Working Girl (1988) has largely faded from the popular memory - and that’s a shame, because it is a great example of a rom-com done right. Its a great all-around film that works on so many levels - not the least of which is its nuanced portrayal of gender politics in the boy’s club of high finance.

Pretty Woman, eat your heart out - you know where you can bury your hatchet!

Working Girl is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols, written by Kevin Wade, and starring Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith. Its plot follows an ambitious secretary from Staten Island who takes over her new boss's role while the boss is laid up with a broken leg. The secretary, who's been going to business night school, pitches a profitable idea, only to have the boss attempt to take credit. (via Wikipedia.)

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