chick flick

plural chick flicks · alternative chick-flick · alternative chick's flick

1. colloquialderogatoryinformalA film, typically about romance, which is generally more popular with women than men.

   She went with a couple friends to see a chick flick about some girl dating an astronaut.

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   I was on a flight from New York to Seattle when a long delay on the tarmac prompted the airline to offer us a free movie. As the flight attendant read the choices aloud, a young man across the aisle said, “I don’t watch chick flicks!”

   2017 March 2, Gloria Steinem, “Women Have ‘Chick Flicks.’ What About Men?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: chick film

2. datedslangA sexually exploitative or pornographic film depicting women, intended for straight men.

   Films like Russ Meyers’ ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls’ (1970) and ‘Twilight People’ (1972) […] Corman’s ‘Black Mama, White Mama’ (1972), another chick-flick set in a slammer in the Philippines.

   1988, The Bergen County Record

3. derogatoryslangAny film depicting young women or teenage girls as the main characters.