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Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A drunken man's encounter sets off a chain of gossip in a town of secrets. As whispers spread, a woman's hidden past threatens to tear everything apart.
Style:
tense
Plot:
patriarchy, rumor, reputation, scandal, secret past, village life, shame, intrigue, family conflict, character study, social commentary, privacy invasion
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
One of the earliest Turkish films to display lesbianism, Haremde Dört Kadın (Four Women in the Harem) tells the story of three women in Pasha's harem and the newcomer. The film was attacked by fundamentalists, who destroyed the reels ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, art house
Plot:
harem, lesbianism, jealousy, intrigue, patriarchy, polygamy, betrayal, romantic rivalry, gender roles, forbidden love, sexual tension, seduction ...
Time:
1890s
Place:
ottoman empire
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Côte d'Ivoire, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
At a festival, a chorus of women sing and dance as two stories unfold. In a village, a young women with a jealous husband gives him something to be jealous about when his younger brother visits from the city.
Style:
art house
Plot:
gender roles, jealous husband, female empowerment, family conflict, patriarchy, slice of life, social realism, domestic drama, satire, sibling rivalry, poverty, self defense ...
Time:
80s
Place:
africa
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244
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Unable to handle the taking of his kingdom by an Indian Government decree, the Maharaja kills himself. His son, Jaipal, takes over as the Maharaja, turns rebel, and refuses to hand over his title and kingdom to the Government. It is in this ...
Style:
emotional, intense, action drama, dark, period drama
Plot:
revenge, family feud, feudalism, violence, kidnapping, ransom, brother vs brother, patriarchy, moral dilemma, honor, family drama, class conflict ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Raji is forced into prostitution to support her brother's education after their parents' death. She falls in love with Babu, who faces social ridicule after their affair becomes public.
Style:
melancholic, sexual, sexy, period drama
Plot:
prostitution, female protagonist, sacrifice, sex worker, societal hypocrisy, police brutality, survival, exploitation, rape, patriarchy, tragedy, victimization ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hamida dreams of studying at the faculty of commerce and live her life like any ordinary girl, but her narrow minded father wants her to stay at home and wait for her future husband. With the help of her boyfriend Hassan, who is a medical student he ...
Style:
romantic, romantic comedy, uplifting
Plot:
gender roles, female protagonist, gender disguise, patriarchy, father daughter conflict, family conflict, identity, deception, cross dressing, female empowerment, love story, mistaken identity ...
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Genre: Romance
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
1825, the petty countship of Rennitz in the post-Napoleonic kingdom of Hannover. Handsome, clever forester Walther Fichtner forgot his dream of succeeding old estate steward Senneisen, his former mentor, when handpicked as gloomy count ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tension, melancholic
Plot:
social injustice, abuse of power, patriarchy, loyalty, forbidden romance, class struggle, gender roles, aristocracy, sacrifice, jealousy, betrayal, moral dilemma ...
Time:
19th century
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The barren wife of a rich man allows him to marry a younger woman in order to have a child.
Style:
realistic, melancholic
Plot:
family relations, marriage, village life, infertility, religion, sacrifice, gender roles, small village, patriarchy, polygamy, survival, poverty ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In an impoverished neighborhood, the son of a swordsman falls in love with the daughter of a wedding singer — a taboo match in a traditional society.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, independent film, tense ...
Plot:
death sentence, social realism, family problems, relationships, problem, couple relations, male female relationship, love story, life is a bitch, family relations, love affair, money problems ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Georgia, Croatia, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Qatar
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It's 1992. Young Dina lives in a remote mountain village where life is strictly governed by centuries of tradition. Dina's grandfather has promised her to David, who is returning from the war. But with him comes a comrade-in-arms, the ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, emotional, dramatic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, tradition, mountain village, arranged marriage, culture clash, relationships, in love, love affair, family tradition, love story, family relations, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
caucasus
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a small village in northeast India, 10-year-old Dhunu dreams of having her own rock band. Her vibrant spirit, imagination and self-assurance stand out in a world where girls are expected to be timid and submissive. With her gang of boys and the ...
Style:
poignant, mind blowing, melancholic
Plot:
aspiration, gender roles, slice of life, resilience, childhood, female protagonist, village, determination, imagination, coming of age, social realism, patriarchy ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Poshter Girl takes you on a mad roller coaster ride of a quaint, little village in Maharashtra - Tekawde, which is ill-famous for female infanticide and as a result there are no girls left within the village. When the question of boys' marriage ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, love triangle, village life, rural area, male female relationship, family relations, relationships, love story, problem, countryside, heartbreak, couple relations ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy, Morocco, Qatar, Lebanon, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A film within a film, "Looking for Oum Kulthum" is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her ...
Style:
independent film, contemplative, art house, intercultural, poignant ...
Plot:
biopic, female protagonist, patriarchy, iranian, female artist, gender roles, creative process, exile, resilience, feminism, female empowerment, identity ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A divorced woman leaves Damghan with her child to live and work in Tehran but her ex-husband does everything in his capability to force her to go back.
Style:
emotional, realistic, tense, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
domestic drama, family drama, divorce, female protagonist, mother child relationship, single mother, custody battle, struggle, patriarchy, social realism, gender roles, independent woman ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tehran, iran
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Serbia
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A modest Serbian girl from the 1930s loses both her parents in a year. She gets abducted by a beautiful stranger who forces her to marry him. For her he remains a mystery she is trying to solve throughout the series which is based on the novel of ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, atmospheric, period drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, forced marriage, female protagonist, orphan, abduction, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, married couple, secret, life is a bitch, family problems, romantic relationship ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
serbia
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361
Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Pakistan
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Young girl's dream of becoming super star turns into a nightmare as she faces unavoidable dark conspiracy.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspense thriller ...
