List of films about women's issues
This is a list of films about women's issues.
Films about women's issues
Title | Year | Director(s) | Topic(s) | Summary |
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Agora | 2009 | Alejandro Amenábar | History | |
Bread and Roses | 2000 | Ken Loach | Labour rights | |
Buddha Collapsed out of Shame | 2007 | Hana Makhmalbaf | Education | |
De tu ventana a la mía | 2011 | Paula Ortiz | ||
El patio de mi cárcel | 2008 | Belén Macías | Women in prison | |
Erin Brockovich | 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Biography Labour rights | |
Katmandu | 2011 | Icíar Bollaín | ||
Hula Girls | 2006 | Lee Sang-il | ||
I, the Worst of All | 1990 | María Luisa Bemberg | Biography | |
Iron Jawed Angels | 2004 | Katja von Garnier | Right to vote | |
Jane Eyre | 2011 | Cary Fukunaga | ||
Las 13 rosas | 2007 | Emilio Martinez-Lazaro | Women in prison | |
Libertarias | 1996 | Vicente Aranda | Women in war | |
Made in L.A. | 2007 | Almudena Carracedo | Labour rights | |
Mataharis | 2007 | Icíar Bollaín | ||
Mona Lisa Smile | 2003 | Mike Newell | ||
Moolaadé | 2004 | Ousmane Sembène | Female genital mutilation | |
Ni dios, ni patrón, ni marido | 2010 | Laura Mañá | Labour rights | |
North Country | 2005 | Niki Caro | Labour rights | |
Persepolis | 2007 | Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud | ||
Pray the Devil Back to Hell | 2008 | Gini Reticker | ||
Rabbit-Proof Fence | 2002 | Phillip Noyce | Slavery | |
Shinaakht | 2018 | Pragyesh Singh at IMDb | Female genital mutilation | |
Sylvia | 2003 | Christine Jeffs | Biography | |
Take My Eyes | 2003 | Icíar Bollaín | Domestic violence | |
The Circle | 2000 | Jafar Panahi | ||
The Color Purple | 1985 | Steven Spielberg | ||
The Flowers of War | 2011 | Zhang Yimou | ||
The Help | 2011 | Tate Taylor | ||
The Hours | 2002 | Stephen Daldry | ||
The Sleeping Voice | 2011 | Benito Zambrano | Women in prison | |
The Source | 2011 | Radu Mihăileanu | ||
The Stoning of Soraya M. | 2008 | Cyrus Nowrasteh | ||
Thelma & Louise | 1991 | Ridley Scott | Rape | |
Vera Drake | 2004 | Mike Leigh | Abortion | |
Violeta Went to Heaven | 2001 | Andrés Wood | ||
War Witch | 2012 | Kim Nguyen | Women in war | |
Water | 2005 | Deepa Mehta | Widowhood | |
Where Do We Go Now? | 2011 | Nadine Labaki | ||
Women of '69, Unboxed | 2014 | Peter Barton | Marriage, careers |
Directors
Some directors that cover this topic in their films: