Category
page 1American feminist comedy films

Barbie
2023 film directed by Greta Gerwig

Tootsie
Tootsie is a 1982 American satirical romantic comedy film directed by Sydney Pollack from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal and a story by Gelbart and Don McGuire. It stars Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, and Charles Durning. In the film, Michael Dorsey (Hoffman), a talented actor with a reputation for being professionally difficult, runs into romantic trouble after adopting a female persona to land a job.

10 Things I Hate About You
1999 film directed by Gil Junger

Lady Bird
2017 film directed by Greta Gerwig

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 film by Howard Hawks

Legally Blonde
2001 film directed by Robert Luketic

The Princess Diaries
2001 film directed by Garry Marshall

Ocean's 8
2018 film by Gary Ross

She's the Man
2006 film by Andy Fickman

Ghostbusters
2016 film by Paul Feig

Persepolis
2007 animated film by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

Working Girl
1988 film by Mike Nichols

Easy A
2010 film by Will Gluck

Promising Young Woman
2020 film directed by Emerald Fennell

The Heat
2013 film directed by Paul Feig

The Other Woman
2014 American film directed by Nick Cassavetes

Practical Magic
1998 film directed by Griffin Dunne

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992 film directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui

The Stepford Wives
2004 film by Frank Oz

Charlie's Angels
2019 film directed by Elizabeth Banks

Adam's Rib
1949 film by George Cukor

Woman of the Year
1942 film by George Stevens

Battle of the Sexes
2017 film directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton

The First Wives Club
1996 film by Hugh Wilson

Bring It On
2000 film directed by Peyton Reed

20th Century Women
2016 film by Mike Mills

9 to 5
1980 film directed by Colin Higgins

Emma
1996 film directed by Douglas McGrath

Private Benjamin
1980 film by Howard Zieff

Hustlers
2019 film directed by Lorene Scafaria

An Unmarried Woman
1978 film by Paul Mazursky

Like a Boss
2020 film by Miguel Arteta

Grandma
2015 film by Paul Weitz

Teeth
2007 film by Mitchell Lichtenstein

I Don't Know How She Does It
2011 film by Douglas McGrath

Nightbitch
2024 film directed by Marielle Heller

Damsel
2018 film directed by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner

Life-Size
Life-Size is a 2000 American fantasy comedy television film directed by Mark Rosman and starring Lindsay Lohan and Tyra Banks. It originally premiered on March 5, 2000, on ABC as part of The Wonderful World of Disney block. Lohan portrays a young girl who casts a magic spell to bring back her deceased mother and, instead, accidentally brings to life her fashion doll, played by Banks. The film then follows their relationship as the doll creates havoc while trying to fit into the real world.

All I Wanna Do
1998 film by Sarah Kernochan

Unpregnant
Unpregnant is a 2020 American female buddy road comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg, based on the novel of the same name by Ted Caplan and Jenni Hendriks. It stars Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira, with Alex MacNicoll, Breckin Meyer, Giancarlo Esposito, Sugar Lyn Beard, and Betty Who.

Damsels in Distress
2011 film by Whit Stillman

The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
1947 American musical comedy film directed by George Seaton

Just One of the Guys
1985 film directed by Lisa Gottlieb

The Love Witch
2016 film by Anna Biller

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman
1993 film by Christopher Guest

Troop Beverly Hills
1989 film by Jeff Kanew

It's My Turn
1980 film by Claudia Weill

Girlfriends
1978 film by Claudia Weill

Support the Girls
2018 film directed by Andrew Bujalski