Good Movies for the Sisterhood
 

We always like to watch greek themed movies. At out last sisterhood sleepover, we watched a movie called 'Pumpkin' with Christina Ricci, it's kind of weird but it was funny anyways. I'd recommend it for a sisterhood event :)

Legally Blond :)
Bring it On :)
Any John Hughes movie

Those are good for us, plus just dumb girlly movies. Plots aren't great for us cause we tend to never shut up but those are some classics :)

We watched "Bring it on Again" (direct to video sequel!) during pre-recruitment, and it was hilariously awful. "Bomb diggity" mangaged to work its way into our skit several times as a result of that movie.


Sarah

Don't forget the "Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood!"

Mystic Pizza

"Steel Magnolias" is a favorite. It does have the sad story line, but it provides a sweet example of a sisterhood by way of friendships. :)

This'll sound strange...

But the movie "Set it Off" would be an excellent movie to watch at a sisterhood event.

Mainly because it brings a different perspective to the notion of sisterhood than most people will be familiar with, and even though they did some very shady (and highly illegal) things in the movie, you never doubt the love they have for each other.

Steel Magnolias is definitely a Phi Mu favorite. The story of the lead character (Shelby played by Julia Roberts) is based on the story of a real Phi Mu (Susan Harrington).

I love that movie!


my list consist of:
legally blonde 1 and 2
dvine secerts
steel magnolias
my big fat greek wedding
sweet home alabama

Oceans 11 was even good...ok not a sisterly movie but come on gals...george clooney, brad pitt and matt damon! can you get any better.

someone said any John hughes flick... yeah the king of all brat pack movies


just some of my facorite!

One great movie, is Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, it's from the 80's and it has sarah jessica parker and helen hunt and it's super cute and girlie, so much fun to watch!

I just saw that recently on comedy central....those two soooo long ago were no ones and now look at them

I second "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." We watched it during our house retreat - hilarious! Although then the song gets stuck in your head. Sigh. Some other movies that aren't really "sisterly" but fun to watch with any big group of girls - Dirty Dancing, Princess Bride, and Ever After.

Sarah

It has been out for a while, but Beaches is FABULOUS in its portrayal of how 2 very diverse women live their lives & grow, how the relationsip has tremendous ups and downs, but in the end when it really counts, there is no friend like a girlfriend! Bette Midler & Barbara Hershey.

Do they have to be based around sisterhood??
I can think of some movies in which female friendships are a dominant theme:: Waiting to Exhale, maybe Fast Times of Ridgemont High, Clueless, My Best Friend's Wedding, Steel Magnolias, maybe even a couple of eps of Sex and the City.

If not, and you're just lookin' for good movies, here's what you need to consider...

Do you want a movie which you can just throw and you know it's gonna lighten the mood, make everyone feel happy...? i.e Sweet Home Alabama, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, the Legally Blond's, maybe even Sleepless in Seattle, or Where The Heart Is...

Or do you want a movie you can watch for the boys!? I know I always like to watch sexy guys in a film...i.e Pirates of the Carribean, Oceans Eleven, oohhh and White Squal, that's fab! (Ryan Phillippe looks SO good!).. and personally I LOVE The Bodyguard.... how hot is Kevin Costner!?

You could even go for a horror like Scream, I Know What you did Last Summer, The Craft, The Ring... anything old like Halloween or Nightmare on Elm Street scares the hell out of me, so I wouldn't recommend those as much, but then it's your event!

What might be fun is to go for something like Stand By Me... it may be about four guys, but it's a fab film, in fact one of my fave of all time, and is all about friendship.

Well that's my lot!

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first wives club or nine to five. good "women bonding together for a cause" movies.

I think "Fried Green Tomatoes" would be a good one

My sisters and I always watched 'Shag'! I love that movie! Someone mentioned Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, which is a good fun movie too! I like Head Over Heels too...just because of Freddie Prinze Jr.!

For a happy/sad one, Return to Me. Have y'all seen this!? Ohmygod, I can't even listen to the opening credits without starting to cry!

aj

Some ideas are:

Finding Nemo
Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood
Legally Blonde
Thelma & Louise
Zoolander (It's so dumb that you can talk right through it!)
Lately, we've been interested in Sex & The City, and have been having Sex & The City nights...

We don't usually watch the whole movie, because we like to talk through them, but it is always great to have something!

Where the Heart Is

that's a great one, we watched it for sisterhood right after I got initiated, it's especially great for Sigma's since a sigma wrote it.

Courtney

"Office Space" was a chapter favorite.....not greek related, I know, but highly quotable.

This past year, my roommate and I lived in the biggest room on the Kappa hall, so we would always have tons of people over watching movies. One of the favorites (not for sisterhood related material, but for humor) is "Best in Show." One lady in it is Stifler's mom/Legally Blonde hair/manicurist friend and also the dad from American Pie.... it's really funny!

We also love to watch Sex and the City and Felicity on DVD.

oh, yeah! and for kappas, any Ashley Judd movie --- try to spot the fleur-de-lis!

There's a very cute, sweet movie that was made in 1986 called Shag, starring Phoebe Cates and Bridget Fonda. It came right on the heels of Dirty Dancing and is about a group of girls who just graduate highschool and spend a weekend at Myrtle Beach. Each girl has her own problem she's dealing with but it's very much about how they are all there for one another. BTW, Shag is not the Austin Power type of "Shag" but it's a type of dance they used to do in the South, kinda like the fox trot or swing dancing type of thing. Anywho it's cute and whenever my sisters and I are staying in for the night, we watch this movie... or Wet Hot American Summer but that movie has NOTHING to do with sisterhood, it's just a hilarious movie!:p

There's a very cute, sweet movie that was made in 1986 called Shag, starring Phoebe Cates and Bridget Fonda. It came right on the heels of Dirty Dancing and is about a group of girls who just graduate highschool and spend a weekend at Myrtle Beach. Each girl has her own problem she's dealing with but it's very much about how they are all there for one another. BTW, Shag is not the Austin Power type of "Shag" but it's a type of dance they used to do in the South, kinda like the fox trot or swing dancing type of thing. Anywho it's cute and whenever my sisters and I are staying in for the night, we watch this movie... or Wet Hot American Summer but that movie has NOTHING to do with sisterhood, it's just a hilarious movie!:p

My top picks:

Shag
Now & Then (it's got some great names in it-----Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Christina Ricci, etc.)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Office Space

*Legally Blonde and Legally Blonde 2 (hey.. can't forget her shout out to the Kappas.. ;)
*a chapter favorite has been When Harry Met Sally
*Any Ashley Judd movie.. my chapter owns a majority of her movies
*and a new found favorite is Sex and the City since Charlotte is a Kappa :)