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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  1. 34 new

    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
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    Madame X - Eine absolute Herrscherin

    1978 — a.k.a. Madame X: An Absolute Ruler, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Portrait of a Lady

    1996, in 1 top list Check
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    The Other Side of the Underneath

    1972 — a.k.a. The Other Side of Underneath, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rudaali

    1993, 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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    The Man Who Envied Women

    1985, in 1 top list Check
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    Ouvrir la voix

    2017 — a.k.a. Speak Up, in 0 top lists
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    Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

    2019 — a.k.a. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, in 12 top lists
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    The Piano

    1993, in 14 top lists Check
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    India Song

    1975, in 8 top lists Check
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    L'une chante l'autre pas

    1977 — a.k.a. One Sings, the Other Doesn't, in 4 top lists Check
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    Menschenfrauen

    1980, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rosa Luxemburg

    1986, in 1 top list Check
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    Aloïse

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
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    Sois belle et tais-toi

    1981 — a.k.a. Be Pretty and Shut Up, in 1 top list Check
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    MURDER and murder

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dunia

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ostatni etap

    1948 — a.k.a. The Last Stage, in 2 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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    Milh Hadha al-Bahr

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

    1977 — a.k.a. Invisible Adversaries, 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
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    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
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    Titane

    2021, in 4 top lists
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    Chibusa yo eien nare

    1955 — a.k.a. The Eternal Breasts, in 2 top lists Check
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    Die bleierne Zeit

    1981 — a.k.a. Marianne and Juliane, in 6 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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    The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open

    2019, in 1 top list
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    Heller Wahn

    1983 — a.k.a. Sheer Madness, in 0 top lists Check
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    Mon coeur est rouge

    1976, in 0 top lists
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    Mossane

    1996, in 0 top lists Check
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    Yo, la peor de todas

    1990 — a.k.a. I, the Worst of All, in 2 top lists Check
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    Kanya Ya Ma Kan, Beyrouth

    1995, in 0 top lists Check
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    3000 Layla

    2015 — a.k.a. 3000 Nights, in 0 top lists Check
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    Privilege

    1990, 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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    Az én XX. századom

    1989 — a.k.a. My 20th Century, in 6 top lists Check
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    La camarista

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

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
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    Wanda

    1970, in 11 top lists Check
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    Diabolo menthe

    1977 — a.k.a. Peppermint Soda, in 0 top lists Check
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    Strangers in Good Company

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
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    Flickorna

    1968 — a.k.a. The Girls, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ke tu qiu hen

    1990 — a.k.a. Song of the Exile, in 3 top lists Check
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    Variety

    1983, in 3 top lists Check
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    Die Allseitig reduzierte Persönlichkeit - Redupers

    1978 — a.k.a. The All-Around Reduced Personality: Outtakes, in 0 top lists Check
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    Wadjda

    2012, in 3 top lists Check
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    Mustang

    2015, in 5 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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