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.

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    Titane

    2021, in 4 top lists
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    Test Pattern

    2019, in 0 top lists
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    La camarista

    2018 — a.k.a. The Chambermaid, in 2 top lists
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    Shakedown

    2018, in 0 top lists Check
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    Marlina si Pembunuh dalam Empat Babak

    2017 — a.k.a. Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts, in 0 top lists
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    I Am Not a Witch

    2017, in 1 top list
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    Rara

    2016, in 1 top list Check
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    3000 Layla

    2015 — a.k.a. 3000 Nights, in 0 top lists Check
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    Drunktown's Finest

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    Gulabi Gang

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bas-fonds

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
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    La teta asustada

    2009 — a.k.a. The Milk of Sorrow, in 4 top lists Check
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    Piao lang qing chun

    2008 — a.k.a. Drifting Flowers, in 0 top lists Check
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    Milh Hadha al-Bahr

    2008 — a.k.a. Salt of This Sea, in 1 top list Check
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    Oyun

    2005 — a.k.a. The Play, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Joy of Life

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ajube Kete

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    Dunia

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    Jin nian xia tian

    2001 — a.k.a. Fish and Elephant, in 1 top list Check
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    Kleftis i I pragmatikotita

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dakhtaran-e khorshid

    2000 — a.k.a. Daughters of the Sun, in 1 top list Check
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    The Watermelon Woman

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
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    Drylongso

    1998, in 1 top list Check
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    Divorce Iranian Style

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
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    Mossane

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Kanya Ya Ma Kan, Beyrouth

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
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    Antonia

    1995 — a.k.a. Antonia's Line, in 5 top lists Check
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    Las compañeras tienen grado

    1995, in 0 top lists 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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    Rudaali

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    These Hands

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    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
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    Last Call at Maud's

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    And Still I Rise

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
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    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
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    Sink or Swim

    1990, in 1 top list Check
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    Cycles

    1989, in 0 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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    Gánh Xiêc Rong

    1988 — a.k.a. Travelling Circus, in 1 top list Check
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    The Passion of Remembrance

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    Golden Eighties

    1986, in 1 top list Check
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    Fake Fruit Factory

    1986, in 1 top list Check
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    Rosa Luxemburg

    1986, in 1 top list Check
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    Working Girls

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
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    A Hora da Estrela

    1985 — a.k.a. Hour of the Star, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Man Who Envied Women

    1985, in 1 top list Check
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    Hair Piece: A Film for Nappyheaded People

    1984, 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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    Carry Greenham Home

    1983, in 0 top lists
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    Señora de nadie

    1982 — a.k.a. Nobody's Wife, in 1 top list Check
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