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1. Precious (II) (2009)
R | 110 min | Drama
In New York City's Harlem circa 1987, an overweight, abused, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that she can re-route her life in a better direction.
Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey
Votes: 116,240 | Gross: $47.57M
2. The Invisible Maniac (1990)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
An invisible scientist escapes from an asylum and teaches high-school physics to nubile teens.
Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Noel Peters, Savannah, Stephanie Blake, Melissa Moore
Votes: 3,603
3. Roots (1977)
TV-14 | 74 min | Biography, Drama, History
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
Stars: LeVar Burton, Robert Reed, John Amos, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 18,878
4. Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (2023)
89 min | Documentary
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
Director: Anna Hints | Stars: Kadi Kivilo, Maria Meresaar, Elsa Saks, Marianne Liiv
Votes: 1,970
5. For Colored Girls (2010)
R | 133 min | Drama
Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.
Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Janet Jackson, Anika Noni Rose, Whoopi Goldberg, Kimberly Elise
Votes: 8,197 | Gross: $37.72M
6. What Is a Woman? (2022)
95 min | Documentary
Political commentator Matt Walsh explores the changing concepts of sex and gender in the digital age, particularly the transgender rights movement, anti-transgender bigotry, and what it means to be a woman.
Director: Justin Folk | Stars: Matt Walsh, Gert Comfrey, Marci Bowers, Don Sucher
Votes: 42,067
7. The Stoning of Soraya M. (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama
A story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, in 1986.
Director: Cyrus Nowrasteh | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jim Caviezel, Mozhan Navabi, Navid Negahban
Votes: 21,740 | Gross: $0.66M
8. Milka: Elokuva tabuista (1980)
110 min | Drama
In a small Finnish Lapland community, Milka, an innocent 14-year-old girl lives with her mother, misses her dead father and prays God to show her what love is. For haymaking, they employ a ... See full summary »
Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Irma Huntus, Leena Suomu, Matti Turunen, Eikka Lehtonen
Votes: 385
9. Three Families (2021– )
118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dramatisation of three real-life stories of how three families were each affected by Northern Ireland's restrictive abortion law before it was lifted in 2019.
Stars: Sinéad Keenan, Lola Petticrew, Amy James-Kelly, Colin Morgan
Votes: 726
10. Ulysses (1967)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
James Joyce's masterpiece incarnated: The story of two seperated Dublin wanderers, Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, struggling to control their personal lives.
Director: Joseph Strick | Stars: Milo O'Shea, Barbara Jefford, Maurice Roëves, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 979
11. Force of Habit (2019)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A film by seven directors shows us moments in women's lives that usually remain hidden. Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day.
Directors: Reetta Aalto, Alli Haapasalo, Anna Paavilainen, Kirsikka Saari, Miia Tervo, Elli Toivoniemi, Jenni Toivoniemi | Stars: Veikko Aalste, Teemu Aromaa, Suvi Blick, Tommi Eronen
Votes: 505
12. Solas (1999)
R | 101 min | Drama
While waiting for her husband to recover in a hospital, a mother stays with her estranged daughter, Maria, who fled her parents rural home in Andalusia because she could no longer bear her father's abusiveness and her mother's passivity.
Director: Benito Zambrano | Stars: María Galiana, Ana Fernández, Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, Antonio Dechent
Votes: 3,882 | Gross: $0.37M
13. Naisenkaari (1997)
52 min | Documentary
A fluid documentary in which director Luostarinen interviews fifty women on birth, body image, and the harshness of contemporary attitudes toward physicality, aging, and inevitable death. ... See full summary »
Director: Kiti Luostarinen | Stars: Eeva-Maija Haukinen, Diana Webster, Kiti Luostarinen, Maire Dammert
Votes: 91
14. Kaur (2022)
Short, Drama
A British South Asian, Sikh girl decides to wear a turban for the first time against her fathers wishes. Bafta Qualified 2024, Distributed Netflix 2024, ITVX/Britbox 2023.
Director: Kaki Wong | Stars: Parvinder Shergill, Stephen Uppal, Nina Wadia
Votes: 6
15. Adult Human Female (2022)
92 min | Documentary
A groundbreaking documentary investigating the backlash against women who feel threatened by penis-having individuals.
Directors: Deirdre O'Neill, Mike Wayne | Stars: Aja the Empress, Shereen Benjamin, Julie Bindel, Mandy Clare
Votes: 329
16. À mort le bikini! (2023)
16 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Lili, 10-year-old, rebels when her parents force her to wear a bikini top, even though she has always swam topless.
Director: Justine Gauthier | Stars: Étienne Cardin, Mia Garnier, Johnnovan Jobin, Aksel Leblanc
Votes: 27
17. Two Bodies on a Beach (2019)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A woman wakes up on a beach wrapped in plastic, half-naked and in high heels. 'Not again,' she sighs and decides to find out who is behind this. She persuades an older woman who has been ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Paavilainen | Stars: Laura Birn, Rea Mauranen, Tommi Korpela, James Nikander
Votes: 213
18. I Am a Girl (2013)
88 min | Documentary, Biography
Six girls coming of age, ready to become something extraordinary.
