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1. The Age of Innocence (1993)
PG | 139 min | Drama, Romance
A tale of nineteenth-century New York high society in which a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Linda Faye Farkas
Votes: 67,823 | Gross: $32.20M
2. The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
PG-13 | 144 min | Drama, Romance
An American girl inherits a fortune and falls into a misguided relationship with a gentleman confidence artist whose true nature, including a barbed and covetous disposition, turns her life into a nightmare.
Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Martin Donovan
Votes: 12,676 | Gross: $3.69M
3. The Truth (1960)
Not Rated | 127 min | Drama
A liberated small-town girl and the family's black sheep moves to Paris with her sister, only to find herself standing trial for the shocking murder of her young lover. Was his killing premeditated or was this a crime of passion?
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Brigitte Bardot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Sami Frey
Votes: 4,458
4. Wadjda (2012)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd
Votes: 21,477 | Gross: $1.35M
5. Wunderschön (2022)
132 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five women of different ages are confronted with their self-image and the demands of themselves and others.
Director: Karoline Herfurth | Stars: Emilia Schüle, Martina Gedeck, Nora Tschirner, Joachim Król
Votes: 2,438
6. Girlhood (2014)
Unrated | 113 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Mariétou Touré
Votes: 10,047
7. The Most Beautiful Wife (1970)
108 min | Crime, Drama
A young poor girl receives a marriage proposal from a mafia novice. She's going to refuse, but he's going to insist - at all cost.
Director: Damiano Damiani | Stars: Alessio Orano, Ornella Muti, Tano Cimarosa, Joe Sentieri
Votes: 1,022
8. Violent Summer (1959)
98 min | Drama, Romance, War
Summer 1943: The war is in full swing in southern Italy. Together with friends, Carlo enjoys a carefree summer in youthful naïveté. He falls in love with Roberta, whose husband was killed in the war.
Director: Valerio Zurlini | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Lilla Brignone, Raf Mattioli
Votes: 1,881
9. Of Skin and Men (2017)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Following the death of her husband in an accident, young Amel tries to find some consolation in photography. She takes photos of strangers from the street, looking at men as they tend to do towards women.
Director: Mehdi Ben Attia | Stars: Hafsia Herzi, Raouf Ben Amor, Haythem Achour, Sondos Belhassen
Votes: 240
10. Rape of Love (1978)
115 min | Drama
Nicole, nurse in Grenoble, is raped one night by four men. Deeply scarred, emotionally and physically, she thinks she will never recover from the trauma. Following a friend's advice, she ... See full summary »
Director: Yannick Bellon | Stars: Nathalie Nell, Alain Fourès, Michèle Simonnet, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 255
11. Effi Briest (1974)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, History
In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town.... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Karlheinz Böhm
Votes: 2,700
12. 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
13. Cairo 678 (2010)
100 min | Drama
Unfolds the poignant story of three women and their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt.
Director: Mohamed Diab | Stars: Nilli Karim, Bushra, Maged El-Kidwani, Basem Samrah
Votes: 4,796
14. Bread, Love and Dreams (1953)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed "Frisky".
Director: Luigi Comencini | Stars: Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini, Virgilio Riento
Votes: 2,185
15. The Girlfriends (1955)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman returns to her hometown of Turin to set up a new fashion salon and gets involved with a troubled woman and her three wealthy friends.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Fabrizi, Valentina Cortese
Votes: 3,407 | Gross: $0.05M
16. Thérèse (2012)
110 min | Drama
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures.
Director: Claude Miller | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Gilles Lellouche, Anaïs Demoustier, Catherine Arditi
Votes: 3,899
17. Orca (2021)
107 min | Drama
A young Iranian woman, having reached the lowest point in her life, fights back against an abusive spouse and religious and governmental obstacles to set the Guinness world record in endurance swimming with both her hands and feet tied.
Director: Sahar Mosayebi | Stars: Taraneh Alidoosti, Mahtab Keramati, Ayoub Afshar, Arash Aghabeik
Votes: 561
18. Adoption (1975)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
A lonely middle-aged woman wants to give birth to a child, but her acquaintance with dysfunctional teenagers leads her to the idea of adoption.
Director: Márta Mészáros | Stars: Katalin Berek, Gyöngyvér Vigh, Péter Fried, László Szabó
Votes: 1,492
19. Eila (2003)
94 min | Drama
A cleaning woman decides to sue the state for illegal discharge.
