Best "feminist" Movies of All Time

83 movies found (page 1/3):

G.I. Jane(1997)

3.2/5 (with 724 votes)

In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that would allow for the eventual integration of women into its services. The program begins with a single trial candidate, Lieutenant Jordan O'Neil, who is chosen specifically for her femininity. O'Neil enters the grueling training program under the command of Master Chief John James Urgayle, who unfairly pushes O'Neil until her determination wins his respect.

Directed by Ridley Scott - With Demi Moore, Viggo Mortensen, Anne Bancroft, Jim Caviezel, Jason Beghe, Daniel von Bargen, ...

Mona Lisa Smile(2003)

1h 57min | Drama, History, Romance / Love

3.5/5 (with 748 votes)

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.

Directed by Mike Newell - With Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin, Dominic West, ...

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Down with Love(2003)

1h 41min | Comedy, Romance / Love

3.0/5 (with 319 votes)

In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.

Directed by Peyton Reed - With Renée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Sarah Paulson, David Hyde Pierce, Rachel Dratch, Jack Plotnick, ...

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20th Century Women(2016)

1h 59min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 507 votes)

In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.

Directed by Mike Mills - With Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Alia Shawkat, Darrell Britt-Gibson, ...

Suffragette(2015)

Κ-12

| 1h 46min | Drama, History

3.6/5 (with 741 votes)

Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.

Directed by Sarah Gavron - With Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham-Carter, Meryl Streep, Natalie Press, Anne-Marie Duff, Romola Garai, ...

100 Girls(2000)

1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

2.9/5 (with 190 votes)

This sexy, teen-comedy is about a freshman, Matthew, at college who meets his dream girl in a dorm elevator during a blackout. He never sees her face, but instantly falls in love. In the morning, the power is restored, but the "dream girl" has vanished. All Matthew knows is that she lives in an all-girls dorm. He sets out on a semester-long journey to find his mystery girl amongst a hundred female suspects. Could it be Wendy? Dora? Arlene? Patty? Cynthia? Or the 95 other girls, any of whom could have been in that elevator with Matthew.

Directed by Michael Davis - With Jonathan Tucker, Emmanuelle Chriqui, James DeBello, Katherine Heigl, Larisa Oleynik, Jaime Pressly, ...

Misbehaviour(2020)

Κ-12

| 1h 47min | Drama, History, Comedy

3.2/5 (with 114 votes)

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulting in overnight fame for the newly-formed organization. When the show resumed, the results caused an uproar and turned the Western ideal of beauty on its head.

Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe - With Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jessie Buckley, Keeley Hawes, Phyllis Logan, Lesley Manville, ...

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles(1976)

3h 22min | Drama

3.7/5 (with 123 votes)

A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores and takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.

Directed by Chantal Akerman - With Delphine Seyrig, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Chantal Akerman, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck

K-12(2019)

1h 32min | Music, Horror, Fantasy

3.9/5 (with 115 votes)

Cry Baby, a strong and sensitive girl, is sent off to a disturbing sleepaway school that’s hidden underneath a grandiose façade. Luckily, she has a sweet and unapologetic best friend who sticks up for her when she gets bullied by the other students whose brains are under control by the Principal and his wicked staff. With the help of the magical friends they meet along the way, as well as an Angelic Spirit Guide, they are able to gain the strength they need to fight off the school’s belligerent patriarchal conditioning.

Directed by Melanie Martinez - With Emma Harvey, Maggie Budzyna

Soul Mate(2016)

1h 50min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.7/5 (with 23 votes)

The films spans two decades as the story unfolds in a series of flashbacks that begin when Qiyue and Ansheng were just thirteen. The two became inseparable until they met a boy who ended up tearing their lives apart.

Directed by Derek Tsang - With Zhou Dongyu

Skate Kitchen(2018)

1h 46min | Drama, Comedy

3.4/5 (with 56 votes)

Camille's life as a lonely suburban teenager changes dramatically when she befriends a group of girl skateboarders. As she journeys deeper into this raw New York City subculture, she begins to understand the true meaning of friendship as well as her inner self.

Directed by Crystal Moselle - With Rachelle Vinberg, Nina Moran, Jaden Smith

Cop(1988)

1h 50min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

3.1/5 (with 41 votes)

An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

Directed by James B. Harris - With James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid, Raymond J. Barry, Annie McEnroe, ...

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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story(2018)

1h 28min | Documentary

3.5/5 (with 44 votes)

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Directed by Alexandra Dean - With Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Richard Rhodes, Peter Bogdanovich, Diane Kruger

If These Walls Could Talk 2(2000)

1h 36min | Romance / Love, Drama

3.4/5 (with 40 votes)

The stories of three lesbian couples -- who live in the same house at different periods of time -- who are at a crossroads in their lives. In 1961, Edith loses her lover, Abby, to a stroke. Linda and Amy struggle with feminist issues in 1972. And, in 2000, Kal and Fran try to have a baby with the help of sperm donor.

Directed by Anne Heche - With Vanessa Redgrave

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?(2018)

1h 26min | Documentary

4.0/5 (with 42 votes)

In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full humanity. This documentary revisits those photos, those women and those times and takes aim at our culture today that alarmingly shows the need for continued change.

Directed by Johanna Demetrakas - With Laurie Anderson, Jane Fonda, Sally Kirkland, Meredith Monk, Michelle Phillips, Lily Tomlin, ...

