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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
Polite Society

Polite Society

The feature directorial debut from 'We Are Lady Parts' creator Nida Manzoor, an action-comedy that blends Bollywood, martial arts, and sisterhood in an empowering story. Following rebellious teenager Ria's mission to save her sister Lena from becoming a wealthy man's caged-bird wife by organizing a friend rescue operation. The film explores themes of cultural identity, family expectations, female autonomy, and intergenerational female solidarity through innovative visual language.

查看详情 103 min
2023
UK

Polite Society

Nida Manzoor

Action Comedy Coming-of-Age
Cultural Identity Female Friendship +4
Skater Girl

Skater Girl

The coming-of-age story of Prerna, a teenage girl from a remote village in Rajasthan who discovers skateboarding and challenges traditional gender expectations and social norms. This family-friendly inspirational film explores Indian rural women's educational rights, gender equality, caste system, and the transformative role of sports in women's empowerment through skateboarding.

查看详情 109 min
2021
India

Skater Girl

Manjari Makijany

Drama Family Sports
Gender Norms Education Equality +4
Wolfwalkers

Wolfwalkers

In 1650 Kilkenny, Ireland, the friendship story between English girl Robyn and wild girl Mebh. This hand-drawn animation masterpiece fuses Irish folklore with feminist themes, deeply exploring gender role constraints, environmental protection, cultural colonialism, and female friendship and empowerment through two girls' journey of challenging patriarchal constraints and embracing natural forces.

查看详情 103 min
2020
Ireland

Wolfwalkers

Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart

Animation Fantasy Adventure
Female Friendship Gender Norms +4
Emma.

Emma.

An adaptation of Jane Austen's novel directed by Autumn de Wilde, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. The film follows wealthy young woman Emma Woodhouse in Regency-era England as she enthusiastically matchmakes for others, discovering her own true emotions in the process. The director reinterprets this classic literary work with exquisite visual aesthetics and a modern feminist perspective, deeply exploring important themes including female independence, class consciousness, marriage choices, and coming-of-age awakening.

查看详情 124 min
2020
UK

Emma.

Autumn de Wilde

Romance Comedy Period Drama
Class Analysis Economic Empowerment +4
Mustang

Mustang

Early summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. The family home is progressively transformed into a prison; instruction in homemaking substitutes for school, and marriages begin to be arranged. The five sisters who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them.

查看详情 97 min
2015
Turkey / France / Germany

Mustang

Deniz Gamze Ergüven

Drama
Family Liberation Patriarchy Critique +3