40 Funny Lady Movies for When You Need a Good Laugh

You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Melissa McCarthy, um, in the sink of a fancy bridal shop bathroom.

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

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

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

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A wealthy, sheltered young woman joins the army after her husband dies on their wedding night. What could go wrong?

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

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Lake Bell wrote, co-produced, directed and stars in this funny flick. Talk about girl power.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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So many quotable lines. That’s all.

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

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

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Like its equally hilarious '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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Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn drink a magical potion (given to them by Isabella Rossellini). Expectedly sidesplitting hijinks ensue.

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

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We’re just going to say it: Monroe, Grable and Bacall were the original squad goals.

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

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

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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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Cher + Nicolas Cage forever.

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

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Given the choice, we’d totally pick Flick.

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

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

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

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