Director: Jarmo Lampela | Stars: Sari Mällinen, Ilkka Koivula, Hannes Suominen, Kristiina Halkola
Votes: 347
20. My Sweet Pepper Land (2013)
100 min | Drama
Baran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in this society now at peace, he thinks about quitting the police force, but ... See full summary »
Director: Hiner Saleem | Stars: Korkmaz Arslan, Golshifteh Farahani, Suat Usta, Mir Murad Bedirxan
Votes: 2,529
21. Two Bodies on a Beach (2019)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A woman wakes up on a beach wrapped in plastic, half-naked and in high heels. 'Not again,' she sighs and decides to find out who is behind this. She persuades an older woman who has been ... See full summary »
Director: Anna Paavilainen | Stars: Laura Birn, Rea Mauranen, Tommi Korpela, James Nikander
Votes: 213
22. Sensuela (1973)
104 min | Drama, Romance
A Lappish girl, the only daughter of a reindeer herder, rescues a crashed German fighter pilot during WW2. The two develop warm feelings for each other during his convalescence.
Director: Teuvo Tulio | Stars: Marianne Mardi, Ossi Elstelä, Mauritz Åkerman, Ismo Saario
Votes: 666
23. The Brontë Sisters (1979)
Not Rated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.
Director: André Téchiné | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory
Votes: 1,218
24. The Sign of Venus (1955)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Agnese has many men who woo her and lives with her cousin Cesira Franca Valeri, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.
Director: Dino Risi | Stars: Sophia Loren, Franca Valeri, Vittorio De Sica, Raf Vallone
Votes: 1,627
25. The Nun (2013)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
1760s France. Suzanne is shocked when her bourgeois family sends her to a convent. There she faces oppression and torment, leading her to fight back and expose the dehumanizing effect of cloistered life.
Director: Guillaume Nicloux | Stars: Pauline Etienne, Isabelle Huppert, Louise Bourgoin, Martina Gedeck
Votes: 1,993
26. The Circle (2000)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Director: Jafar Panahi | Stars: Maryiam Palvin Almani, Nargess Mamizadeh, Mojgan Faramarzi, Elham Saboktakin
Votes: 6,684 | Gross: $0.67M
27. Sand Storm (2016)
87 min | Drama
When their entire lives shatter, two Bedouin women struggle to change the unchangeable rules, each in her own individual way.
Director: Elite Zexer | Stars: Lamis Ammar, Ruba Blal, Hitham Omari, Khadija Al Akel
Votes: 3,977 | Gross: $0.08M
28. Force of Habit (2019)
75 min | Comedy, Drama
A film by seven directors shows us moments in women's lives that usually remain hidden. Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day.
Directors: Reetta Aalto, Alli Haapasalo, Anna Paavilainen, Kirsikka Saari, Miia Tervo, Elli Toivoniemi, Jenni Toivoniemi | Stars: Veikko Aalste, Teemu Aromaa, Suvi Blick, Tommi Eronen
Votes: 506
29. Carnival in Flanders (1935)
95 min | Comedy, History, Romance
Tells the story of the Spanish invasion of Flanders
Director: Jacques Feyder | Stars: Françoise Rosay, André Alerme, Jean Murat, Louis Jouvet
Votes: 1,405
30. One Life (1958)
Not Rated | 86 min | Drama
Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her parents and their servant Rosalie. She gets to know Julien, a handsome man, whom she soon ... See full summary »
Director: Alexandre Astruc | Stars: Maria Schell, Christian Marquand, Pascale Petit, Louis Arbessier
Votes: 355
31. Thani Thatuwen Piyambanna (2002)
81 min | Drama
In order to avoid the gender discrimination prevelent in Sri Lanka, a woman decides to pass as a man and gets a job as a mechanic and even takes a wife.
Director: Asoka Handagama | Stars: Anoma Janadari, Gayani Gisanthika, Mahendra Perera, W. Jayasiri
Votes: 122
32. Dilili in Paris (2018)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In Belle Époque Paris, accompanied by a young scooter deliveryman, little Kanak Dilili investigates mysterious kidnappings of girls.
Director: Michel Ocelot | Stars: Prunelle Charles-Ambron, Enzo Ratsito, Natalie Dessay, Bruno Paviot
Votes: 1,200
33. And Still I Sing (2022)
90 min | Documentary
Under the mentorship of controversial pop star Aryana Sayeed, two young singers vie to become the first-ever female winners of Afghan Star. As their dreams are within grasp, their lives are changed when the Taliban returns to power.
