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55 Funny Lady Movies for When You Need a Good Laugh

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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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Universal Pictures

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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Universal Pictures

2. Girls Trip

Meet the Flossy Posse, a group of childhood best friends who reunite for a much-needed vacay.

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New World Pictures

3. Heathers

1988. Cult black comedy. Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. Any questions?

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MGM

4. Legally Blonde

This movie is a total delight—any Cosmo girl would know.

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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?

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Columbia Pictures

6. Ghostbusters

Don’t get us wrong: We loved the original, but the original didn’t have Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.

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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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Columbia Pictures

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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IFC films

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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Universal Pictures

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.

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Warner Bros.

11. Miss Congeniality

Sandra Bullock plays a badass in heels (and a dirndl). We’re obsessed.

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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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Paramount Pictures

13. Mean Girls

Watch it until you can quote it from start to finish. Grool.

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20th Century Fox

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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Touchstone Pictures

15. Sister Act

Singing nuns (led by the inimitable Whoopi Goldberg pretending to be a nun) will never get old.

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A24

16. Obvious Child

Jenny Slate’s 2014 film is equal parts touching, funny and real.

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Screen Gems

17. Easy A

In this witty teen comedy, we fell head over heels for Emma Stone.

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Jess Miglio/Paramount Pictures

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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20th Century Fox

19. The Devil Wears Prada

So many quotable lines. That’s all.

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Universal Pictures

20. Baby Mama

We’d watch Tina and Amy read the phone book together.

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Universal Pictures

21. Pitch Perfect

The a cappella movie we never (ever) knew we needed.

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Paramount Pictures

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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Dreamworks

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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Paramount Pictures

24. Clueless

You don’t understand. It’s, like, a totally important movie.

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Sanja Bucko/Warner Bros

25. Crazy Rich Asians

Rachel has been dating Nick for several years, but she’s never met his family…until now.

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20th Century Fox

26. Working Girl

And that’s why we don’t mix alcohol and Valium.

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Columbia Pictures

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.

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20th Century Fox

28. 9 to 5

Try to watch this movie and not sing the title song every time you walk into work.

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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.

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MGM

30. Moonstruck

Cher + Nicolas Cage forever.

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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).

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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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Daniel McFadden/Netflix

33. Step Sisters

A dance captain is tasked with teaching a group of rhythmically challenged girls how to move.

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MTV Films

34. Election

Given the choice, we’d totally pick Flick.

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20th Century Fox

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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RKO Radio Pictures

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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Columbia Pictures

37. When Harry Met Sally

Five words: "I’ll have what she’s having."

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like a boss
Paramount Pictures

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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Paramount Pictures

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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United Artists

40. Some Like it Hot

Nobody’s perfect, but this movie comes pretty damn close.

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Columbia Pictures

41. 13 Going on 30

Can we all agree that Tom-Tom is the worst?

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Universal Pictures

42. Trainwreck

He’s not a lady, but Lebron James’s role in Amy Schumer’s hilarious debut is worth its weight in gold.

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MGM

43. Overboard

Double the Goldie, double the laughs. (This time with her longtime love Kurt Russell!)

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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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Orion Pictures

45. Desperately Seeking Susan

Come (and stay) for Madonna’s next-level wardrobe.

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Ed Araquel/Netflix

46. Always Be My Maybe

Childhood sweethearts reunite after 15 years of no contact. Is it too late to rekindle the spark?

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Paramount Pictures

47. First Wives Club

This classic revenge comedy is slapstick and silly and features some of the funniest ladies, like, ever.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Paramount Players

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 and starting a family and one where she's pursuing her dreams in Los Angeles.

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BETTINA STRAUSS/Netflix

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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Screen Gems

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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