Category
page 1American feminist films

Mulan
1998 animated film directed by Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft

Brave
2012 American computer-animated fantasy film

Alice in Wonderland
2010 film directed by Tim Burton

Million Dollar Baby
2004 film by Clint Eastwood

Basic Instinct
1992 film directed by Paul Verhoeven

The Hours
2002 film directed by Stephen Daldry

Erin Brockovich
2000 film directed by Steven Soderbergh

Thelma & Louise
1991 film by Ridley Scott

Mona Lisa Smile
2003 film directed by Mike Newell

The Substance
The Substance is a 2024 body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It follows a fading celebrity who is fired by her producer due to her age and uses a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself with unexpected side effects.

The Color Purple
1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg

Carol
2015 film directed by Todd Haynes

Big Eyes
2014 film by Tim Burton

Jennifer's Body
2009 film by Karyn Kusama

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974 film directed by Martin Scorsese

The Accused
1988 film by Jonathan Kaplan

North Country
2005 film by Niki Caro

His Girl Friday
1940 film by Howard Hawks

Bombshell
2019 film directed by Jay Roach

Blonde
2022 film directed by Andrew Dominik

G.I. Jane
1997 film by Ridley Scott

The Beguiled
2017 film directed by Sofia Coppola

Don't Worry Darling
2022 film directed by Olivia Wilde

Norma Rae
1979 film by Martin Ritt

Gerald's Game
2017 film directed by Mike Flanagan

The Housemaid (2025 film)
The Housemaid is a 2025 American erotic psychological thriller film directed by Paul Feig and written by Rebecca Sonnenshine. It is based on the 2022 novel by Freida McFadden, and stars Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, and Brandon Sklenar. In the film, Millie Calloway, a young woman with a troubled past, becomes the live-in maid for a wealthy family whose household hides dark secrets.

Where the Crawdads Sing
2022 film directed by Olivia Newman

I Spit on Your Grave
1978 film by Meir Zarchi

Long Shot
2019 film directed by Jonathan Levine

The Lost Daughter
2021 film directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal

Dolores Claiborne
1995 film by Taylor Hackford

The Wife
2017 film by Björn Runge

Suffragette
2015 film directed by Sarah Gavron

Yentl
1983 film directed by Barbra Streisand

Women Talking
2022 film directed by Sarah Polley

Tank Girl
1995 film directed by Rachel Talalay

The Color Purple
2023 film directed by Blitz Bazawule

On the Basis of Sex
2018 film by Mimi Leder

Valentine
2001 film directed by Jamie Blanks

I Spit on Your Grave
2010 film by Steven R. Monroe

The Stepford Wives
1975 film by Bryan Forbes

The Assistant
2019 film directed by Kitty Green

Black Christmas
2019 film directed by Sophia Takal

Blink Twice
2024 film directed by Zoë Kravitz

Foxfire
1996 film

Calamity Jane
1953 film musical directed by David Butler

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
2014 film by Ana Lily Amirpour

I Shot Andy Warhol
1996 film by Mary Harron

Brimstone
2016 film by Martin Koolhoven

The Testament of Ann Lee
The Testament of Ann Lee is a 2025 historical musical drama film directed by Mona Fastvold, who co-wrote it with Brady Corbet. The film stars Amanda Seyfried as Ann Lee, the founding leader of the Shakers religious sect in the 18th century. It also stars Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Stacy Martin, Tim Blake Nelson, and Christopher Abbott in supporting roles.

Assassination Nation
2018 film directed by Sam Levinson

The Craft: Legacy
2020 film by Zoe Lister-Jones

Diary of a Mad Housewife
1970 film directed by Frank Perry

Ms. 45
1981 film by Abel Ferrara

Go Fish
1994 film by Rose Troche

I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance is Mine
2015 film directed by R.D. Braunstein

Swallow
2019 film by Carlo Mirabella-Davis

Three on a Match
1932 film by Mervyn LeRoy

Dance, Girl, Dance
1940 film by Dorothy Arzner

The Group
1966 film by Sidney Lumet