Female empowerment movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant female empowerment movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, entertaining, feel good, dramatic and suspense films and TV shows about / with female empowerment, female protagonist, women, feminism, feminist, strong female lead, friendship, husband wife relationship, woman and betrayal plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Action genres shot in USA, India, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as female empowerment: Wonder Woman (2017), Dangal (2016), In a World... (2013), I Am Woman (2019), Tootsie (1982), Barbie (2023), Calendar Girls (2003), Banklady (2013), Teeth (2007), Girls from Ipanema (2019).
Best films
New films
| RIWAJ (2025) | 5.6 | |
| D.I.S.C.O. (2026) | 7.2 | |
| Flourished Peony (2025) | 5.5 | |
| Love from 9 to 5 (2026) | 5.8 | |
| Tapassi (2025) | 7.6 |
List of female empowerment movies
732K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, psychotronic, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
superhero, strong female character, superheroine, world war one, strong female lead, fight scenes, female warrior, mythology, good versus evil, tough girl, supernatural power, super powers ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918, year 2017, future, 2010s ...
Place:
london, ancient greece, belgium, big ben london, fictional island ...
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239K
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.
Style:
inspirational, lyrical, atmospheric, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, wrestler, female empowerment, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, indians, great ending, olympics, biopic, life philosophy, mentor, determination ...
Time:
2010s, 90s, 2000s
Place:
india, delhi, israel
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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:
clever, humorous, talky, witty, sincere ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, girls' night
Plot:
sexism, female empowerment, workplace, workplace situations, siblings relations, shyness, love and romance, hopes, father daughter relationship, feminist, dysfunctional family, feminism ...
Time:
year 1989, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, ireland, san francisco, california ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The story of Helen Reddy, who, in 1966, landed in New York with her three-year-old daughter, a suitcase, and $230 in her pocket. Within weeks, she was broke. Within months, she was in love. Within five years, she was one of the biggest superstars of ...
Style:
thought provoking, touching, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot:
feminism, female empowerment, love, feminist, music, biopic, female musician, women, woman, misogyny, music industry, chauvinism ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1968, year 1966, year 1989
Place:
australia, new york, sydney australia, los angeles
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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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658K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
Style:
rom com, captivating, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
barbie, fantasy world, doll, social satire, voice over narration, teenage girl, female protagonist, interdimensional travel, pregnant woman, ceo, patriarchy, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, realistic, rom com ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
charity, small town, women, leukemia, female nudity, female empowerment, elderly, life philosophy, model, human spirit, friendship, food ...
Time:
90s, year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, northern england, europe, los angeles ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After splitting with the Joker, Harley Quinn joins superheroes Black Canary, Huntress and Renee Montoya to save a young girl from an evil crime lord.
Style:
humorous, exciting, freeze frame, perverse, psychotronic ...
Audience:
chick flick, family friendly, date night, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, superhero, anti heroine, female warrior, tough girl, one woman army, revenge, female assassin, superhero team, superheroine, chase, woman fights a man ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, sicily, new jersey
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872
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Banklady tells the true story of Gisela Werler, a law-abiding factory worker from Hamburg, who falls in love with a thief and becomes a media darling as Germany’s first and most notorious female bank robber. Cunning, sexy, and exciting, Gisela and ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, suspenseful, crime drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female empowerment, bank robbery, criminal heroes, fall in love, love and romance, biopic, gender roles, bonnie and clyde, love story, outlaw, factory worker, media sensation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
hamburg germany, west germany, germany
Is relevant?
49K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dawn is an active member of her high-school chastity club but, when she meets Tobey, nature takes its course, and the pair answer the call. They suddenly learn she is a living example of the vagina dentata myth, when the encounter takes a grisly ...
Style:
sexy, biting, black comedy, satirical, medical horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
rape, violence, coming of age, dysfunctional family, sex scene, teenager, revenge, body horror, chastity belt, dark humor, sex, rape and revenge ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A 1950s housewife goes to Rio de Janeiro to meet up with her husband, only to learn he's deserted her, but decides to stay and open a bossa nova club.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, costume drama ...
Plot:
female empowerment, misogyny, friends, male female relationship, male female friendship, love and romance, love, husband wife relationship, death of husband, female friendship, tragedy, death ...
Time:
1950s, year 1960, 60s, 50s
Place:
south america, rio de janeiro, brazil
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1K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In this adrenaline-fueled story, the world of women's mixed martial arts is rocked by an explosive showdown between reigning champion Cassady Jones and rising star Alexa Star. The clash of these two titans sends shockwaves through the EFC, as ...
Style:
intense, emotional, dramatic, action packed
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female empowerment, underdog, mixed martial arts, fight, rivalry, champion, championship, arena, determination, training camp, redemption, tournament ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, intense, serious, semi autobiographical ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, fight scenes, rags to riches, athlete and trainer, athlete's life, ambition, contests and competitions, rivalry, lifestyle, human spirit, underdog, boxer ...
Time:
year 2004, year 1972, 70s
Place:
ohio, michigan, detroit, usa, los angeles ...
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2K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Vietnam, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Christina Noble overcomes the harsh difficulties of her childhood in Ireland to discover her destiny on the streets of Saigon. A true story.
