My college age DD is asking for movie recs...

[Corie]

My college age DD is asking for movie recs. She lives in the sorority house and the girls
have been watching movies. They just watched Little Women, Call Me By Your Name, and Dead Poet's Society.

She has asked for more recs.

Here is what I've come up with so far-

Sixteen Candles (my favorite movie of all time)
St. Elmo's Fire
Good Will Hunting
Never Been Kissed (Drew Barrymore)
Blended (Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler)
My Best Friend's Wedding (Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz)
Sleeping with the Enemy (Julia Roberts)
Notting Hill (Julia Roberts)
Pretty Woman (Julia Roberts)
Sisters (Tina Fey, Amy Poehler)



Help!!

[billysmommy]

We just did this at work. These are the ones we came up with in no particular order

Can’t Buy Me Love
Stand By Me
Splash
The Fugitive
Air Force One
First Wives Club
Romy & Michele’s high school reunion
Goonies
April Fools Day (from 1986 not the remake)
Witches of Eastwick
Now and Then
Meet Joe Black
Miracle (1980 us Olympic hockey team)
Moonstruck
American President
Rudy
Legend of Bagger Vance
Interview with a Vampire
My Cousin Vinny
What About Bob
Double Jeopardy


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[SnuggleBuggles]

When Harry Met Sally
Mamma Mia


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[SnuggleBuggles]

Bridget Jones
Baby Mama
The Holiday
Life as we Know It
Wonder Boys
The Proposal
No Strings Attached
Friends with Benefits
Old School
Crazy Stupid Love
Bull Durham
Sneakers
Oceans series (11, 12, 13, 8)
Jack Ryan series
Jason Bourne series
The Italian Job
Thomas Crown Affair
Dave
Working Girl
Doc Hollywood

[sariana]

All the other versions of Little Women. :)

Mona Lisa Smile?
Interstellar

[jgenie]

Men of Honor

[Gracemom]

My college age daughter just watched Mean Girls with her friends and it was a hit. Now they are planning to see the musical. I would add Clueless, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility.

[PunkyBoo]

These are 2 of my favorite movies although quite different from each other!
The Graduate
Babe


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[Tenasparkl]

My college age daughter just watched Mean Girls with her friends and it was a hit. Now they are planning to see the musical. I would add Clueless, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility.

I love this list! These are all my favorites. I'd add in Legally Blonde and Pitch Perfect too.

They'll love the Mean Girls musical. It was SO much funnier than I expected.

[Corie]

Okay, so I was doing a big movie search while I was eating dinner. lol

Here is a big list I made. :)

1973 Exorcist (very scary)
1978 Grease
1980 9 to 5
1983 Flashdance
1983 National Lampoon's Vacation
1984 Sixteen Candles
1984 Splash
1984 Terms of Endearment (very sad)
1984 Footloose
1985 St. Elmo's Fire
1985 Witness
1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1987 Fatal Attraction (so good!)
1988 Cocktail
1988 Beetlejuice
1988 Big
1989 Dead Poets Society
1989 Parenthood
1989 When Harry Met Sally
1989 Steel Magnolias (sad, Julia Roberts)
1990 Pretty Woman (Julia Roberts)
1990 Ghost (sad)
1990 Driving Miss Daisy
1991 Sleeping with the Enemy (Julia Roberts)
1992 A League of Their Own
1992 The Bodyguard
1992 Hand That Rocks the Cradle (scary)
1992 Fried Green Tomatoes (sad)
1993 National Lampoon's Vacation
1993 Dave
1995 While You Were Sleeping (rom-com)
1997 My Best Friend's Wedding (Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz)
1997 Good Will Hunting (Matt Damon, Ben Affleck)
1998 Titanic
1998 Practical Magic
1998 The Truman Show
1999 The Sixth Sense (scary)
1999 Never Been Kissed (Drew Barrymore)
1999 Notting Hill (Julia Roberts)
2002 My Big Fat Greek Wedding
2003 Mona Lisa Smile (Julia Roberts)
2003 Love Actually (British Christmas movie)
2004 50 First Dates
2009 The Proposal
2011 Bridesmaids
2014 Neighbors
2014 Blended (Drew Barrymore)
2015 Sisters (Tina Fey)

[Corie]

We just did this at work. These are the ones we came up with in no particular order



April Fools Day (from 1986 not the remake)




OMG!!! I loved this movie!!! No one ever knows what I'm talking about when I mention it!

