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. 102 new

    Une femme collante

    1906 — a.k.a. A Sticky Woman, in 0 top lists 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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    Madame a des envies

    1907 — a.k.a. Madam's Fancies, in 1 top list Check
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    The Curse of Quon Gwon: When the Far East...

    1916, in 1 top list Check
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    Shoes

    1916, in 6 top lists Check
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    Bread

    1918, in 1 top list Check
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    A Daughter of 'The Law'

    1921, in 0 top lists Check
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    'A Santanotte

    1922, in 1 top list Check
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    La souriante Madame Beudet

    1923 — a.k.a. The Smiling Madame Beudet, in 3 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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    L'invitation au voyage

    1927, in 0 top lists Check
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    Zora Neale Hurston Fieldwork Footage

    1928, in 0 top lists
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    Mädchen in Uniform

    1931, in 5 top lists Check
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    Working Girls

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
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    Dance, Girl, Dance

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
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    At Land

    1944, in 6 top lists Check
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    Witch's Cradle

    1944, 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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    Not Wanted

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
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    Outrage

    1950, in 5 top lists Check
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    Chibusa yo eien nare

    1955 — a.k.a. The Eternal Breasts, in 2 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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    Onna bakari no yoru

    1961 — a.k.a. Girl of Dark, in 0 top lists Check
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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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    Pytel blech

    1962 — a.k.a. A Bag of Fleas, in 1 top list Check
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    O necem jiném

    1963 — a.k.a. Something Different, in 3 top lists Check
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    Meat Joy

    1964, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bad Girls Go to Hell

    1965, in 1 top list Check
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    Essere donne

    1965, in 0 top lists
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    Schmeerguntz

    1965, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Entrevista

    1966, in 0 top lists
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    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 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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    Eltávozott nap

    1968 — a.k.a. The Girl, 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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    Monangambé

    1968, in 0 top lists Check
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    I Am Somebody

    1970, in 3 top lists Check
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    Wanda

    1970, in 11 top lists Check
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    Growing Up Female

    1971, in 1 top list Check
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    Holding

    1971, in 1 top list Check
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    I Don't Know

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    Janie's Janie

    1971, in 0 top lists
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    Saute ma ville

    1971, in 1 top list Check
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    Y'a qu'à pas baiser

    1971, in 0 top lists Check
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    Betty Tells Her Story

    1972, in 1 top list Check
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    Für Frauen. 1. Kapitel

    1972, in 0 top lists
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    Joyce at 34

    1972, in 0 top lists Check
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    Nathalie Granger

    1972, 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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    Sambizanga

    1972, in 4 top lists Check
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