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
poverty, strong female lead, orphan, kids in trouble, destiny, father daughter relationship, social activism, social injustice, female protagonist, empowerment, hopes, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1955
Place:
saigon, ireland, vietnam, asia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop’s world of high-power big money is brutal and fierce, and one she thrives in. When a controversial IPO threatens the fragile balance of power and confidentiality, Naomi finds herself entangled in a web of ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, touching, suspense
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
stock market, female executive, finance, wall street, corruption, career woman, female protagonist, female empowerment, ambition, trading, coworker, banker ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
343
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The first of Anja Breiens Wives trilogy.
Style:
satirical, experimental
Plot:
women's liberation, female empowerment, female friendship, gender roles, feminist, sexism, switching roles, liberation, escapism, rebellion, working woman, midlife crisis ...
Time:
70s
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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?
525K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, India
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, thought provoking, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, kids, date night ...
Plot:
racism, friendship, civil rights, discrimination, writers, women, master and servant, racial segregation, maid, feminist, racial issues, blacks and whites ...
Time:
60s, year 2011, year 1963, 1900s, 50s ...
Place:
mississippi, usa, america, southern usa, africa
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A 15 year old mute village girl runs away from home due to problems, lands in Mumbai city. Initially she struggles to cope up with the big city, but fights her way forward to survive and achieve freedom overcoming obstacles.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartfelt
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
empowerment, coming of age, teenager, female empowerment, female protagonist, struggle, independence, perseverance, determination, survival, resilience, disability ...
Place:
mumbai india
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish ...
Style:
tense, sexy, detective, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hacker, rape, investigation, journalist, twists and turns, strong female lead, sexual abuse, age difference, violence against women, goth, femme fatale, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2010, year 1949, year 1958 ...
Place:
scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, australia
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Haunted by a tragic past, a stunning music student flees her homeland and ends up in an estranged marriage in Los Angeles, where her piano teacher's lover sparks a passion in her that threatens to destroy everything.
Style:
touching, captivating, romantic, sincere, suspense ...
Plot:
passion, forbidden love, love triangle, star crossed lovers, marital problem, unrequited love, husband wife relationship, friendship, cross cultural relations, haunted by the past, obsession, women's rights ...
Place:
kurdistan, los angeles, malibu california, barcelona, paris france ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, War
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.
Style:
minimal cast, captivating, tense, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
female pilot, strong female lead, breast feeding, world war two, female warrior, female soldier, gremlin, aerial combat, creature, fake identity, profanity, navigator ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
Black, plus-size and newly single, Mavis unexpectedly finds herself having to rebuild her life after putting all her eggs in one man's basket, but she's determined to not only survive but thrive with the support of her chosen family.
Style:
feel good, satirical, captivating, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
single, female protagonist, female empowerment, satire, new life, new love, problem, lgbtq, underdog, fashion, nightclub, friendship ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
"A Woman’s Fate” is about the story of three women who are stuck to social patterns that prevent them from being happy. Stella, after fifty years of marriage, notices she has given up on dreams to be the woman behind a “great man” and ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, satirical, captivating
Plot:
female empowerment, lifestyle change, changing lives, social problems, family relations, relationships, male female relationship, satire, marriage crisis, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, divorce ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Sequel to the 2013 animation movie The Croods.
Style:
3d animation, feel good, touching, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, teen fantasy, preschool
Plot:
caveman, teenager, father daughter relationship, female empowerment, friendship, grandmother grandson relationship, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, grandmother granddaughter relationship, feminism, teenage boy, father son relationship ...
Time:
prehistory, stone age, future, prehistoric times
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Four conservative girls sneak away on a secret trip, but what starts as fun soon turns into an unexpected adventure that tests their courage, friendship, and beliefs.
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female empowerment, self discovery, friendship, female bonding, road trip, coming of age, personal growth, young adult, empowerment, moral dilemma, peer pressure, identity crisis ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
Wonder Woman comes into conflict with the Soviet Union during the Cold War in the 1980s and finds a formidable foe by the name of the Cheetah.
Style:
period piece, saga, entertaining, intense, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, superhero, superheroine, woman fights a man, female fighter, female warrior, superhuman powers, amazon, heroes, amazon tribe, strong female lead, warrior ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, 2020s
Place:
washington d.c., russia, los angeles, hawaii, egypt ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A tough lady trucker trains her girly best friend to compete in the National Ladies Arm Wrestling Championship.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, semi serious, satirical, feel good
Plot:
female protagonist, rivalry, trucker, competition, self confidence, female friendship, female empowerment, strong female lead, road trip, champion, satire, athlete's life ...
Place:
oklahoma city
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: Norway
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
When a newly promoted football club lose their trainer just before the start of the league season, a female, Helena Mikkelsen, gets the historic chance to coach the team, even before an ambitious retired professional.
Style:
inspirational, realistic, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
football, small town, rivalry, soccer, new job, mother daughter relationship, sexism, contests and competitions, female empowerment, coaching, sport team, chance ...
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, History
Country: India
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
Razia Sultan is the story of Razia, the daughter of Sultan Iltutmish and Qutub Begum. Razia, known for her nobility and distinct thoughts, was crowned as the first woman ruler of the Delhi state after her father's death. The drama reveals the ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
power struggle, political intrigue, female empowerment, palace intrigue, gender roles, politics, politician, historical character, government, female protagonist, sultan, historical figure ...
Time:
13th century
Place:
india
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