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- DirectorLissette FelicianoStarsLorenza IzzoBryan CraigChrissie FitIn 1960s San Francisco, a once-promising catholic school girl, Celina Guerrera, sets out to rise above the oppression of poverty and invest in a future for herself that sets new precedents for the time.
- DirectorSarah GavronStarsCarey MulliganAnne-Marie DuffHelena Bonham CarterIn 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end.
- DirectorKatja von GarnierStarsHilary SwankMargo MartindaleAnjelica HustonA little known, yet integral piece of American history: based on the lives of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, two young radical women who were instrumental in getting women the right to vote in America.
- DirectorEmerald FennellStarsCarey MulliganBo BurnhamAlison BrieNothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
- DirectorLarysa KondrackiStarsRachel WeiszMonica BellucciVanessa RedgraveA drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal.
- DirectorAnne-Flore MarxerStarsHeida BirgisdóttirAline BockCristina CretuIceland has been ranked first in gender equality by the U.N. nine years in a row. World champion snowboarders Anne-Flore Marxer and Aline Bock hit the road to explore the terrain, and the people, that make this feminist country so unique.
- DirectorCatherine BreillatStarsIsabelle HuppertKool ShenLaurence UrsinoA stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.
- DirectorMira NairStarsMadina NalwangaDavid OyelowoLupita Nyong'oA Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
- DirectorEva SpreitzhoferStarsCaroline PetersSimon SchwarzEmily CoxWanda's world has been turned upside down when her teenage daughter Nina suddenly turns up in a hijab. Nina has secretly converted to Islam.
- DirectorNicola HanekomStarsJoel RosenblattAshleigh van der HovenCody MountainCut-Out Girls is the story of how six young women's lives are altered by the actions of two aspiring sportsmen.
- DirectorJennifer FoxStarsLaura DernJason RitterCommonA woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.
- DirectorTatiana ShanksStarsMeleana HirshonKenta AsarsTony LondonA boy from the streets of L.A., travels to Tahiti to visit his relatives., only to find out his younger cousin is being abused by one of the locals.
- DirectorMaryam TouzaniStarsLubna AzabalNisrin ErradiDouae BelkhaoudaAbla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-year-old daughter, Warda. When Samia, a young pregnant woman, knocks on their door, Abla is far from imagining that her life will change forever.
- DirectorEthosheia HyltonStarsDoyin AjiboyeLuke GasperJoan IyiolaReady to leave her UK boarding school and enter the working world, a young Black woman faces pressure to change her name and natural hairstyle.
- DirectorAmanda LundquistBecky ScottStarsStephanie HsuJaneane GarofaloDavid KrumholtzA journalist takes justice into her own hands when her Internet stalker walks free from the law.
- DirectorSasie SealyStarsNina LuHannah NordbergGwendoline YeoSet in 1976 San Francisco, Ivy Ling is a Chinese-American who struggles to find a balance between her two cultural identities. With the help of her best friend, Julie Albright, Ivy makes a tough call on two important events in her life when her gymnastics tournament and family's Chinese New Year dinner land on the same day.
- DirectorAndrea DorfmanStarsChelsea PerettiSusan KentNadia TonenAfter her partner breaks up with her on her 39th birthday, Gaby tackles her fears of loneliness as well as preconceptions of what it means for a woman to be single.
- DirectorSarah PirozekStarsMarc MenchacaJeff WincottSarah RichRosie, mourning her younger sister's death discovers the mysterious man who sexploited and bullied her sister to commit suicide back online trolling for new victims, and she takes justice into her own hands.
- DirectorMaria von HelandStarsAnna Maria MüheKaroline HerfurthJosefine DomesKati and Steffi have been best friends forever. Their love lives are heating up, so they're hitting the books less and going out to nightclubs more. When Steffi sees her father with another woman, her life begins to spiral out of control.
- DirectorIsabel de OcampoStarsCindy DíazSara BibangVivi CuencaA harrowing tale of human trafficking, a young woman from rural Peru is lured to Spain with the promise of work, and then forced into the dark world of prostitution with no hope of escape.
- DirectorManele LabidiStarsGolshifteh FarahaniMajd MastouraAïsha Ben MiledAfter years abroad in Paris, Selma returns to Tunis with the dream of opening up her own psychotherapy practice.
