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
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:

See also