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Kanopy
81
7.5
/45273/
73
/817/
70
/430/
3.7
/26102/
91
/156/
88
/2446/
80
/31/
cc age 10+

Whale Rider (2003)
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
6.8
/634315/
69
/26510/
69
/10525/
3.7
/4874188/
88
/506/
83
/6747/
80
/67/
cc age 11+

Barbie (2023)
Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
74
6.8
/58048/
67
/1422/
66
/787/
3.6
/54257/
90
/210/
71
/1687/
75
/39/
cc age 17+

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
poster
73
6.5
/202/
74
/14/
46
/31/
89
/47/
78
/11/
75
/12/

Must Read After My Death (2007)
A grandmother dies and leaves behind hours of secret film and audio recordings as well as an envelope with the words “Must read after my death,” which reveal a dark history for her family to discover.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.5
/16060/
63
/454/
65
/289/
3.7
/35521/
86
/136/
53
/500/
85
/36/
cc age 13+

Meek's Cutoff (2011)
A group of settlers traveling through the Oregon High Desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
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Netflix
71
63
6.6
/16151/
65
/387/
66
/159/
3.4
/18653/
88
/17/
76
/15/

Bulbbul (2020)
A child bride grows up to be an enigmatic woman presiding over her household, harboring a painful past as supernatural murders of men plague her village.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
86
61
8.1
/5280/
78
/141/
79
/27/
4.1
/14656/
100
/7/
96
/5/

Aattam (2024)
After a party amongst a theatre group, their sole actress, Anjali is subjected to a crime from one of the men in the group. A meeting is called for. In trying to reach a consensus, stories unravel, suspicions surface and clamour ensues.
poster
73
60
6.8
/7729/
70
/195/
68
/103/
3.6
/4888/
93
/14/
71
/10/

Lipstick Under My Burkha (2017)
Four ordinary women, inflicted by silly societal norms, have to steal, lie, cheat and hide in order to lead the lives that they rightfully deserve.
poster
70
59
6.5
/2875/
59
/103/
65
/41/
3.4
/15493/
95
/19/

The Hypnosis (2024)
André and Vera are a young entrepreneurial couple. They get the opportunity to pitch their female health app at a prestigious competition. Before going there, Vera tries hypnotherapy to quit smoking. From this point, her attitude changes and André starts to behave unexpectedly.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
59
6.6
/2590/
68
/125/
60
/76/
4.0
/18991/
89
/35/
56
/24/
75
/10/

Born in Flames (1983)
In near-future New York, ten years after the “social-democratic war of liberation,” diverse groups of women organize a feminist uprising as equality remains unfulfilled.
poster
71
54
6.6
/5785/
69
/135/
64
/12/
3.5
/7114/
86
/14/

Mrs. (2023)
A newly wed finds herself in an overcooked and tasteless happily ever-after laced with patriarchal traditions.
poster
Criterion Channel
73
50
7.2
/1416/
69
/22/
67
/39/
3.9
/2289/
79
/121/

The Ceremony (1971)
Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.
poster
73
46
7.3
/1092/
67
/24/
68
/33/
3.8
/1449/
83
/124/

Everybody's Woman (1934)
Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.
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Kanopy
45
5.6
/22960/
62
/1950/
63
/704/
2.6
/38726/
24
/55/
26
/105/
31
/19/
cc age 15+

Inheritance (2020)
The patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.
poster
72
38
7.4
/1831/
63
/22/
72
/26/
3.5
/281/
83
/47/

When Darkness Falls (2006)
A gripping and intense thriller about honour, loyalty, and the courage to fight for what you believe.
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Kanopy
77
37
7.0
/267/
71
/5/
70
/5/
3.7
/1988/
100
/5/

Nudo Mixteco (2021)
The imprint of the past is made present by the return of three migrants to a community in the upper Mixteca region of Oaxaca, where the three stories intersect.
poster
59
19
6.1
/836/
57
/16/
56
/34/
3.2
/271/

Man Is a Woman (1998)
Simon Eskenazy is a gay Parisian clarinet player who lives his single life to the fullest. One day, he receives a very tempting offer from his homophobic uncle, looking to continue the family legacy – if he gets married and has a child, he will receive ten million francs and inherit his uncle's luxurious mansion. After meeting Rosalie Baumann at his cousin David's wedding, and with some convincing on his mother's part, Simon sees an opportunity to fulfill his uncle's wishes and the pair go ahead and get married, but not before traveling to New York to meet Rosalie's Orthodox Jewish family. As Simon tries to develop real feelings for Rosalie, he struggles with his feelings for his newlywed cousin David.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
64
15
5.9
/620/
64
/11/
67
/18/
3.3
/339/