Plot:
conspiracy, aspiring actress, family drama, female protagonist, male female relationship, family relations, problem, relationships, villager, brother sister relationship, dysfunctional family, eccentric family ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Romance
Country: Pakistan
TV show
Story:
After a rich politician's son kills a young woman's brother, an unlikely romantic connection complicates her pursuit of justice.
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, captivating, disturbing, heartfelt ...
Plot:
love story, revenge, female protagonist, murder, criminal's revenge, vengeance, loss of brother, family drama, love interest, male female relationship, fall in love, in love ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
pakistan
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Nigeria
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A bright student in Nigeria takes on the academic establishment when she reports a popular professor who tried to rape her. Based on real events.
Style:
realistic, educational, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, black history, child abuse, university, sexual harassment, campus, attempted rape, teacher, rape, social problems, problem, sexual assault ...
Place:
nigeria
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Pakistan
TV show
Story:
The drama revolves around two sisters, Sheedan and Sajida. Sheedan is married to Majid. While, Sajida is a widowed wife of Parvez, friend of Imtiaz. Sheedan, a eldest sister, has a daughter, Meeran and a son. Sajida has a daughter, Zebo. Imtiaz ...
Style:
dramatic, suspenseful, social, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
family relations, marriage, friendship, sisterhood, family drama, widow, young widow, married woman, couples, girlfriend, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female best friends ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
TV show
Story:
In 1949, the only daughter of the largest tea factory in Taiwan was supposed to marry a man to take over her life and her father’s huge business. After she divorced, who was her own master became a question. To prove her worth, she intervenes in ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological, inspirational ...
Plot:
family business, female protagonist, businessman, female empowerment, family drama, gender roles, life is a bitch, money problems, tragic love, wealthy family, relationships, social problems ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
Place:
taiwan, east asia
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514
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Late '50s to early '60s, when the space war between the Soviet and US was fiercely going on, a fifteen-year-old member of the communist party, Luciana, develops her ideals while living with her bourgeois stepfather, and among male ...
Style:
period piece, emotional, historical drama, melancholic, political drama
Plot:
communism, female protagonist, teenager, space race, coming of age, adolescence, identity, cold war, male chauvinism, brother sister relationship, patriarchy, gender roles ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 1957, 1950s, 50s
Place:
rome italy, italy
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Genre: Biography
Country: Mexico, Colombia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Maria Magdalena, a woman different than the others and capable of challenging a corrupt society completely dominated by men, is faced with evils and betrayals forcing her to escape her homeland and attempt to forget her past. On the verge of her ...
Style:
serious, emotional, biblical, christian film, realistic ...
Plot:
redemption, female protagonist, feminism, courage, religion, faith, spiritual journey, religious, jesus, life philosophy, heroine, unfulfillment ...
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Iraq
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Hayat, a 12-year-old strong-willed girl, lives in a poor fishing village governed by dark tradition, in which every family must give away a daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters near by. In turn, the sea creatures are hunted by the ...
Style:
allegory, melancholic, grim, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
ritual sacrifice, folk horror, female protagonist, sea, symbolism, oppression, dystopia, patriarchy, survival, isolation, escape, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Meena stubbornly refuses to speak. She loves a man from a lower caste. Her family thinks she is possessed and the spell is cast out of her. The day begins, a road movie starts, as religious fervour and insane misogyny are narrated in passing.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, superstition, family drama, forbidden love, love story, class society, in love, social issues, love interest, love and romance, social differences, family disapproval ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Set during the 1940s, Bheem Rao Deshmukh, a ruthless monarch and womanizer, rules Rudrangi and treats the local people there as his slaves.One day Bheem Rao comes across a woman named Rudrangi, and he falls for her beauty. Bheem Rao badly wants to ...
Style:
intense, historical drama, dark, period piece, political ...
Plot:
social injustice, feudalism, sexploitation, oppression, tyranny, power struggle, village, patriarchy, class conflict, monarch, justice, female protagonist ...
Time:
1940s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Story of a fictional town called Ponnapuram, where all the women are self-sufficient and trained to handle any situation. Their world is put to the test when a few men decide to take them down.
Style:
intense, tense, realistic, uplifting, suspense
Plot:
female empowerment, matriarchy, solidarity, patriarchy, feminism, resilience, resistance, female bonding, social commentary, oppression, conflict, confrontation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india
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491
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Kakekomi tells the stories of Edo women in the 1800s that escape abusive husbands and lovers by taking refuge in Tokeiji, a monastery in Kamakura.
Style:
satirical, thrilling, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
monastery, domestic abuse, sisterhood, buddhist temple, changing lives, buddhism, satire, women, arranged marriage, patriarchy, female empowerment, samurai ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The story starts with the inauguration of the first-ever Mechanical batch in an engineering campus. The batch consists of boys only. Later in the second year of the department, a girl joins and becomes the only girl to be a part of their batch. As ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
rape, murder, college, friendship, justice, female protagonist, campus, social problems, life is a bitch, murderer, murder mystery, female student ...
Place:
india
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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, sincere, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, pregnancy, on the run, feminist, women's rights, religious fundamentalism, society, friendship, injustice, prostitute, dialogue, discrimination ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iran, middle east, tehran iran, persia, california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The truth carries a heavy burden, whether it is said that it sets off a storm, or it remains in the heart that disturbs man. Between telling the truth and revealing a secret or being silent and expedient, one is preferable to the other.
Style:
emotional, tense, suspenseful, tragic
Plot:
moral dilemma, secrets, moral ambiguity, tradition, reputation, honor, village life, social conflict, character study, family drama, small community, family honor ...
Place:
iran
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