-produced, directed and starred in this funny flick. Talk about girl power.
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8. A League of Their Own
There’s no crying in baseball, but there are tears of joy streaming down our face every time we watch this.
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9. Frances Ha
Raise your hand if you navigated your 20s like a chicken with its head cut off. (Us, too.) You’ll love this one.
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10. Little
Jordan is a nightmare boss to her employees. Everything changes when she mysteriously transforms into her 13-year-old self right before a big presentation.
Warner Bros.
11. Miss Congeniality
Sandra Bullock plays a badass in heels (and a dirndl). We’re obsessed.
20th Century Fox
12. The Heat
Two questions: Why is Sandra Bullock so good at playing an FBI agent and why is Melissa McCarthy not in every comedy ever made?
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13. Mean Girls
Watch it until you can quote it from start to finish. Grool.
14. There's Something About Mary
There’s something about a group of guys vying for the affection of one woman (complete with hilariously infantile jokes) that makes us want to watch this movie any time it comes on TV.
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15. Sister Act
Singing nuns (led by the inimitable Whoopi Goldberg pretending to be a nun) will never get old.
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16. Obvious Child
Jenny Slate’s 2014 film is equal parts touching, funny and real.
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17. Easy A
In this witty teen comedy, we fell head over heels for Emma Stone.
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18. What Men Want
After drinking a psychic’s concoction, Ali is suddenly able to hear what men are thinking. Her male colleagues don’t know what hit them.
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19. The Devil Wears Prada
So many quotable lines. That’s all.
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20. Baby Mama
We’d watch Tina and Amy read the phone book together.
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21. Pitch Perfect
The a cappella movie we never (ever) knew we needed.
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22. Last Holiday
When Georgia is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she collects her life savings and jets off to Europe.
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23. She's the Man
Like its '80s precursor Just One of the Guys, this flick starring Amanda Bynes is based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. But no sonnets, we promise.
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24. Clueless
You don’t understand. It’s, like, a totally important movie.
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25. Crazy Rich Asians
Rachel has been dating Nick for several years, but she’s never met his family…until now.
20th Century Fox
26. Working Girl
And that’s why we don’t mix alcohol and Valium.
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27. Born Yesterday
Sixty-seven years later, this movie—about a brassy young woman and her older, wealthy boyfriend who travel to Washington, D.C., to swindle the government—totally holds up.
20th Century Fox
28. 9 to 5
Try to watch this movie and not sing the title song every time you walk into work.
MGM
29. Ninotchka
Greta Garbo’s first comedy was this terrific satire about the Soviet Union under Stalin that makes you wish she laughed more in her other films.
MGM
30. Moonstruck
Cher + Nicolas Cage forever.
Touchstone Pictures
31. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
Two besties invent fake careers to make themselves look better at a reunion (in a move that we have 100 percent thought about copying).
Beacon Pictures
32. Bring It On
The Rancho Carne Toros and East Compton Clovers go head-to-head in this high school cheerleading movie that is far superior to its four direct-to-video sequels.
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33. Step Sisters
A dance captain is tasked with teaching a group of rhythmically challenged girls how to move.
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34. Election
Given the choice, we’d totally pick Flick.
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35. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Marilyn Monroe’s Lorelei Lee gets most of the attention (the “Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend” scene didn’t hurt), but we’re all about Jane Russell’s Dorothy Shaw.
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36. Stage Door
A group of wannabe actresses (including Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers and Lucille Ball) live together in an NYC boarding house in this 1937 movie that’s, well, wonderful.
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37. When Harry Met Sally
Five words: "I’ll have what she’s having."
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38. Like a Boss
Mia and Mel’s friendship is put to the test when someone offers to buy out their cosmetics company.
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39. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Yep, Kate Hudson’s Andie Anderson is kind of annoying, and yep, the plot is pretty predictable, but that’s never stopped us from swooning over that yellow dress.
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40. Some Like it Hot
Nobody’s perfect, but this movie comes pretty damn close.
Columbia Pictures
41. 13 Going on 30
Can we all agree that Tom-Tom is the worst?
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42. Trainwreck
He’s not a lady, but Lebron James’s role in Amy Schumer’s hilarious debut is worth its weight in gold.
MGM
43. Overboard
Double the Goldie, double the laughs. (This time with her longtime love Kurt Russell!)
20th Century Fox
44. How to Marry a Millionaire
We’re just going to say it: Monroe, Grable and Bacall were the original squad goals.
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45. Desperately Seeking Susan
Come (and stay) for Madonna’s next-level wardrobe.
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46. Always Be My Maybe
Childhood sweethearts reunite after 15 years of no contact. Is it too late to rekindle the spark?
Paramount Pictures
47. First Wives Club
This classic revenge comedy is slapstick and silly and features some of the funniest ladies, like, ever.
Universal Pictures
48. Death Becomes Her
Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn drink a magical potion (given to them by Isabella Rossellini). Expectedly sidesplitting hijinks ensue.
FilmNation Entertainment
49. Late Night
There's so much more to this movie than meets the eye. Loaded with satire and social commentary, the comedy-drama film follows Katherine Newbury, a talk show host who hires an Indian-American woman as one of the writers after her ratings decline.
Feigco Entertainment
50. Someone Great
Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez stars as Jenny Young, who embarks on a wild, NYC adventure after her boyfriend, Nate, suddenly breaks up with her.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
51. Beauty Shop
After quitting her job as a stylist for her disrespectful boss, Gina Norris decides to open her own salon—but she deals with quite a few challenges along the way.
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52. Nobody’s Fool
Whoopi Goldberg, Tiffany Haddish and Tika Sumpter star in this laugh-out-loud comedy, which follows a successful businesswoman who reunites with her sister after her release from prison.
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53. Look Both Ways
Natalie imagines her life in two different ways: one where she’s pregnant andstartinga family and one where she'spursuing her dreams in Los Angeles.
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54. Love Hard
When Natalie (Nina Dobrev) falls for an East Coast guy who seems perfect, it doesn’t take long for her to realize she’s being catfished.
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55. Two Can Play That Game
Shante Smith is known as the relationship expert who knows how to keep men in check. But when she meets her new boyfriend, Keith, she finds that her advice might not be fool-proof.
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