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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 53 funny lady movies that are ideal for your next (virtual) girls' night in.
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Melissa McCarthy, um, in the sink of a fancy bridal shop bathroom.
Meet the Flossy Posse, a group of childhood best friends who reunite for a much-needed vacay.
1988. Cult black comedy. Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. Any questions?
A wealthy, sheltered young woman joins the army after her husband dies on their wedding night. What could go wrong?
Don’t get us wrong: We loved the original, but the original didn’t have Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.
Lake Bell wrote, co-produced, directed and starred in this funny flick. Talk about girl power.
There’s no crying in baseball, but there are tears of joy streaming down our face every time we watch this.
Raise your hand if you navigated your 20s like a chicken with its head cut off. (Us, too.) You’ll love this one.
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.
Sandra Bullock plays a badass in heels (and a dirndl). We’re obsessed.
Two questions: Why is Sandra Bullock so good at playing an FBI agent and why is Melissa McCarthy not in every comedy ever made?
Watch it until you can quote it from start to finish. Grool.
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.
Singing nuns (led by the inimitable Whoopi Goldberg pretending to be a nun) will never get old.
Jenny Slate’s 2014 film is equal parts touching, funny and real.
In this witty teen comedy, we fell head over heels for Emma Stone.
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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.
When Georgia is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she collects her life savings and jets off to Europe.
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.
Rachel has been dating Nick for several years, but she’s never met his family…until now.
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.
Try to watch this movie and not sing the title song every time you walk into work.
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.
Two besties invent fake careers to make themselves look better at a reunion (in a move that we have 100 percent thought about copying).
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.
A dance captain is tasked with teaching a group of rhythmically challenged girls how to move.
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.
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.
Mia and Mel’s friendship is put to the test when someone offers to buy out their cosmetics company.
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.
Nobody’s perfect, but this movie comes pretty damn close.
He’s not a lady, but Lebron James’s role in Amy Schumer’s hilarious debut is worth its weight in gold.
Double the Goldie, double the laughs. (This time with her longtime love Kurt Russell!)
We’re just going to say it: Monroe, Grable and Bacall were the original squad goals.
Come (and stay) for Madonna’s next-level wardrobe.
Childhood sweethearts reunite after 15 years of no contact. Is it too late to rekindle the spark?
This classic revenge comedy is slapstick and silly and features some of the funniest ladies, like, ever.
Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn drink a magical potion (given to them by Isabella Rossellini). Expectedly sidesplitting hijinks ensue.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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