- DirectorMeryem Benm'Barek-AloïsiStarsMaha AlemiLubna AzabalSarah PerlesSofia, 20, lives with her parents in Casablanca. Following a denial of pregnancy, she finds herself illegally giving birth to a baby out of wedlock. The hospital leaves her 24h to provide the papers of the father of the child before alerting the authorities .
- StarsDenis VlasenkoEvgeniya DmitrievaViktor LoginovIrina Vladimirovna seems to love her son Zhenya, but her custody is stiflingly excessive: the relationship is so strained that she has to visit a family psychologist. At one of the receptions, the specialist invites the woman to start the separation process with the child. Irina Vladimirovna just has a second apartment, which is now being rented to tourists, where Zhenya could move - and there, you see, some kind of social life will improve, since one of the two rooms will still be put up for daily rent. In a new place, Zhenya immediately meets his neighbor's girlfriend Dasha.
- DirectorMonica RaymundStarsEamonn WalkerChristian StolteJoe MinosoTanya tells the story of a young girl who is trapped as a sex slave until she meets a man who is just as lonely as she is.
- DirectorTerri J. VaughnStarsJasmine BurkeTa'Rhonda JonesTyrone Marshall BrownGorgeous young Tia Logan, the envy of every woman and desire of every man, is about to have it all. Aside from securing the coveted morning-newsanchor position at WBX DC television station, she is a week away from marrying DC's most eligible bachelor, Malcolm Wright. While she is at her final dress-fitting, she sees her fiance' walking down the street sharing serious PDA with another woman. In full wedding attire, Tia runs outside and all hell breaks loose. Within a 24-hour time period, Tia loses everything: her fiance', her career, and her home. How in the world will she ever recover, and will she ever be able to find her "Happily Ever After"?
- DirectorHinde BoujemaaStarsHind SabriLotfi AbdelliHakim BoumsaoudiWith her abusive husband in jail and a coveted divorce pending, hardworking Noura can almost grasp a happy, new life with lover Lassaad - but when the best-laid plans are upended, Noura must tap her unshakable will to fulfill her dream.
- DirectorVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena RowlandsA precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
- CreatorKitty FlanaganVincent SheehanStarsKitty FlanaganJulia ZemiroMarty SheargoldFast-paced comedy about high-end contracts lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk, who is forced to take a job at a shabby, suburban law firm following a humiliating marriage breakdown and a professional fall from grace.
- CreatorClara SalamanStarsEmily WatsonDenise GoughThalissa TeixeiraA forensic psychiatrist must assess a woman accused of a heinous crime who claims she can't remember a thing.
- DirectorGeneviève Dulude-De CellesStarsRobin AubertJosée BeaulieuEmilie BierreBetween high school pressure and family disorganisation, Mylia is trying to find her bearings. Meeting Jacinthe and Jimmy will lead her to outline a new life.
- CreatorTamara AsmarCourtney WiseStarsNicole ChamounIgal NaorKeisha Castle-HughesA young Iraqi-Australian woman tears apart her family and defies her community to chase her dream of becoming an elite women's boxing trainer in On The Ropes, a drama set in Sydney's western suburbs.
- DirectorKatherine OostmanNancy StaffordStarsHannah AllineAbi Van AndelDanny VinsonAmanda's life might not be ideal--her ex-boyfriend is taking her money, her boss is threatening to fire her, and her landlord won't fix her apartment--but she's absolutely fine. She has things under control--until her estranged father comes back into her life, diagnosed with a fatal liver disease. Amanda discovers that she's a donor match and must make a choice: should she save her father who abused her, or walk away and let him die? The decision forces her to come face-to-face with who she really is.
- DirectorPriyanka BanerjeeStarsKajolShruti HaasanNeha DhupiaA tale of nine women navigating through an unusual sisterhood thrust upon them by circumstances.
- DirectorErica GornallStarsAmjad AlamriLaijad al HathloulShahad al HumaiziSaudi women embrace a new way of life and the freedom that comes from being behind the wheel when they are allowed to drive legally for the first time.
- DirectorOlga KorotkoStarsMarat AbishevNurgul AlpysbayevaZhalgas JangazinA businessman's daughter has some unexpected guests - her former classmates. A happy reunion becoming more complicated when guests tells her that they need some money to cover the murder they've committed.