Director: Fazila Amiri | Stars: Aryana Sayeed, Zahra Elham, Sadiqa Madadgar
Votes: 44
34. The Wayward Wife (1953)
91 min | Drama
Gemma, daughter of a lodger, is in love with her half-brother, but since she cannot marry him she ends up marrying a teacher. She doesn't love him and betrays him but is blackmailed by a ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Soldati | Stars: Gina Lollobrigida, Gabriele Ferzetti, Franco Interlenghi, Nanda Primavera
Votes: 330
35. Everybody's Woman (1934)
89 min | Drama
Gaby is expelled from school after a married teacher commits suicide after telling her he can't live without her. Though she has done nothing, she is punished for his act.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Isa Miranda, Memo Benassi, Tatyana Pavlova, Friedrich Benfer
Votes: 1,004
36. The Murri Affair (1974)
R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, History
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent, abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, the ... See full summary »
Director: Mauro Bolognini | Stars: Giancarlo Giannini, Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Tina Aumont
Votes: 281
37. The Week the Women Went (2008–2009)
Documentary, Reality-TV
What happens to the small town of Hardisty, Alberta when all the women leave for 7 days? How will the men and children survive?
Stars: Art Hindle, Jim Byrnes, Christine Barrett, Daniel Barrett
Votes: 37
38. Die Unbeugsamen (2021)
99 min | Documentary
DIE UNBUGSAMEN tells the story of women in the Bonn republic who literally had to fight for their participation in the democratic decision-making processes against success-obsessed and ... See full summary »
Director: Torsten Körner | Stars: Carola von Braun-Stütze, Herta Däubler-Gmelin, Renate Faerber-Husemann, Elisabeth Haines
Votes: 207
39. Anna (1970)
82 min | Drama
Thirty-eight-year-old Anna Kivi, a Finnish anesthesiologist at Turku University Hospital and divorcee recently awarded a doctorate after her thesis, retreats to a summer studio on an island for the summer holiday.
Director: Jörn Donner | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Pertti Melasniemi, Marja Packalén, Tapio Rautavaara
Votes: 179
40. A Free Woman (1972)
100 min | Drama
A divorced woman in her thirties fights a losing battle in Munich to attain belated self-fulfillment. The die is cast in a briskly impersonal society geared to male dominance and early training for career women.
Director: Volker Schlöndorff | Stars: Margarethe von Trotta, Friedhelm Ptok, Martin Lüttge, Walter Sedlmayr
Votes: 210
41. Si tu meurs, je te tue (2011)
R | 95 min | Drama
In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track down an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal, who ... See full summary »
Director: Hiner Saleem | Stars: Jonathan Zaccaï, Golshifteh Farahani, Billey Demirtas, Özz Nûjen
Votes: 495
42. The Horse of Pride (1980)
120 min | Drama
In early twentieth-century Brittany, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton ways: three generations under one roof, a division of labor between the sexes, elders' ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Jacques Dufilho, Bernadette Le Saché, François Cluzet, Paul Le Person
Votes: 298
43. The Case of Dr. Laurent (1957)
110 min | Drama
A heartfelt plea for painless childbirth in rural France of the fifties.
Director: Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Stars: Jean Gabin, Nicole Courcel, Silvia Monfort, Henri Arius
Votes: 321
44. Naissotilaat (2018– )
30 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
They say that the army turns a boy into a man, but what does it do to girls? Female soldiers -series follows young women in army greens for about a year. Many men do their military service ... See full summary »
Stars: Ninni Rokosa, Anne Isokorpi, Rosa Bask, Melissa Häkkinen
Votes: 80
45. Lapualaismorsian (1967)
90 min | Drama
Liisa, Tenu and Lulu are part of the Ylioppilasteatteri group. In the course of the exercises, they think about social issues and debate their world views. Tenu's pregnancy makes the ... See full summary »
Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Kristiina Halkola, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Aulikki Oksanen, Pekka Laiho
Votes: 242
46. Women of Niskavuori (1938)
78 min | Drama, Romance
The first Finnish talking picture (with English subtitles) to be released in the United States is a story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living. Tauno Palo marries Irja ... See full summary »
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Olga Tainio, Tauno Palo, Irja Elstelä, Lea Joutseno
Votes: 146
47. Niskavuoren naiset (1958)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Emma Väänänen, Teija Sopanen, Hilkka Helinä, Erkki Viljos
Votes: 94
48. Dysphoric: Fleeing Womanhood Like a House on Fire (2021– )
152 min | Documentary
'Dysphoric' is a four-part documentary series on the rise of Gender Identity Ideology, its effects on women and girls - especially in developing countries.
Stars: Sasha Ayad, David Bell, Michael Biggs, Jennifer Bilek
Votes: 117
49. Levoton veri (1946)
91 min | Drama, Romance
A love triangle of two sisters, both passionately desiring the same man.
Director: Teuvo Tulio | Stars: Regina Linnanheimo, Eino Katajavuori, Toini Vartiainen, Harriett Philipson
Votes: 248
50. Hella W (2011)
82 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who ... See full summary »
Director: Juha Wuolijoki | Stars: Tiina Weckström, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Matleena Kuusniemi, Maria Heiskanen
Votes: 380