Women in society movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant women in society movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, captivating, psychological and sincere films and TV shows about / with women in society, women, family relations, society, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, feminist, male female relationship, life is a bitch and strong female presence plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in France, Germany, USA and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as women in society: French Women (2014), Sand Storm (2016), The Red Tent (2014), The Circle (2000), The Geography of Fear (2000), Hella W (2011), Cairo 678 (2010), Dilili in Paris (2018), Madame Brouette (2002), Therese (2012).

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Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 150 min.
Story: This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions...
Style: touching, sentimental, romantic, uplifting, realistic ...
Plot: life, friendship, midlife crisis, love and romance, women, women in society, relationships, career, love story, working class, happy ending, single mother ...
Time: year 1980, 1950s, 70s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place: soviet union, moscow russia, ussr, russia, siberia
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 5.3
 2K
French Women (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A story about 11 girls living in Paris. Each of them has its own problems: career, love life, children. Every girl has their complexes and virtues. They always look elegant, hiding their inner feelings. Will they reach all the goals and overcome all ...
Style: humorous, ironic, cynical, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, female sexuality, love affair, women in society, adultery, love and romance, career woman, female friendship, single woman, female protagonist, male female relationship, looking for sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe
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 6.8
 4K
Sand Storm (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel, Germany, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A Bedouin village in Northern Israel. When Jalila's husband marries a second woman, Jalila and her daughter's world is shattered, and the women are torn between their commitment to the patriarchal rules and being true to themselves.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating, suspense, social
Plot: second marriage, second wife, bedouin, family problems, mother daughter conflict, women in society, marriage, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, life is a bitch, relationship problems, female protagonist ...
Time: 2010s
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, indiana
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 4K
The Red Tent (2014)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story: The Red Tent is a sweeping tale that takes place during the times of the Old Testament, told through the eyes of Dinah (Rebecca Ferguson), the daughter of Leah (Minnie Driver) and Jacob (Iain Glen). Dinah happily grows up inside the red tent where ...
Style: captivating, stylized, emotional, political, spiritual ...
Plot: siblings relations, old testament, bible, strong female character, female protagonist, destiny, ancient history, female bonding, women in society, massacre, wisdom of life, love ...
Time: biblical epic
Place: middle east, holy land, israel
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 7.4
 7K
The Circle (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Style: bleak, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric, sincere ...
Plot: politics, pregnancy, on the run, prostitute, life is a bitch, society, friendship, injustice, feminist, dialogue, women's rights, discrimination ...
Place: iran, middle east, persia
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The Geography of Fear (2000)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When her sister is mugged and raped, Oili, a young female forensic dentist, meets a group of abused women who have taken matters to their own hands to make the living in fear and just letting it happen stop.
Style: disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, suspense
Plot: rape, revenge, security, family relations, women in society, feminist, vigilante, police, sister sister relationship, violence, male female relationship, society ...
Place: finland
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 5.2
 379
Hella W (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Finland, Estonia
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt ...
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, factual
Plot: playwright, spy, women in society, power, writers, politics, prisoner, world war two, stage play, business, interrogation, jail ...
Time: 1940s, year 1936, year 1942, year 1941, year 1943 ...
Place: finland, soviet union, helsinki finland, stockholm sweden
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 7.4
 5K
Cairo 678 (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Deals with the phenomenon of sexual harassment in Egypt. Film depicts the moving story of three women Atfguen in some way or another to address the disturbing fact, the phenomenon can not be overlooked in the Egyptian and Arab street and the ...
Style: thought provoking, emotional, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: sexual harassment, self defense, injustice, rebellion, social decay, life is a bitch, vigilantism, society, rebelliousness, defiant, men hatred, women's rights ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: egypt, cairo egypt, africa, persia, maghreb ...
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Dilili in Paris (2018)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: With the help of her delivery-boy friend, Dilili, a young Kanak, investigates a spate of mysterious kidnappings of young girls that is plaguing Belle Epoque Paris. In the course of her investigation she encounters a series of extraordinary ...
