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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