Notable women
Movies about great women in history -
All kind of movie: biopic, documentary, fiction/ bad ones and good ones, etc...
This list has no particular order. I choose not only the most famous ones. My selection is based in some cathegories:
1 - women artists: writers, musicians, painters, actresses, dancers, etc
2 - women in politics: queens, leaders, warriors, revolutionaries
3 - women scientists and philosophers
4 - feminists
5 - ordinary but brave/engaged women (category with almost unknown women)
6 - or only (not so)famous women with interesting profiles or that were beyond their time.
List under construction: I accept suggestions.
All kind of movie: biopic, documentary, fiction/ bad ones and good ones, etc...
This list has no particular order. I choose not only the most famous ones. My selection is based in some cathegories:
1 - women artists: writers, musicians, painters, actresses, dancers, etc
2 - women in politics: queens, leaders, warriors, revolutionaries
3 - women scientists and philosophers
4 - feminists
5 - ordinary but brave/engaged women (category with almost unknown women)
6 - or only (not so)famous women with interesting profiles or that were beyond their time.
List under construction: I accept suggestions.
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- DirectorBruno NuyttenStarsIsabelle AdjaniGérard DepardieuMadeleine RobinsonCamille Claude impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and she also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow.Camille Claudel (1864 - 1943) - sculptor
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsMeryl StreepNicole KidmanJulianne MooreThe story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) - writer
- DirectorTrevor NunnStarsHelena Bonham CarterCary ElwesJohn WoodThe story of Lady Jane Grey, who was Queen of England for only nine days.Joana Grey (1537 - 1554) - queen
- DirectorMarshall HerskovitzStarsCatherine McCormackRufus SewellOliver PlattA Venetian courtesan becomes a hero to her city, but later becomes the target of an inquisition by the Church for witchcraft.Veronica Franco (1546 - 1591) - writer and courtisan
- DirectorShekhar KapurStarsCate BlanchettLiz GilesRod CulbertsonThe early years of the reign of Elizabeth I of England and her difficult task of learning what is necessary to be a monarch.Elizabeth I (1533 - 1603) - queen
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsMaria FalconettiEugene SilvainAndré BerleyIn 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy, and the ecclesiastical jurists attempt to force her to recant her claims of holy visions.Jeanne d'Arc (1413 - 1431) - - french warrior and saint
- DirectorDaryl DukeStarsJaclyn SmithClaire BloomTimothy DaltonThe fact-based story of the pioneer of nursing, known as "the Lady with the Lamp".Florence Nightingale (1820 - 1910) - founder of the modern nursing
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsSalma HayekAlfred MolinaGeoffrey RushA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.Frida Kahlo (1907 - 1954) - painter
- DirectorRichard EyreStarsJudi DenchJim BroadbentKate WinsletTrue story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.Iris Murdoch (1919 - 1999) - writer
- DirectorClaude PinoteauStarsIsabelle HuppertPhilippe NoiretCharles BerlingA humoristic view of the lives of Marie and Pierre Curie and their discoveries around radioactivity.Marie Skłodowska-Curie (1867 - 1934) - scientist, Nobel prize (physics and chemistry)
- DirectorJames LapineStarsJudy DavisHugh GrantMandy PatinkinIn 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.Armandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, known as George Sand (1804 - 1876) - writer
- DirectorAna CarolinaStarsMarília PêraBéatrice AgeninCamila AmadoFictional story based on Sarah Bernhard's visit to Brazil in 1905. The actress, experiencing a personal and professional crisis, is encouraged by her personal Brazilian maid Amélia to perform in Rio de Janeiro. After arriving, she is forced to tolerate the company of Amélia's exotic sisters.Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) - actress
- DirectorAlan RudolphStarsJennifer Jason LeighCampbell ScottMatthew BroderickDorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967) - writer
- DirectorPatrice ChéreauStarsIsabelle AdjaniDaniel AuteuilJean-Hugues AngladeYoung Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with her new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.Marguerite de Valois (1553 - 1615) - queen
- DirectorClaude BerriStarsCarole BouquetDaniel AuteuilPatrice ChéreauA love story or a tale of the resistance, this poignant movie tells both the haunting story of a French resistance cell in Lyon but also the love of Lucie Aubrac for her husband, and the lengths she goes to to rescue her husband from prison on more than one occasion. Based on a true story Lucie Aubrac works as both history lesson and love story.Lucie Aubrac (1912 - 2007) - member of the French resistence during WW II
- DirectorFranco ZeffirelliStarsGraham FaulknerJudi BowkerLeigh LawsonDramatization of events in the life of St. Francis of Assisi from before his conversion experience through his audience with the pope, including his friendship with St. Clare.Santa Chiara d'Assisi (1194 - 1253) - saint
- DirectorNorma BengellStarsCarla CamuratiAntônio FagundesEster GóesBiography of Patrícia Galvão, aka Pagu, a legendary personage, muse and activist of Brazilian Modernism in art, during the 1920s until the 1940s. She shocked the society of her time, but charmed artists such as painter Tarsila do Amaral and writer Oswald de Andrade, having had an affair with the latter. For her political engagement, she was constantly harassed by Brazilian authorities.Patrícia Rehder Galvão "Pagu" (1910 - 1962) - writer, journalist and poet. First woman arrested in Brazil due to political reasons
- DirectorChristine JeffsStarsGwyneth PaltrowDaniel CraigLucy DavenportStory of the relationship between poets Edward James "Ted" Hughes and Sylvia Plath.Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963) - writer
- DirectorAnand TuckerStarsEmily WatsonRachel GriffithsJames FrainThe tragic story of world renowned classic cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.Jacqueline du Pré (1945 - 1987) - cellist
- DirectorAndrei KonchalovskyStarsGlenn ClosePatrick StewartJonathan Rhys MeyersKing Henry II meets with Eleanor of Aquitaine at Christmastide 1183 to choose one of his sons as his successor.Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122 - 1204) - queen
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsRachel WeiszMax MinghellaOscar IsaacA historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.Hypatia (370 d.C. - 415 d.C.) - philisopher and mathematician
- DirectorDanny HustonStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerMathilda MayVirginia MadsenThe story of a girl who become the toast of Paris high-society. Through her marriage to one of France's most notorious degenerates, Colette's eyes are opened to every form of sexual depravity - shameless adventures that stir her.Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (1873 - 1954) - writer
- DirectorMarc RothemundStarsJulia JentschFabian HinrichsAlexander HeldA dramatization of the final days of Sophie Scholl, one of the most famous members of the German World War II anti-Nazi resistance movement, The White Rose.Sophie Scholl (1921 - 1943) - revolutionary
- DirectorRobert BressonStarsFlorence DelayJean-Claude FourneauRoger HonoratA Joan of Arc's trial reconstruction concerning her imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English. Filmed in a spare, low-key fashion.Jeanne d'Arc (1413 - 1431) - warrior and saint
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsIsabelle AdjaniMarie-France PisierIsabelle HuppertIn a small presbytery in Yorkshire, living under the watchful eyes of their aunt and father, a strict Anglican pastor, the Bronte sisters write their first works and quickly become literary sensations.Charlotte Brontë (1816 - 1855) - writer
Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848) - writer
Anne Brontë (1820 - 1849) - writer
