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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    3000 Layla

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

    2005, in 0 top lists
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    Aloïse

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
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    Always Love Your Man

    1975, in 0 top lists
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    And Still I Rise

    1993, 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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    Aparisyon

    2012 — a.k.a. Apparition, in 0 top lists Check
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    Asparagus

    1979, in 2 top lists Check
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    At Land

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
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    Audience

    1982, in 0 top lists
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    Az én XX. századom

    1989 — a.k.a. My 20th Century, in 6 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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    Bad Girls Go to Hell

    1965, in 1 top list Check
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    Baise-moi

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
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    Bas-fonds

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
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    Baxter, Vera Baxter

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
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    Betty Tells Her Story

    1972, in 1 top list 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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    The Body Beautiful

    1991, 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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    Born in Flames

    1983, in 5 top lists Check
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    Bread

    1918, in 1 top list Check
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    Brick by Brick

    1982, in 0 top lists Check
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    La camarista

    2018 — a.k.a. The Chambermaid, in 2 top lists
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    Carry Greenham Home

    1983, in 0 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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    Chris and Bernie

    1976, in 0 top lists
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    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
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    Clothesline

    1982, in 0 top lists
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    Compensation

    1999, in 2 top lists Check
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    The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East...

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    Cycles

    1989, 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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    Dance, Girl, Dance

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
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    A Daughter of 'The Law'

    1921, in 0 top lists Check
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    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
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    Daughters of Chaos

    1980, in 0 top lists
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    De cierta manera

    1977 — a.k.a. One Way or Another, in 3 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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    Deux fois

    1968 — a.k.a. Twice Upon a Time, in 1 top list Check
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    Diabolo menthe

    1977 — a.k.a. Peppermint Soda, in 0 top lists Check
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    Diary of an African Nun

    1977, in 0 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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    Die bleierne Zeit

    1981 — a.k.a. Marianne and Juliane, in 6 top lists Check
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    Die Jungfrauen Maschine

    1988 — a.k.a. Virgin Machine, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dis-moi

    1980 — a.k.a. Tell Me, in 0 top lists Check
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    Divorce Iranian Style

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
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    Doll Clothes

    1975, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Dream Is What You Wake Up From

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dreaming Rivers

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
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