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- DirectorRajesh PillaiStarsNivin PaulyAmala PaulPraveenaThe story of Mili, an introvert girl who grows up to be a self made woman.
- DirectorRichard LaGraveneseStarsHilary SwankImelda StauntonPatrick DempseyA young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves and pursue education beyond high school.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsAmy AdamsJeremy RennerForest WhitakerA linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world.
- CreatorWinnie HolzmanStarsBess ArmstrongWilson CruzClaire DanesA 15-year-old girl and her trials and tribulations of being a teenager and dealing with friends, guys, parents, and school.
- DirectorDoug AtchisonStarsAngela BassettLaurence FishburneKeke PalmerAkeelah, a young gifted girl, comes from a dysfunctional family and is on the verge of quitting school. She discovers that she has a high aptitude for spellings and enters a spelling bee contest.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsClaire DanesJulia OrmondDavid StrathairnA biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.
- CreatorBryan FullerStarsEllen MuthCallum BlueJasmine GuyAfter being hit on the head by a toilet seat that fell from Mir space station, a young temp clerk becomes a grim reaper in death.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsParminder NagraKeira KnightleyJonathan Rhys MeyersTwo ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football.
- DirectorRob MarshallStarsZiyi ZhangKen WatanabeMichelle YeohThe heartwarming tale of Nitta Sayuri, a young Japanese woman who transcended from her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
- DirectorNiki CaroStarsKeisha Castle-HughesRawiri ParateneVicky HaughtonA contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
- StarsMaryam HassouniEva van de WijdevenChristine van StralenThis series is about two girls; Dunya and Desie. They both live in the Bijlmer in Amsterdam. Dunya is a girl from Maroccan descent who has strict parents. Desie is a girl from the Netherlands who lives with her mom. They are best friends even though they have a different background.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsOksana AkinshinaArtyom BogucharskiyPavel PonomaryovSixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.
- DirectorPeter MullanStarsEileen WalshDorothy DuffyNora-Jane NooneThree young Irish women struggle to maintain their spirits while they endure dehumanizing abuse as inmates of a Magdalene Sisters Asylum.
- DirectorLee Jong EonOunie LecomteStarsKim Sae-ronKo Ah-sungSol Kyung-guYoung Jinhee is taken by her father to an orphanage near Seoul. He leaves her there never to return, and she struggles to come to grips with her fate. Jinhee desperately believes her father will come back for her.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsKaridja TouréAssa SyllaLindsay KaramohA girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process. However, she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her any happier.
- DirectorBrad BirdStarsGeorge ClooneyBritt RobertsonHugh LaurieBound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.
- CreatorNancy Hult GanisJack OrmanStarsChristina RicciMargot RobbieMichael MosleyPeriod drama about the pilots and flight attendants who once made Pan Am the most glamorous way to fly.
- DirectorKen KwapisStarsAmber TamblynAlexis BledelAmerica FerreraFour best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
- CreatorJana SinyorStarsErin KarplukReagan PasternakMichael Riley"Therapist" Dr. Tom - who is constantly spouting famous and not so famous historical quotes - is Erica Strange's savior and worst enemy.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsAnna PaquinGoran VisnjicMichelle DockeryThe story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them out of the Warsaw ghetto.
- DirectorMax FärberböckStarsMaria SchraderJuliane KöhlerJohanna WokalekIn 1943 Berlin, a Nazi officer's wife meets and starts a passionate affair with a Jewish woman.
- DirectorGauri ShindeStarsAlia BhattShah Rukh KhanKunal KapoorKaira is a budding cinematographer in search of a perfect life. Her encounter with Jug, an unconventional thinker, helps her gain a new perspective on life. She discovers that happiness is all about finding comfort in life's imperfections.
- DirectorVikas BahlStarsKangana RanautRajkummar RaoLisa HaydonA Delhi girl from a traditional family sets out on a solo honeymoon after her marriage gets cancelled.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.
- DirectorKung-Lok LeeStarsKristal TinShirley YimAmy ChumA story of four women who take belly dancing lessons to escape from their lives.
