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7.5
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73
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72
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3.8
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99
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88
/297/
81
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cc age 9+

Wadjda (2013)
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Quran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
poster
79
7.4
/7174/
74
/84/
69
/90/
3.8
/7305/
94
/64/
79
/99/
85
/28/

The Circle (2000)
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
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Kanopy
77
6.9
/10512/
69
/387/
64
/394/
3.7
/39533/
96
/82/
73
/71/
85
/22/
cc age 16+

Girlhood (2014)
Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.
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Amazon Prime Video
76
74
6.8
/3768/
70
/673/
70
/166/
3.6
/27731/
100
/10/

The Red Virgin (2024)
Hildegart is conceived and educated by her mother Aurora to be the woman of the future, to become one of the most brilliant minds of Spain in the 1930s and one of the European references on female sexuality.
poster
71
6.8
/4048/
66
/113/
61
/105/
3.4
/2849/
93
/41/
79
/21/
74
/13/
cc age 13+

Sand Storm (2016)
A Bedouin village in Northern Israel. When Jalila's husband marries a second woman, Jalila and her daughter's world is shattered, and the women are torn between their commitment to the patriarchal rules and being true to themselves.
poster
66
6.9
/46230/
71
/1926/
71
/1659/
3.4
/54543/
73
/220/
68
/479/
64
/37/
cc age 13+

Suffragette (2015)
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
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Criterion Channel
77
61
7.1
/3696/
71
/67/
67
/88/
3.6
/4644/
100
/17/
83
/20/

Le Amiche (1955)
Clelia, a self-made woman coming from humble means, travels back to Turin, her hometown, to scout locations for the successful Roman atelier she works for. At the hotel, she encounters some upper middle-class women and she finds herself drawn into their friendships.
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60
6.5
/314/
61
/6/
54
/22/

Rape of Love (1978)
Nicole, nurse in Grenoble, is raped one night by four men. Deeply scarred, emotionally and physically, she thinks she will never recover from the trauma. Following a friend's advice, she decides to file a lawsuit.
poster
60
6.2
/13450/
61
/215/
60
/250/
3.3
/11849/
48
/73/
51
/201/
60
/18/

The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way befriending a cynical intellectual and romancing an art enthusiast. However, the advantage of her affluence is called into question when she realizes the extent to which her money colors her relationships.
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76
59
7.6
/5360/
73
/126/
76
/197/
4.0
/11635/
67
/6/
88
/12/

The Truth (1960)
As Dominique Marceau is being tried for the murder of Gilbert Tellier, accounts by different witnesses paint a picture of the kind of relationship the two used to share.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
58
6.8
/1307/
69
/85/
66
/145/
3.4
/6333/
64
/25/
46
/6/
37
/4/
cc age 10+

Dilili in Paris (2018)
With the help of her delivery-boy friend, Dilili, a young Kanak, investigates a spate of mysterious kidnappings of young girls that is plaguing Belle Epoque Paris. In the course of her investigation she encounters a series of extraordinary characters, each of whom provides her with clues that will help her in her quest.
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75
57
7.4
/4997/
73
/59/
73
/74/
3.7
/3145/
80
/5/
79
/12/

Cairo 6,7,8 (2010)
Three women seek justice due to the difficult daily situation which sexual harassment causes in the streets of Cairo, Egypt.
poster
The Roku Channel
53
6.0
/3994/
61
/68/
57
/111/
3.0
/1547/
53
/59/
37
/33/
49
/15/

Thérèse (2012)
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.
poster
69
52
6.6
/2301/
71
/124/
65
/93/
3.5
/3443/
77
/27/

The 13 Roses (2007)
True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the rebellion against Franco back in the 1940s. Despite of their innocence, the thirteen were soon executed without even a trace of evidence of any wrong doing.
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77
51
7.0
/2737/
68
/50/
71
/93/
3.5
/1898/
100
/10/
83
/4/

My Sweet Pepper Land (2014)
Baran, a war hero, becomes sheriff of the capital and refuses to bow down to a tribal chief.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
50
6.9
/2986/
71
/32/
65
/48/
3.6
/3069/

Effi Briest (1974)
When 17-year-old Effi Briest marries the elderly Baron von Instetten, she moves to a small, isolated Baltic town and a house that she fears is haunted. Starved for companionship, Effi begins a friendship with Major Crampas, a charismatic womanizer.
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Criterion Channel
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48
7.2
/1663/
64
/47/
67
/48/
3.8
/4736/
100
/5/
83
/2/

Adoption (1975)
When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses to comply. But by developing an unlikely friendship with the angst-ridden teenage orphan Anna, who is also involved in a controversial relationship, Kata discovers aspects of herself, and her role as a woman, that have gone unexamined throughout her entire, lonely life.
poster
73
46
7.3
/1104/
67
/24/
68
/33/
3.8
/1606/
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
46
7.4
/1544/
73
/29/
73
/49/
3.7
/1088/
100
/6/
85
/8/