- DirectorAnne ÉmondStarsAlexane JamiesonLéanne DésiletsRobin AubertJuliette is in her second year of high school and she has to handle the mockeries of other students. Complexed by her overweight, the young girl enters teenage years full of twists and turns.
- DirectorKira KovalenkoStarsMilana AguzarovaAlik KaraevSoslan KhugaevAda is stuck. Living in a dead-end town in North Ossetia, she is caught in the tight grip of the men in her life. But when her older brother returns home and her father suddenly falls ill, Ada finally sees a possible path to freedom.
- DirectorAlison EllwoodWomen of Troy is an HBO Sports documentary exploring the transcendent career of the Cheryl Miller-led USC Trojans and their impact on women's basketball.
- DirectorTamara BassStarsNorma AlvarezRico BallRaney BranchA group of friends sort out their turbulent life issues and love lives - always turning to one another to figure out their next move when jobs, romance or family interactions prove more complicated than they had ever anticipated.
- DirectorDeborah KampmeierStarsIsabelle FuhrmanTarek BisharaAnnarosa MuddBased on true events and set in New York City, TAPE is the story of an aspiring actress (Isabelle Fuhrman) who crosses paths with the darker side of the entertainment industry.
- DirectorDanishka EsterhazyStarsNiamh WilsonJorja CadenceLorena BobbittAn immigrant bride to a battered wife into an unlikely media sensation.
- StarsShania TwainSusanna HoffsNancy WilsonFeatures interviews with several female pioneers in music and pays homage to those who have stormed the stage and wielded their instruments.
- CreatorLiz AstrofStarsEliza CoupeGinnifer GoodwinMaggie QWhen psychologists advise them not to make any big decisions, three friends do exactly that; taking on the mid-life challenge they never saw coming, and upending their lives in an effort to find happiness while there is still time.
- CreatorLeslye HeadlandNatasha LyonneAmy PoehlerStarsNatasha LyonneCharlie BarnettGreta LeeA cynical young woman in New York City keeps dying and returning to the party that's being thrown in her honor on that same evening. She tries to find a way out of this strange time loop.
- DirectorAlanna BrownStarsEliane UmuhireCharmaine BingwaElla CannonIn April of 1994, four women from different backgrounds and beliefs are trapped and hiding during the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Their fight for survival against all odds unites the women in an unbreakable sisterhood.
- StarsMolly WindsorRia ZmitrowiczLiv HillThree young girls were groomed, sexually abused, and trafficked by a group of men in Rochdale, as well as the authorities failed to do anything about it.
- CreatorBrett BaerDave FinkelSharon HorganStarsSharon HorganClaes BangEve HewsonThe Garvey sisters are bound together by their parents' deaths and a promise to always protect one another.
- CreatorMarti NoxonStarsAmy AdamsPatricia ClarksonChris MessinaAfter treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.
- CreatorAidy BryantAlexandra RushfieldLindy WestStarsAidy BryantLolly AdefopeJohn Cameron MitchellA woman seeks out ways to change her life without changing her body.
- DirectorPhilippa LowthorpeStarsKeira KnightleyGugu Mbatha-RawJessie BuckleyA group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTilda SwintonJohn C. ReillyEzra MillerKevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKirsten DunstJosh HartnettJames WoodsA group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
- StarsAdrienne WarrenCedric JoeCarter JenkinsAn anthology series that chronicles the civil rights movement as told by the women behind it.
- DirectorKayo HattaStarsYûki KudôAkira TakayamaCary-Hiroyuki TagawaRiyo marries a man more than twice her age. She is devastated and labors in the sugar cane field. At the end she is able to love her husband.
- DirectorChanning Godfrey PeoplesStarsNicole BeharieLiz MikelMarcus M. MauldinA former beauty queen and single mom prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the "Miss Juneteenth" pageant.
- DirectorSook-Yin LeeStarsSarah GadonStephen ParkRosanna ArquetteTyler tries to discover the father she never got the chance to meet in this stirring psycho-sexual ghost story, exploring themes of gender and sexual identity.
- DirectorAmma AsanteStarsGugu Mbatha-RawMatthew GoodeEmily WatsonThe biracial daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in 18th century England.
- DirectorLina EscoStarsLina EscoLola KirkeMonique ColemanA group of women launch a movement to remove the censor of women's breasts all over America.