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsCate BlanchettLiz GilesRod CulbertsonThe early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsJodie FosterMatthew McConaugheyTom SkerrittDr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
- DirectorMarc RothemundStarsJulia JentschFabian HinrichsAlexander HeldA dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsRachel WeiszMax MinghellaOscar IsaacA historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsFranka PotenteMoritz BleibtreuHerbert KnaupAfter a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks.
- DirectorNigel ColeStarsSally HawkinsBob HoskinsAndrea RiseboroughA dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
- CreatorAdam PriceStarsSidse Babett KnudsenBirgitte Hjort SørensenSøren MallingA political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.
- DirectorSönke WortmannStarsJohanna WokalekDavid WenhamJohn GoodmanA woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim in the ninth century disguises herself as a man and rises through the Vatican ranks.
- DirectorJames KentStarsAlicia VikanderKit HaringtonTaron EgertonA British woman recalls coming of age during World War I - a story of young love, the futility of war, and how to make sense of the darkest times.
- 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.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsVal KilmerElisabeth ShueRade SerbedzijaSimon "The Saint" Templar (Val Kilmer), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for cold fusion puts him at odds with a traitor bent on toppling the Russian government, as well as the woman who holds its secret.
- CreatorMichael SardoStarsSarah ShahiMichael TruccoVirginia WilliamsA woman, who quit being an attorney at her father's law firm to become a mediator, copes after her father's death.
- DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsJennifer LawrenceRobert De NiroBradley CooperJoy is the story of the title character, who rose to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty.
- DirectorAmanda KernellStarsMaj-Doris RimpiOlle SarriÁnne Biret SombyA reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
- DirectorAnupam SharmaStarsBrett LeeTannishtha ChatterjeeSupriya PathakMeera, a beautiful Australian woman of Indian origin, living in Sydney as a single mother, she follows her dreams, instead of that of her parents'. She falls in love with a man named Will, for Meera is not only scandalous, it's UNindian.
- DirectorGeoffrey FletcherStarsSaoirse RonanAlexis BledelJames GandolfiniTwo teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.
- CreatorDana CalvoStarsGenevieve AngelsonAnna CampErin DarkeA look at the personal and professional lives of employees at an American news magazine in the late 1960s.
- DirectorMargarethe von TrottaStarsBarbara SukowaHeino FerchHannah HerzsprungThe life story of the multi-talented German nun Hildegard von Bingen. The film portrays an original woman - best known as a composer and religious visionary - whose grand claims often run counter to the patriarchal world around her. The monks and nuns at the convent become a kind of family, offering both confidants and enemies. For example Jutta, struggling with her jealousy of Hildegard's success, and the young Richardis who worships Hildegard both as an intellectual role model and a mother figure.
- DirectorMartin PrakkatStarsDulquer SalmaanParvathy ThiruvothuAparna GopinathA young, nonconforming woman named Tessa gets entangled in a cat-and-mouse chase in the by-lanes of Kerala, hunting for a mysterious artist who previously lived in her apartment.
- DirectorBen LewinStarsDakota FanningAlice EveToni ColletteA young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her 500-page manuscript to a "Star Trek" writing competition at Paramount Pictures.
- DirectorSarjunStarsLakshmi Priyaa ChandramouliNandan LoganathanLeo SivadassEponymous Lakshmi goes about her day. The monotony sets in. Hues starts to color Lakshmi's life as she meets an attractive man on the train. She finds herself smiling involuntarily, indulging in the guilty joy that unsolicited attention provides until their paths are drawn closer.Watch at: https://youtu.be/vP5dOY42DKI
- DirectorSarjunStarsKani KusrutiAnikha SurendranFifteen-year-old Ammu tells her mother hesitantly that she is pregnant after an encounter with her schoolmate. Her mother Sathya is anguished, torn between her authoritative and conservative husband and her daughter's pressing emotional needs.Watch at: https://youtu.be/-lKk_5qYdkk
- DirectorJude Anthany JosephStarsNazriya NazimNivin PaulyAju VargheseA spirited young girl would stop at nothing to get the first love of her life, even if it takes seven years and several heartbreaks.
