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Movies: Best "womens suffrage" Movies


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The Ballad of Josie(1968)

G
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Western
2.9/5 (with 8 votes)

A frontier widow aims to raise sheep despite a cattle rancher in old Wyoming.

She's Beautiful When She's Angry(2014)

1h 27min | Documentary
3.8/5 (with 24 votes)

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971.

Directed by Mary Dore

Clara Campoamor, the Neglected Woman(2011)

1h 30min | Drama, History, TV Movie
3.6/5 (with 5 votes)

Spain, 1931. Under the Second Republic, women are eligible, but cannot vote. Victoria Kent and Clara Campoamor, the first women in the Spanish Parliament, intend to fight for women's rights, and Clara knows that the first step is to get the women's vote approved….

Politics(1931)

NR
| 1h 12min | Comedy, Romance / Love, Crime
3.2/5 (with 2 votes)

A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story(1996)

PG-13
| 1h 52min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

The firebrand reporter, feminist and philanthropist Dorothy Day co-founds The Catholic Worker with Peter Maurin, an eccentric philosopher.

Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons(1974)

1h 39min | Documentary, Drama
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of years to look at the image of the Amazonian woman in myth. It asks, among other questions, is the Amazonian woman a rare strong female image or is she a figure derived from male phantasy? The film explores the complexities of such questions, but does not seek any concrete answers.

Cake Bakers & Trouble Makers: Lucy Worsley's 100 Years of the WI(2015)

Documentary to mark the WI's centenary. Lucy Worsley goes beyond the stereotypes of jam and Jerusalem to reveal the surprisingly radical side of this Great British institution.

A Different History(1994)

2h 56min | Documentary

A three-part documentary about the long road to women's suffrage in Switzerland.

We Are Half The World(2018)

1h 29min | History, Documentary
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they would not be deterred. For decades ten thousands of women in Germany, Great Britain, in France, the U.S. and many other countries fought for their right to vote. Some used the institutions, others turned into media savvy politicians, and still others turned to terrorism, went on hunger strike, or died as martyrs. 100 years later we tell a multi-perspective and emotional story of the international fight, against all odds, for women’s suffrage as an important step towards equal rights.

Directed by Annette Baumeister

One Woman, One Vote: American Experience(1995)

Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon narrates this educational installment of the popular "American Experience" series as it examines the 72-year struggle for a woman's right to vote. Segments focus on influential figures in the women's suffrage movement, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul; the country's widespread fear of social revolution; and the U.S. Senate's passage of the 19th Amendment by a single vote.

The Vanishing Virginian(1942)

1h 37min | Drama, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.

Suffragettes, with Lucy Worsley(2018)

4.5/5 (with 1 vote)

The story of the struggle for the women's vote is much more than just the account of the exploits of Emmeline Pankhurst or the tragic fate of Emily Davidson. Lucy Worsley puts herself at the heart of the drama, alongside a group of astonishing young working class suffragettes who decided to go against every rule and expectation that British Edwardian society (1901-1910) had about them….

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Just Like the Men(2020)

Just Like the Men is an original silent film written in 1914 by Ella Higginson, a novelist, poet laureate, and campaign manager for Frances Axtell. Their campaign was a success making Axtell one of the first women in Washington State to be sworn into legislative office. 100+ years later, this screwball-comedy offers a glimpse of women's first entrance into politics, just in time for the 2020 centennial of women's suffrage.