Style: computer animated, independent film
Audience: kids
Plot: female objectification, french colonialism, dancing, secret organization, ethnic slur, poverty, women in society, racism, humiliation, police arrest, female protagonist, abduction ...
Time: turn of the century, 1890s
Place: montmartre paris, france, paris france, europe
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Madame Brouette (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Country: Canada, Senegal, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Mati, a divorced mother of a young daughter, makes a living selling bric-a-bric from a wheelbarrow and dreams of opening a snack bar. But she falls for the charms of Naago, a cop, and it's only when the Tajaboom festival (at which women and men ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, rough, gloomy
Plot: police corruption, pregnancy, woman in danger, dangerous attraction, destructive relationship, couples, family relations, murder, womanizer, society, single parent, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 4K
Therese (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.
Style: serious, realistic, sad, melancholic, period piece ...
Plot: girlfriend girlfriend relationship, dull life, suburban life, unfulfillment, female protagonist, bourgeoisie, women in society, marriage of convenience, envy, deception, depression, women ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place: france, europe
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 11K
Dollface (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: After being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, a young woman must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
Style: funny, sincere, sweet, ironic, light ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: girlfriend girlfriend relationship, new life, old friend, women in society, female protagonist, support group, male female relationship, metaphor, drug, interracial friendship, intrigue, women ...
Place: los angeles
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 7.6
 37K
Alias Grace (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 267 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A ...
Style: period piece, costume drama, historical drama, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: female prisoner, psychiatrist, female assassin, female murderer, murder investigation, maid, life is a bitch, women, women in society, feminist, amnesia, historical figure ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s, year 2017, 1850s
Place: canada
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The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring ...
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, political
Plot: feminist, domestic violence, indigenous people, life is a bitch, social problems, social misfits, women in society, help, women, pregnant woman, white trash, class society ...
Time: 90s
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 7.4
 108
The Gromovs (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: At the end of 70s in little miner's town lives Gromovs family: Mary, Feyodor and their children - Nastya, Sasha, Sava and little Nick. Feyodor works at mine, Mary - the teacher. Their measured life full of daily cares, troubles and pleasures. ...
Style: touching, compassionate, disturbing, emotional, tear jerker ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick
Plot: life is a bitch, orphan, society, parents and children, teaching the ways of the world, family relations, family history, brother brother relationship, destiny, single mother, loneliness, poverty ...
Time: 20th century
Place: soviet union
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 95
Our Century (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The saga of the Winny family through 100 years. The action begins on the eve of World War I in 1914 and ends in modern times.
Style: suspense, emotional, sad, suspenseful, compassionate ...
Audience: chick flick, family outing, girls' night
Plot: family history, mother daughter relationship, family relations, parents and children, loneliness, world war one, society, little boy, daughter, brother sister relationship, world war two, mishap ...
Time: 20th century, post world war one, 1910s, 1950s, 60s ...
Place: poland
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The L Word: Generation Q (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: In this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and Shane McCutcheon, along with a new generation of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA+ characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks ...
Style: sexy, romantic, erotic, touching, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, gays and lesbians, feminist, lifestyle, female friendship, lgbtq, gay, love and romance, lesbian sex ...
Place: los angeles
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 41K
Mustang (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Turkey, Qatar
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
Style: sad, heartbreaking, realistic, art house, social ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: sisters, teenage girl, teenager, coming of age, sexism, running away from home, sister sister relationship, islam, women, teen suicide, female protagonist, virginity ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, near future
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east, maghreb
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 7.3
 1K
Adoption (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Single factory worker Kata, 43, wants to have a child with her long-time secret lover, a married man called Joska. He doesn't like the idea. Kata befriends teenage schoolgirl Anna, abandoned by her parents at the age of six. Anna runs away from ...
Style: social, realistic, emotional, touching, sexual ...
Plot: adoption, woman, feminist, children, family relations, midlife crisis, reform school, child abandonment, love triangle, intergenerational friendship, women in society, orphan ...
Time: year 1975, 70s
Place: hungary
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 7.5
 138K
The Hours (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France, Canada, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: "The Hours" is the story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a ...