- DirectorTanuja ChandraStarsIrrfan KhanParvathy ThiruvothuNeha DhupiaYogi and Jaya, who have polar opposite personalities and sensibilities, meet via a online dating app. This encounter turns into so much more when the two travel to Rishikesh.
- CreatorKozueko MorimotoStarsYukie NakamaKatsuhisa NamaseKen UtsuiGokusen is the story of Kumiko Yamaguchi, aka. Yankumi, a fourth generation crime syndicate member. She's gone straight and wants to be a teacher though, but she's one you don't want to mess with.
- StarsPark Shin-hyeLee Sung-kyungKim Rae-wonA rebellious young woman encounters a compassionate teacher whose impact motivates her to transform her life, aspiring to become a neurosurgeon.
- StarsLee Sun-kyunIULee Ji-ahA man in his 40s withstands the weight of life. A woman in her 20s goes through different experiences, but also withstands the weight of her life. The man and woman get together to help each other.
- StarsJung So-minLee Min-kiEsomJi Ho is a single woman. She's a writing assistant of dramas. She's a strong and determined woman. Unfortunately, she has to leave her house and seeks other place to live. Her friends help her to find a roommate. That roommate is Se Hee.
- StarsKim Yeong-cheolKim Hae-sookLee Yu-riA man's peaceful life with his wife and children is turned upside down when an actor, who claims to be his son, turns up at their house.
- StarsEric MoonSeo Hyeon-jinYe Ji-wonA romantic television series about two women who not only share the same name Oh Hae Young but they also share a destiny with the same man, Park Do Kyung, who can see the future.
- StarsLee Byung-hunKim Tae-riYoo Yeon-seokA young boy who ends up in the U.S. after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to Korea at a historical turning point and falls for a noblewoman.
- DirectorÉric LartigauStarsKarin ViardFrançois DamiensEric ElmosninoA girl, who lives with her deaf parents, discovers that she has the gift of singing.
- StarsLee Na-youngLee Jong-sukJeong Eu-geneA gifted writer who's the youngest editor-in-chief ever at his publishing company gets enmeshed in the life of a former copywriter desperate for a job.
- DirectorWilliam WylerStarsGregory PeckAudrey HepburnEddie AlbertA bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome.
- StarsJo Jung-SukKong Hyo-jinGo Kyung-pyoGetting ahead in a broadcasting station is tough and the competition is fierce -- but when a news anchor and meteorologist start to fall for each other, things get much more complicated.
- StarsLim Soo-jungJeon Hye-jinLee Da-heeThree 21st century women, working at the top two competitive web portal companies, decide to put their careers ahead of everything else in their lives.
- StarsLee Jun-hoWon Jin-ahLee Ki-wooA major accident takes the lives of 48 people. The lives of the survivors, those who lost loved ones and those connected to the parties blamed for the tragic event are also marked forever.
- DirectorLee Na-jeongStarsKim Hyang-giKim Sae-ronKim Young-okTwo Korean girls who unwillingly get taken from their homes during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
- StarsSong Joong-kiMoon Chae-wonPark Si-yeonKang Ma-Ru is a promising medical student, until he takes the blame for a crime he didn't commit. When he finds an opportunity for revenge, he takes it, using Seo Eun-Gi. Ma-Ru soon discovers that are things more important than revenge, though.
- StarsChoi SiwonKim Min-jungLee Yoo-youngYang Jung Kook is a veteran conman, but he has never been arrested. One day, his girlfriend suddenly runs off with the money they were going to use for their marriage. Yang Jung Kook is extremely upset and he goes out to drink. He meets Kim Mi Young. She is going through a hard time herself because of her boyfriend's cheating ways. Yang Jung Kook tells her that he runs a business and Kim Mi Young tells him that she works for a small company. Kim Mi Young is actually a detective. They find comfort with each other and they develop a relationship romantically. On their wedding day, Kim Mi Young reveals to Yang Jung Kook that she is actually a detective. Meanwhile, Park Hoo Ja is a mysterious woman. She runs a private loan business that she inherited from her father. Her father was swindled by Yang Jung Kook. Park Hoo Ja finds Yang Jung Kook and blackmails him into running for a national assembly seat.
