Sexism movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant sexism movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, captivating, interesting, entertaining, touching and humorous films and TV shows about / with sexism, feminism, feminist, women, female protagonist, woman, friendship, strong female lead, sex and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sexism: Hidden Figures (2016), The Girl King (2015), Battle of the Sexes (2017), The Handmaid's Tale (2017), The Magdalene Sisters (2002), Just One of the Guys (1985), The Source (2011), Mulan (1998), Suffragette (2015), Promising Young Woman (2020).
Best films
New films
| Shivangi Lioness (2025) | 7.0 | |
| Lady Ballers (2023) | 5.7 | |
| Fair Play (2023) | 6.4 | |
| Ugravatara (2024) | 8.4 | |
| Fanfic (2023) | 5.8 |
List of sexism movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style:
inspirational, exciting, touching, feel good, historical drama ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, date night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, stereotypes, african american, prejudice, sexism, genius, scientist, strong female character, racial segregation ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place:
indiana, persia, usa, virginia, langley virginia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Finland, Canada, Germany, Sweden, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
Style:
period piece, captivating, realistic, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
lesbian, royal family, lesbian interest, love interest, forbidden love, lesbian love, lesbian sex, unrequited love, sexism, biopic, lgbt, heir to the throne ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times
Place:
europe
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.
Style:
sexy, period piece, semi serious, captivating, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
tennis, lgbtq, battle of the sexes, sexism, gender equality, tennis player, strong female lead, sapphic, lesbian lead character, lesbian love, feminism, woman ...
Time:
year 1973, year 2017, 20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
Style:
psychological, rough, melancholic, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
sexism, rape, dystopia, surrogate mother, infertility, protest, tyranny, belief, women's rights, religion, totalitarianism, kidnapping ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Four women are given into the custody of the Magdalene sisterhood asylum to correct their sinful behavior: Crispina and Rose have given birth to a premarital child, Margaret got raped by her cousin and the orphan Bernadette had been repeatedly ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, brutal, controversial, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
nun, convent, catholic church, life is a bitch, corporal punishment, evil nun, human spirit, punishment, religion, catholic orphanage, sexual harassment, violence against women ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964, year 2002
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, not serious, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
high school, cross dressing, gender disguise, gender bending, gender bender, adolescence, tomboy, sexism, prom, college, hidden identity, newspaper ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
california, phoenix arizona, tucson arizona, arizona, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual favours as long as the men refuse to install a water pipe.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, stylized, feel good, political ...
Plot:
village life, sexism, marital rape, desert, sexual relations, strike, against the rules, battle of the sexes, rebellion, ultimatum, couples, social relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, north africa
Is relevant?
343K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, War
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A tomboyish girl disguises herself as a young man so she can fight with the Imperial Chinese Army against the invading Huns. With help from wise-cracking dragon Mushu, Mulan just might save her country -- and win the heart of handsome Captain Li ...
Style:
feel good, light, touching, captivating, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot:
female protagonist, female warrior, cross dressing, human spirit, princess, heroine, friendship, dragon, good versus evil, sexism, impersonating, gender disguise ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 6th century, 5th century
Place:
china, ancient china, asia
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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 ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, rape and revenge, rape, violence, feminist, vengeance, murder, double life, death of friend, brutality, sexism, toxic masculinity ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, nebraska, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached ...
Style:
feel good, slapstick comedy, epic, funny, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
american football, underdog, football, cheerleader, childhood, football team, teenage girl, sexism, wager, single father, sibling rivalry, misfit ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
columbus ohio, ohio
Is relevant?
28K
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Style:
sexual, serious, sexy, f word, interesting
Plot:
journalism, based on real people, sexism, sexual harassment, film industry, sex crime, sexual assault, women's rights, rapist, film producer, sexual abuse, rape ...
Time:
2010s, year 2017, year 2016, 2020s, year 1992 ...
Place:
italy, hong kong, manhattan new york city, new york, ireland ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A budding female race-car driver finally meets her racing idol and unbelievably they fall in love...a love that's quickly put to the test when, having received the chance to show her racing talents, the two find themselves in a race for a ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, sex comedy, raunchy comedy, entertaining, grindhouse ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
tomboy, sexism, chauvinism, female mechanic, erotica, mechanic, car chase, race, nudity, female nudity, love, sexual attraction ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Spies discover that the Red Chinese have built a "doomsday machine" capable of destroying the surface of the Earth, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days. Meanwhile, Project Astra, a manned U.S. space mission to Venus, is in ...
Style:
psychotronic, independent film
Plot:
astronaut, sexism, venus the planet, space travel, end of the world, radiation, outer space, nuclear war, bare chested male, racism, spacewalk, press conference ...
Time:
year 1972
Is relevant?
121K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego -- Dorothy Michaels -- in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Style:
witty, feel good, sexy, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
cross dressing, actor, love, actress, theatrical agent, man dressed as a woman, gender disguise, single mother, lgbtq, gender bending, audition, love and romance ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, california, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The brain of a male engineer is transplanted into a female’s body. He soon finds it very frustrating to cope with the daily sexist discrimination most women deal with. For example, he is surprised when no one will hire a female engineer. When he ...
