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, serious, humorous, feel good, captivating and touching films and TV shows about / with sexism, female protagonist, woman, feminist, women, feminism, gender, strong female lead, strong female presence and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and History genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sexism: Battle of the Sexes (2017), Hidden Figures (2016), The Girl King (2015), The Handmaid's Tale (2017), Suffragette (2015), Mulan (1998), The Source (2011), Morocco: Love in Times of War (2017), The Associate (1996), In a World... (2013).

List of sexism movies

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Battle of the Sexes (2017)
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: semi serious, captivating, uplifting, art house, retro ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: tennis, battle of the sexes, sexism, tennis player, gender equality, lesbian love, woman, lesbianism, lgbtq, hotel, winning, lgbt ...
Time: year 1973, year 1972, year 2017, 70s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 253K
Hidden Figures (2016)
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, sincere, motivational, touching, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night, teens ...
Plot: racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, african american, stereotypes, prejudice, sexism, strong female character, scientist, genius, racial segregation ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, year 2016, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: persia, indiana, virginia, usa, langley virginia
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The Girl King (2015)
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, realistic, captivating, emotional, serious ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian interest, royal family, lesbian love, love interest, lesbian sex, unrequited love, female nudity, lgbt, queen, biopic, forbidden love ...
Time: 17th century, ancient times
Place: europe
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The Handmaid's Tale (2017)
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: rape, sexism, surrogate mother, infertility, dystopia, protest, totalitarianism, slavery, tyranny, religion, belief, women's rights ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria
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 6.9
 44K
Suffragette (2015)
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: inspirational, political, factual, educational, bleak ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: feminism, women, feminist, sexism, girl power, activism, women's suffrage, human rights, rebelliousness, women's rights, sexual harassment, women's liberation ...
Time: 1900s, year 1912, 1910s, edwardian era, victorian era ...
Place: england, london, britain, europe, united kingdom
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 7.7
 314K
Mulan (1998)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, War
Country: USA, Japan
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, princess, dragon, human spirit, friendship, heroine, good versus evil, sexism, gender disguise, gender ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 6th century, 5th century
Place: china, ancient china, asia
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 4K
The Source (2011)
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, stylized, sentimental, feel good, political ...
Plot: village life, sexism, rebellion, battle of the sexes, muslim woman, marital rape, desert, ultimatum, power relations, social relations, couples, couple relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: middle east, north africa
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Morocco: Love in Times of War (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Oblivious to the strife that awaits them, a group of young nurses from Spain's upper class head to war-torn Marocco in 1921 to help where help is needed. Many lessons in love and life are learned before they overcome deepest conflicts, grow as ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thought provoking, tense, medical drama ...
Plot: sexism, interracial romance, nurse, war, danger, adaptation, society, wartime, medical, world war one, anti war, friendship ...
Time: 1920s, edwardian era, 20th century
Place: spain, north africa, morocco, middle east
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The Associate (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While ...
Style: light, entertaining, feel good, witty, clever ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gender disguise, wall street, workplace, sexism, comedy of errors, hidden identity, business, women, farce, racism, strong female lead, fake identity ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: new york
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 6.7
 33K
In a World... (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to change the voice of a generation.
Style: humorous, feel good, clever, light, witty ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: sexism, female empowerment, workplace, shyness, workplace situations, siblings relations, love and romance, hopes, feminist, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, women ...
Time: year 2013, year 1989, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, ireland
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The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
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, disturbing, brutal, controversial, harsh ...
Audience: teens
Plot: nun, convent, life is a bitch, human spirit, corporal punishment, mistreatment, catholic church, evil nun, religion, sexual harassment, humiliation, catholic ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1964, year 2002
Place: ireland, europe, dublin ireland
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 6.4
 31K
Little Giants (1994)
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, romantic comedy, funny, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: american football, underdog, football, cheerleader, childhood, coach, sexism, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, sibling rivalry, wager, single father ...
Time: 90s
Place: ohio
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 7.2
 28K
She Said (2022)
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: serious, sexual, interesting
Plot: sexual harassment, based on real people, rape, abuse of power, sexism, sexual assault, female protagonist, women's rights, investigation, female journalist, sexual abuse, sexual predator ...
Time: 2020s, year 2017, 2010s, year 1992, year 2016
Place: manhattan new york city, hong kong, new york, venice, ireland
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 4.7
 2K
Tomboy (1985)
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, cult classic, grindhouse, entertaining ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: tomboy, sexism, chauvinism, female mechanic, erotica, car chase, mechanic, race, teenager, college, transgender, nudity ...
Time: 80s
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 7.5
 44K
Whale Rider (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story: On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, ...
Style: touching, emotional, thought provoking, atmospheric, poignant ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: sexism, whale, tradition, coming of age, childhood, culture clash, empowerment, youth, society, female protagonist, women, loss of son ...
