Let’s face it men… we’ve all had to sit through a ‘Chick Flick.’ A lot of us even like chick flicks, but there always comes a time when we have to endure one that we really don’t want to see. It’s okay guys, Crave Online has the solution: a list of Chick Flicks you and your lady can both agree on. These aren’t just movies everyone can enjoy… they’re movies specifically geared towards a female audience, but which any guy should be able to take pleasure in as well. Here they are: The Top Ten Chick Flicks for Di… Um, ‘Guys.’
10. Coyote Ugly (dir. David McNally, 2000)
Hot chicks. Booze. A little comics thrown in for good measure. Coyote Ugly might not be a particularly good movie, but as a throwaway chick flick it’s fun, flighty and - for the guys in the audience - filled with hotties, from Piper Perabo to Bridgette Moynahan to Maria Bello. It’s PG-13 sexy, obviously, but for a chick flick it’s still pretty spicy. Kevin Smith did uncredited work on the screenplay, about a young woman (Perabo) who moves to the big city to pursue her music career, only to get caught up in the world of bartending. Sexy bartending. A little empowering, a little silly, but all in good fun.
9. Tangled (dir. Nathan Greno Byron Howard, 2010)
A lot of the Disney princess movies have undeniable guy appeal (is it just us or is Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty a total hottie?), but Tangled is one of the few that actually has dudes in mind from the outset. In this CGI-animated retelling of Rapunzel, a charming thief ( Chuck ’s Zachary Levi) stumbles across a kidnapped princess (Mandy Moore) with a magical head of hair, who blackmails him into leading her on a merry quest. At some point, yes, they fall in love, but you buy it because they’ve been on a truly grand adventure together, bickering hilariously from one creative action sequence to another. Plus, Tangled boasts one of the most memorable Disney creations in years: Maximus, a horse obsessed with justice who doggedly pursues Flynn long after his own rider has given up completely.
8. Some Kind of Wonderful (dir. Howard Deutsch, 1987)
John Hughes - like the rest of us - always wanted Molly Ringwald’s character in Pretty in Pink to end up with her charming dork of a friend Ducky, rather than the hunky rich guy. When that ending was taken away from him by test audiences he decided to tell the story again with Some Kind of Wonderful , a gender-swapped remake starring Eric Stoltz as the charmingly normal dude who has to choose between the sexy girl of his dreams and his sexy musician best friend. These are the problems you want to have.It hits all the familiar romantic comedy tropes but Some Kind of Wonderful does a better job than most of capturing the romantic tribulations of young - and particularly male - adulthood.
7. The Craft (dir. Andrew Fleming, 1996)
A group of disenfranchised teenaged girls 
6. 10 Things I Hate About You (dir. Gil Junger, 1999)
The best entry in the late 90’s teen rom-com craze, 10 Things I Hate About You adapts the classic William Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew to a modern high school. A young Joseph Gordon-Levitt - that is to say, a younger Joseph Gordon-Levitt - wants to date the girl of his dreams, whose father won’t let her date until her older sister Kat does. So Levitt hires a handsome rogue to sweep Kat off her feet. The clandestine lovers are played by Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger, both of whom give delightfully charming performances. But it’s the film’s spry sense of humor that separates it from the She’s All Thats of the world, and makes it one of the best comedies - romantic or otherwise - of the 1990's. "There’s a d**k on my face, isn’t there?" Yes, there is… Yes there is.
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