Style:
comedy drama, existential, period piece
Plot:
body swap, sexism, rape, lesbian, switching roles, brain transplant, body swapping, desire for fame, identity crisis, social commentary, social experiment, feminism ...
Time:
70s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney, but as one night stretches into several he plunges headlong into ...
Style:
independent film, disturbing, art house, terrifying, political ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
drunkenness, mining town, mental disorder, australian outback, sexism, beer, gambling, addiction, kangaroo, alcoholic, gay subtext, male nudity ...
Time:
70s, year 1971
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Diana Guzman begins to train as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers, all while keeping it a secret from her father.
Style:
captivating, independent film, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, female boxer, contests and competitions, kick-butt women, bullying, sexism, athlete's life, follow your dream, athlete and trainer, boxing trainer, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2000, 2000s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
A compassionate young male teacher, with the help of his resourceful landlady, works in a sexist school disguised as a woman.
Style:
anime, captivating, humorous, entertaining, romantic ...
Plot:
cross dressing, sexism, moral ambiguity, teenager, school, teacher, teaching, gender bender, gender roles, male to female cross dressing, high school life, school teacher ...
Is relevant?
122K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A bigoted junkie cop suffering from bipolar disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way through the festive season in a bid to secure promotion and win back his wife and daughter.
Style:
cynical, black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, sexual ...
Plot:
addiction, insanity, drug abuse, antisocial behavior, dark humor, losing-it hero, corruption, manipulation, self destructing, drug, cocaine, corrupt cop ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
scotland, hamburg germany, edinburgh scotland, britain, new orleans
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After Valerie Lee quits her college esports team, she quickly realizes that her decision comes at the cost of her scholarship. Valerie soon discovers a loophole to save her collegiate future, if she can find a coach and assemble a whole new ...
Style:
inspirational, captivating, witty, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
gamer, female protagonist, young adult, sexism, coming of age, esports, video game, college, competition, rivalry, society, fight ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
In the high-intensity world of mergers, acquisitions, and IPOS, a young female investment banker confronts the patriarchy in the frat house of Wall Street. An ensemble dramedy about the costs of climbing the corporate ladder.
Style:
satirical, psychological, captivating
Plot:
sexism, female protagonist, satire, investment banking, wall street, social problems, workplace, workplace situations, job, money, ambitious woman, relationship vs career ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Carlão is a prejudiced man who works in a car dealership with Cadinho, Zeca and Antunes. In conversations between them, Carlão always boasts of being the greatest soccer and mechanics savvy, all amidst macho and homophobic jokes. When Evaristo is ...
Style:
surreal, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay slur, lgbtq, sexism, gay, prejudice, machismo, toxic masculinity, car salesman, closeted homosexual, sexist, homophobe ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Mikhail Kovalev, the protagonist, is a talented and successful coach of a Super League men's volleyball team. He is pretty short but compensates it with bad temper and aggressive behavior. He lives large and often drops his girlfriends whom he ...
Style:
feel good, funny, light, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
volleyball, sexism, rivalry, redemption, coach, second chance, team building, toxic masculinity, women in sport, athlete and trainer, sport team, rivals ...
Is relevant?
135K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Based on the real scandal, BOMBSHELL is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
Style:
political, uplifting, sad, deep, social ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
sexual harassment, photograph, propaganda, news anchor, secret relationship, journalism, feminist, scandal, sexism, abuse of power, mother daughter relationship, quitting a job ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2019, year 2006, 2000s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, cleveland ohio
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller, sexual, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
sexual harassment, obsession, manipulation, femme fatale, lawyer, conspiracy, oral sex, lust, false accusation, sex, workplace, race against time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, san francisco
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Style:
f word
Plot:
journalism, sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault, abuse of power, film producer, women's rights, film industry, rape, investigation, sex crime, based on real people ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2017, year 1992, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, manhattan new york city, ireland, new york, venice ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.
Style:
gothic, suspense, postmodern, psychological horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
murder, time travel, fashion designer, rape, nostalgia, nightmare, brothel, female serial killer, plot twist, grandmother granddaughter relationship, female teacher, suicide of mother ...
Time:
60s, 2020s, year 1960, year 1969, year 1965 ...
Place:
london, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The unconventional life of Dr. William Marston, the Harvard psychologist and inventor who helped invent the modern lie detector test and created Wonder Woman in 1941.
Style:
sexy, polyamorous, eros, factual, historical drama ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
polyamory, lgbt, lgbtq, lesbian, lesbianism, bdsm, superheroine, sadomasochism, husband wife relationship, college professor, sexual fantasy, orgasm ...
Time:
1940s, year 2017, year 1941, 2010s, 1930s ...
Place:
new york, france, connecticut, louisiana, ireland ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
Style:
inspirational, depressing, touching, humorous, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
comedian, biopic, showbiz, wrestler, female nudity, sexism, character study, prank, life philosophy, human spirit, actor's life, rising to stardom ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1999, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, north america, manhattan new york city, lithuania ...
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