- DirectorSaphia AzzeddineFrançois-Régis JeanneStarsSabrina OuazaniAlice DavidCharlotte GabrisThree half sisters who didn't know each others must share an apartment.
- DirectorElisabeth SubrinStarsDagmara DominczykMaggie SiffJohn OrtizAn exhausted, workaholic actress, Anna Baskin, 44, abruptly extricates herself from a successful but mind-numbing TV role, returning to her past life in New York to reinvent herself.
- DirectorMounia MeddourStarsLyna KhoudriShirine BoutellaHilda Amira DouaoudaIn 1997 Algiers, terrorists wanting an archaic Islamic state are everywhere. They oppress women, determined to control their bodies, clothing, and public space. Young student Nedjma is passionate about creating a fashion show.
- DirectorNadine LabakiStarsNadine LabakiJoanna MoukarzelGisèle AouadA romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
- StarsAnna MikhalkovaTaisiya VilkovaElizaveta IshenkoAlyssa is only 15, and her teachers are tired of calling her mother into school. She later learns that soon she will go blind. She vows to live to the fullest while she can and decides that it would be stupid to waste time on school.
- DirectorKatherine DieckmannStarsUma ThurmanAnthony EdwardsMinnie DriverIn Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's about to face in order to pull off the event.
- DirectorErin Lee CarrStarsSimone BilesScott BlackmunRichard BlumenthalUSA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar is convicted of serial sexual abuse of young athletes.
- DirectorBonni CohenJon ShenkStarsMaggie NicholsGina NicholsJohn NicholsFollow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts like Maggie Nichols.
- DirectorSelma VilhunenStarsLinnea SkogPaula VesalaLauri MaijalaLittle Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu (Linnea Skog), who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother (Paula Vesala), who doesn't want to grow up.
- CreatorMoira BuffiniAlison NewmanStarsLesley ManvilleKate FleetwoodHolli DempseyBrothel owner Margaret Wells struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
- DirectorJessica ScaliseStarsGreg JamesAida ValentineSam KamermanTo win the contest of her dreams, Zoe will have to turn her sister's wedding into a horror film.
- DirectorMariya ShalayevaStarsTatyana DogilevaVladimir GuskovMaksim LagashkinElizaveta Petrovna had just buried her husband, with whom she had lived all her life. The only daughter and the only grandson - that's the whole family, whose life was largely determined by the deceased.
- DirectorVanessa PariseStarsJulius TennonTisha CampbellRaven BowensThe America gymnast Simone Biles' road to success including all the trials and tribulations that she faced.
- DirectorAudrey DiwanStarsAnamaria VartolomeiKacey Mottet KleinLuàna BajramiAn adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
- DirectorBeth LaMureStarsBrooke ShieldsCarrie PrestonIwan RheonThe 11-year-old daughter of a woman who has been battling cancer for years plots together with her best friend a way to escape from eventually having to live with her harsh and conservative aunt after her mother dies.
- DirectorCherNancy SavocaStarsDemi MooreShirley KnightCatherine KeenerThe movie examines the abortion issue through three stories set in different eras: 1952, 1974 and 1996.
- DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsViola DavisThuso MbeduLashana LynchA historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- DirectorPhyllis NagyStarsElizabeth BanksSigourney WeaverChris MessinaA married woman with an unwanted pregnancy lives in a time in America when she can't get a legal abortion and works with a group of suburban women to find help.
- DirectorGillian RobespierreStarsJenny SlateJay DuplassAbby QuinnIn 1995, a teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan discovers that her father is having an affair.
- CreatorMarti NoxonStarsJoy NashTamara TunieRobin WeigertPlum Kettle is a ghostwriter for the editor of one of New York's hottest fashion magazines.
- CreatorDana CalvoStarsGenevieve AngelsonAnna CampErin DarkeA look at the personal and professional lives of employees at an American news magazine in the late 1960s.
- DirectorArantxa EchevarríaStarsZaira RomeroRosy RodríguezMoreno BorjaTwo young women come into conflict with the conservatism of their Romani community in Madrid when they fall in love.
- DirectorSylvie VerheydeStarsKarole RocherGarance MarillierRoschdy ZemParis, in the late 1960s. Madame Claude is at the head of a flourishing business dedicated to prostitution that gives her power over both the French political and criminal worlds. But the end of her empire is closer than she thinks.
