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The term feminism can be used to describe a political, cultural or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. Feminism involves political and sociological theories and philosophies concerned with issues of gender difference, as well as a movement that...
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All About My Mother
All About My Mother (Spanish: Todo sobre mi madre) is a 1999 Spanish drama film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The screenplay deals with complex issues such as AIDS, transvestitism, faith, and existentialism.
The plot originates in...
Initial release date:
- 1999
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Runtime:
- 101 min (60.6 hs )
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The Life and Time of Rosie the Riveter
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter is a 1981 documentary film by Connie Field about the American women who went to work during World War II to do "men's jobs." In 1996, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film...
Initial release date:
- Sep 27, 1980
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Runtime:
- 65 min (39 hs )
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern (simplified Chinese: 大红灯笼高高挂; traditional Chinese: 大紅燈籠高高掛; pinyin: Dà Hóng Dēnglóng Gāogāo Guà) is an award-winning 1991 Chinese-Hong Kong-Taiwanese co-produced film, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Gong Li. It is an...
Initial release date:
- 1991
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Runtime:
- 125 min (75 hs )
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An Unmarried Woman
An Unmarried Woman is a 1978 American drama film that tells the story of the wealthy New York wife Erica (Jill Clayburgh) whose “perfect” life is shattered when her stockbroker husband Martin (Michael Murphy) leaves her for a younger woman. The film...
Initial release date:
- Mar 5, 1978
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Runtime:
- 130 min (78 hs )
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The Piano
The Piano is a 1993 film about a mute female pianist and her daughter, set during the mid-19th century in a rainy, muddy frontier New Zealand backwater. The film was written and directed by Jane Campion, and stars Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam...
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- 1993
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Runtime:
- 121 min (72.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 7,000,000 (US$)
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Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a 1998 film loosely based on the early reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. The film was written by Michael Hirst and directed by Shekhar Kapur. It stars Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Christopher Eccleston, and...
Initial release date:
- Nov 6, 1998
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Runtime:
- 124 min (74.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 25,000,000 (US$)
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Whale Rider
Whale Rider is a 2002 drama film directed by Niki Caro, based on the novel of the same name by Witi Ihimaera. The world première was on September 9, 2002, at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The movie's plot follows the story of Paikea...
Initial release date:
- Jan 30, 2003
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 101 min (60.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 6,000,000 (New Zealand dollar)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 American drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay by Robert Getchell focuses on the adventures of a thirtysomething widow and her pre-teen son as they journey across the American Southwest to...
Initial release date:
- Dec 9, 1974
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Runtime:
- 112 min (67.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 85,000 (US$)
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Born in Flames
Born in Flames is a 1983 documentary-style feminist science fiction film by Lizzie Borden that explores racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism in an alternative United States Socialist Democracy.
The plot concerns two feminist groups in New York...
Initial release date:
- 1983
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Runtime:
- 80 min (48 hs )
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I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol is a 1996 independent film about the life of Valerie Solanas and her relationship with Andy Warhol. The movie marked the debut of Canadian director Mary Harron.
The film stars Lili Taylor as Valerie, Jared Harris as Andy Warhol...
Initial release date:
- May 1, 1996
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Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
Frida
Frida is a 2002 biographical film which depicts the passionately professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. It stars Salma Hayek in her Academy Award nominated portrayal as Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband,...
Initial release date:
- Aug 29, 2002
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Runtime:
- 123 min (73.8 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 12,000,000 (US$)
An Angel at My Table
An Angel at My Table is a 1990 New Zealand/Australia/UK film directed by Jane Campion.
An Angel at My Table is a dramatisation of the autobiographies of New Zealand author Janet Frame. Originally produced as a television miniseries, the film, as...
Initial release date:
- 1990
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Runtime:
- 158 min (94.8 hs )
Nine to Five
Nine to Five, also known as 9 to 5, is a 1980 American comedy movie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, and Dabney Coleman.
The film concerns three working women living out their fantasy of getting even with, and their successful...
Initial release date:
- Dec 19, 1980
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Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
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Set It Off
Set It Off is a 1996 action/crime/drama film directed by F. Gary Gray, and stars Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox and Kimberly Elise (in her theatrical debut), as four close friends in Los Angeles, California who decide to plan and execute...
Initial release date:
- Nov 10, 1996
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Runtime:
- 123 min (73.8 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 9,000,000 (US$)
Bad Girls
Bad Girls is a 1994 western film starring Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell and Drew Barrymore. It was directed by Jonathan Kaplan from a screenplay by Ken Friedman and Yolande Turner.
