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Unveiling the Power of Feminist Cinema: Top Movies and TV Shows

Step into a world where strong women take center stage, shattering stereotypes and pushing boundaries. Feminist cinema is not just about representation; it's a powerful tool for social change. From groundbreaking films to thought-provoking TV series, we've curated a list of the best feminist movies and shows that will inspire and challenge you.

Cast

Nicole Kidman

Reese Witherspoon

Shailene Woodley

Laura Dern

Big Little Lies (2017) TV Show

7.9 1.7K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 14

Audience: TV-MA

Story: The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.

Plot: mother, rape, based on novel or book, infidelity, violent husband, feminism, therapist, custody battle, ...

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Cast

Delphine Seyrig

Jan Decorte

Henri Storck

Jacques Doniol-Valcroze

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

7.4 397 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Belgium, France

Duration: 202 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A lonely young widow lives with her son following an immutable order: while the boy is in school, she cares for their apartment, does chores, and receives clients in the afternoon.

Plot: widow, brussels, belgium, household, loneliness, feminist, prostitution, single mother, ...

Cast

Annette Bening

Elle Fanning

Greta Gerwig

Billy Crudup

20th Century Women (2016)

7.3 1.2K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: 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.

Plot: parent child relationship, balcony, feminism, punk rock, coming of age, feminist, free spirit, single mother, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Carey Mulligan

Helena Bonham Carter

Brendan Gleeson

Anne-Marie Duff

Suffragette (2015)

7.2 1.7K votes

Genre: Drama, History

Country: France, United Kingdom

Duration: 106 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.

Plot: london, england, biography, feminist, period drama, woman director, suffragettes

Time: 1910s

Cast

Julia Roberts

Kirsten Dunst

Julia Stiles

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

6.9 1.9K votes

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: 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.

Plot: massachusetts, art school, inspiration, feminist, conservative, lgbt, post war, post world war ii, ...

Time: 1950s

G.I. Jane (1997)

6.5 1.9K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, War

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 125 min.

Audience: R

Story: 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 combat 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 Navy SEAL training program under the command of Master Chief John James Urgayle, who unfairly pushes O'Neil until her determination wins his respect.

Plot: gulf war, helicopter, libya, u.s. navy, sexism, naval officer, sexual harassment, feminist, ...

Place: middle east

Cast

James Woods

Lesley Ann Warren

Charles Durning

Charles Haid

Cop (1988)

6.3 144 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: R

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

Plot: daughter, high school, prostitute, rape, based on novel or book, police, sports car, homophobia, ...