Style: depressing, psychological, intellectual, touching, serious ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: suicide, mental illness, depression, aids, writers, lesbian, bipolar disorder, writer's life, literature, introspection, poet, borderline personality disorder ...
Time: year 2002, 1940s, 90s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, england, california, los angeles, europe ...
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 6.5
 2K
The Nun (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a marriage befitting her rank they decide she must instead become a nun. ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot: religion, lesbian, convent, power relations, clergy, strong female presence, society, celibacy, lesbian nun, women's rights, abuse of power, humiliation ...
Time: 18th century
Place: france, europe
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Secret Ballot (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran, Italy, Canada, Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A female election agent and a gun-toting soldier try to collect votes among the local islanders with mixed success.
Style: surreal, humorous, stylized, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: desert, politics, satire, visceral, soldier, citizenship, campaign, heroes, state affairs, odd couple, political unrest, island ...
Time: year 2001
Place: iran, middle east
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 10K
Girlhood (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in ...
Style: sentimental, captivating, touching, serious, hood ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, friendship, society, teenager, youth, innocence lost, peer pressure, poverty, street gang, against the rules, dull life, teenage life ...
Time: 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place: paris france, africa, france
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The Rain People (1969)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A housewife who feels trapped leaves home and takes up with a hitchhiker.
Style: road movie, cult classic, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Plot: road trip, swing, loneliness, psychiatry, women, student athlete, feminist, housewife, runaway, hitchhiker, pregnant woman, on the road ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: nebraska
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 6.9
 3K
Effi Briest (1974)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A German-made film based on one of the most famous German novels by Theodor Fontane. Effi Briest (Hanna Schygulla) is a socially ambitious, 17-year-old German girl who accepts a proposal of marriage from Baron Geert Von Instetten, a much older ...
Style: black and white, art house, postmodern, costume drama, realistic ...
Plot: literary, age difference, adultery, women, german history, summer, crazy love, countryside, infidelity, young wife, grownups, naivete ...
Time: 19th century, year 1974, 1890s, 1880s
Place: berlin germany, northern germany, europe, germany, prussia
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The Murri Affair (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, the dead husband happened to be a member of the Italian ...
Style: period drama
Plot: brother and sister, murder, widow, lawyer, college professor, brother sister relationship, murder trial, scandal, countess, murder investigation, law and order, assassination plot ...
Time: 1900s
Place: venice, italy
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 252
Rape of Love (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Nicole, nurse in Grenoble, is raped one night by four men. Deeply scarred, emotionally and physically, she thinks she will never recover from the trauma. Following a friend's advice, she decides to file a lawsuit.
Style: grindhouse, realistic, psychological, serious, touching ...
Plot: gang rape, blaxploitation, hospital, anal rape, male orgasm, female pubic hair, female nudity, violence against women, crime investigation, engagement, nudity, strong violent content ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: france
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My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iraq, France, Germany, Iran
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Baran, a war hero, becomes sheriff of the capital and refuses to bow down to a tribal chief.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot: law enforcement, society, rivalry, kurd, social relations, village life, village, justice, violence, police, smuggler, arab ...
Time: year 2013, 2000s, 21st century
Place: iraq, kurdistan, middle east, maghreb, iran ...
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 296
The Proud Ones (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In early twentieth-century Brittany, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton ways: three generations under one roof, a division of labor between the sexes, elders' stories at night, politics and religion during their ...
Style: contemplative, saga, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot: world war one, family relations, religions or cults, farm, social relations, society, human nature, life is a bitch, village life, wartime life, countryside, family life ...
Time: 1910s, 1900s, 20th century
Place: europe, france, brittany
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If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track down an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal, who dreams of staying in France, plans to bring his ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sincere, humorous, offbeat
Audience: date night
Plot: culture clash, fish out of water, society, nothing goes right, immigrant, disorder, kurd, muslim, life is a bitch, misfit, dark humor, communication problem ...
Time: 90s, year 2010, 21st century
Place: iraq, paris france, france, europe
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