women and society movies

Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
6.9 / 10

Drama, History, Romance

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to...

Osama (2004)
7 / 10

Drama

After the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and the restriction of women in public life, a pre-teen girl is forced to masquerade as a boy in order...

Ten (2002)
7.309 / 10

Drama

A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.

Offside (2006)
6.9 / 10

Comedy, Drama

During the 2006 World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain, numerous young women are caught and rounded up for dressing as men so they could...

The Circle (2000)
6.9 / 10

Drama

Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.

Writing with Fire (2021)
7.404 / 10

Documentary, History

In a cluttered news landscape dominated by men, emerges India’s only newspaper run by Dalit women. Armed with smartphones, Chief Reporter Meera and...

Lee Miller: A Life on the Frontline (2020)
7.8 / 10

Documentary

A documentary celebrating Lee Miller, a model turned photographer turned war reporter who defied anyone who tried to pin her down, put her on a...

Barefoot in the Kitchen (2013)
6 / 10

Documentary

What was the role of women in Spanish cinema from the 1930s to the present explained through fragments of different films, both fiction and...

Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age (2022)
7.8 / 10

Documentary

This documentary by Léa Clermont-Dion and Guylaine Maroist plunges us into the vortex of online misogyny and documents hatred towards women. This...

Per sempre (2016)
5.2 / 10

Comedy

Short film about foster care promoted by TWINSET.

Demi-Goddesses (2023)
0 / 10

Animation

The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises...

Girls of Hope (2011)
0 / 10

Documentary

In Turkey far too many women are still unable to read and write, and all they see in their life span is being forced into early marriage and...

Elsa (1981)
8 / 10

Comedy

A short satire that parodies a passionate and fashionable return to nature, a green self-sufficient life.

Viva la Vulva (2019)
7.7 / 10

Documentary

With a sense of humour, this documentary questions the condition of women from the angle of the image and perception of their body, and covers the...

Inside Her Sex (2014)
7.1 / 10

Documentary

Inside Her Sex is a thought-provoking, feature-length documentary that explores female sexuality and shame through the eyes and experiences of three...

Taro (2022)
0 / 10

Mystery, Fantasy

Short film version of the app – loosely based on tarot – the maker developed as a graduation project. Barbie dolls and Lego versions of Bert and...

So No Harm Comes to You (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary, Animation

This story is based on Lisa Rydberg's teenage experiences. An unknown man shows Lisa the way to the bus station on a dark night. After a while she...

J'me marie, j'me marie pas (1973)
0 / 10

Documentary

Eye Of The Beholder (1969)
0 / 10

Science Fiction, Drama

Beauty is as powerful as a drug and our eyes are addicted to it. Due to an electronic device in her head, Nora grew up not knowing if she was...

The Search for the Lost Manuscript: Julian of Norwich (2016)
0 / 10

History, Documentary

In this hour-long documentary, Dr Janina Ramirez tells the incredible story of a book hidden for centuries in the shadows of history, the first book...