seen in the action films at the time. Juxtaposed with the "politically innocent" genre of the pre-9/11 period, the films are rife with political undertones that are meant "to stabilize national identity post-9/11". While most chick flicks center around a romantic conquest, Alison Winch ("We Can Have It All") writes about films she calls "girlfriend flicks". These movies emphasize the relationships between friends instead of focusing on a love connection; examples include Bride Wars and Baby Mama. According to Winch, Winch also states that girlfriend flicks criticize "second wave feminism's superficial understanding of female solidarity" by showing "conflict, pain, and betrayal acted out between women". By emphasizing the "complexities of women's relationships", the girlfriend flick breaks the mold for the usual chick flick and allows the genre to gain a bit of depth. Examples The following films have been characterized as chick flicks by some commentators: {{columns-list|colwidth=25em| Love Story (1970) The Way We Were (1973) Grease (1978) An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Valley Girl (1983) Terms of Endearment (1983) Sixteen Candles (1984) Dirty Dancing (1987) Beaches (1988) Steel Magnolias (1989) When Harry Met Sally... (1989) Pretty Woman (1990) Ghost (1990) The Bodyguard (1992) Sleepless in Seattle (1993) Mad Love (1995) Waiting to Exhale (1995) Clueless (1995) The First Wives Club (1996) My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) Titanic (1997) There's Something About Mary (1998) How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998) One True Thing (1998) Practical Magic (1998) You've Got Mail (1998) 10 Things I Hate about You (1999) The Story of Us (1999) Where the Heart Is (2000) Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) Legally Blonde (2001) The Princess Diaries (2001) Blue Crush (2002) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) Mean Girls (2004) The Notebook (2004) A Cinderella Story (2004) The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) Aquamarine (2006) The Devil Wears Prada (2006) The Lake House (2006) Hairspray (2007) Enchanted (2007) 27 Dresses (2008) Sex and the City (2008) Twilight (2008) The Proposal (2009) Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) Bridesmaids (2011) Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) Tall Girl (2019) }} See also Chick lit Feminist film theory Female buddy film "Love means never having to say you're sorry" Women in film Women's cinema Woman's film October 3 References Notes Bibliography Cook, Samantha. The Rough Guide to Chick-Flicks'', Rough Guides Ltd, 2006. Erens, Patricia. Issues In Feminist Film Criticism. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1990. Print. Ferriss, Suzanne,