A list of the best feminism movies ever made, The films on this list are the most famous feminism movies of all time. This feminism movie list is ordered by popularity, so only the greatest movies about feminism are at the top of the list. Enjoy watching feminist movies list. 

Best Feminist Movies

Thelma and Louise, 1991
1. Thelma and Louise, 1991
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Docile housewife Thelma accompanies her pal Louise, an independent waitress, on a brief fishing trip. However, Louise kills a man who endeavors to rape Thelma at a bar. The two flee to Mexico. This is one of the best feminist films
The Hours, 2002 2. The Hours, 2002
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As Virginia Woolf begins writing her novel ‘Mrs Dalloway’, in the future, Laura Brown reads the novel to escape her monotonous life. Meanwhile, Clarissa Vaughan readies herself to host a party. The Hours is top feminist films
Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015 3. Mad Max: Fury Road, 2015
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In an apocalyptic world, a tyrant rules over a stark desert, controlling every drop of water. Two rebels, one escaping grief and the other reaching out to her childhood, are the last hope for a few.
Erin Brockovich, 2000 4. Erin Brockovich, 2000
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A jobless single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost independently metes out justice to a Californian energy corporation accused of contaminating a city’s water supply network. This is the good feminist movies
Fried Green Tomatoes, 1991 5. Fried Green Tomatoes, 1991
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On one of trapped housewife Evelyn Couch’s (Kathy Bates) Wednesday nursing home visits, she encounters Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), a colorful old woman who brightens Evelyn’s outlook by sharing tales from her past. As Ninny recounts the exploits of her free-spirited sister-in-law Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson), owner of a small Alabama café in the 1920s, and the bond Idgie shared with her friend Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker), Evelyn gains the confidence to change her own life for the better.
Whale Rider, 2002 6. Whale Rider, 2002
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Only males are allowed to ascend to chiefdom in a Maori tribe in New Zealand. This ancient custom is upset when the child selected to be the next chief dies at birth. However his twin sister, Pai (Keisha Castle-Hughes), survives. At age 12, she enlists the help of her grandmother (Vicky Haughton) and the training of her uncle (Grant Roa) to claim her birthright. But to break with convention, she’ll have to do the impossible: win over her ultra-traditional grandfather (Rawiri Paratene).
All About My Mother, 1999 7. All About My Mother, 1999
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This is a good femenist movies. A Greek saying states that only women who have washed their eyes with tears can see clearly. This saying does not hold true for Manuela. The night a car ran over her son Esteban, Manuela cried until her eyes ran completely dry. Far from seeing clearly, the present and the future become mixed up in darkness. She begins looking for his father who has become a transvestite.
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels, 1975 8. Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels, 1975
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A lonely widow turns to prostitution to make ends meet for herself and her son. But things change when she kills one of her clients with a pair of scissors.
The Color Purple, 1985 9. The Color Purple, 1985
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This film follows the life of Celie, a young black girl growing up in the early 1900’s. At the age of 14 she was impregnated by her father, this movie follows her hardships in the next 30 years.
Frida, 2002 10. Frida, 2002
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Based on the true story of the life of the artist Frida Kahlo who shares an unstable and complex relationship with her husband and also has an illicit affair with Leon Trotsky.
Set It Off, 1996 11. Set It Off, 1996
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Four Black women, all of whom have suffered for lack of money and at the hands of the majority, undertake to rob banks.
Mona Lisa Smile, 2003 12. Mona Lisa Smile, 2003
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At an all-women’s private school in the 1950s, a non-conformist teacher encourages students to pursue their dreams and question the roles women are expected to play in society.
9 to 5, 1980 13. 9 to 5, 1980
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Office satire about three female secretaries who decide to get revenge on their tyrannical, sexist boss by abducting him and running the business themselves. The trio, one of whom has been passed over for promotion because she is a woman, spend a night together having drug-induced fantasies of killing the slave-driving chauvinist. One of them panics the following day when she suspects she really has poisoned the tyrant.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, 2014 14. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, 2014
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Residents of a worn-down Iranian city encounter a skateboarding vampire (Sheila Vand) who preys on men who disrespect women.
The Piano, 1993 15. The Piano, 1993
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After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter) and her young daughter, Flora (Anna Paquin), are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man named Alisdair Stewart (Sam Neill). Making little attempt to warm up to Alisdair, Ada soon becomes intrigued by his Maori-friendly acquaintance, George Baines (Harvey Keitel), leading to tense, life-altering conflicts.
Antonia's Line, 1995 16. Antonia’s Line, 1995
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After World War II, Antonia (Willeke van Ammelrooy) and her daughter, Danielle (Els Dottermans), go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia’s late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger (Mil Seghers), would-be suitor Bas (Jan Decleir) and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.
Born in Flames, 1983 17. Born in Flames, 1983
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In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize and rebel.
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, 1974 18. Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, 1974
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After her husband dies, Alice (Ellen Burstyn) and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make it as a singer. Money problems force them to settle in Arizona instead, where Alice takes a job as waitress in a small diner. She intends to stay in Arizona just long enough to make the money needed to head back out on the road, but her plans change when she begins to fall for a rancher named David (Kris Kristofferson).
Daughters of the Dust, 1991 19. Daughters of the Dust, 1991
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At the dawn of the 20th century, a family in the Gullah community of coastal South Carolina — former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors’ Yoruba traditions — suffers a generational split. Young Haagar (Kaycee Moore) wants to move to the mainland away from tradition-bound matriarch Nana (Cora Lee Day). Former prostitute Yellow Mary (Barbara-O) gets a cold shoulder when she returns to the island with her female lover, especially from her sister Viola (Cheryl Lynn Bruce).
I Shot Andy Warhol, 1996 20. I Shot Andy Warhol, 1996
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Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) is an aspiring writer who moves to New York City and supports herself with prostitution. Valerie meets controversial artist Andy Warhol (Jared Harris) and a host of other eccentrics in the New York art scene. While a book publisher wants Valerie to write a sexually explicit novel, Valerie sets out to convince Warhol to produce her play “Up Your Ass.” Based on on true story, the film follows Valerie’s journey from ambitious author to obsessed, delusional assassin.
North Country, 2005 21. North Country, 2005
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Single mother Josey Aimes (Charlize Theron) is part of a group of the first women to work at a local iron mine in Minnesota. Offended that they have to work with women, male workers at Eveleth Mines lash out at them and subject them to sexual harassment. Appalled by the constant stream of insults, sexually explicit language and physical abuse, Josey — despite being cautioned against it by family and friends — files a historic sexual harassment lawsuit.
Suffragette, 2015 22. Suffragette, 2015
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In early 20th-century Britain, the growing suffragette movement forever changes the life of working wife and mother Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan). Galvanized by political activist Emmeline Pankhurst (Meryl Streep), Watts joins a diverse group of women who fight for equality and the right to vote. Faced with increasing police action, Maud and her dedicated suffragettes must play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, risking their jobs, homes, family and lives for a just cause.
A Question of Silence, 1982 23. A Question of Silence, 1982
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A court psychiatrist (Cox Habbema) ponders three Dutchwomen, all strangers, on trial for killing a male shopkeeper.
The Punk Singer, 2013 24. The Punk Singer, 2013
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Filmmaker Sini Anderson explores the life and career of punk rocker Kathleen Hanna, the Bikini Kill frontwoman who became a pioneer of the “riot grrrl” movement of the 1990s.
Best Feminist Movies 25. If These Walls Could Talk, 1996
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Three stories portray women coping with unplanned pregnancies in various social climates, the 1950s, 1970s, and 1990s.
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