Carnival in Flanders (1935)
Flanders, Hispanic Monarchy, 1616. The inhabitants of the small town of Boom are busy organizing the annual local festivities when the arrival of the Duke of Olivares, who rules the country on behalf of the King Philip III of Spain, is announced. While the male citizens cowardly surrender to panic like rats on a sinking ship, the brave female citizens, led by the bold wife of the burgomaster, decide to become the best hosts the Spaniards can ever meet.
poster
Criterion Channel
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46
6.9
/2087/
67
/54/
66
/53/
3.6
/2721/
80
/10/
54
/5/

Rosa Luxemburg (1986)
Polish socialist and Marxist Rosa Luxemburg works tirelessly in the service of revolution in early 20th century Poland and Germany. While Luxemburg campaigns for her beliefs, she is repeatedly imprisoned as she forms the Spartacist League offering a new vision for Germany.
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Kanopy
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45
6.5
/2105/
65
/60/
62
/83/
3.3
/2164/
64
/14/
56
/14/
51
/4/

The Nun (2013)
Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a marriage befitting her rank they decide she must instead become a nun. Although a kind and understanding Mother Superior helps her to learn the convent’s daily routine, Suzanne’s desire for freedom remains unabated. When the Mother Superior dies, Suzanne finds herself faced with reprisals, humiliation and harassment at the hands of the new Abbess and the other Sisters. For many years, Suzanne is subjected to bigotry and religious fanaticism. (Berlinale.de)
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69
44
7.0
/1274/
68
/27/
67
/57/
3.7
/1261/
70

The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)
A 16-year-old Sicilian becomes the target of a mafia hit man after refusing to go through with her prearranged marriage.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
43
7.3
/2127/
68
/35/
72
/77/
3.8
/2891/
76
/7/

Violent Summer (1959)
Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child. Roberta's mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind. Romance develops. Within a few weeks, Roberta is risking everything. Can there be a resolution between passion, on the one hand, and war, duty, and social expectation on the other?
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69
43
6.9
/2484/
69
/84/
70
/176/
3.5
/3345/
71
/5/

Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
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35
6.5
/1744/
59
/43/
67
/100/
3.2
/2799/
25
/8/

The Sign of Venus (1955)
Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.
poster
Kanopy
58
29
6.5
/1312/
68
/19/
57
/40/
3.2
/1724/
41
/7/

The Bronte Sisters (1979)
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, England, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
poster
Kanopy
63
25
6.1
/599/
58
/27/
56
/16/
3.4
/507/
90
/10/
46
/1/

Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013)
Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation.
poster
66
20
7.0
/579/
72
/21/
56
/18/
3.3
/838/

Oppressed Majority (2010)
On what seems to be just another ordinary day, a man is exposed to sexism and sexual violence in a society ruled by women.
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48
18
5.2
/712/
48
/12/
46
/22/
3.4
/446/
30

Sensuela (1973)
Laila is an innocent Lappish girl and the only daughter of a reindeer herder. During World War II, Laila rescues a crashed German fighter pilot, Hans, and the two develop warm feelings for each other during his convalescence. Years later, after the war, Hans returns to Lapland as a freelance photographer and manages to lure Laila to run away with him to the capital, Helsinki, to start a career as a photo model, much to the chagrin of her traditional father, Aslak. After initial happiness, however, Hans abandons Laila, and the decadent lifestyle of a big city sends her life into a downward spiral.
poster
61
17
6.7
/383/
55
/14/
53
/21/
3.6
/625/

End of Desire (1958)
Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. She gets to know Julien, a handsome man, whom she soon marries. Her happiness is short-lived as she finds out that not only has Julien married her for her money but he cheats on her as well, with Rosalie to crown it all.
poster
71
15
7.5
/269/
70
/10/
68
/7/
3.6
/916/

The Indomitable (2021)
The story of women's struggle against sexual discrimination and for inclusion in the democratic process in (West) Germany after WW II.
poster
Kanopy
60
14
6.6
/207/
55
/9/
51
/11/
3.5
/908/

Surname Viêt Given Name Nam (1989)
The film evolves around questions of identity, popular memory and culture. While focusing on aspects of Vietnamese reality as seen through the lives and history of women resistance in Vietnam and in the U.S, it raises questions on the politics of interviewing and documenting.
poster
62
13
6.5
/775/
58
/10/
67
/5/
3.0
/697/

Orca (2023)
Elham is a young, divorced Iranian woman. Seeking to find herself after a near-fatal beating by her husband, she finds solace and salvation in the water and soon makes her mark as a formidable endurance swimmer. In the fight of her life, Elham faces political, religious, and personal obstacles in search of her goal: the Guinness World Record for swimming the longest distance with hands bound.
poster
64
13
6.8
/368/
61
/9/
57
/17/
3.5
/326/

The Wayward Wife (1953)
Gemma, caught between her desires and reality, struggles to navigate her marriage and personal ambitions.
poster
62
13
6.8
/559/
53
/6/
57
/9/
3.5
/572/