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The Guns of Fort Petticoat(1957)

1h 22min | Western, Action, War

3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Opposing his commanding officer's decision to attack a group of innocent Indians and wipe them out, Lt. Frank Hewitt leaves his post and heads home to Texas. He knows that the attack will send all of the tribes on the warpath and he wants to forewarn everyone. He gets a chilly reception back home however. With most of the men away having enlisted in the Confederate army Frank, a Union officer, is seen by the local women as a traitor. He convinces them of the danger that lies ahead and trains them to repel the attack that will eventually come.

Directed by George Marshall - With Audie Murphy, Hope Emerson, Kathryn Grant, Hugh Sanders, James Griffith, Jeanette Nolan, ...

Eros + Massacre(1969)

3h 36min | Drama

3.8/5 (with 19 votes)

Two interwoven stories. The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s. The second centers on two 1960s students researching Osugi's theories.

Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida - With Mariko Okada, Toshiyuki Hosokawa

Troubling Love(1995)

1h 44min | Drama, Mystery

3.3/5 (with 12 votes)

When her elderly mother is found dead under sordid circumstances, Delia returns to her native Naples for the first time in years to attend the funeral. Trying to piece together her estranged mother's secret life, she has to face the hidden memories that shaped their family history.

Directed by Mario Martone - With Anna Bonaiuto, Angela Luce, Gianni Cajafa, Peppe Lanzetta, Licia Maglietta, Italo Celoro, ...

This Changes Everything(2019)

1h 37min | Documentary

3.2/5 (with 16 votes)

An investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.

Directed by Tom Donahue

Magalir Mattum(2017)

2h 20min | Drama, Kids & Family

3.4/5 (with 6 votes)

A progressive-minded documentary filmmaker reunites three older women who have been separated since college and takes them on a trip.

Directed by Bramma - With Jyothika, Urvashi

Jesus Henry Christ(2012)

1h 32min | Comedy, Kids & Family

3.2/5 (with 50 votes)

At the age of ten, Henry James Hermin, a boy who was conceived in a petri-dish and raised by his feminist mother, follows a string of Post-It notes in hopes of finding his biological father.

Directed by Dennis Lee - With Toni Collette, Michael Sheen, Jason Spevack, Samantha Weinstein, Frank R. Moore, Austin MacDonald, ...

The Bostonians(1984)

2h 2min | Drama, Romance / Love

2.5/5 (with 14 votes)

A bored lawyer and a suffragette vie for the attention of a faith healer's charismatic daughter.

Directed by James Ivory - With Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Madeleine Potter, Nancy Marchand, Wesley Addy, ...

Bit(2019)

1h 30min | Horror, Comedy

2.5/5 (with 15 votes)

A transgender teenage girl on summer vacation in LA fights to survive after she falls in with four queer feminist vampires, who try to rid the city's streets of predatory men.

Directed by Brad Michael Elmore - With Nicole Maines, M.C. Gainey, James Paxton, Diana Hopper, Friday Chamberlain, Zolee Griggs, ...

Working Girls(1987)

1h 33min | Drama

2.9/5 (with 10 votes)

A lesbian college graduate, trying to bankroll her own photography business, works as a high-priced New York City escort.

Directed by Lizzie Borden - With Louise Smith

2 In the Bush: A Love Story(2018)

1h 37min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love

2.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Emily has just been dumped by her girlfriend, kicked out of her apartment, and fired from her job. Her best friend hooks her up with a new gig: personal assistant to a dominatrix. But when Emily falls for her new boss -- and her new boss's boyfriend -- she must decide what risks are worth taking for love. 2 in the Bush is an unconventional romantic comedy about dungeons, a fish named Archimedes, and the many forms that love takes.

Ukraine Is Not a Brothel(2013)

1h 18min | Documentary

3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation.

Directed by Kitty Green - With Alexandra Shevchenko, Anna Hutsol, Inna Shevchenko, Oksana Shachko

Mata Hari: The Naked Spy(2017)

1h 18min | Documentary

100 years ago Mata Hari faced the firing squad as a convicted Dutch spy. It was at this moment that the legend of Mata Hari, the seductive spy, was born. Newly-discovered documents cast doubt on her guilt and reveal startling truths about her life. Mata Hari was a self-made woman whose boldness and sexuality threatened the male establishment. Most of what we've known about her until now has largely been myth. Mata Hari's challenges as an abused wife, single mother and a creative independent woman are familiar to women around the world. At the turn of the century, her struggles to attain sexual freedom, artistic expression, and liberation from the constraints of conventional society are the same ones women face today. She graced the cover of Vogue, performed all over Europe and left a coterie of smitten admirers in her wake.

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss(1970)

1h 21min | Drama, Crime, Thriller, Action, Music

3.0/5 (with 11 votes)

A wandering tough biker girl aids a female delinquent gang in their battles against an all-male Seiyu group over a fixed boxing match.

Directed by Yasuharu Hasebe - With Akiko Wada, Meiko Kaji, Bunjaku Han, Tatsuya Fuji

No Man's Land(1984)

2h | TV Movie, Western

3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Sheriff Stella Stevens uses her wiles and the help of her three resourceful daughters -- one by each of her previous husbands -- to rope in a notorious desperado and a band of foreign revolutionaries in this light-hearted Western.

Directed by Rod Holcomb - With Stella Stevens

We of the Never Never(1982)

2h 14min | Drama, Western

2.9/5 (with 5 votes)

Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.

Directed by Igor Auzins - With Angela Punch McGregor, John Jarratt, Tony Barry

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