The plot follows four former prostitutes...
Initial release date:
- Apr 22, 1994
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Runtime:
- 99 min (59 hs )
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In the Cut
In the Cut (2003) is an erotic thriller film, written and directed by Jane Campion and starring Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
Campion's screenplay is an adaption of the novel of the same name.
Frannie (Meg Ryan) is a lonely New...
Initial release date:
- 2003
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Runtime:
- 119 min (71.4 hs )
Produced by:
G.I. Jane
G.I. Jane is a 1997 action film that tells the fictional story of the first woman to undergo training in U.S. Navy Special Warfare Group. The SEAL/CRT (Combined Reconnaissance Team) course depicted in the film is offered at Coronado Naval Amphibious...
Initial release date:
- Aug 22, 1997
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Runtime:
- 124 min (74.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 50,000,000 (US$)
I Spit On Your Grave
Day of the Woman, better known by its re-release title, I Spit On Your Grave, is a controversial rape and revenge movie. Prominent movie critics lashed out at this movie for its graphic violence and lengthy depictions of gang rape, and the picture...
Initial release date:
- Nov 3, 1978
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Runtime:
- 100 min (60 hs )
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Little Women
Little Women is a 1994 American drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong. The screenplay by Robin Swicord is based on the Louisa May Alcott novel of the same name. It is the fifth feature film adaptation of the Alcott classic, following silent...
Initial release date:
- Dec 21, 1994
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Runtime:
- 115 min (69 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 15,000,000 (US$)
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman is a 1974 documentary about symphony conductor Antonia Brico, including her struggle against gender bias in her profession. The film was directed by Judy Collins and Jill Godmilow. It was nominated for an Academy...
Initial release date:
- 1974
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Runtime:
- 58 min (35 hs )
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady is a 1996 film adaptation of Henry James's novel The Portrait of a Lady directed by Jane Campion.
The film stars Nicole Kidman, Barbara Hershey, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Duvall, Richard E....
Initial release date:
- Dec 25, 1996
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Runtime:
- 142 min (85.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 35,000,000 (US$)
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Vagabond
Vagabond (French: Sans toit ni loi, "without roof or law") is a 1985 drama film directed by Agnès Varda, featuring Sandrine Bonnaire. It describes the story of a young woman, a vagabond, who wanders through French wine country one winter.
The film...
Initial release date:
- 1985
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Runtime:
- 105 min (63 hs )
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Orlando
Orlando is a 1992 film, based on Virginia Woolf's novel Orlando: A Biography, starring Tilda Swinton as Orlando, Billy Zane as Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine, and Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth. It was directed by Sally Potter. Actor Toby Stephens...
Initial release date:
- 1992
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Runtime:
- 93 min (56 hs )
Iron Jawed Angels
Iron Jawed Angels is a 2004 film about the American women's suffrage movement during the 1910s. It was filmed in Virginia, produced by HBO Films, and released in 2004. It received a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival,
The film, directed...
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Erin Brockovich
Erin Brockovich is a 2000 drama film which dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovich's first fight against the American West Coast energy giant Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E;). The film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and starred Julia...
Initial release date:
- Mar 17, 2000
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 130 min (78 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 51,000,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
The Burning Times
The Burning Times is a 1990 Canadian documentary about the Early Modern European witchcraft trials.. It was directed by Donna Read and written by Erna Buffie, and features interviews with feminist and Neopagan notables, such as Starhawk, Margot...
Initial release date:
- 1990
The Circle
The Circle (Persian: Dayereh) is a 2000 drama film by Iranian independent filmmaker Jafar Panahi that criticizes the treatment of women in Iran. The film has won several awards, including the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 2000, but it...
Initial release date:
- 2000
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Runtime:
- 90 min (54 hs )
Produced by:
Daughters of the Dust
Daughters of the Dust is a 1991 independent film written and directed by Julie Dash. It tells the story of three generations of Gullah women at the turn of the 20th century and focuses on the family's migration from the Sea Islands to the American...
Initial release date:
- 1991
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North Country
North Country is a 2005 American drama film directed by Niki Caro. The screenplay by Michael Seitzman was inspired by the 2002 book Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham and...
Initial release date:
- Oct 21, 2005
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Runtime:
- 126 min (75.6 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 35,000,000 (US$)
The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives is a 1975 science fiction/horror film based on the 1972 Ira Levin novel of the same name. It was directed by Bryan Forbes with a screenplay by William Goldman. Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman and...