- StarsHa Ji-WonHyun BinYoon Sang-HyunA rich young CEO falls for a poor stuntwoman despite class differences, cultural traditions and the man's firmly objecting mother.
- StarsHyun BinSon Ye-jinSeo Ji-hyeThe absolute top secret love story of a chaebol heiress who made an emergency landing in North Korea because of a paragliding accident and a North Korean special officer who falls in love with her and who is hiding and protecting her.
- DirectorKristóf DeákStarsDorka GáspárfalviDorottya HaisZsófia Szamosi'Sing' is a childhood drama with a lot of music, set in 1990s Budapest, Hungary. Inspired by a true story, it follows an award winning school choir and the new girl in class who just might uncover the ugly secret behind their fame.
- StarsLee Seung-giHa Ji-WonYun Je-munThe crown-prince of South Korea is forced to work alongside a female North Korean military officer. Political and emotional complications lead to an uneasy marriage engagement.
- DirectorHyun-Sung MoonStarsHa Ji-WonBae DoonaHan Yeri"As One" is the cinematic retelling of the first ever post-war Unified Korea sports team, hastily formed to participate in the 41st World Table Tennis Championships in 1991. Following the North Korean mid-air bombing of Korean Air Flight 858 in 1987, a Summit was held between North and South Korea to defuse the extreme tension on the peninsula. The summit ended with the agreement to form a unified Korean sports team; and table tennis, being highly visible and world-class in both countries, was chosen as the symbolic unifier. Summarily, the first-ever unified North-South team under the simple aegis "KOREA" was formed to compete in the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan. "As One" recounts these dramatic events where especially two world-class players who had only ever met across the table as die-hard opponents must suddenly become a true partners and teammates in time for the biggest stage of the World Championships. Putting aside their individual ambitions, these women have to summon every ounce of grit and grace to defeat a dominating Chinese team that is vying for its 9th consecutive World Championship title.
- StarsHa Ji-WonJi Chang-wookOh Gwang-RokA Korea-born warrior girl had to be a servant at the Mongol Yuan court but somehow overcame her low status to become an empress in another land.
- DirectorBora KimStarsPark Ji-huKim Sae-byeokJeong In-giSeoul 1994, in the year the Seongsu Bridge collapsed, 14-year-old Eunhee wanders the city searching for love.
- DirectorDavid DobkinStarsWill FerrellRachel McAdamsDan StevensWhen aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity to represent their country at the world's biggest song competition, they finally have a chance to prove that any dream worth having is a dream worth fighting for.
- StarsHan Hyo-jooLee So-yeonJulia LimStory a simple maid that rises high in the royal harem as a consort and, ultimately, mother of the Korean king.
- DirectorTarsem SinghStarsLee PaceCatinca UntaruJustine WaddellIn 1920s Los Angeles, a bedridden patient in a hospital captivates a young girl with a fantastic tale of heroes, myths, and villains on a desert island.
- DirectorMuhammed MusthafaStarsAnna BenSreenath BhasiRoshan MathewSet in the village areas of Wayanad, Malappuram and Kannur, Kappela revolves around an ordinary, innocent girl who comes to Kozhikode city from a high range area called Poovarmala.
- StarsChun Woo-heeJeon Yeo-beenHan Ji-EunA romantic comedy that depicts the daily lives of 30-year-old best friends Lim Jin Joo, Lee Eun Jung and Hwang Han Joo.
- StarsIm Jin-ahPark Sung-hoonAhn Nae-sangA dirt-born character chooses to join politics over getting a job and punishing rogue politicians with an elite official.
- DirectorA.L. VijayStarsDitya BhandePrabhu DevaAishwarya RajeshA young girl dreams of winning the 'Pride of India Jr.' title in the National dance competition.
- CreatorLiz TigelaarStarsShiri ApplebyKristoffer PolahaBritt RobertsonAfter 15 years in foster homes, Lux decides to get emancipated, which leads to her meeting her birth parents.
