🎬 Films

Explore powerful cinema that challenges perspectives and illuminates the feminist experience through storytelling

🎥 88 films total

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All Films (88 films)

Frida

Frida Kahlo's famous self-portrait, with that thick unibrow and unwaxed upper lip, has become an iconic symbol of feminism. Julie Taymor's biopic takes us behind the canvas to reveal the artist, the activist, the revolutionary. And knowing what we do now about lead actor Salma Hayek's off-screen experience, this film proves an even greater victory.

查看详情 123 minutes

2002

USA

Frida

Julie Taymor

Biography Drama Romance

Cultural Identity Feminist Art +3

Real Women Have Curves

18-year-old Mexican-American Ana García struggles between her college dreams and traditional family expectations. This groundbreaking independent film explores themes of body autonomy, cultural identity, class mobility, and intergenerational conflict through a Latina lens, becoming a milestone in the body positivity movement and Latina feminist cinema.

查看详情 90 min

2002

USA

Real Women Have Curves

Patricia Cardoso

Drama Comedy Coming-of-Age

Intersectional Feminism Bodily Autonomy +4

Whale Rider

Girls aren't allowed to be Whangara chiefs. But that's not acceptable to Paikea (Keisha Castle-Hughes), the 11-year-old powerhouse who believes her destiny is to ride whales and lead her tribe. Courage, leadership, and defiance are all at play in this Kiwi drama from Niki Caro.

查看详情 101 minutes

2002

New Zealand

Whale Rider

Niki Caro

Drama Family

Indigenous Feminism Political Participation +4

Bend It Like Beckham

A British comedy-drama about two girls pursuing their football dreams, exploring gender expectations in South Asian immigrant families, cultural conflict, and women's participation in sports. Gurinder Chadha's groundbreaking film profoundly depicts women's struggles and growth in male-dominated sports.

查看详情 112 minutes

2002

UK/Germany

Bend It Like Beckham

Gurinder Chadha

Comedy Drama Sports

Sports Equality Cultural Identity +4

Legally Blonde

A groundbreaking comedy film where Reese Witherspoon's Elle Woods challenges stereotypes about blonde women. This 2001 film deeply explores female intelligence, workplace discrimination, and multiple facets of feminism through the story of a fashion-conscious girl entering Harvard Law School.

查看详情 96 minutes

2001

USA

Legally Blonde

Robert Luketic

Comedy Romance

Media Representation Critique Education Equality +2

Erin Brockovich

Based on true events, this film tells the story of single mother Erin Brockovich who, through tenacious will and relentless effort, exposed corporate environmental pollution scandals and fought for justice for victims. The film demonstrates how ordinary women can display extraordinary strength in adversity.

查看详情 131 minutes

2000

USA

Erin Brockovich

Steven Soderbergh

Drama Biography

Economic Empowerment Workplace Equality +2

Mulan

Disney's animated classic 'Mulan' tells the story of ancient Chinese woman Mulan who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the army. The film breaks from traditional Disney princess frameworks, creating a brave, independent female character who dares to challenge gender norms.

查看详情 88 minutes

1998

USA

Mulan

Tony Bancroft, Barry Cook

Animation Family Adventure

Feminist Art Bodily Autonomy +3

Set It Off

A crime action film about four African American women from Los Angeles' underclass who team up to rob banks out of desperation. This 1996 classic powerfully depicts the triple oppression of race, class, and gender, as well as the power of female friendship in desperate circumstances, becoming a milestone in Black feminist cinema.

查看详情 123 minutes

1996

USA

Set It Off

F. Gary Gray

Crime Action Drama

Black Feminism Female Friendship +4

The First Wives Club

A comedy film about three middle-aged women who team up for revenge after being abandoned by their husbands. This 1996 work starring Bette Midler, Diane Keaton, and Goldie Hawn humorously explores the marriage crisis, age discrimination, and self-worth reconstruction faced by middle-aged women.

查看详情 102 minutes

1996

USA

The First Wives Club

Hugh Wilson

Comedy Drama

Female Friendship Economic Empowerment +2

Clueless

A "way existential" 1990s time capsule of fashion, pop culture, and Valley girl verbiage, Amy Heckerling's rom-com riff on Jane Austen's Emma celebrates female friendship and sexuality, and it puts a woman's self-fulfillment above finding a man. Even if "fulfillment" technically includes finding a man.

查看详情 97 minutes

1995

USA

Clueless

Amy Heckerling

Comedy Romance

Third Wave Feminism Female Friendship +4

Little Women

Feminism isn't just about women kicking ass—it's also about allowing us the freedom to be who we want. For the protagonist sisters in Gillian Armstrong's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's novel, that means a writer, a musician, a housewife, and a free spirit.

查看详情 115 minutes

1994

USA

Little Women

Gillian Armstrong

Drama Family Romance

Identity Formation Economic Empowerment +4

The Joy Luck Club

Adapted from Amy Tan's novel, this film tells the stories of four pairs of Chinese-American mothers and daughters across two generations. Through complex mother-daughter relationships, it explores cultural inheritance, transmission of women's experiences, and identity issues in cross-cultural contexts.

查看详情 139 minutes

1993

USA

The Joy Luck Club

Wayne Wang

Drama Family

Family Liberation Intersectional Feminism +2

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