Initial release date:
- Feb 12, 1975
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Runtime:
- 115 min (69 hs )
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She's the Man
She's the Man is a 2006 American romantic comedy film, starring Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum. It's directed by Andy Fickman, based on William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, though it also shares substantial similarities to Just One of the Guys...
Initial release date:
- Mar 17, 2006
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Runtime:
- 105 min (63 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 20,000,000 (US$)
Ruby in Paradise
Ruby in Paradise is a 1993 film written, directed, and edited by Victor Nuñez, and starring Ashley Judd, Todd Field, Bentley Mitchum, Allison Dean, and Dorothy Lyman.
Judd plays Ruby, the title character and narrator of the film. As the film begins,...
Initial release date:
- 1993
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 115 min (69 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 800,000 (US$)
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Gas Food Lodging
Gas Food Lodging is a 1992 movie directed by Allison Anders about a waitress trying to find romance while raising two daughters in a trailer-park. It stars Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, and Fairuza Balk. The film was adapted from the novel Don't Look and...
Initial release date:
- Jul 10, 1992
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Runtime:
- 101 min (60.6 hs )
Bandidas
Bandidas is a 2006 Western comedy film starring Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek, edited, produced and directed by Norwegian directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. It tells the tale of two very different women in turn-of-the-century Mexico who...
Initial release date:
- Feb 3, 2006
Runtime:
- 93 min (56 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 35,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
The Color Purple
The Color Purple is a 1985 American period drama film directed by Steven Spielberg. It is the eighth film directed by Spielberg and is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Alice Walker. The film tells the story of a young...
Initial release date:
- 1985
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Runtime:
- 154 min (92.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 15,000,000 (US$)
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The Hours
The Hours is a 2002 American and British drama film directed by Stephen Daldry, and starring Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Ed Harris. The screenplay by David Hare is based on the 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same title...
Initial release date:
- Dec 27, 2002
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 114 min (68.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 25,000,000 (US$)
The Naked Feminist
The Naked Feminist is a 2004 documentary film about sex-positive feminist women working in the American pornography industry. It is the debut work of Australian film maker Louisa Achille and features interviews with Marilyn Chambers, Christie Lake,...
Initial release date:
- 2004
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale is a 1990 film adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff the film stars Natasha Richardson (Kate/Offred), Faye Dunaway (Serena Joy), Robert Duvall (The Commander, Fred), Aidan Quinn ...
Initial release date:
- Feb 15, 1990
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Runtime:
- 109 min (65.4 hs )
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Chaos
Chaos is a French-language film released in 2001, written and directed by Coline Serreau.
Currently, a remake of this movie in English, to star Aishwarya Rai and Meryl Streep, is planned.
Contrary to her husband, Hélène devotes herself to help an...
Initial release date:
- 2001
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 109 min (65.4 hs )
Produced by:
Season of the Witch
Season of the Witch, also known as Hungry Wives, and Jack's Wife, is George A. Romero's third film. It was filmed in 1971, and released in 1973. It is about a housewife who becomes involved in witchcraft. The film was shot in Pittsburgh and the...
Initial release date:
- Apr 18, 1973
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 130 min (78 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 90,000 (US$)
Screenplay by:
Images
Images is a 1972 English language psychological thriller directed by Robert Altman.
As the film begins, wealthy housewife and children's author Cathryn (Susannah York) receives a series of disturbing and eerie phone calls in her home in London one...
Initial release date:
- Dec 18, 1972
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Runtime:
- 101 min (60.6 hs )
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Itty Bitty Titty Committee
Itty Bitty Titty Committee is a lesbian-related comedy film released on 28 September 2007.
The film had its premiere at the international film festival Berlinale on 9 February 2007 where it was nominated for a Teddy Award for Best Feature. It had...
Initial release date:
- 2007
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Runtime:
- 87 min (52 hs )
If These Walls Could Talk
If These Walls Could Talk is a 1996 made for television movie, broadcast on HBO. It follows the plights of three different women and their experiences with abortion. Each of the three stories takes place in the same house in three different years:...
Initial release date:
- Oct 13, 1996
Runtime:
- 95 min (57 hs )
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Anatomy of Hell
Anatomy of Hell (French: Anatomie de l'enfer) is a 2004 film by Catherine Breillat. The film was adapted by writer/director Breillat from her novel Pornocratie. The explicitly sexual film stars Amira Casar as "the woman" and porn star Rocco Siffredi...
Initial release date:
- 2004
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Conceiving Ada
Conceiving Ada is a 1997 movie produced, written, and directed by Lynn Hershman Leeson. Produced by Lynn Hershman Leeson and Henry S. Rosenthal. Directors of Photography: Hiro Narita, Bill Zarchy
The film is about Emmy Coer, a computer genius, who...