- CreatorGwang JinStarsPark Seo-joonKim Da-miYoo Jae-myungAn ex-con opens a street bar in Itaewon, while also seeking revenge on the family who was responsible for his father's death.
- DirectorNiki CaroStarsLiu YifeiDonnie YenGong LiTo keep her ailing father from serving in the Imperial Army, a fearless young woman disguises herself as a man and battles northern invaders in China.
- DirectorRenuka ShahaneStarsKajolTanvi AzmiMithila PalkarThe lives of three women spanning the late 1980s to present day and underscores the value of family in everyday life.
- CreatorNaoko MatsudaStarsHaru KurokiJoe OdagiriKentarô SakaguchiA woman who used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team had to give up on her dream due to an injury. She ends up working at manga magazine when the publishing industry is going through a turbulent time.
- StarsMitsuki TakahataItsuki SagaraTae KimuraRight after the war, Tsuneko launches a lifestyle magazine created for the sake of females together with sisters Mariko and Yoshiko in a devastated Tokyo.
- StarsYui AragakiRyûhei MatsudaKei TanakaAkira is thirty-years-old and a good employee. People like her. She is pretty. Kosei is thirty-three-years old and also popular at work and personally. He is hard to get. The two meet at a bar and hit it off.
- StarsYui AragakiGen HoshinoRyôhei OhtaniMoriyama Mikuri had graduated from university and got no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. Now, she works as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance and he proposes a contract marriage to her.
- StarsHan Seung-YeonHan YeriPark Eun-binFive college students, from different walks of life end up living together in a fictional house share called Belle Epoque.
- StarsKim Hwan-heeRyu Soo-youngKim Do-hoonA girl believes her whole life has been miserable. She dreams of revenge on people who are responsible for her misery.
- StarsNam Joo-hyukKim Min-kyuKim So-hyunTwo twin sisters, who are orphans, get separated when one of them gets adopted. However, fate brings them together during their darkest hours as their lives get switched.
- CreatorDong Gun LeeJae-Jeong SongStarsKim Go-eunPark Jin-youngLee Yoo-biThe story of an ordinary office worker named Yumi-from the point of view of the many brain cells in her head controlling her every thought, feeling, and action.
- DirectorAlexis CahillBrigitte DrodtloffStarsRoxana LupuDaniel PlierRichard ElfynDevastated by the First World War and plunged into political controversy, Romania's every hope accompanies its queen on her mission to Paris to lobby for international recognition of its great unification at the 1919 peace talks.
- StarsYui AragakiRyô NishikidoHiroko YakushimaruAyukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. She lands a job at an international law firm, but to her disappointment, the first prestigious assignment that is given to her is to babysit the boss' 5 year old daughter, Hinata.
- StarsLee Min-kiKim Ji-wonSon Suk-kuThree siblings, exhausted by the monotony of day-to-day adulthood, seek to find fulfillment and freedom from their humdrum lives.
- StarsJung Hae-inHan Ji-minKim Jun-hanA couple in their 30s has dated for many years. When they begin to discuss marriage, they begin to look upon their relationship in a different light.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsNina HossRonald ZehrfeldRainer BockA doctor working in 1980s East Germany finds herself banished to a small country hospital.
- StarsPark Eun-binKang Tae-ohKang Ki-youngDue to her 164 I.Q., impressive memory and creative thought process, autistic 27-year-old lawyer Woo Young Woo graduated at the top of her class from a prestigious law school.
- StarsHan Jung-hyunZo In-sungSong Hye-kyoA man who was led to a life of a con artist who preys on rich women meets the sole heir to a fortune who is a blind woman.
- StarsYoon Sang-HyunHwang Chan-sungLee Yo-wonCoworkers Nam Jung-gi and Ok Da-jung have contrasting nice and nasty temperaments. Will Jung-gi's goodness ignite Da-jung's anger or will he cool her fury?
- StarsHan Hyo-jooLee Seung-giMoon Chae-wonAfter losing her father Go Eun-sung's stepmother kicks her and her autistic brother out of the house. Shortly after her brother is kidnapped. Eun-sung now has to look for her brother while also trying to find a job in order to survive.