Movies - Womanpower/Women in Charge

A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.

Psychiatrist Susan Lane meets comic artist Michael Kent. She dislikes his impulsiveness. He pursues her, hatching a plan with her father to marry her. She plans to get rid of him with a patient's help.

Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.

After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.

An American settler marries an European mail-order bride and together they learn how to thrive in the harsh wilderness while working on their relationship too.

After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.

A proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.

Employees Violet, Judy, and Dora Lee of sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot Franklin Hart Junior find a way to turn the tables on him. Dolly Parton's film debut was later a short-lived TV sitcom and a Broadway musical.

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in New York.

A worker at a plutonium processing plant is purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing worker safety violations at the plant.

An 18-year-old female amateur dancer who performs nightly at a dancing bar, and works as a welder during the day, dreams of joining the Pittsburgh ballet school.

A tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry.

The life of super-yuppie J.C. is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a baby from a distant relative.

Camille 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.

Two couples of sisters from New York and from the countryside discover that they are connected in an incredible way.

The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.

When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss' job.

A surprisingly resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.

A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.

A German princess is chosen to marry the heir to the Russian Throne, but faces plots and intrigues against her.

Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two women escape for the crimes they committed.

Evelyn, an ordinary housewife, visits a nursing home and befriends the old lady Ninny. Together, they bond over stories from the past about two intrepid women of Whistle Stop Cafe.

When a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.