Time: 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new zealand, oceania
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Just One of the Guys (1985)
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, chick flick, family outing, girls' night, date night
Plot: cross dressing, high school, gender disguise, adolescence, gender bending, college, sexism, prom, hidden identity, switching roles, coming of age, gender bender ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: california, phoenix arizona, arizona, tucson arizona
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 7.6
 171K
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Whilst on a short weekend getaway, Louise shoots a man who had tried to rape Thelma. Due to the incriminating circumstances, they make a run for it and thus a cross country chase ensues for the two fugitives. Along the way, both women rediscover the ...
Style: road movie, sexy, touching, captivating, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: road trip, friendship, feminism, female friendship, on the road, fugitives, rape, female bonding, gender, escapades, lovers on the run, attempted rape ...
Time: 20th century, year 1991, 90s
Place: arizona, southern usa, oklahoma, bolivia, usa ...
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The Imitation Game (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley ...
Style: inspirational, clever, intellectual, captivating, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: world war two, mathematics, genius, inventor, inventions and discoveries, code, code breaking, prodigy, mathematician, invention, computer, ambition ...
Time: 1940s, year 2014, 20th century, 1950s, 2010s ...
Place: england, london, britain, idaho, los angeles ...
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Prime Suspect (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 207 min.
TV show
Story: A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
Style: detective, suspense, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: serial killer, police investigation, female detective, murder mystery, police detective, murder, police, obsession, investigation, sexism, uncover truth, murder investigation ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, britain, europe, london
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When notorious womanizer Connor Mead attends his brother Paul's wedding, he is forced to re-evaluate his behavior as he comes face-to-face with the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future, along with his deceased uncle. The experience ...
Style: romantic, sweet, romantic comedy, rom com, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot: love, ghost, womanizer, wedding, true love, love story, lifestyle change, lovers reunited, supernatural, introspection, love and romance, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion ...
Time: 80s, 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 21K
Pan Am (2011)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 583 min.
TV show
Story: Pan Am is an American period drama television series created by writer Jack Orman. Named for the iconic Pan American World Airways, the series features the pilots and stewardesses of the airline as it operated in the early 1960s at the beginning of ...
Style: realistic, stylized, sentimental, serious, anime ...
Plot: stewardess, bohemian life, airport, airline, female protagonist, ambitious, american dream, sexism, workplace, sexual tension, workplace problem, parent child relationship ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
Is relevant ?
 5.8
 158K
Mulan (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, China
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A young Chinese maiden disguises herself as a male warrior in order to save her father.
Style: exciting, fairy tale, stylized, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, chick flick, teens
Plot: female warrior, martial arts, heroine, woman dressed as man, tough girl, cross dressing, sword, mythical creature, woman with a gun, chinese woman, female protagonist, princess ...
Time: 2020s
Place: ancient china, china, asia
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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 6.6
 2K
Aída (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Aída is a Spanish comedy sitcom set in Madrid, that spin off from another sitcom called 7 Vidas. The show first aired on January 16, 2005 and is produced by Globomedia for the Spanish network Telecinco. It currently started its ninth season. The ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic
Plot: family life, lifestyle, living with parents, teenage life, parents and children, family problems, family relations, youth, single parent, sexism, working class, siblings relations ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain, madrid
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Commander in Chief (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Commander in Chief is an American drama television series that focused on the fictional administration and family of Mackenzie Allen, the first female President of the United States, who ascends to the post from the Vice Presidency after the death ...
Style: serious, realistic, clever, sincere, political ...
Plot: white house, legal, head of state, rise to the top, sexism, idealism, workplace, society, workplace intrigue, government official, workplace situations, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 5K
Bomb Girls (2012)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Focusing on a group of women working in a munitions plant during World War II, this ensemble drama depicts the dangers and new experiences they face.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, stylized, historical drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: world war two, wartime life, working woman, factory, life is a bitch, sexism, workplace, society, gender, accident, strong female presence, lesbian love ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: canada
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Prime Suspect (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Prime Suspect is an American police procedural television drama series that premiered on NBC on September 22, 2011. It stars Maria Bello as Detective Jane Timoney. The series is a "re-imagining" of the original British series Prime ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, detective
Plot: policewoman, police investigation, police detective, law enforcement, investigator, sexism, police station, ambition, tough law enforcer, boss, murder, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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The 10th Victim (1965)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. The Hunt is the most popular form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and ...
Style: cult classic, satirical, dark comedy, futuristic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: sexist, manhunt, dystopia, satire, television, survival game, gay stereotype, sexism, murder, distopia, dystopian future, survival ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy, geneva switzerland, new york
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How to Murder Your Wife (1965)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan series provides him with a luxury townhouse and a full-time valet, Charles. When he wakes up the morning after the night before - he had ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, humorous, clever, witty ...
Audience: date night
Plot: farce, butler, sexist, misogynist, misogyny, uxoricide, lust, language barrier, bachelor, breaking the fourth wall, sexism, murder trial ...
Time: 1900s, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york
Is relevant ?
 2.6
 51K
Gigli (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with ...
Style: romantic, sexy, humorous, melancholic, suspense ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: gangster, kidnapping, hitman, couple relations, stupidity, profanity, mission of murder, lovers, opposites attract, bisexual woman, sexism, sex scene ...
Time: year 2003
Place: new york, los angeles, usa, australia, turkey
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