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Blink Twice

Blink Twice

Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut, a psychological thriller starring Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum. Following cocktail waitress Frida who is invited to tech billionaire Slater King's private island vacation, only to discover the men on the island are plotting sinister activities. The film deeply explores crucial issues including power abuse, sexual violence, collective trauma, female solidarity, and elite corruption, showcasing women's awakening and resistance when facing systemic oppression.

查看详情 102 min
2024
USA

Blink Twice

Zoë Kravitz

Thriller Mystery Horror
Anti-Sexual Violence Economic Empowerment +4
MaXXXine

MaXXXine

The concluding chapter of Ti West's X trilogy, with Mia Goth returning as Maxine Minx. Set in 1985 Los Angeles, Maxine transitions from adult film star to pursuing mainstream Hollywood acting career while facing threats from a serial killer. The film deeply explores crucial issues including women's survival struggles in the entertainment industry, sex work destigmatization, Hollywood power structures, and how women fight for autonomy in male-dominated industries.

查看详情 103 min
2024
USA

MaXXXine

Ti West

Horror Thriller Crime
Sex Worker Rights Economic Empowerment +4
Anora

Anora

A romantic comedy-drama directed by Sean Baker, winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Mikey Madison stars as sex worker Ani who falls in love and impulsively marries Vanya, the son of a Russian oligarch, before facing fierce opposition from his family's forces. With its authentic, nuanced performances and sharp social critique, the film deeply explores crucial issues including sex worker rights, class differences, economic inequality, and women's survival struggles in capitalist society.

查看详情 139 min
2024
USA

Anora

Sean Baker

Romance Comedy Drama
Sex Worker Rights Economic Empowerment +4
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

A black comedy drama directed by Zambian filmmaker Rungano Nyoni, starring Susan Chardy. Following young woman Shula who discovers her uncle Fred's body late at night, the film explores the revelation of buried family sexual assault secrets during funeral proceedings with her cousins. With its unique African perspective, the film examines the complex relationships between family trauma, cultural traditions, and women's voices, becoming an important representative work of contemporary African feminist cinema.

查看详情 99 min
2024
Zambia

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Rungano Nyoni

Drama Comedy Black Comedy
Anti-Sexual Violence Family Liberation +4
Bottoms

Bottoms

A surreal campus comedy directed by Emma Seligman about two queer high school students who start an after-school fight club to win over their dream cheerleader crushes. This film explores themes of queer identity, female friendship, gender power subversion, and adolescent sexual awakening through extremely exaggerated techniques, becoming a representative work of new-era queer feminism.

查看详情 92 min
2023
USA

Bottoms

Emma Seligman

Comedy LGBTQ+ Coming-of-Age
Queer Feminism Female Friendship +4
Women Talking

Women Talking

A drama film written and directed by Sarah Polley, adapted from Miriam Toews' novel of the same name. Set in a Bolivian Mennonite community, following a group of women who gather to discuss their future after discovering systematic sexual assault by men in their community. The film deeply explores important issues including religious patriarchy critique, collective trauma and healing, women's political awakening, and the power of silence versus voice.

查看详情 104 min
2022
USA

Women Talking

Sarah Polley

Drama Social Issues Feminist
Religious Patriarchy Critique Anti-Sexual Violence +4
She Said

She Said

A journalism drama directed by Maria Schrader, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan. Adapted from the non-fiction book by New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, following their investigation that exposed Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault scandal. The film deeply explores important issues including the #MeToo movement, gender politics in journalism, the power of women's testimony, and the courage needed to break silence.

查看详情 128 min
2022
USA

She Said

Maria Schrader

Drama Biography Crime
MeToo Movement Anti-Sexual Violence +4
Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

In the wake of Roe v. Wade being overturned by the Supreme Court, Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always is necessary viewing. A tiny independent film that topped critics' best-of lists, it's about a pair of friends who are forced to travel from their small Pennsylvania town to New York City in search of medical aid for an unwanted pregnancy.

查看详情 101 minutes
2020
USA

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Eliza Hittman

Drama Social Realism
Abortion Rights Reproductive Autonomy +4
Hustlers

Hustlers

A crime comedy-drama directed by Lorene Scafaria, starring Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu. Based on true events, following a group of strippers who band together to scam wealthy Wall Street clients after the 2008 financial crisis. The film deeply explores crucial issues including class revenge, female solidarity, economic inequality, sex worker rights, and the impact of the 2008 financial crisis on working-class women, presenting a complex story of how marginalized women seek survival and fight back in economic hardship.

查看详情 110 min
2019
USA

Hustlers

Lorene Scafaria

Crime Comedy Drama
Economic Empowerment Class Analysis +4
The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give

Adapted from Angie Thomas's bestselling novel, follows 16-year-old African American girl Starr's journey from silence to voice after witnessing her friend Khalil being shot by police. This coming-of-age drama deeply explores police violence, systemic racism, Black women's voices and agency, and young women's awakening and growth in social justice movements.

查看详情 133 min
2018
USA

The Hate U Give

George Tillman Jr.

Drama Coming-of-Age Social Issues
Race and Gender Intersectional Feminism +4
Angels Wear White

Angels Wear White

In a small seaside town, two schoolgirls are assaulted by a middle-aged man in a motel. Mia, a teenager who was working at the motel reception that night, is the only witness. For fear of losing her job, she stays silent. The film offers a piercing look at the systemic failures and societal indifference surrounding sexual violence against young women in contemporary China.

查看详情 107 min
2017
China / France

Angels Wear White

Vivian Qu

Drama Crime
Anti-Sexual Violence Patriarchy Critique +3
Wonder Woman

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.

查看详情 141 minutes
2017
USA

Wonder Woman

Patty Jenkins

Action Adventure Fantasy
Economic Empowerment Anti-Sexual Violence +4
The Keeping Room

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.

查看详情 95 minutes
2014
USA

The Keeping Room

Daniel Barber

Western Drama Thriller
Anti-Sexual Violence Race and Gender +4
Jennifer's Body

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.

查看详情 102 min
2009
USA

Jennifer's Body

Karyn Kusama

Horror Comedy Thriller
Anti-Sexual Violence Female Friendship +4