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1. Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Now a detective-for-hire, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends - and Sherlock himself - to unravel.
Director: Harry Bradbeer | Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, David Thewlis, Louis Partridge
Votes: 100,715
2. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
X | 121 min | Drama, Romance
Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren
Votes: 4,303 | Gross: $20.24M
3. A Kid Like Jake (2018)
R | 92 min | Drama
The loving parents of a four-year-old must come to terms with the fact that their child is gay.
Director: Silas Howard | Stars: Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra Jonas
Votes: 3,892 | Gross: $0.04M
4. Marianne & Juliane (1981)
106 min | Drama
Two sisters both fight for women's rights. Juliane is a journalist and Marianne a terrorist. When Marianne is jailed, Juliane feels obligated to help her despite their differing views on how to live.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Doris Schade
Votes: 2,623
5. Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, News
Ukraine's topless feminist sensation Femen has created a media frenzy across Europe, but before they take the world by storm, these bold and beautiful women must confront the dark and perverse forces that power their organisation.
Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Inna Shevchenko, Sasha Shevchenko, Anna Hutsol, Oksana Shachko
Votes: 538
6. Prohibition (2011)
60 min | Documentary, History
The story of the American activist struggle against the influence of alcohol, climaxing in the failed early 20th century nationwide era when it was banned.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Pete Hamill, Catherine Gilbert Murdock, Michael Lerner
Votes: 3,424
7. The Battle of the Sexes (2013)
PG-13 | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at the events leading up to the 1973 tennis match between retired men's champ Bobby Riggs and the current women's Wimbledon winner Billie Jean King.
Directors: James Erskine, Zara Hayes | Stars: Billie Jean King, Virginia Wade, Lornie Kuhle, Bobby Wilson
Votes: 723
8. She's Beautiful When She's Angry (2014)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, History
A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971.
Director: Mary Dore | Stars: Chude Pamela Allen, Alta, Judith Arcana, Nona Willis Aronowitz
Votes: 1,654 | Gross: $0.42M
9. The People Speak (2009)
113 min | Documentary, History
A look at America's struggles with war, class, race and women's rights. based on Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States."
Directors: Anthony Arnove, Chris Moore, Howard Zinn | Stars: Matt Damon, Viggo Mortensen, Marisa Tomei, Josh Brolin
Votes: 641
10. Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)
Unrated | 72 min | Documentary
A group of women rise up to peace to Liberia and help bring to power the country's first female head of state.
Director: Gini Reticker | Stars: Janet Johnson Bryant, Etweda Cooper, Vaiba Flomo, Leymah Gbowee
Votes: 574 | Gross: $0.08M
11. Cured (2020)
80 min | Documentary
"Cured" takes viewers inside the campaign that led to a pivotal yet largely unknown moment in the struggle for LGBT equality: the American Psychiatric Association's 1973 decision to remove ... See full summary »
Directors: Patrick Sammon, Bennett Singer | Stars: Harry Adamson, Gary Alinder, Irving Bieber, Robert Campbell
Votes: 167
12. Not Just a Game (2010 Video)
62 min | Documentary, History, Sport
This critique of U.S. sports culture shows how 20th-century sports has consistently reflected the hegemonic political discourse of the day, specifically, elite narratives about nationalism, war, gender, race, homosexuality and capitalism.
Director: Jeremy Earp | Star: Dave Zirin
Votes: 89
13. Senses of Cinema (2022)
89 min | Documentary, History
This history of the co-op film movements of Sydney and Melbourne comes from two of the major figures in Australian documentary who were intimately involved in the filmmaking groundswell ... See full summary »
Directors: John Hughes, Tom Zubrycki | Stars: Martha Ansara, Gillian Armstrong, Richard Brennan, Bryan Brown
Votes: 12
14. Three Lives (1971)
70 min | Documentary, Biography
Photographed by an all-female crew and directed by the author of Sexual Politics, these are autobiographical interiews with three very different women who talk frankly about their lives, conflicts, and contrasting life styles.
