plinytheelder_t at 2013-07-16 12:54:23:

The greatest chick flick of all time: Brief Encounter. Also, Dr Zhivago, Klute.

Despina at 2013-07-16 12:57:16:

Are there such things as "Guy Flicks" that don't have Schwarzenegger, Stallone, or exploding White Houses?

Despina at 2013-07-16 13:10:31:

Dr. Zhivago? That's the most depressing story ever. I hate love stories and sap. But I'm atypical. Of the ones listed above, Bridget Jones is the only chick flick I can stomach. Maybe Pride & Prejudice, but that gets exhausting.

plinytheelder_t at 2013-07-16 13:22:59:

Brief Encounter is an amazing movie, imho. A foreshadowing as to how great David Lean would become. I'd also add Wuthering Heights, the one with Olivier & Vivian Leigh, and the 1935 version of Anna Karenina with Greta Garbo & Fredric March (b&w movies, I *know*)

plinytheelder_t at 2013-07-16 13:24:05:

There's an entire genre that most women refuse to watch: Sci Fi. Does that count?

Despina at 2013-07-16 13:28:19:

Would Black Swan be considered a "Guy Flick"? ha.......... kidding. I didn't even think of Sci Fi, but that totally makes sense. I love Sci Fi... in moderation.

plinytheelder_t at 2013-07-16 13:31:29:

oops, Merle Oberon... not Vivian Leigh.

Laura Deerfield at 2013-07-16 16:25:29:

Heh, when I worked in a used bookstore, there was a small section of adventure stories we called "guy-mance." Robert Louis Stevenson and H. Rider Haggard would be the models the stories were written on, but these were pulp fiction akin to the romance novels, mostly from the 1930s - 60s. I guess a lot of old science fiction and fantasy falls under this rubrik, too: Conan, Edgar Rice Burroughs Not so popular today, though. Or, when adapted to screen it tends to be in a manner with a more general appeal (like Indiana Jones.) As for science fiction in general, I can't think of that as for guys, because I love it. No, I think that robots, big explosions, and the whole Michael Bay style of film are exactly what guy flicks are made of. Chicks are just more willing to watch them than guys are to watch (often sappy) love stories. But you mix in some spies and great acting (like Casablanca) and it's no longer a chick flick, it's a classic.

NEGenge at 2013-07-16 16:44:57:

I guess the films in-between Guy Flicks and Chick Flicks would be action-romance, like True Lies, that we used to call "date movies." :)