Word of God (2017)
It is the 1980s. Jens and his brothers live in a single-family house in Risskov, a suburb of Aarhus, Denmark. Here, the family's patriarch psychologist and self-appointed God, Uffe, rules the roost in his dressing gown and underwear. Changes threaten the peace when Uffe decides to write his memoirs.
poster
The Roku Channel
48
12
4.2
/591/
50
/23/
42
/20/
3.0
/355/

Girl From Nowhere (2017)
A Cape Town couple, Katherine and Hugh, are headed to their private mountain getaway, when they pick up a hitchhiker, Liza, who carries a gun. Liza is invited for lunch, but soon the couple can't get rid of her.
poster
50
12
5.3
/375/
46
/26/
39
/16/
3.1
/522/

Eastern (2020)
In Poland, behind the gates of an exclusive housing estate, the life of its wealthy residents is regulated by an old code of honor, due to which the Kowalskis and the Nowaks have been embroiled in a bloody family feud for years.
poster
Kanopy
?
7.8
/15/

Power and Control: Domestic Violence in America (2010)
Kim, a Duluth, MN mother of three, is at the center of this compelling exploration of gender violence. As Kim and her daughters flee to a domestic violence shelter, we follow the harrowing struggles in a single-parenting survivor's quest to find work, housing and peace of mind. This multi-level narrative also examines the causes of domestic violence and solutions that have evolved to stop it.
poster
?
70
/1/

The Heir (2025)
Cursed to deformity like every generation before her, a paralyzed woman risks everything, including her life, to break the curse and save her selfish brother's unborn child.
poster
?
7.6
/12/
75
/4/

Jasmine That Blooms in Autumn (2025)
Love blossoms secretly between two old women at an elderly care home while the specter of patriarchy looms large overhead.
poster
?
80
/1/

hægtesse (2025)
N/A
poster
?
6.2
/7/

Fading Dream (2024)
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.
poster
?
10
/1/

Demi-Goddesses (2023)
The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises important questions about gender, power, and social change, prompting us to reflect on how historical patterns of discrimination and oppression might be either repeated or overcome in a reversed gendered world. It challenges the viewer to confront their own assumptions and biases, and to consider the possibilities of a more equitable society.
poster
?
100
/1/

Menin atym Qyzbolsyn (2024)
Adil is an assistant prosecutor, the only son in a patriarchal family. Currying favor at work in front of the boss, he "excuses" the family abuser in court - the son of a high-ranking official who beats his wife. One day, he wakes up in an alternate universe where men and women occupy opposite roles. In this world, he faces inequality and a biased attitude towards men. Adil changes his views on gender equality and decides to help a victim of domestic violence. His actions lead to his dismissal from the prosecutor's office, but he continues to fight for justice. Eventually, he decides to become an independent human rights defender.
poster
70
?
6.7
/12/
3.6
/204/

To Be a Seed (2024)
Touching, growing, caring, dancing. Seedlings climbing around fingertips, birds morphing into humans. But the tender touches slowly fade as the shadows grow and the witches of the forest start to disappear. Rooted in patriarchal violence, history keeps repeating itself.
poster
68
?
6.4
/171/
72
/14/
3.5
/912/

Crust (2025)
12-year-old Fabi has to finally prove himself as one of the family - by getting his first scar.
poster
?
100
/1/

Sur : Tanah Hijau Gadis Belia (2024)
Sur: Tanah Hijau Gadis Belia (2024) Sur is a girl who just graduated from school and is the only child who lives with Dar, her grandfather. He faces a choice that forces him to choose between marrying or working with his mother in the city as a housekeeper.
poster
?
5.9
/15/

The Gods of Our Fathers (1994)
Explores the evolution of patriarchy as one effective way of organizing mass societies, from evidence in ancient Egyptian villages along the Nile.
poster
81
?
8.6
/181/
90
/3/
75
/2/
3.7
/262/

Father, Son and Holy War (1994)
Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan looks to history and psychology as he delves into the possible reasons behind the demolition of the Babri Mosque.
poster
63
?
6.2
/698/
65
/5/

Buhe Bariyan (2023)
A group of women fight patriarchy and societal values. Prem Kaur, a new police officer, uncovers dark secrets and becomes a beacon of hope for the womenfolk.
poster
?
6.5
/41/
60
/1/

The Other Side of Burka (2004)
The Other Side of Burka is a 2004 Iranian documentary directed by Mehrdad Oskouei. In the southern island of Qeshm, Iran, which is a very strict region in point of tradition and African-Arabic rules, all women are under the pressure of patriarch society. Their sufferance is manifested by different mental (Zar, Possession) and physical diseases which must be only treated by Zar Ceremony. For the first time, despite the danger these women face, this film tells us the sad story of their life and shows their confection in front of the camera. It tries to be an honest mirror which reflects their sufferance and unveils their Burka to reveal their real characters.
poster
?
6.4
/9/
10
/1/
80
/1/