Director: Rebecca Barry | Stars: Habiba, Breani Saintonge
Votes: 137
19. The Mad Hatter (1940)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
In the prologue, the audience is introduced to Maisie, a typical office girl. Her job begins at 8:30 AM, but she has set her alarm clock for 8:25 AM. So she has a hectic time of dressing up... See full summary »
Director: Sid Marcus | Stars: Mel Blanc, John Wald
Votes: 198
20. Producing Adults (2004)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Longtime couple Venla and Antero come to a serious impasse: After years with Antero, Venla wants to start a family, but her boyfriend, worried that parenthood will stifle his speed-skating ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä | Stars: Minna Haapkylä, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Minttu Mustakallio, Tommi Eronen
Votes: 1,321
21. Easy Lessons (2018)
78 min | Documentary
Kafia is 17 years old. Two years ago, she fled to Europe, Hungary on her own, escaping from a child marriage in Somalia. She has been living in a state children's home in Budapest ever ... See full summary »
Director: Dorottya Zurbó | Stars: Kafiya, Rea Milla
Votes: 243
22. Gender Wars (2023 TV Special)
Documentary
Stars: Linda Bellos, Julie Bindel, Finn Mackay, Kathleen Stock
Votes: 19
23. Tomorrow's Child (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The wife of a research geneticist agrees to the experimental procedure of a 'test-tube baby' by having her fetus brought to full term in a glass jar in a laboratory.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, William Atherton, Bruce Davison, Ed Flanders
Votes: 101
24. Toutes les filles pleurent (2010)
100 min | Drama
Director: Judith Godrèche | Stars: Judith Godrèche, Eric Elmosnino, Maurice Barthélémy, Christèle Tual
Votes: 44
25. Moon Inside You (2009 TV Movie)
75 min | Documentary
Diana is not the only one for whom the monthly period is no fun at all. Headaches, nausea, depression -- why is it so widely accepted that women all over the world should feel so lousy on a... See full summary »
Director: Diana Fabianova
Votes: 82
26. Sugarhoneybaby (2019– )
20 min | Comedy
Stars: Essi Hellén, Niina Koponen, Emma Kunnas, Pirjo Lonka
Votes: 69
27. Beautiful Daughters (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary
In February, 2004, with the help of Eve Ensler and Jane Fonda, a group of transgender women put on the first all-transgender production of "The Vagina Monologues", including a new monologue... See full synopsis »
Director: Josh Aronson | Stars: Calpernia Addams, Christine D. Beatty, Lynn Conway, Verba Deo
Votes: 100
28. Les jours (2023)
81 min | Documentary
From her belly injections in anticipation of a possible pregnancy she's not even sure she wants, to invasive and frightening chemotherapy treatments, to hair loss or medical appointments ... See full summary »
Director: Geneviève Dulude-De Celles | Stars: Anne-Julie, Marie-Philip
Votes: 6
29. Speak Up (2017)
122 min | Documentary
[Ouvrir La Voix] SPEAK UP/MAKE YOUR WAY focuses on our common identities : "woman" and "black", whilst highlighting the diversity of Afropean diasporas. This documentary explores the ... See full summary »
Director: Amandine Gay | Stars: Aiss Berg, Rebecca Chaillon, Marie Julie Chalu, Many Chroniques
Votes: 104
30. Water Children (2011)
75 min | Documentary, Family
A raw ode to the miracle of fertility and its transience. The filmmaker followed the trail of the unconventional Dutch Japanese pianist Tomoko Mukaiyama who invited women (and men) to ... See full summary »
Director: Aliona van der Horst | Star: Tomoko Mukaiyama
Votes: 18
31. One Nation Under (2005)
10 min | Short, War
An interrogatory vision of American identity after 9/11. Visually poetic and thoughtfully provocative.
Director: Sandi Higgins | Stars: Marc Blanga, Rachel Diana, Sandi Higgins, Peter Jae
Votes: 29
32. Onun Filmi (2017)
80 min | Documentary
Two film school graduates intimidated by the gender stereotypes that pervade film industry decide to make a documentary to explore the issue. The two women spend two years shooting, make 5000 kilometers, talk to established women directors and record every moment of this journey of discovery and self-discovery. But the real journey is just about to begin.
Directors: Merve Bozcu, Su Baloglu | Stars: Nisan Akman, Ilksen Basarir, Zeynep Dadak, Nisan Dag
Votes: 64
33. El destino (2006)
90 min | Drama
DESTINY (2006) Based on the novel "The man who came to a town" by Hector Tizon (Argentina, 1929) who in 1976 was exiled to Spain, where he worked in publishing houses, newspapers and ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Pereira | Stars: Tristán Ulloa, Mimí Ardú, Tomás Lipan, Carolina Román
Votes: 37
34. Endo Unbroken
10 min | Documentary, Short | Completed
Through the lens of a young woman battling endometriosis, this meditative documentary explores the lessons of resilience and surrender that can accompany living with the insidious chronic disease affecting 190-million women worldwide.
