Sex And The City: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
The continuing adventures of four women in New York City
Year: 1998-2004
Certificate: 18
Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda were the four women having sex in New York City, but this hit show was about far, far more than their sex lives, although those scenes certainly created headlines for the show, and challenged norms of what we were used to seeing on screen - most obviously in how graphic it was, but especially in the way it put women so firmly in the driving seat when it came to the bedroom. Without Sex And The City pushing that boundary forward, we wouldn't have had Girls.
Primarily, the show was about the power of their friendship, as men came and went - for some of the quartet more frequently than others (Samantha, we mean you!). Clothes and shoes were another big driving force, especially for Carrie, whose wardrobe was about more than aspiration - it was a major expression of her personality.
It was easy for some to be sniffy about such topics as fashion and female empowerment, but the show really didn't care and remained addictively entertaining - hilarious, honest, witty and sharp - over its award-winning six-series run, even when tackling more meaty topics (such as Samantha's cancer diagnosis).
After two spin-off movies that didn't exactly set the world on fire, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon reunited as Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda for the sequel series And Just Like That, but Kim Cattrall's Samantha was otherwise occupied in Europe and couldn't join them for brunch, one phone call aside - in other words, Cattrall said no. (Six series)
