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50 GREAT MOVIES WITH A FEMALE LEAD CHARACTER. by slavov-daniel • Created 10 years ago • Modified 7 years ago. List activity. 39K views. 358 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 50 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Gone with the Wind. 1939 3h 58m G. 8.2 (336K) Rate. 97 Metascore.
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- 'Alien' (1979) Sigourney Weaver’s Ellen Ripley is one of science fiction's most memorable female characters. She’s not a damsel in distress—she’s a ferocious final girl, and the only survivor to defeat the monster that mutilated and destroyed every other member of the Nostromo crew.
- Set It Off (1996) Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Kimberly Elise play a group of friends who find themselves at the mercy of intersectional violence, turning to robbing banks as their only way of dealing.
- Hidden Figures (2016) While the male brains at NASA fretted over how to put a man in space before their Russian adversaries, there were three brilliant African-American women doing the math that would actually get him there.
- The First Wives Club (1996) If the sight of Diane Keaton, Bette Midler, and Goldie Hawn reclaiming their independence from their manipulative ex-husbands while singing in unison to Lesley Gore’s “You Don’t Own Me” isn't a pop-filmic ode to feminism, then we don't know what is.
Over the last few years, movies made by women and about women have become more prevalent on the big screen and on award stages – from the recent Oscar triumphs of Jane Campion, Chloé...
- 'She Said' She Said follows the true story behind New York Times journalists Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) as they expose Harvey Weinstein and his history of sexual abuse against women.
- 'Hustlers' Based on a true story, four dancers band together to con money out of sleazy finance bros. Sure, what they do is totally illegal, but in a way they are taking the power back from the men that completely objectify them.
- 'Battle of the Sexes' This sports biopic literally pits women against man in the so-called tennis match "Battle of the Sexes." The film follows the story of top women's player Billie Gene King who comes out on top of societal stereotypes to beat former No. 1 ranked men’s player Bobby Riggs.
- 'Boston Strangler' Yet another film based on real-life badass female journalists, this new crime drama dives into the story of the 1960s serial killer dubbed the Boston Strangler.
Female: Directed by Michael Curtiz, William Dieterle, William A. Wellman. With Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Lois Wilson, Johnny Mack Brown. Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
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The Handmaiden. 2016 2h 25m Not Rated. 8.1 (176K) Rate. 85 Metascore. In 1930s Korea, a girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a countryside estate. But the maid has a secret: She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler to help seduce the Lady and steal her fortune.
Celebrate Women's History Month with this guide to the 270 best-reviewed movies by women filmmakers since 2000. From documentaries to dramas, comedies to thrillers, these films showcase the diverse and talented voices of women directors.