- DirectorMartha CoolidgeStarsHalle BerryBrent SpinerKlaus Maria BrandauerDorothy Dandridge's way to fame and fortune as a dancer, singer and actress.
- DirectorAnne FletcherStarsDanielle MacdonaldJennifer AnistonOdeya RushWillowdean ("Dumplin'"), the plus-size teenage daughter of a former beauty queen, signs up for her mom's Miss Teen Bluebonnet pageant as a protest that escalates when other contestants follow her footsteps, revolutionizing the pageant and their small Texas town.
- DirectorRachel CareyStarsCody HornCait CortelyouSarah SteeleA group of determined Midwestern women begin providing safe but illegal abortions in this 1960s period drama based on a true story.
- DirectorJenna Cato BassStarsFaith BaloyiNicole FortuinIzel BezuidenhoutA contemporary Western, a journey of self-discovery for three different but equally trapped women. A portrait of femininity against a hostile land, questioning what it means to be a woman today in South Africa and the world at large.
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsNaomi AckieStanley TucciAshton SandersA joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.
- StarsOctavia SpencerTiffany HaddishCarmen EjogoThe inspiring story of trailblazing African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker who built a haircare empire that made her America's first female self-made millionaire.
- DirectorPetra Biondina VolpeStarsMarie LeuenbergerMaximilian SimonischekRachel BraunschweigIn 1971, a young housewife organizes the women of her town to petition for the right to vote.
- DirectorCate ShortlandStarsScarlett JohanssonFlorence PughDavid HarbourNatasha Romanoff confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
- DirectorAinsley GardinerBriar Grace SmithStarsRachel HouseChelsie Preston CrayfordCohen HollowayEntwines the very different lives of three Maori girls, cousins, through tumultuous decades, after one of them is taken from her family and raised in an orphanage.
- DirectorRoz OwenStarsCara GeeJon CorFiona ReidBailed out and taken in by a brother she hasn't seen in years, an Indigenous protester and her adoptive family reckon with betrayal - of love, land, and blood.
- DirectorSabrina McCormickSoopum SohnStarsSam LiljaGretchen MolTim Blake NelsonWhen Belo Monte dam displaces an indigenous girl, she must rely on a white man to save her people - although he is the key to their destruction.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsCaroline BaudryCatherineAgnès VardaWhat does being a woman really mean? How do women live the status society reserves for them? A group of women, beautiful or not, young or not, gifted with motherly instinct or not, answer before Agnès Varda's camera.
- DirectorLinda DombrovszkyStarsIldikó HámoriAnna GyörgyiZsolt KovácsThe mother loves her daughter; the daughter loves her mother. The tragedy of misunderstood love. The adaptation of Magda Szabó's novel translated into twelve languages.
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsMala PowersTod AndrewsRobert ClarkeA young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.
- DirectorKristina WagenbauerStarsCarla TurcotteNatalia DontchevaDavid GiguèreWhen Sasha's mother arrives on her doorstep without warning, the young musician is unable to hide her trepidation. As she tries to prepare for the most important concert of her career, the reasons for her mother's visit come to light and Sasha must find a way to survive the remaining 24 hours, confronting both the volatile woman and the past that Sasha had worked so hard to leave behind.
- DirectorRuth LawrenceStarsPatricia AndrewsMarthe BernardEmily BridgerStill struggling with their childhood abandonment, three sisters reunite at a wedding. But coming home and making a new family can come at a high cost.
- DirectorKelley KaliAngelique MolinaStarsWesley MossKelley KaliDominique MolinaWhen a recently widowed mother becomes houseless, she convinces her 8-year-old daughter that they are only camping for fun while working to get them off of the streets.
- DirectorMolly McGlynnStarsAya CashLeslie SeilerAaron PooleMary is a substance abuse counsellor with a drinking problem. After getting arrested for drunk driving and losing her job, Mary returns to her hometown where she learns that her estranged father is dying of cancer and wants her to form a bond with her teenage half-sister she's never met.
- DirectorNataliya PadillaStarsPatience AndersonElena ArzhanikCecilia BenevichRussian mail order bride tries to balance her love life with her rich but morally bankrupt husband and her scruffy yet charming paramour.