Donna: Women in Revolt (1980)
The story of those Italian women who, for eighty years, have fought against power in all its forms.
poster
?
6.8
/22/
50
/1/

Stud Boob (2020)
Two sisters in a bathroom debate their different approaches to the patriarchy.
poster
?
100
/1/

Boll Mo: Sexism in Kosova (2023)
A documentary exploring sexism and patriarchy in Kosova.
poster
?
10
/1/

Born to be Gone (2022)
A young islamic woman who wants to expose the truth about the government's injustice in a patriarchal society.
poster
?
9.0
/18/
60
/1/
65
/2/

Patriarcado, Uma História Por Acabar (2022)
A documentary that brings together interviews with 20 activists who address the issue of intersectional feminism and patriarchy in Portugal.
poster
?
5.9
/9/

The Viking Sisters (2022)
In 10th century Norway, a young shaman is forced to hunt down her outlaw sister.
poster
53
?
6.6
/183/
30
/1/
64
/5/

Banu (2022)
While the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war rages on far away from Baku, Azerbaijan, Banu has four days to find someone to support her in court against her influential soon to be ex-husband, Javid. He is trying to get full custody of their son Ruslan by claiming that Banu suffers from psychiatric issues. Banu embarks on a journey to find someone to help her in a society in which everyone’s attention is preoccupied with the ongoing war.
poster
?
100
/1/

Chakrabyuha (2021)
The cinema depicts the daily sexual harassment of a woman by speech, physical and gaze and the resulting emotional strain on her personal and professional life. In a patriarchal society, women themselves along with men participate in the attitude towards women, thus depicting the fact that even though she is a woman, she is carrying the seeds of patriarchy. As the psychological introspection of a model, actress, self-reliant, independent woman in her personal life will come up in this movie, so will her own experience about the subject matter of this cinema.
poster
?
80
/1/
80

Fuego (2021)
Xóchitl is an indigenous woman who must fight for her freedom before the birth of her baby, since she finds herself trapped in an abusive relationship. She will have to face a town full of prejudices and accomplices of her abuser. However, Xóchitl has the inner strength of her lineage, which will manifest itself in her favor.
poster
?
6.1
/44/
10
/1/
30
/2/

William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew (1983)
Lucentio loves Bianca but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister Katherina marries. The eccentric Petruccio marries the reluctant Katherina and uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife.
poster
?
5.5
/86/
30
/3/
39
/5/

Slave Trade in the World Today (1964)
The film documents modern slave trade through a number of African countries, under dictatorship rule. The filming was conducted both in public places, and sometimes with the use of hidden cameras, for high impact scenes of nudity, sex, and violence - and a few surprises, as slaves made out of peregrins to Asia, and slave traders paid in traveller checks.
poster
?
10
/2/
70
/2/

truth: 1 Night, 1 Room, 3 Baddest Bitches (2022)
A Japan-set battle-royale comedy over a vial of sperm is centered around three women on the verge of a nervous breakdown from hearing their biological clock ticking away: a doctor and manager of a sperm bank, Sana Kobayashi, a single mother, Maron Kuribayashi, and an alluring receptionist, Mayumi Kujō. Unknowingly, the three shared a beloved partner and a sperm donor, Makoto, but lost him in a sudden accident. The night of Makoto's funeral they are shocked to discover each other in his room. In a rage of screaming, thrashing, and boasting about their own sexual prowess with Makoto, more fierce emotions erupt once Sana's plan to self-inseminate is exposed, but this leads to unexpected consequences. They affirm their real love for Makoto and reveal his true wishes.
poster
?
7.5
/45/

The Knot (2021)
Shirish and Geeta run a rickshaw driver over and have dramatically opposing reactions to the tragedy. Shirish moves on, hiding behind the invisible protections afforded to him by class structure, and the visible walls and locked gates of his home. In parallel, Geeta’s guilt drives her to surreptitiously employ Manoj, the victim’s younger brother, intertwining two lives otherwise separated by class and power. The small collision quickly turns into a dramatic suspense, spurred by greed, betrayal, guilt, as the nocuous effects of grave inequality threaten to unwind the very fabric of each of their lives.
poster
64
?
7.1
/27/
55
/4/
3.6
/361/

The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness (2012)
The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and Alicia – grandmother, mother and daughter – who have at different times suffered, tolerated and allowed abuse, dragging on the disease. Alicia decides to break the cycle, eradicating it for future generations.


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