Force of Habit (2019)
Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day. Hilla is having a romantic vacation, Emmi is throwing a house party, and Milja is on her way to school when they’re approached by a stranger and things take an unexpected turn. At the same time, Emppu, a young actress, is conflicted as she rehearses for the biggest role of her life. Elsewhere, Aleksi, an inexperienced prosecutor, is preparing for his first court case in haste; Niina, the victim of the crime, has been waiting years to see her case tried. Miia throws a company party, and the mood dramatically changes when her colleague Katja opens up about their boss coming on to her. Miia and a couple of her closest colleagues try to resolve the situation, but how do the others react?
poster
Kanopy
63
11
7.1
/155/
52
/7/
57
/6/
3.7
/721/

Growing Up Female (1971)
Focuses on the socialization of American females. It tells the story of six women and girls. The first film to emerge from the modern women's movement in the early 1970s.
poster
59
9
6.7
/272/
50
/2/
49
/12/
3.5
/325/

Levoton veri (1946)
Sylvi's child is run over by a bus, prompting her to drink poison. She goes blind in the process, causing her husband to lust after her much younger sister. After undergoing a dangerous operation to regain her sight, she hides her repaired vision behind dark eyeglasses, so she can spy on her sister and husband as they carry on their affair.
poster
54
9
4.9
/272/
46
/9/
57
/15/
3.2
/209/

Of Skin and Men (2018)
Amel is a young photographer. When she loses her husband, her life changes. Encouraged by her father-in-law, she takes a taste of life by photographing street boys. Without fear of being scandalous, she makes the choice to look at men as men look at women.
poster
40
6
5.3
/391/
53
/8/
47
/12/
9
/1/

Hella W (2011)
The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt Brecht and Maxim Gorky, but faced the harshness of a changing world as the Finnish, Soviet and British secret services focus on her life, family and work.
poster
?
6.7
/13/
100
/1/

Votes for Women: Wanted! (2012)
From the late nineteenth century to 1928, those who were nicknamed the "suffragettes" made the United Kingdom move from the census vote to universal suffrage, completely redefining the notion of citizenship. This documentary follows the struggle of five of these women, who have dedicated their lives to this fierce struggle, some advocating civil disobedience or lobbying MPs and Lords, the others choosing violent action, braving prison, and even death.
poster
?
7.0
/7/

Silta (2018)
We follow Finnish history from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1970s through the life of Martta Salmela-Järvinen (1892-1987) who was a politician, writer and an important figure in the Finnish labor movement.
poster
70
?
6.8
/27/
72
/34/

Drugged and Abused: No More Shame (2025)
Caroline Darian, Gisèle Pelicot's daughter, looks back on the tragedy that shook her family: for ten years, her father drugged her mother to subject her to rapes committed by strangers recruited on the Internet. This case exposes the scandal of chemical submission, a practice where attackers, generally close to the victims, use prescription or over-the-counter medications to commit their crimes. This phenomenon, far from being marginal, affects victims with varied profiles...
poster
?
7.8
/8/

The Impossible Dream (1983)
The Impossible Dream" is an animation film produced by the United Nations (UN) in 1983, together with Dagmar Doubkova of Kratkty Films, Czechoslovakia. The film takes a wry humorous look at a problem faced by women everywhere: the double-workload of a full-time job and being a housewife. The film features an average family with a baby and two school-age children. Both parents work outside the home. The woman puts in the same hours as her husband, for less money.
poster
?
5.1
/51/
10
/1/

Why Study Home Economics? (1955)
Two sisters are trying to decide which classes to take next semester. When one wants to take home economics, the other is stunned. Why should anyone need to study home economics?
poster
?
5.8
/36/

Silenci (2007)
After thirty years of being a daughter, wife and mother, Dolors decides to see what happens when she tries thinking of herself for the first time. Dolors has to learn how to follow her own path to its end, and be strong enough not to look back - to home, and a husband she still loves and respects, but who has still to learn to listen to his wife and find out what her needs are.
poster
?
6.0
/12/
10
/2/

Beyond Borders: Arab Feminists Talk About Their Lives... East and West (1999)
In the Arab world, women are fighting a two-front war against repressive internal constraints and intrusive Western interference. In this program, a feminist delegation composed of author Nawal Saadawi and other renowned activists from the Middle East and North Africa gathers at the UN, on college campuses, and in church basements to speak out about deterioration of women's rights in the Arab states in an effort to heighten awareness of the Arab feminist struggle for equality--and the effects of U.S. foreign policy on their efforts.
poster
?
5.0
/70/
62
/3/

Investigating Paradise (2018)
Young Algerian journalist Nedjma is investigating Islamic accounts of paradise. She is particularly interested in the descriptions used by Salafi preachers to recruit young Algerian men as jihadists. She and her colleague Mustapha find a number of disturbing, richly embellished video sermons and decide to explore the phenomenon in more detail.
poster
?
7.4
/9/

Girls Life Is Trembling (2009)
Four stories set between the 60s and the 70s in Italy. Four personal female adventures crossing the path of Italian history, the struggle for women rights, the liberation of the body, in a country without memory.


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