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Lady Bird
Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, a coming-of-age film about high school student Christine (who calls herself Lady Bird) and her complex relationship with her mother, as well as her teenage confusion and growth in pursuing independence and self-identity.
- Family Liberation
- Economic Empowerment
- Education Equality
Wonder Woman
Patty Jenkins's Wonder Woman stars Gal Gadot as the titular DC Comics superhero, who fights injustice with strength, courage, and her golden Lasso of Truth. A box-office smash that scored more than $100 million on opening weekend - a record for a female-helmed film - it definitely positions Wonder Woman as the antidote to toxic masculinity her original creator imagined her to be.
- Economic Empowerment
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Patriarchy Critique
Beauty and the Dogs
Aala Kaf IfritKaouther Ben Hania’s nine long takes follow Mariam through hospitals and police stations after a rape by police officers, tracing who can act on evidence.
- Arab Feminism
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Political Violence
A Fantastic Woman
Una mujer fantásticaAfter Orlando’s death, Marina has to explain herself at the hospital and decide how to say goodbye. Daniela Vega’s account of the empty locker and the final song gives a way into her work on the role.
- Latin American Feminism
- Trans Feminism
- LGBTQ+
Revenge
Coralie Fargeat's breakthrough rape-revenge film redefines the feminist possibilities of this genre. Through extreme visual style and violent aesthetics, the film explores complex themes of female revenge, bodily autonomy, and fourth-wave feminist rage.
- Radical Feminism
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Bodily Autonomy
Hidden Figures
The true story of three African-American female mathematicians who played crucial roles in NASA's space race during the 1960s. They not only had to face racial discrimination but also overcome gender bias, ultimately making indelible contributions to America's aerospace program through their exceptional talents.
- Intersectional Feminism
- Black Feminism
- Workplace Equality
Moana
Disney's 2016 animated masterpiece tells the adventure story of Polynesian teenager Moana who saves her homeland. Voiced by Auli'i Cravalho, this film breaks from traditional Disney princess formulas with no romantic subplot, focusing instead on themes of female empowerment, cultural identity, and environmental protection.
- Cultural Identity
- Ecofeminism
- Family Liberation
Burning Birds
Davena VihagunSet amid Sri Lanka’s political violence, this drama follows a widowed mother of eight whose struggle for income reveals how war, sexual exploitation, and social respectability converge on women’s bodies.
- South Asian Feminism
- Feminist Security Studies
- Economic Empowerment
The Bacchus Lady
죽여주는 여자An older sex worker in a Seoul park is drawn into poverty, illness, and requests for death. E J-yong returns aging from demographic abstraction to class, gender, care, and survival.
- Ageism and Gender
- Sex Worker Rights
- Care Economy
Queen of Katwe
Directed by Mira Nair, this biographical drama tells the inspiring true story of Phiona Mutesi, a young girl from the Katwe slum in Kampala, Uganda, who becomes a world-class chess champion. The film explores poverty, gender expectations, and the power of intellectual empowerment in the face of systemic barriers.
- Cross-Cultural Feminism
- Education Equality
- Economic Empowerment
Confirmation
This HBO television movie stars Kerry Washington as Anita Hill, a law professor whose story of sexual harassment is worth revisiting through a post-#MeToo lens. This film dives into one of recent American history's watershed moments, chronicling the testimony given before the nation regarding the sexual harassment of women in the workplace.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Legal Equality
- Political Participation
The Witch
The VVitch: A New-England FolktaleA 17th-century New England folktale from Robert Eggers, this spooky picture is more than a supernatural horror - it's an exercise in female rebellion during a time when anyone 'different' was declared a witch.
- Radical Feminism
- Patriarchy Critique
- Religious Patriarchy Critique
Happy Hour
ハッピーアワーOver five hours and seventeen minutes, Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows four women approaching forty in Kobe as friendship, marriage, work and departure test what it takes to speak honestly and truly hear one another.
- Female Friendship
- Marriage Critique
- Emotional Labor
3000 Nights
3000 LaylaMai Masri’s prison drama follows a Palestinian mother whose struggle over childbirth and childcare connects bodily control, collective care and political resistance.
- Arab Feminism
- Carceral Feminism
- War and Peace
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Bel Powley is a breakout as 15-year-old Minnie, a budding cartoonist and soon-to-be harlot (her word, not ours). Marielle Heller's exuberant journey through the teenage psyche has more penis drawings than a Seth Rogen comedy, and the best part? It doesn't judge.
- Female Desire
- Sexual Liberation
- Bodily Autonomy
Mustang
A beach game leads to confinement for five sisters. Deniz Gamze Ergüven uses a football stand, a television and a house filling with bars to ask who gets to judge the girls.
- Family Liberation
- Patriarchy Critique
- Female Friendship
Mad Max: Fury Road
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Imperator Furiosa leads a group of women escaping the tyrannical rule of Immortan Joe in search of a promised land of freedom. This action film places female resistance and sisterhood at the heart of a traditionally male-dominated genre.
- Radical Feminism
- Bodily Autonomy
- Patriarchy Critique
The Second Mother
Que Horas Ela Volta?Fabinho asks when his mother will be back. Val keeps him company while trying to reach her own daughter by phone. A kitchen doorway and two trips into a pool show how the time of two households overlaps.
- Domestic Labor
- Care Economy
- Class and Gender
Wild
A biographical drama adapted from Cheryl Strayed's memoir, starring Reese Witherspoon as a woman who hikes the Pacific Crest Trail alone. This 2014 film deeply explores themes of female self-redemption, identity reconstruction, and independent survival in a male-dominated world.
- Family Liberation
- Bodily Autonomy
- Anti-Sexual Violence
The Keeping Room
At the end of the American Civil War, three women living alone on a desolate Southern farm must fight to defend themselves against two rogue soldiers who have broken off from the Union Army. This revisionist feminist western reexamines the brutality of war from a female perspective, exploring complex themes of women's self-defense rights, racial relations, and survival instincts.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Race and Gender
- Historical Context
Belle
Based on the true story of 18th-century historical figure Dido Elizabeth Belle, this costume drama follows a mixed-race aristocratic woman navigating her place in British high society while fighting for justice amid intersecting racism and sexism. The film explores complex themes of race, class, gender intersectionality, and female agency.
- Race and Gender
- Intersectional Feminism
- Historical Context
The Babadook
A widowed single mother Amelia and her young son confront the mysterious terror creature Babadook in their home. This Australian psychological horror film breaks traditional gender stereotypes in horror cinema, exploring profound themes of loss, grief, maternal stress, and women's inner darkness from a mother's perspective.
- Motherhood Critique
- Mental Health
- Family Liberation
In a World...
Written, directed, produced, and starred in by Lake Bell, In a World... charts the efforts of a talented vocal coach with a husky cadence to break into the male-dominated world of movie trailer voice-overs.
- Workplace Equality
- Glass Ceiling
- Media Representation Critique
Wadjda
10-year-old Saudi girl Wadjda dreams of owning a green bicycle to race with her male friend Abdullah. This groundbreaking work is the first feature film shot entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first directed by a Saudi woman, exploring complex themes of female freedom, social constraints, and cultural transformation through a girl's desire for a bicycle.
- Gender Norms
- Cultural Identity
- Family Liberation