Feminism movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant feminism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking, inspirational, touching and captivating films and TV shows about / with feminism, feminist, women, woman, gender, society, female protagonist, strong female presence, strong female lead and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as feminism: Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Foxfire (1996), The Stepford Wives (1975), Suffragette (2015), Iron Jawed Angels (2004), Enola Holmes (2020), The Color Purple (1985), The Glorias (2020), Coco Before Chanel (2009), How to Be a Good Wife (2020).
Best films
New films
| Oh. What. Fun. (2025) | 5.3 | |
| Santosh (2024) | 7.1 | |
| Just Alice (2025) | 5.2 | |
| More Beautiful (2025) | 6.9 | |
| All's Fair (2025) | 3.6 |
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, sentimental, romantic, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
feminism, teacher, college, coming of age, art, art history, feminist, gender, life philosophy, teachers and students, dedicated educator, boarding school ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 2003, post world war two, 20th century ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, california, usa, manhattan new york city ...
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10K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.
Style:
teen, touching, realistic, sincere, spectacular ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, teacher, feminism, teenage girl, girl gang, high school, lesbian, attempted rape, sexual harassment, abusive father, rebellion, youth ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
portland oregon, california
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The urban aspirant photographer Joanna Eberhart moves from Manhattan to Stepford, Connecticut with her family. Her husband Walter Eberhart decided to live in a calm suburb, but Joanna did not like the neighborhood with beautiful and perfect ...
Style:
clever, psychological, disturbing, creepy, suspenseful ...
Plot:
robot, feminism, small town, women's liberation, housewife, suburbs, utopia, conspiracy, paranoia, social commentary, missing person, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, connecticut, manhattan new york city, new england, new york
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Style:
political, factual, costume drama, period piece, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
feminism, feminist, women, girl power, sexism, rebelliousness, activism, politics, gender, women's suffrage, women's rights, sexual harassment ...
Time:
1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In nineteenth century Yorkshire wealthy orphan Anne Lister lives with an aunt and uncle, anxious for her to marry well and blissfully unaware that she is a lesbian,recording her thoughts and exploits in a coded diary. When her lover Mariana Belcombe ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, stylized, period piece, costume drama ...
Plot:
lesbian relationship, lesbian, lgbt, lesbian romance, lgbtq, lesbianism, lesbian sex, lesbian couple, feminism, lesbian love, forbidden love, gay relationship ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, ancient times, 1830s, 1800s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, yorkshire
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Style:
serious, sincere, captivating, realistic, sexual ...
Plot:
feminism, injustice, women's rights, civil rights, feminist, politics, political unrest, life is a bitch, women's suffrage, state affairs, human spirit, journalism ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1917, year 1912
Place:
virginia, washington d.c., america, philadelphia, tennessee
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
Style:
detective, costume drama, period piece, mysterious, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
victorian england, strong female lead, sherlock holmes, feminism, female detective, amateur detective, female protagonist, runaway teen, private detective, teenage protagonist, strong female character, obsessive quest ...
Time:
victorian era, future, 2020s, edwardian era, 1880s ...
Place:
london, england, scotland yard
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing "Mister" Albert ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
african american, sexual abuse, incest, lgbtq, domestic violence, life is a bitch, rape, racial discrimination, feminism, incest rape, wife abuse, abusive relationship ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 1930s, year 1985, 1920s ...
Place:
africa, southern usa, usa, tennessee, georgia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark ...
Style:
political, inspirational, factual, thought provoking, uplifting
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
feminism, feminist, activism, journalism, women, biopic, abortion, civil rights, civil rights movement, introspection, injustice, justice ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
2009 biopic about the early life of Coco Chanel. Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. She's both a seamstress for the performers ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, costume drama, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
fashion, women, high society, feminist, fashion designer, designer, rise to the top, gender, feminism, dressmaker, rags to riches, social climbing ...
Time:
1920s, 19th century, 1900s, ancient times, edwardian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, canada, new jersey ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Paulette Van Der Beck and her husband have been running the housekeeping school of Bitche in Alsace for many years. Their mission is to train teenage girls to become the perfect housewives at a time when women were expected to be subservient to ...
Style:
humorous, satirical, captivating, disturbing, harsh ...
Plot:
nun, feminism, death of husband, loss of husband, financial problem, school, boarding school life, changing lives, family problems, co worker co worker relationship, lifestyle change, money problems ...
Time:
year 1968, 70s, 60s, year 1967
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, captivating, touching, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, friendship, lesbian, feminism, self discovery, feminist, small town life, lgbtq, cannibalism, midlife crisis, female bonding, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 90s, year 1991, 20th century ...
Place:
alabama, southern usa, usa, georgia, louisiana ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination.
Style:
clever, inspirational, captivating, political, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
courtroom, women's rights, feminist, supreme court, female lawyer, human rights, lawyer, equality, husband wife relationship, teacher, feminism, marriage ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1963, year 1956, 70s ...
