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18 feb 2024 · Although not always successful—particularly in the case of poorly rebooted film franchises with all-female casts—there's a huge number of witty and progressive feminist films that deserve to be seen. They might be made for women, about women, or by women, and they aren't always of the all-in-your-face type of feminism.
- Georgia May
My 25 personal favorite feminist movies of all time. List activity. 17K views. 25 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 25 titles. Sort by List order. 1. All About Eve. 1950 2h 18m Approved. 8.2 (139K) Rate. 98 Metascore.
17 mar 2023 · From historical dramas to rom-coms and action movies with strong women calling the shots, these must-watch films celebrate women in all of their glory with their stories at the front and center.
- Megan Ditrolio
- Hidden Figures
- On The Basis of Sex
- Suffragette
- The Glorias
- Made in Dagenham
- Battle of The Sexes
- The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
- Selma
- North Country
- The Janes
Based on Margot Lee Shetterly’s book, Hidden Figures shines long-delayed light on three Black women who worked in crucial roles at NASA during the Space Race in the '60s. The film stars Taraji P. Henson as mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose calculations enabled the success of the Mercury-Atlas 6 orbital mission, marking a turning point in the r...
Based on the early life and career of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, On the Basis of Sexfocuses on the landmark case that would set a precedent for sex discrimination and set Ginsburg on a path to become the leading gender rights lawyer of her generation. Set in the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, decades before she would become the seco...
Set in 1912, Suffragette (a term itself more common in the UK versus the U.S., where "suffragists" is more acceptable) recounts a group of working women who joined, organised, and fought for the women’s suffrage movement in the UK, and who were arrested, fired, beaten, and died for it. Movement leader Emmeline Pankhurst (played with ferocity by Mer...
Four actors — Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson, and Ryan Kiera Armstrong — take on different incarnations of feminist icon, journalist, and activist Gloria Steinem in Julie Taymor’s surreal biopic The Glorias. Based on Steinem’s own iconic memoir My Life on the Road, the film traces her journey through a wildly eventful life as a champi...
In 1968, 187 female factory workers at the Ford Motor Company’s Dagenham plant in London led a law-reforming strike, demanding the eradication of sexual discrimination in the workplace. After walking out of their sewing machinist jobs due to a "regrading" of their job skill level (and pay) compared to their male co-workers, car production ground to...
Emma Stone is ace as tennis legend and gender equality activist Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes. Written by Simon Beaufoy and co-directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, this 2017 film centers around the famous 1973 tennis match between King and the overtly sexist Bobby Riggs (played perhaps with too much charm by Steve Carell). If yo...
The fact that no one has yet made a feature film about Marsha P. Johnson is outrageous, so here’s one of a few documentaries we’ve snuck into this list.The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnsonfollows the relentless pursuit of justice by activist Victoria Cruz as she investigates the suspicious death of the transgender icon in 1992 amid a broader loo...
Selmafocuses on the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, which were organized and led by Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel, John Lewis, and Hosea Williams, and those icons — played by David Oyelowo, Common, Stephan James, and Wendell Pierce — are fully given their due. However, it's earned a place on this particular list ...
Based on the true story of miner Lois Jenson and the landmark case that changed sexual harassment law in America, Niki Caro's North Country is a brutal, inspiring journey of resilience. In 1998, Jenson and her coworkers filed a lawsuitagainst their employer Eveleth Mines after enduring decades of unchecked abuse and harassment; it was the first cla...
As has been proved time and time again, the legality of abortion does not affect the existence or frequency of abortions, only the safety of them. Without access to legal reproductive healthcare, desperate women in 1960s Chicago turned to back alley medical care so often that hospitals had separate, designated septic abortion wards to address the a...
5 mar 2015 · 10 great feminist films. We remember some of the pioneering films made by women about women. 5 March 2015. By Bev Zalcock. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) The criteria for the films in this list are that they are fictional, made by women and feature female protagonists. Finally, all are made in the spirit ...
19 mar 2024 · March is Women's History Month, the time to dust off your copy of The Feminine Mystique—or play any one of these amazing films made for, by, or about women.
Best feminist movies. 1. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975) Film. Among the greatest films ever made, Chantal Akerman's nearly three-and-a-half-hour masterpiece (not a...
