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On the Edge
Sur la plancheKilani's Tangier noir follows women whose factory work, restless movement and inventive speech complicate the promise that mobility brings freedom.
- Women's Cinema
- Arab Feminism
- Class Analysis
Soongava: Dance of the Orchids
SoongavaDiya breaks off an arranged engagement to live with Kiran. Subarna Thapa follows the women from the privacy of a waterfall to a shared address where family pressure begins to affect work and housing.
- South Asian Feminism
- Lesbian Feminism
- Queer Theory
The Flowers of War
金陵十三钗Zhang Yimou’s The Flowers of War raises questions about sexual violence, hierarchies of chastity and who becomes a rescuer in occupied Nanjing.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Sex Worker Rights
- Media Representation Critique
Circumstance
Director Maryam Keshavarz's coming-of-age drama focuses on a wealthy Iranian family, particularly headstrong teenager Atafeh whose relationship with her friend Shireen evolves from friendship into romance and even eroticism, alongside her brother's journey from recovering drug addict to religious extremist. This vibrant exploration of sexual rebellion showcases high school protagonists confronting patriarchal oppression, culminating in a penetrating examination of women's treatment under Iranian theocracy.
- Queer Theory
- Anti-Feminism Studies
- Religious Patriarchy Critique
I Will Follow
If you can't get something done, do it yourself. Ava DuVernay took this adage to heart and wrote, directed, produced, and financed this family drama about a woman grieving the death of a loved one. It made just a blip on the box office radar, but her debut feature offers a peek at the woman behind the camera.
- Black Feminism
- Economic Empowerment
- Feminist Art
Jennifer's Body
High school cheerleader Jennifer becomes possessed by a demon after being sacrificed by a male band seeking fame, then begins hunting the town's men. This initially misunderstood horror-comedy gained critical reappraisal during the MeToo era, recognized as a feminist horror film ahead of its time that explores toxic masculinity, complex female friendship, and gender violence under patriarchy.
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Female Friendship
- Queer Feminism
The Milk of Sorrow
La teta asustadaA dying mother sings about the war. Her daughter Fausta takes a job in a pianist's house to pay for a burial, and her own melody finds a very different audience.
- Latin American Feminism
- Indigenous Feminism
- Trauma and Healing
Wendy and Lucy
Director Kelly Reichardt recruits Michelle Williams for her character study mapping out the evolution of homelessness and destitution. With nothing but her pup Lucy, Williams's Wendy fights to survive in a recession-era landscape. Like all of Reichardt's characters, she is flawed, willful, and above all, strong.
- Economic Empowerment
- Mental Resilience
- Feminist Art
Persepolis
Based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel, this black-and-white animated film tells the story of an Iranian girl's coming-of-age before and after the Islamic Revolution, profoundly exploring women's survival and resistance under religious totalitarianism.
- Decolonial Feminism
- Religious Patriarchy Critique
- Bodily Autonomy
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
4 luni, 3 săptămâni și 2 zileIn 1987 Romania under Ceaușescu's dictatorship, college roommate Otilia helps pregnant Găbița seek an illegal abortion. This harsh and brutal realist masterpiece reveals the state's control over women's bodies and women's brave resistance for reproductive autonomy within the span of one night.
- Abortion Rights
- Reproductive Autonomy
- Historical Context
Iron Jawed Angels
Katja von Garnier made this Golden Globe winner, about the women who risked their lives for the suffrage movement. It stars Hilary Swank, Anjelica Huston, and Vera Farmiga.
- First Wave Feminism
- Political Participation
- Women's Rights
Moolaadé
Four girls seek Collé's sanctuary, turning a courtyard into a struggle over bodily autonomy, collective protection and the authority to contest tradition.
- African Feminism
- Anti-Sexual Violence
- Bodily Autonomy
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.
- Cultural Identity
- Feminist Art
- Bodily Autonomy
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.
- Intersectional Feminism
- Bodily Autonomy
- Media Representation Critique
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.
- Sports Equality
- Cultural Identity
- Immigrant Identity
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.
- Indigenous Feminism
- Political Participation
- Cultural Identity
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.
- Media Representation Critique
- Education Equality
- Female Friendship
The Gleaners and I
Les Glaneurs et la GlaneuseVarda connects discarded food, her aging body and digital filming, asking who defines value and why intimacy must still acknowledge unequal power.
- Feminist Film Criticism
- Ageism and Gender
- Consumerism Critique
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.
- Economic Empowerment
- Workplace Equality
- Legal Equality
The Day I Became a Woman
Roozi ke zan shodamMeshkini’s three stories make girlhood, marriage and old age into a social timetable governing women’s movement, friendship, money and freedom.
- Bodily Autonomy
- Ageism and Gender
- Family
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.
- Feminist Art
- Bodily Autonomy
- Patriarchy Critique
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.
- Black Feminism
- Female Friendship
- Economic Empowerment
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.
- Female Friendship
- Economic Empowerment
- Family Liberation
Mossane
Safi Faye's film places a girl's desire against marriage as family exchange, while refusing to reduce her adolescence to a lesson about African tradition.
- African Feminism
- Bodily Autonomy
- Women's Cinema