Place:
usa, denver colorado, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Nora is a young housewife and mother, living in a quaint little village with her husband and their two sons. The Swiss countryside is untouched by the major social upheavals the movement of 1968 has brought about. Nora’s life is not affected ...
Style:
captivating, light, humorous, sincere, political ...
Plot:
feminism, politics, women's rights, woman, husband wife relationship, voting, fighting the system, society, grandfather, farm, snow, voice over narration ...
Time:
70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place:
switzerland, zurich switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – ...
Style:
sentimental, stylized, philosophical, aesthetic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, feminism, feminist, parenting, teenage boy, teenage girl, women, loneliness, single mother, teenage son, parent child relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, california, usa
Is relevant?
475K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Brave is set in the mystical Scottish Highlands, where Mérida is the princess of a kingdom ruled by King Fergus and Queen Elinor. An unruly daughter and an accomplished archer, Mérida one day defies a sacred custom of the land and inadvertently ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, computer animated, 3d animation, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
princess, witch, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, bravery, happy ending, female protagonist, rebellious daughter, archery, feminism, archer, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
middle ages, 10th century, year 2012, 2010s, medieval times
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Austria, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
supermodel, life is a bitch, immigrant, feminism, injustice, model, fashion, homelessness, un, female protagonist, circumcision, african ...
Time:
year 1997, year 2009, 60s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, indiana, europe, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood ...
Style:
compassionate, touching, sincere, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, orphan, teenage life, small town, coming of age, feminism, child's point of view, family relations, children's home, society, school, parents and children ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1890s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, teen, light, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
soccer, friendship, wedding, football, hinduism, tradition, stereotypes, feminism, immigrant, coming of age, against the rules, culture clash ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, hamburg germany, germany ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A girl reaches the age of nine and is supposed to act as a grown woman according to her family. A girl participates in a bike race against the will of her husband. An elderly woman decides she wants to buy all the things she always wanted but could ...
Style:
touching, stylized, talky, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
feminism, culture clash, against the odds, injustice, feminist, life is a bitch, rebelliousness, society, women, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, bicycle ...
Time:
90s
Place:
iran, middle east, persia, japan, paris france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.
Style:
slow cinema, sexy, experimental, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
loneliness, minimalism, feminism, female protagonist, housewife, prostitution, prostitute, single mother, feminist, widow, chores, mother son relationship ...
Time:
70s, year 1975
Place:
europe, brussels, belgium, france, brussels belgium
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize and rebel.
Style:
independent film, underground film, cult classic, political, indie film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
feminism, lesbian, sexual harassment, anarchism, socialist, police brutality, racism, feminist, radical, dystopia, anarchist, protest ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: France, Canada, Spain, UK, Switzerland
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Set in the 1950s, a a group of young girls in upstate New York form their own gang.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
girl gang, feminism, coming of age, rebellion, juvenile delinquency, society, youth, gender, small town, vandalism, feminist, sexism ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
usa, new york
Is relevant?
101K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and ...
Style:
visually appealing, independent film, sexy, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, female artist, bohemian life, lgbtq, disability, feminism, female protagonist, life, relationships ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2002, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, mexico city, america ...
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage transgender girl moves to LA and gets involved with a group of intersectional feminist vampires
Style:
lgbt cinema, queer horror, humorous, contemplative, tense ...
Plot:
vampire, transgender, feminist, feminism, lgbt, lesbian, female protagonist, transsexual, death, teenager, women, superpower ...
Time:
70s, 2020s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Subversive, darkly comedic drama Big Little Lies tells the tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
Style:
disturbing, surprise ending, enigmatic, saga, sensual ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
domestic violence, mother daughter relationship, female friendship, feminist, husband wife relationship, murder mystery, infidelity, marriage, rape, housewife, gossip and rumors, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
monterey california, syria
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
Style:
stylized, captivating, touching, realistic, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
feminist, feminism, beauty pageant, racism, misogyny, sexism, contests and competitions, against the odds, farce, woman, relationships, lifestyle change ...
Time:
year 1970, 2020s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, los angeles, london, england, united kingdom
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Genre: Biography
Country: Spain
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Spain, 1931. Under the Second Republic, women are eligible, but cannot vote. Victoria Kent and Clara Campoamor, the first women in the Spanish Parliament, intend to fight for women's rights, and Clara knows that the first step is to get the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, social, uplifting ...
Plot:
feminism, discrimination, injustice, rebellion, righting the wronged, hopes, society, women's rights, biopic, woman, fight for justice, historical figure ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
spain
Is relevant?
92K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A female Senator succeeds in enrolling a woman into Combined Reconnaissance Team training where everyone expects her to fail.
Style:
suspense, political, rough, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
strong female lead, strong female character, female soldier, military, soldier, basic training, army, fighting the system, female protagonist, feminism, female leader, officers and cadets ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
libya, middle east, usa, israel
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