[billysmommy]

OMG!!! I loved this movie!!! No one ever knows what I'm talking about when I mention it!

Me too! One of the girls got the remake and said it was awful. Then got the original and loved it

Serial Mom (Kathleen Turner) I always forget how much I love this one too


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[SnuggleBuggles]

Mr and Mrs Smith


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[Kestrel]

Close Encounters
27 Dresses
A Few Good Men
42 (Jackie Robinson as first color barrier breaker in Baseball)

I'm sure I'll come up with more later!

[roobee]

Adventures in Babysitting

Dirty Dancing

Return to Paradise

Before Sunrise

Do the Right Thing

[DietCokeLover]

Only You

Return to Me

You’ve Got Mail

[Corie]

Serial Mom (Kathleen Turner) I always forget how much I love this one too






When Kathleen Turner is trying to flash her crotch to the person on the witness stand!! Hilarious!

[Corie]

Adventures in Babysitting

Dirty Dancing




How could I forget these two movies?????

[Mommy_Mea]

Cutting Edge ("toe pick!")

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[gatorsmom]

I don’t know if they are too “mature” for your dd but I love all the Nancy Meyer movies. I particularly love them for the interiors of the homes. They are just so cozy and soothing. But that might not appeal to college age girls. I don’t know.

The Holiday
Somethings Gotta Give
its complicated
What Women Want
The Intern

I also loves the old Sandra Bullock movies
Practical Magic
While you Were sleeping
Hope Floats
The Net
Miss Congeniality 1&2

I also love the old Julia Robert’s movies besides Pretty Woman
Mystic Pizza
Steel Magnolias
Run Away Bride

And I have to admit, I love a lot of Kate Winslet’s movies although some of them require some mental chewing to figure out.

One last one that I saw in college and loved. It’s a true story and is so inspirational. It really is proof that if someone puts their mind to something, they can accomplish anything: Lorenzo’s Oil.

Another great Susan Sarandon movie was of course Thelma and Louise. Not sure if that was already mentioned. With bonus pics of a young Brad Pitt!

ETA- loved many of the John Grisham movies
The Firm- with Tom cruise
Pelican Brief
The Client - with Tommy Lee Jones & Susan Sarandon
The Rainmaker- with Claire Danes and Matt Damon
The Juror- with Demi Moore and Alec Baldwin

Does anyone remember Better Off Dead? It was hilarious when I was in high school, not sure how funny it stil is

[lizzywednesday]

My college age daughter just watched Mean Girls with her friends and it was a hit. Now they are planning to see the musical. I would add Clueless, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility.

I'd also add the Gwyneth Paltrow version of Emma, which might make an interesting double-bill with Clueless.

I can only recommend the BBC Pride and Prejudice, but if they like the Jane Austen adaptations, maybe Austenland would be a cool flick to add? I haven't seen it (read the book; love the book; love the cast, too) but it could work.

[lizzywednesday]

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Serial Mom (Kathleen Turner) I always forget how much I love this one too

This and the nonmusical Hairspray are the only John Waters flicks I've ever seen; they're fantastic! (Speaking of which, yes, OG Hairspray and musical Hairspray are both recommended. Comparing Divine to John Travolta in the same role is really funny.)

[SnuggleBuggles]

So I Married an Axe Murder

I forgot about Serial Mom. Hysterical!


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[lizzywednesday]

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While you Were sleeping
...
Mystic Pizza
Steel Magnolias
...

I love these movies, too!

I'd also add America's Sweethearts and Grosse Pointe Blank.

[lizzywednesday]

I like classic screwball comedies and anything that pairs Katharine Hepburn with Spencer Tracy! I'll suggest them, although the girls may not be into them just yet.

