Guy-friendly chick flicks

Do you start to shudder every time she steers you toward Blockbuster? Here are 10 rentals she'll love that won't make you lose your popcorn. FYI, lesbian movies don't count as chick flicks. (Nice try, though.)

Pretty Woman (1990)

She gets: Julia Roberts shopping.

You get: Julia Roberts in a bathtub.

Thelma and Louise (1991)

She gets: Girls with Brad Pitt.

You get: Girls with guns.

Field of Dreams (1989)

She gets: Kevin Costner as sensitive husband and father.

You get: Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe Jackson.

Roman Holiday (1953)

She gets: Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck.

You get: A movie so good even Eddie Albert is funny.

Flashdance (1983)

She gets: A story about female self-empowerment.

YOU get: A story about stripping.

Dirty Dancing (1987)

She gets: To be dipped by Patrick Swayze.

YOU get: To skip foreplay.

When Harry Met Sally (1989)

She gets: An annoying but lovable heroine.

You get: The deli scene. (Even a fake orgasm has its appeal.)

Beauty and the Beast (1946)

She gets: A classic tale of love and redemption.

You get: A classic film, even with the subtitles.

A League of Their Own (1992)

She gets: A warm and fuzzy feminist melodrama.

You get: Lots of leg, and Tom Hanks' endless pee scene.

An Affair to Remember (1957)

She gets: The most famous chick flick of all time.

You get: Her, if you can work up a tear or two.

NOT QUITE CHICK FLICKS

These male-friendly options contain her RDA of sentiment, style and strong women: Casablanca, From Here to Eternity, Heaven Can Wait (1978), Jerry Maguire, Notorious, The Philadelphia Story, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Wait Until Dark.