Initial release date:
- Sep 10, 1997
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Runtime:
- 85 min (51 hs )
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The Group
The Group is a 1966 ensemble film directed by Sidney Lumet based on the novel of the same name by Mary McCarthy about a group of female graduates from a Vassar-like college during the early 1930s.
The cast of this social satire includes Candice...
Initial release date:
- 1966
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Runtime:
- 150 min (90 hs )
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Guinevere
Guinevere is a 1994 Lifetime Television movie based on the Arthurian legend. The story is told from Queen Guinevere's point of view, presenting her as the driving force behind the success of Camelot. It was adapted from author Persia Woolley's...
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club is a 1993 American film about the relationships between Chinese-American women and their Chinese mothers. It is based on the 1989 novel of the same name by Amy Tan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ronald Bass. The film was...
Initial release date:
- Sep 8, 1993
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Runtime:
- 139 min (83.4 hs )
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Sweetie
Sweetie is an 1989 Australian drama film co-written and directed by Jane Campion. It was Jane Campion's first feature film. Genevieve Lemon plays Dawn, nicknamed Sweetie. Karen Colston plays her sister, Kay. It was entered into the 1989 Cannes Film...
Initial release date:
- 1989
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Runtime:
- 97 min (58 hs )
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Rise Above: A Tribe 8 Documentary
Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary is a feature film directed and produced by Tracy Flannigan that documents the all women queercore punk band Tribe 8.
The film chronicles live performances, candid moments of their lives at work and on the road,...
Initial release date:
- 2003
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Runtime:
- 80 min (48 hs )
Systerskapets år
Systerskapets år (The Year of Sisterhood) is a nine-hour-long film by Åsa Elzén and Sonia Hedstrand documenting events in the feminist movement in Sweden for a period of one year: August, 2003, through the end of July, 2004.
Working Girls
Working Girls is a 1986 independent film, written, produced and directed by Lizzie Borden, depicting a day in the life of upper class prostitutes in a small Manhattan bordello. It is considered a subtly feminist portrayal, focusing on strong women...
Initial release date:
- 1986
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Something to Talk About
Something to Talk About is a 1995 film directed by Lasse Hallström, from a screenplay written by Callie Khouri. It stars Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid as an estranged couple, Kyra Sedgwick as Roberts's sister and Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands as...
Initial release date:
- Aug 4, 1995
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- 106 min (63.6 hs )
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Souriante Madame Beudet, La
La Souriante Madame Beudet (The Smiling Madame Beudet) is a short French silent film made in 1922, directed by famed surrealist director Germaine Dulac. It is considered by many to be one of the first truly "feminist" films. It tells the story of an...
Initial release date:
- 1922
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Runtime:
- 54 min (32 hs )
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Green Tomatoes is a 1991 drama film based on the novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. It was released in the UK under the novel's full title.
The film was directed by Jon Avnet and written by Fannie Flagg and...
Initial release date:
- Dec 27, 1991
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Runtime:
- 136 min (81.6 hs )
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1993 comedy-drama-romance film based on the 1976 Tom Robbins novel of the same name. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant and starred Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Angie Dickinson, Keanu Reeves, John...
Initial release date:
- May 20, 1994
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Runtime:
- 95 min (57 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 8,000,000 (US$)
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Thelma & Louise
Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American road movie which breaks with tradition by featuring two female leads. Directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri, the film's plot revolves around Thelma and Louise's escape from their troubled home lives...
Initial release date:
- 1991
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Runtime:
- 129 min (77.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 16,500,000 (US$)
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Gang of Roses
Gang of Roses is a 2003 Western action drama film written and directed by Jean-Claude La Marre. It starred Monica Calhoun, Lil' Kim, Lisa Raye, Charity Hill, Bobby Brown, Stacy Dash, and Marie Matiko.
The film starts off with Left Eye Watkins (Brown...
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Runtime:
- 94 min (56 hs )
Goddess Remembered
Goddess Remembered is a 1989 Canadian documentary on the Goddess movement and feminist theories surrounding Goddess worship in Old European culture according to Marija Gimbutas, and Merlin Stone's When God Was a Woman.
This poetic documentary is a...
Initial release date:
- 1989
Full Circle
Full Circle is a 1993 Canadian documentary, third and last of the National Film Board of Canada's Women and Spirituality series, focusing on women's spirituality in the Western World at the end of the 20th century, the Goddess movement and feminist...
Initial release date:
- 1993
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Runtime:
- 56 min (34 hs )
