Feminist Film
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    The Hours (2002)

    The writings of Virginia Woolf (Nicole Kidman) affect a housewife (Julianne Moore) and emulate the...

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    Coco Before Chanel (2009)

    The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.

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    Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

    A bored housewife (Rosanna Arquette) with amnesia thinks she is ``Susan,'' a wild woman (Madonna) on...

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    Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)

    A '50s-era housewife (Julianne Moore) uses her wit and winnings from commercial jingle contests to...

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    Stephanie Daley (2007)

    A pregnant psychologist (Tilda Swinton) delves into the past of a teenager (Amber Tamblyn) who is...

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    Boys on the Side (1995)

    Three women (Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore) share a road trip that stops in...

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    Bad Girls (1994)

    Gunslinging floozies (Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell) flee town to avoid a...

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    Personal Velocity (2002)

    An abused wife (Kyra Sedgwick), a cookbook editor and a pregnant woman ponder their relationships...

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    The Handmaid's Tale (1990)

    A young woman (Natasha Richardson) in a future world is forced to be a couple's (Robert Duvall, Faye...

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    Thelma & Louise (1991)

    An Arkansas waitress (Susan Sarandon) and a housewife (Geena Davis) shoot a rapist and take off in a...

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    The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)

    A young woman (Debbie Reynolds) tries to enter 1890s Denver society but goes to Europe after her...

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    Civil Brand (2003)

    Wrongly convicted for murder, a woman leads abused female inmates (N'Bushe Wright, Monica Calhoun)...

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    Desert Hearts (1986)

    While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by...

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    The Women (2008)

    A grave betrayal causes cracks in the friendship between two women (Meg Ryan, Annette Bening), while...

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    Private Benjamin (1980)

    A pampered young woman (Goldie Hawn) joins the Army for fun after her second husband dies on their...

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    A League of Their Own (1992)

    The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League begins in 1943 with a major-league has-been as a...

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    A Walk on the Moon (1999)

    A dissatisfied housewife (Diane Lane) sows wild oats with a traveling salesman (Viggo Mortensen) at...

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    Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

    In 1953 a professor (Julia Roberts) of art history challenges her female students (Kirsten Dunst,...

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    Grace of My Heart (1996)

    A steel heiress (Illeana Douglas) faces a rocky road to success as a singer-songwriter in this...

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    Erin Brockovich (2000)

    A law clerk (Julia Roberts) researching a client's health case stumbles on a cover-up of a...

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    9 to 5 (1980)

    Three fed-up secretaries (Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton) kidnap their sexist boss and force...

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    The Piano (1993)

    The mute wife (Holly Hunter) of a settler (Sam Neill) teaches her lover (Harvey Keitel) to play the...

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    I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)

    Andy Warhol (Jared Harris) protege Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) becomes frustrated and shoots the...

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    Everlasting Moments (2009)

    In 1900s Sweden a working-class woman (Maria Heiskanen) gains a new focus after winning a camera in...

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    Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

    A nursing-home resident (Jessica Tandy) regales a visitor (Kathy Bates) with tales of the close...

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    In the Cut (2003)

    An English teacher (Meg Ryan) has an affair with a detective (Mark Ruffalo), though she suspects him...

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    Elizabeth (1998)

    After succeeding her sister Mary to the throne in 1558, Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) rules Britain...

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    All About My Mother (1999)

    New friends help a woman (Cecilia Roth) struggling to get her life in order after her son's (Eloy...

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    Molly Haskell

    Molly Haskell was one of the first U.S. feminist film critics to emerge in the '70s. Since then she...

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    Alexandra Juhasz

    Alexandra Juhasz directed the movies Women of Vision: 18 Histories in Feminist Film and The...