Topic: Feminism
Explore the top movies, series, and documentaries on Feminism. Enjoy the must-watch titles that define this topic.
8.2
36 votes
Persepolis
2007 · Movie · 95 min. · France
Direction Marjane Satrapi · Vincent Paronnaud
Plot Tehran 1978: An eight year old Marjane, dreams of being a future prophet, intent on saving the world. Cherished by her modern and cultivated parents and adored by her grandmother,...
7.8
42K votes
7.8
42K votes
Salt of the Earth
1954 · Movie · 95 min. · United States
Direction Herbert J. Biberman
Cast Juan Chacón · Will Geer · Rosaura Revueltas · Mervin Williams
Plot "Salt of the Earth" is a movie about New Mexico zinc miners and their struggle to improve working conditions. Using local people to re-enact their experiences, Biberman once more found...
7.7
2K votes
7.7
2K votes
The Handmaid's Tale (TV Series)
2017 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Bruce Miller · Reed Morano · Mike Barker · Kate Dennis
Cast Elisabeth Moss · Joseph Fiennes · Max Minghella · Yvonne Strahovski
Plot TV Series (2017-Present Day). 3 Seasons. 36 Episodes. In a dystopian near-future, the totalitarian and Christian fundamentalist government of Gilead rules the former United States amidst an ongoing civil war....
7.7
23K votes
7.7
23K votes
Cuidado, resbala
2013 · Documentary · 62 min. · Spain
Direction María Camacho Gómez · Montserrat Clos Fabuel · Mercedes Cordero Suárez · Vanessa Gómez Martínez
Plot We live in societies where what is prioritized are those paid activities, reporting and prestige are measured in monetary value. However, there are a lot of invisible tasks that are...
7.7
21 votes
7.7
21 votes
She's Beautiful When She's Angry
2014 · Documentary · 92 min. · United States
Direction Mary Dore
Plot Tells the story of the brilliant, often outrageous women who founded the feminist movement of the 1960s. They said 'the personal is political' and made a revolution: in the bedroom,...
7.6
406 votes
7.6
406 votes
Women Make Film (TV Series)
2018 · Documentary · 840 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mark Cousins
Cast Mania Akbari · Clio Barnard · Antonia Bird · Jane Campion
Plot The monumental but largely unrecognized efforts of female filmmakers across the years are highlighted and celebrated in this latest and epic entry from filmmaker and historian Mark Cousins.
7.6
109 votes
7.6
109 votes
Carnival in Flanders
1935 · Movie · 115 min. · France
Direction Jacques Feyder
Cast Françoise Rosay · Jean Murat · Louis Jouvet · Micheline Cheirel
Plot When the village of Boom, in Flanders, learns a Spanish Duke and his troops plan to pass the night, the 4-man army deserts and the Mayor plays dead; so the...
7.6
2K votes
7.6
2K votes
Nasrin
2020 · Documentary · 92 min. · United States
Direction Jeff Kaufman
Cast Olivia Colman · Ann Curry · Shirin Ebadi · Narges Hosseini
Plot A portrait of one of the world's most courageous human rights activists and political prisoners, Nasrin Sotoudeh, and of Iran's remarkably resilient women's rights movement.
7.4
48 votes
7.4
48 votes
!Women Art Revolution
2010 · Documentary · 83 min. · United States
Direction Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Plot It explores the history of the feminist art movement.
7.4
32 votes
7.4
32 votes
Pioneras (TV Miniseries)
2020 · Documentary · min. · Spain
Direction Amparo Castellano · Román Parrado · Joanna Pardos
Cast Nieves Concostrina · Carmen Barrantes · Elena González · Rocío Peláez
7.4
169 votes
7.4
169 votes
Binga & The Great Idea (Binta and the Great Idea) (S)
2004 · Movie · 29 min. · Spain
Direction Javier Fesser
Cast Zeynabou Diallo · Agnile Sambou · Aminata Sane
Plot Binta, a little girl from Senegal, tells us about the everyday life in her village, the importance of education for the girls, and about her father's great idea to make...
7.4
948 votes
7.4
948 votes
To Spanish Women. María Lejárraga
2022 · Documentary · 88 min. · Spain
Direction Laura Hojman
Cast Cristina Domínguez · Kiti Mánver · Manuela Carmena · Rosa Montero
7.4
537 votes
7.4
537 votes
Excluidas del paraíso
2016 · Documentary · 76 min. · Spain
Direction Esther Pérez de Eulate
7.4
30 votes
7.4
30 votes
Eros plus massacre
1969 · Movie · 216 min. · Japan
Direction Yoshishige Yoshida
Cast Mariko Okada · Toshiyuki Hosokawa · Yûko Kusunoki · Etsushi Takahashi
Plot Erosu Purasu Gyakusatsu is the biography of early 20th-Century socialist (and eventual anarchist) rebel Sakae Osugi, and the three women in his life: Hori Yasuko, his wife; his jealous, second...
7.4
156 votes
7.4
156 votes
Home Ground (TV Series)
2018 · Series · 50 min. · Norway
Direction Arild Andresen · Cecilie A. Mosli · Yngvild Sve Flikke · Stian Kristiansen
Cast Svein Roger Karlsen · Even Vesterhus · Rolf Kristian Larsen · Nader Khademi
Plot TV Series (2018-Present Day). When a newly promoted football club lose their trainer just before the start of the league season, a female, Helena Mikkelsen, gets the historic chance to...
7.3
474 votes
7.3
474 votes
Antonia's Line
1995 · Movie · 93 min. · Netherlands
Direction Marleen Gorris
Cast Willeke van Ammelrooy · Jan Decleir · Els Dottermans · Victor Löw
Plot In an anonymous Dutch village, a sturdy, strong-willed matriarch looks back upon her life, the generations of family and friends gathered around her table, and ponders the cyclical nature of...
7.3
4K votes
7.3
4K votes
Sonita
2015 · Documentary · 91 min. · Germany
Direction Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
Plot A young Afghan woman faces an undesirable fate at the hands of her parents who sell her an unknown husband.
7.3
277 votes
7.3
277 votes
Delphine and Carole
2019 · Documentary · 70 min. · France
Direction Callisto McNulty
Cast Carole Roussopoulos · Delphine Seyrig
Plot Calliso McNulty's documentary chronicles how French actress Delphine Seyrig fought for women's rights both off the screen and behind the camera.
7.3
189 votes
7.3
189 votes
Les Resilients
2019 · Documentary · 48 min. · Spain
Direction Cristina Madrid
Cast Clara Peya · The Sey Sisters
Plot A reflection on the new awareness of the space of women in contemporary music made in Barcelona. Artists such as Clara Peya, Roba Estesa, Tribade or The Sey Sisters talk...
7.3
22 votes
7.3
22 votes