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Girl Power Movies

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  • Douglas Santiago and Michelle Rodriguez in Girlfight (2000)

    1. Girlfight

    20001h 50mR70Metascore
    6.7 (12K)
    Diana, without her father knowing it, trains as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers.
    DirectorKaryn KusamaStarsMichelle RodriguezDouglas SantiagoJamie Tirelli
  • Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich (2000)

    2. Erin Brockovich

    20002h 11mR73Metascore
    7.5 (234K)
    A flamboyant law firm secretary works tirelessly to gain justice for a small town wrecked by a utility company's pollution.
    DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsJulia RobertsAlbert FinneyDavid Brisbin
  • Woody Harrelson, Goldie Hawn, Wesley Snipes, Jsu Garcia, Tab Thacker, and Mykelti Williamson in Wildcats (1986)

    3. Wildcats

    19861h 46mR41Metascore
    6.1 (15K)
    Rookie high school football coach Molly McGrath has a harder time than she expected trying to whip her tough inner-city team members into shape.
    DirectorMichael RitchieStarsGoldie HawnSwoosie KurtzRobyn Lively
  • Jennifer Garner in Alias (2001)

    4. Alias

    2001–2006105 epsTV-14TV Series
    7.6 (56K)
    Sydney Bristow agrees to become an international spy for a secret branch of the CIA. The secrecy complicates her social and love lives, but it's nothing compared to what happens when she finds out her employer has no ties to the CIA.
    CreatorJ.J. AbramsStarsJennifer GarnerRon RifkinCarl Lumbly
  • Jennifer Lopez in Selena (1997)

    5. Selena

    19972h 7mPG67Metascore
    6.9 (33K)
    The true story of Selena, a Texas-born Tejana singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart-topping albums on the Latin music charts.
    DirectorGregory NavaStarsJennifer LopezEdward James OlmosJon Seda
  • Flashdance (1983)

    6. Flashdance

    19831h 35mR39Metascore
    6.2 (62K)
    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.
    DirectorAdrian LyneStarsJennifer BealsMichael NouriLilia Skala
  • Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Luke Wilson, Matthew Davis, Samantha Lemole, Meredith Scott Lynn, and Osgood Perkins in Legally Blonde (2001)

    7. Legally Blonde

    20011h 36mPG-1359Metascore
    6.5 (268K)
    Fashionable sorority queen Elle Woods follows her ex-boyfriend to law school, where she discovers that there is more to her than just looks.
    DirectorRobert LuketicStarsReese WitherspoonLuke WilsonSelma Blair
  • Miss Congeniality (2000)

    8. Miss Congeniality

    20001h 49mPG-1343Metascore
    6.3 (240K)
    Gracie Hart, a tomboyish detective, is forced to infiltrate the Miss United States beauty pageant as a contestant after her department learns that the event is under threat from an anonymous bomber.
    DirectorDonald PetrieStarsSandra BullockMichael CaineBenjamin Bratt
  • Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, and Melanie Griffith in Working Girl (1988)

    9. Working Girl

    19881h 53mR73Metascore
    6.8 (65K)
    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.
    DirectorMike NicholsStarsMelanie GriffithHarrison FordSigourney Weaver
  • Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

    10. Iron Jawed Angels

    20042h 3mTV-14TV Movie
    7.3 (6.6K)
    A little known, yet integral piece of American history: based on the lives of Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, two young radical women who were instrumental in getting women the right to vote in America.
    DirectorKatja von GarnierStarsHilary SwankMargo MartindaleAnjelica Huston
  • David Thewlis, Saïd Taghmaoui, and Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman (2017)

    11. Wonder Woman

    20172h 21mPG-1376Metascore
    7.3 (720K)
    When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.
    DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsGal GadotChris PineRobin Wright
  • Dolly Parton in Straight Talk (1992)

    12. Straight Talk

    19921h 31mPG
    5.7 (4.2K)
    A woman ditches her small-town life for big-city Chicago, where she becomes a sensation as a radio-show host.
    DirectorBarnet KellmanStarsDolly PartonJames WoodsGriffin Dunne
  • Maya Angelou And Still I Rise (2016)