This is my list:


Bringing Up Baby (Katharine Hepburn & Cary Grant)
Ball of Fire (Barbara Stanwyck & Gary Cooper)
Pat and Mike (Katharine Hepburn & Spencer Tracy)
Pillow Talk (Doris Day & Rock Hudson)
Lover Come Back (Doris Day & Rock Hudson)
That Touch of Mink (Doris Day & Cary Grant)
The Absent-Minded Professor (original from 1961)
Son of Flubber (sequel from 1963, though it's not as funny as the original)
Bell Book and Candle (James Stewart & Kim Novak, although Mr Stewart is miscast; the supporting actors alone make this one well worth your time!)

[jgenie]

Cutting Edge ("toe pick!")

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I love this one!! :love5:

Also love the original King and I and Guess who’s coming to dinner if they’re open to classics.

[PunkyBoo]

Airplane

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[SnuggleBuggles]

Wet Hot American Summer


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[klwa]

One I haven't seen mentioned, that's a bit hard to find

Mrs. Winterbourne


Seriously, Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser (playing identical twins), Shirley Maclaine. It's a fun one that I always stop to watch if I catch it on TV. :)

Also, speaking of Brendan Fraser movies, the 1999 version of The Mummy.

[lizzywednesday]

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Also, speaking of Brendan Fraser movies, the 1999 version of The Mummy.

I will watch anything with Brendan Fraser in it; his face is so expressive! (He's hilarious in Airheads and George of the Jungle, too.)

[jawilli4]

Airplane

Great movie! We even tried to do an Airplane! marathon but the shtick got a bit old by the first third of the second movie.

Also want to add Tombstone. Doc Holiday/Val Kilmer is the best in that movie.

[Mommy_Mea]

One I haven't seen mentioned, that's a bit hard to find

Mrs. Winterbourne


Seriously, Ricki Lake, Brendan Fraser (playing identical twins), Shirley Maclaine. It's a fun one that I always stop to watch if I catch it on TV. :)

Also, speaking of Brendan Fraser movies, the 1999 version of The Mummy.I don't think I saw it mentioned, but School Ties is a great Brendan Frasier movie.

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[Corie]

Does anyone remember Better Off Dead? It was hilarious when I was in high school, not sure how funny it stil is



I do!! I still quote that movie, "I want my two dollars!"

[Philly Mom]

I do!! I still quote that movie, "I want my two dollars!"

Love this movie!!

Secret of My Success is great if they want to see a case study in work place sex discrimination/harassment.


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[twowhat?]

Some of these may have been mentioned, so apologies in advance!

Garden State
Little Miss Sunshine
That Thing You Do
Music & Lyrics
Mystic Pizza
Shall We Dance? (subtitled)
While You Were Sleeping
The Spy Who Dumped Me (more recent but HILARIOUS and...Sam Heughan)
A Star is Born (Lady Gaga)
Dirty Dancing
Speed
Austin Powers

[jgenie]

Face Off
The Rock

[mom_hanna]

Brokeback Mountain, The Greatest Showman, A River Runs Through It, Stand by Me, Mosquito Coast

[mom2binsd]

Weekend at Bernie's, the original one.

[lizzywednesday]

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That Thing You Do
...
Mystic Pizza
...
While You Were Sleeping
...

I love all 3 of these movies, too. While You Were Sleeping is the source of my ongoing crush on Peter Gallagher, even if Bill Pullman is the real star.

[SnuggleBuggles]

The Bodyguard

Eta- oops saw it was on your list

[SnuggleBuggles]

Central Intelligence
Spy
Labyrinth



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[lizzywednesday]

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Labyrinth ...

YES!

I re-watched it a week after David Bowie died and I still think it's one of the best fantasy films of my childhood.

[jent]

I love this thread! Love many of the movies suggested here. Here's some more (apologies if already listed and I missed it):

Strictly Ballroom
Princess Bride
Shakespeare in Love
Truly Madly Deeply
Raising Arizona
The Italian Job
LA story

[elbenn]

Has anyone suggested Tenet yet? We just watched it. I had read some twitter threads about it and was super intrigued by it and the twitter threads really helped with understanding the movie.

[jent]

Coming back to this thread to say Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

Suggested by DH, who turned to me just now to tell me it had to be on the list the BBB was making.