An Alternate Feminist Cinema
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For moving towards a decolonial, anticapitalist, emancipated-from-heteronormativity transfeminist future.
This is a list capped at 100 films threading a counter history to cinema. This is not a "ra-ra girl power" collection, or even a list of women's influences on a cinematic canon, but a collection of cinema that is unique in its willingness to show and to radicalize the female experience. Early films on here that may be less overt in their feminist messaging are included either because they show women's place in revolutionary causes, are a first to depict an experience, or have been key in the discussion surrounding this alternate text.
All films are briefly annotated explaining why they're here. Discussion is welcome, but please understand that this is made with an awareness of an intrinsically misogynist studio system, a desire for avant-garde and worldwide productions. Therefore, this will not be including the newest wide-release intended to pander to "women's issues".
In regards to the lack of so-called "genre films" here, with the exception of a couple art-horrors some exploitation cinema, and one work of speculative fiction, this list has ended up largely documentary centered, as this is what nearly all earlier entries are. The prevalence of documentary may be that the personal is political, and it is far easier to document reality than to work the truth of the world into fiction.
not on imdb (probably doesnt qualify)
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The Piano
1993, in 14 top lists Check -
115 new
Cléo de 5 à 7
1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check -
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Sedmikrásky
1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check -
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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...
1975, in 12 top lists Check -
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Orlando
1992, in 7 top lists Check -
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Baise-moi
2000, in 3 top lists Check -
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At Land
1944, in 6 top lists Check -
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Wanda
1970, in 11 top lists Check -
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La souriante Madame Beudet
1923 — a.k.a. The Smiling Madame Beudet, in 3 top lists Check -
189 new
La teta asustada
2009 — a.k.a. The Milk of Sorrow, in 4 top lists Check -
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Antonia
1995 — a.k.a. Antonia's Line, in 5 top lists Check -
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India Song
1975, in 8 top lists Check -
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Mädchen in Uniform
1931, in 5 top lists Check -
110 new
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940, in 4 top lists Check -
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The Portrait of a Lady
1996, in 1 top list Check -
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Je tu il elle
1974 — a.k.a. Je Tu Il Elle, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Watermelon Woman
1996, in 7 top lists Check -
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Born in Flames
1983, in 5 top lists Check -
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L'opéra-mouffe
1958 — a.k.a. Diary of a Pregnant Woman, in 1 top list Check -
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Les résultats du féminisme
1906 — a.k.a. The Consequences of Feminism, in 1 top list Check -
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Die bleierne Zeit
1981 — a.k.a. Marianne and Juliane, in 6 top lists Check -
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De stilte rond Christine M.
1982 — a.k.a. A Question of Silence, in 3 top lists Check -
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Outrage
1950, in 5 top lists Check -
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Az én XX. századom
1989 — a.k.a. My 20th Century, in 6 top lists Check -
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Roozi ke zan shodam
2000 — a.k.a. The Day I Became a Woman, in 6 top lists Check -
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Asparagus
1979, in 2 top lists Check -
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Saute ma ville
1971, in 1 top list Check -
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Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
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Madame a des envies
1907 — a.k.a. Madam's Fancies, in 1 top list Check -
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Örökbefogadás
1975 — a.k.a. Adoption, in 5 top lists Check -
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Illusions
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
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Bad Girls Go to Hell
1965, in 1 top list Check -
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Samt el qusur
1994 — a.k.a. The Silences of the Palace, in 4 top lists Check -
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O necem jiném
1963 — a.k.a. Something Different, in 3 top lists Check -
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Fake Fruit Factory
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Working Girls
1986, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Juniper Tree
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
156 new
A Hora da Estrela
1985 — a.k.a. Hour of the Star, in 3 top lists Check -
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De cierta manera
1977 — a.k.a. One Way or Another, in 3 top lists Check -
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Witch's Cradle
1944, in 0 top lists Check -
158 new
Rosa Luxemburg
1986, in 1 top list Check -
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Flickorna
1968 — a.k.a. The Girls, in 2 top lists Check -
177 new
Divorce Iranian Style
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Body Beautiful
1991, in 1 top list Check -
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Zanan-e bedun-e mardan
2009 — a.k.a. Women Without Men, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Gold Diggers
1983, in 2 top lists Check -
103 new
The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East...
1916, in 1 top list Check -
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Baxter, Vera Baxter
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
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Baby ryazanskie
1927 — a.k.a. Women of Ryazan, in 2 top lists Check -
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Bildnis einer Trinkerin
1979 — a.k.a. Ticket of No Return, in 2 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 22, 2023 by Armoreska; source