Director: Mana Bennett | Star: Sita Rose Bennett
35. My Talk with Florence (2015)
129 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A minimalist interview-film, dealing with one of the most disturbing life-stories from the twentieth Century. An oral history about abuse, resistance and survival.
Director: Paul Poet | Stars: Florence Burnier-Bauer, Paul Poet
Votes: 69
36. Naissotilaat (2018– )
30 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
They say that the army turns a boy into a man, but what does it do to girls? Female soldiers -series follows young women in army greens for about a year. Many men do their military service ... See full summary »
Stars: Ninni Rokosa, Anne Isokorpi, Rosa Bask, Melissa Häkkinen
Votes: 80
37. Wonderful Summer (2010)
92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kitka was just a little girl when she lost her mother. Now, in her late teens, she makes her first life choices. Her grandfather, her father and even her late mother are determined to help ... See full summary »
Director: Ryszard Brylski | Stars: Loretta Cichowicz, Katarzyna Figura, Aldona Jankowska, Marek Kasprzyk
Votes: 149
38. Wood on Water (2021)
45 min | Documentary
12 young women spend 40 days canoe tripping in the Canadian wilderness. A challenging counter-cultural summer spent exploring their physical surroundings and inner selves free from mainstream society's expectations.
Director: Hannah Maia
39. Roya-ye Nime-Jan (2024)
20 min | Short, Drama, Family
Sima, a talented woman who was punished by her father for drawing an erotic painting in the art class as a teenager, gives up painting forever. Now at 35, she imagines herself as a successful painter at her boring workplace.
Director: Armin Etemadi | Stars: Elaheh Bakhshi, Elina Sattari, Mohammad Rabbani
40. The Common Law (1916)
Passed | 70 min | Drama, Romance
Based on Robert W. Chambers' novel about New York CIty life among the upper crust: Artist/model and philosopher Valerie West undergoes much sorrow and joy,many trials and tribulations ,and ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Capellani | Stars: Clara Kimball Young, Conway Tearle, Paul Capellani, Edna Hunter
41. Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917)
Passed | 70 min | Crime, Drama
A story of the difference in fate of two young girls caused by the difference in their home lives and training. This shows vividly the criminal folly of allowing a girl to reach womanhood ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Abramson | Stars: Frank Sheridan, Katharine Kaelred, Zena Keefe, Arthur Donaldson
43. The Blood of a Woman (2017)
6 min | Short, Drama
A short about the coming of age of Isabella, 12 year old, who gets her first period and her reconciliation between her desire to remain a little girl and her unwanted, new found womanhood.
Director: Hortense Lingjaerde | Stars: Abigail Clark, Sharon Don, Kent Hatch, Chris Howard
44. Becoming a Woman (2021 Video)
4 min | Short
Maya, a curious girl comes back home after long hours of play. She stumbles upon a conversation that leaves her bewildered about what it means to be a woman. How do you become a woman? Are ... See full summary »
Director: Natasha Dedhia | Stars: Jianaa Dedhia, Rajul Dedhia, Ira Ghosh, Anjali Sebastian
45. Expecting (IV)
9 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
1962: Trying to have a family, the wife of a young couple struggles to maintain her sanity as she secretly takes the contraceptive pill.
Director: Hannah Patrick | Stars: Chelsea Brown, Vin Moreau-Alarie
46. Finnish Frustrations (1969)
7 min | Short, Drama
Dances are ending. This is the last chance for women and men to find someone.
Director: Elia Kaarresalo-Kasari | Stars: Kirsti Kemppainen, Kristiina Andersson, Helena Koivunen, Raimo Paananen
Votes: 33
47. Ajankuvia: Missit, muoti ja surrealismi (2000 TV Movie)
27 min | Documentary
Director: Petteri Evilampi
48. Death and Tampon Taxes (2015)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A single, widowed father finds that helping his 12-year-old daughter deal with her first period may be the most difficult thing he'll ever have to do.
Director: Lorenzo Monti | Stars: Daniel Asher Smith, Chiara D'Ambrosio, Jodie Cannell, Daniel Swinton
49. Woman (1974–2000)
29 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Dorothy Pittman Hughes, Julia Van Metre, Barbara Love
50. Plucking Tangerines (2022)
8 min | Short, Drama
In a South London flat bereaved playwright Ava holds on to the memory of her late best friend Fran, evoking her aura and hindering her final departure. However, when Fran defies all of her ... See full summary »
Director: Rossella Di Pietro | Stars: Ann-Maria McCarthy, Jessica O'Toole