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Wonder Woman(2017)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 21min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
3.6/5 (with 9,248 votes)

An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.

The Huntsman: Winter's War(2016)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Action, Adventure, Drama
3.1/5 (with 2,209 votes)

As two evil sisters prepare to conquer the land, two renegades—Eric the Huntsman, who aided Snow White in defeating Ravenna in Snowwhite and the Huntsman, and his forbidden lover, Sara—set out to stop them.

The Color Purple(2023)

2h 20min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 36 votes)

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

Directed by Blitz the Ambassador - With Fantasia Barrino, Colman Domingo, Taraji P. Henson, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Brooks, H.E.R., ...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2009)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 32min | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
3.8/5 (with 1,323 votes)

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece.

Dangal(2016)

4.0/5 (with 439 votes)

Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari - With Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim, Suhani Bhatnagar, ...

Working Girl(1988)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 54min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Drama
3.3/5 (with 400 votes)

Tess McGill is an ambitious secretary with a unique approach for climbing the ladder to success. When her classy, but villainous boss breaks a leg skiing, Tess takes over her office, her apartment and even her wardrobe. She creates a deal with a handsome investment banker that will either take her to the top, or finish her off for good.

12 Feet Deep(2017)

1h 25min | Thriller, Horror
2.8/5 (with 199 votes)

Two sisters are trapped under the fiberglass cover of an Olympic sized public pool and must brave the cold and each other to survive the harrowing night.

Directed by Matt Eskandari - With Alexandra Park

Miss Sloane(2016)

FSK: 12+ years
| 2h 12min | Thriller, Drama
3.7/5 (with 777 votes)

An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

Private Benjamin(1980)

FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 49min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 162 votes)

A sheltered young high society woman joins the army on a whim and finds herself in a more difficult situation than she ever expected.

Lavender(2016)

1h 32min | Drama, Thriller
2.9/5 (with 145 votes)

A photographer struggling with memory loss discovers her pictures may indicate something sinister is hitting close to home.

Madame Bovary(1991)

2h 23min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.2/5 (with 56 votes)

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and sensual Emma Bovary finds herself in calamitous debt and pursues scandalous sexual liaisons with absolute abandon. However, when her volatile lifestyle catches up to her, the lives of everyone around her are endangered.

Equity(2016)

1h 40min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 42 votes)

Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop’s world of high-power big money is brutal and fierce, and one she thrives in. When a controversial IPO threatens the fragile balance of power and confidentiality, Naomi finds herself entangled in a web of politics and deception.

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Against the Ropes(2004)

1h 46min | Romance / Love, Drama
2.5/5 (with 50 votes)

A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.

Noble(2014)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 40min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 15 votes)

Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.

A Ticket to Tomahawk(1950)

1h 30min | Comedy, Music, Western
2.8/5 (with 6 votes)

A cowboy is hired by a stagecoach boss to stop the railroad reaching his territory and putting him out of business. He uses everything from Indians to dancehall girls to try to thwart the plan. But the railroad workers, led by a female sharpshooter and an ambitious salesman, prove tough customers.

Dirty Computer(2018)

3.6/5 (with 19 votes)

The story of a young woman named Jane 57821, who is living in a totalitarian near-future society where citizens are referred to as 'computers.' 'Dirty Computer' explores humanity and what truly happens to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness when mind and machines merge, and when the government chooses fear over freedom.

Outlaw Women(1952)

1h 15min | Western
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who tries not to succumb to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.

Woman on the Run(2017)

1h 28min | Thriller, TV Movie
3.2/5 (with 9 votes)

After surviving an attempt on her life, a reclusive mystery author discovers that her nanny has stolen her identity, forcing her to go to extreme lengths to get her children back.

Ex-Lady(1933)

1h 7min | Comedy, Drama
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.

Dixie Dugan(1943)

1h 3min | Comedy
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War. He takes a cab driven by Dixie Dugan, who hopes that being a cabbie while the country's men are away fighting will help the war effort. Her incompetent driving, however, results in an accident for which Roger must take responsibility in order to reach the radio station in time. Dixie then returns home, where she lives with her father Timothy, who is constantly practicing his air raid warden duties, her mother Gladys, an aspiring Red Cross worker, and cousin Imogene, who studies incessantly to become a "quiz kid." The Dugans rent out their spare rooms to Dixie's fiancé, Matt Hogan, and to blustering Judge J. J. Lawson. Matt, who works in a munitions factory, wants Dixie to settle down and marry him, but Dixie is determined to help her country.

Directed by Otto Brower - With Lois Andrews

As White as in Snow(2001)

2h 34min | Drama, History
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

Inspired by real-life Elsa Andersson, this mostly fictional movie tells the story of her upbringing as a farmer's daughter, in the early 1900s, who dreams of getting away from the farm and becoming an aviatrix.

The Disembodied(1957)

1h 13min | Horror
2.3/5 (with 3 votes)

When men on a photo safari stumble into a misanthropic doctor’s remote camp with a wounded comrade, the doctor's restless wife supplements her usual pursuit (voodoo, especially as a way to off her husband) with a new one: seduction. As men lose their hearts (sometimes literally) to the alluring voodoo priestess, she embarks on a killing spree that turns the jungle blood red.

Directed by Walter Grauman

Sultana(2023)

After a tumultuous rise to power, the first Muslim Sultana of Delhi fights to guide her kingdom while the people closest to her plot against her.

Le acrobate(1997)

2h 3min | Comedy
2.8/5 (with 5 votes)

A chemical analyst and a supermarket clerk strike up a friendship after they are brought together by the death of an elderly woman.

Danger Word(2013)

19min | Horror
1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A 13-year-old girl and her grandfather, hiding out in a wooded cabin after a plague, meet the challenge of their lives when her birthday trip to a Trading Post goes horribly awry.

My Choice(2015)

What happens when 99 women from varying walks of life come together to send out one powerful message?

Korean Ghost Story – Ieodo(1979)

1h 9min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Korean Ghost Story was a popular TV series telling tales of the eerie and the uncanny. This episode took its inspiration from a legend that originated on Cheju island, whose inhabitants claim that fishermen who vanished around Socora Rock were now in Ieodo, an empire ruled by women who didn’t allow any man to leave. The legend, it seems, was popular in the 1970s.

R Culture(2023)

Dark secrets from her husband's past start to reveal themselves, she has to decide how to reclaim her voice and protect everyone she holds dear, while her personal drama begins to unfold on a national stage.

Laura(2018)

16min

Laura never had independence. Her mother, her abusive ex-boyfriend, always something holding her. When she goes to Coimbra to study, she finds the opportunity to discover who she is.