Directors: Susan Kleckner, Kate Millett | Stars: Robin Mide, Mallory Millett, Lillian Shreve
Votes: 30
15. Left on Pearl (2017)
55 min | Documentary
What happens when Boston's 1971 International Women's Day marchers turn LEFT ON PEARL Street in Cambridge, and seize and occupy a Harvard-owned building for a women's center, on land sought... See full summary »
Director: Susan Rivo | Stars: Christopher Jencks, Madge Kaplan, Ray Magliozzi
Votes: 15
16. Thank God I'm a Lesbian (1992)
59 min | Documentary
Directors: Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert | Stars: Dionne Brand, Nicole Brossard, Dominique Cardona, Laurie Colbert
Votes: 44
17. Four Mothers (2020)
70 min | Documentary
Israel is a war-ridden country that has claimed tens of thousands of victims. Over the years the public has leaned on the ethos of sacrifice. Generations of mothers send their sons to war ... See full summary »
Directors: Dana Keidar, Rephael Levin | Stars: Zohara Antebi, Rachel Ben-Dor, Ronit Nahmias, Miri Sela
Votes: 13
18. Who is Afraid of Ideology? Part II (2019)
30 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary filmmaker Marwa Arsanios focuses on various activism topics of ecology, feminism, social organization, nation-building, war and economic struggle, in the Midle-East.
Director: Marwa Arsanios
19. Der subjektive Faktor (1981)
183 min | Drama
At the end of the 1960s a young woman lays the foundation of the women's movement. As well as political initiatives against male dominance, a detailed picture is drawn of society, which establishes the women's motivation.
Director: Helke Sander | Stars: Angelika Rommel, Nikolaus Dutsch, Dominik Bender, Lutz Weidlich
Votes: 29
20. Clambake (2015)
95 min | Documentary, History
Reflecting on the 30-year history of Women's Week in Provincetown.
Director: Andrea Meyerson | Star: Vickie Shaw
21. I am Woman: Behind the Scenes (2020 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Stars: Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Unjoo Moon, Rosemary Blight, Dion Beebe
22. The Goddess Project (2017)
101 min | Documentary
A documentary sharing the stories of inspiring women from different walks of life who are overcoming their fears and making an impact in their communities.
Directors: Sara Landas, Holli Rae | Stars: Ruth Beedle, Nancy Berggren, Magalie Bonneau-Marcil, Jacqueline Boone
Votes: 50
23. A Tribute to Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 2 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Star: Stephanie Tubbs Jones
24. The Long Road (2016)
104 min | Documentary
Documentary chronicling the development of the women's movement in Denmark from the suffragettes till present day.
Director: Mette Knudsen
Votes: 7
25. La bisexualité: tout un art? (2008 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary
Believe it or not, Mick Jagger was not the first bisexual. In fact, 'going both ways' dates back to ancient Greece, when heterosexuality was not the norm. This fascinating documentary, ... See full summary »
Directors: Laure Michel, Eric Wastiaux | Stars: Jennifer Baumgardner, Alex Beaupain, Frédéric Beigbeder, Sandy Bernard
Votes: 27
26. Agneta (2018)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary about the 80 year old peace activist Agneta Norberg.
Director: Patrik Witkowsky | Star: Agneta Norberg
Votes: 12
27. Beauty Bites Beast (2016)
90 min | Documentary
BBB flips ideas about female helplessness, as women undertake the transformational experience of learning verbal, emotional and physical empowerment based self-defense. How often can you say a movie will save lives? This one already has.
Director: Ellen Snortland | Stars: Nagin Cox, Gavin de Becker, Ken Gruberman, Dolores Huerta
Votes: 8
28.
Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode:
Hair
(2005)
TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, Documentary
Penn and Teller look at the business of hair, and the lengths that some people will go to keep it, and to lose it.
Directors: Star Price, Scott Firestone, Tom Greenhut, Tim Rogan, Ted Saad, Chip Selby | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, David Bickford, Julie Wittner
Votes: 131
29.
Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
Episode:
Liberation - October 16, 1968
(1993)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Leaping into the middle of the woman's liberation movement Sam must prevent the death of a young lady at a sit-in and convince her father to live with a liberated daughter.
Director: Bob Hulme | Stars: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Max Gail, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Votes: 392
30.
Sex: The Revolution (2008– )
Episode:
Do Your Own Thing
(2008)
Documentary
Director: Hart Perry | Stars: David Allyn, Joan Baez, Helen Gurley Brown, Susan Brownmiller
Votes: 186
31.
Crime Scene (2021– )
Episode:
End of an Era
(2021)
TV-MA | 51 min
Days after a woman's harrowing escape, NJ police build a case. NYC officers connect the dots as trophies come to light. A daughter looks for closure.
Director: Joe Berlinger | Stars: Vernon Geberth, Rod Leith, Peter Vronsky, Malcolm Reiman
Votes: 260
32.
Servants: The True Story of Life Below Stairs (2012– )
Episode:
Class War
(2012)
Documentary, History
Director: Hugo Macgregor | Stars: Pamela Cox, Roy Hattersley, Peter Higginbotham, Linda Huckle