    13. Maya Angelou And Still I Rise

    20161h 54mNot Rated66Metascore
    7.9 (585)
    The first feature documentary about the remarkable writer, poet, actress, activist Maya Angelou.
    DirectorsRita CoburnBob HerculesStarsCicely TysonGuy JohnsonDiahann Carroll
  • Helena Bonham Carter, Meryl Streep, and Carey Mulligan in Suffragette (2015)

    14. Suffragette

    20151h 46mPG-1364Metascore
    6.9 (46K)
    In 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end.
    DirectorSarah GavronStarsCarey MulliganAnne-Marie DuffHelena Bonham Carter
  • When Husbands Cheat (1998)

    15. When Husbands Cheat

    19981h 27mPG-13TV Movie
    5.5 (223)
    Inspired by a true story, Tess McCall is an amateur sleuth who helps jilted wives find out the truth about their philandering husbands. She is shocked when she discovers that the next person she has to investigate is her own husband.
    DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsPatricia KalemberTom IrwinBrenda Vaccaro
  • Made for More (2018)

    16. Made for More

    20182h
    6.3 (21)
    This is more than a documentary. It's a film packed with tools to help you discover the best version of yourself. Mama of four, CCO/founder of The Hollis Company and The Chic Site, Rachel Hollis has been called "Tina Fey meets Tony Robbins for women" and is taking audiences on an inside look at chasing the biggest of dreams.
    DirectorJack NobleStarsDave HollisRachel Hollis
  • Octavia Spencer in Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020)

    17. Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

    20204 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    7.3 (14K)
    The inspiring story of trailblazing African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker who built a haircare empire that made her America's first female self-made millionaire.
    StarsOctavia SpencerTiffany HaddishCarmen Ejogo
  • Sigourney Weaver in Gorillas in the Mist (1988)

    18. Gorillas in the Mist

    19882h 9mPG-13
    7.0 (30K)
    The story of Dian Fossey, a scientist who came to Africa to study the vanishing mountain gorillas, and later fought to protect them.
    DirectorMichael AptedStarsSigourney WeaverBryan BrownJulie Harris
  • Bethany Hamilton in Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable (2018)

    19. Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable

    20181h 40mPG55Metascore
    7.4 (826)
    After losing an arm to a shark attack at age 13, Bethany Hamilton refuses to give up her dreams of being a professional surfer.
    DirectorAaron LieberStarsAlana BlanchardAdam DirksTobias Dirks
  • Jennifer Lopez in Enough (2002)

    20. Enough

    20021h 55mPG-1325Metascore
    5.8 (50K)
    After running away fails, a terrified woman empowers herself in order to battle her abusive husband.
    DirectorMichael AptedStarsJennifer LopezBilly CampbellTessa Allen
  • Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman, and Lily Tomlin in 9 to 5 (1980)

    21. 9 to 5

    19801h 49mPG58Metascore
    6.9 (42K)
    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.
    DirectorColin HigginsStarsJane FondaLily TomlinDolly Parton
  • Tom Hughes and Emma Greenwell in Dare to Be Wild (2015)

    22. Dare to Be Wild

    20151h 40mTV-PG
    6.4 (1.8K)
    Irishwoman Mary Reynold's journey from rank outsider to winner of a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.
    DirectorVivienne De CourcyStarsEmma GreenwellTom HughesAlex Macqueen
  • Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2021)

    23. Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

    20211h 35m
    7.7 (362)
    Set against a music world profoundly divided between black and white, it chronicles the dramatic story of Dionne Warwick's meteoric rise from New Jersey gospel choirs to international cross-over super stardom.
    DirectorsDavid HeilbronerDave WooleyStarsBurt BacharachJerry BlavatSnoop Dogg
  • Sally Field in Norma Rae (1979)

    24. Norma Rae

    19791h 54mPG61Metascore
    7.3 (13K)
    A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.
    DirectorMartin RittStarsSally FieldBeau BridgesRon Leibman
  • Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega, Sheila Atim, and Thuso Mbedu in The Woman King (2022)

    25. The Woman King

    20222h 15mPG-1376Metascore
    6.9 (79K)
    A historical epic inspired by true events that took place in The Kingdom of Dahomey, one of the most powerful states of Africa in the 18th and 19th centuries.
    DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsViola DavisThuso MbeduLashana Lynch

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