Women by Women
Titles featuring real women characters imagined or depicted by real women, in celebration of International Women's Day 2020.
(1) Plot components that depict women as real people, with (2) woman director or creator paired with woman lead, or (3) primarily women main cast.
(1) Plot components that depict women as real people, with (2) woman director or creator paired with woman lead, or (3) primarily women main cast.
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- DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanEmma WatsonFlorence PughJo March reflects back and forth on her life, telling the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women, each determined to live life on her own terms.
- DirectorJovanka VuckovicStarsMadison IsemanPaloma KwiatkowskiMunro ChambersIn an alternate 1995, a mysterious disease has wiped out all of the adults. In this new age, two gangs are pitted against each other in a brutal war for territory, resources and survival.
- DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanLaurie MetcalfTracy LettsIn 2002, an artistically inclined 17-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsGreta GerwigMickey SumnerAdam DriverA New York woman apprentices for a dance company and throws herself headlong into her dreams, even as the possibility of realizing them dwindles.
- DirectorOlivia WildeStarsKaitlyn DeverBeanie FeldsteinJessica WilliamsOn the eve of their high-school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.
- DirectorGary RossStarsSandra BullockCate BlanchettAnne HathawayDebbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City's annual Met Gala.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsOlivia ColmanEmma StoneRachel WeiszIn early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
- DirectorLorene ScafariaStarsConstance WuJennifer LopezJulia StilesInspired by the viral New York Magazine article, Hustlers follows a crew of savvy former strip club employees who band together to turn the tables on their Wall Street clients.
- DirectorAmy HeckerlingStarsAlicia SilverstoneStacey DashBrittany MurphyShallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other.
- DirectorSusan JohnsonStarsLana CondorNoah CentineoJanel ParrishA teenage girl's secret love letters are exposed and wreak havoc on her love life.
- DirectorJay RoachStarsCharlize TheronNicole KidmanMargot RobbieA group of women take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network.
- CreatorRobert CarlockTina FeyStarsEllie KemperJane KrakowskiTituss BurgessA woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and starts life over again in New York City.
- CreatorSusannah GrantMichael ChabonAyelet WaldmanStarsKaitlyn DeverToni ColletteMerritt WeverA teenager is charged with lying about being raped, but two detectives follow the path to the truth.
- DirectorAnna BodenRyan FleckStarsBrie LarsonSamuel L. JacksonBen MendelsohnCarol Danvers becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races.
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsGal GadotChris PineRobin WrightWhen 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.
- DirectorJason MooreStarsAnna KendrickBrittany SnowRebel WilsonBeca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
- CreatorRachel BloomAline Brosh McKennaStarsRachel BloomDonna Lynne ChamplinVincent Rodriguez IIIA young woman abandons a choice job at a law firm and her life in New York in an attempt to find happiness in the unlikely locale of West Covina, California.
- StarsRachael StirlingJulie GrahamSophie RundleIn 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer.
- DirectorTheodore MelfiStarsTaraji P. HensonOctavia SpencerJanelle MonáeThe story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program.
- CreatorJenji KohanStarsTaylor SchillingDanielle BrooksTaryn ManningConvicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
- CreatorNahnatchka KhanStarsKrysten RitterDreama WalkerMichael BlaiklockChloe is a New York party girl with the morals of a pirate. She causes trouble for her best friend James Van Der Beek and her naive small-town roommate June.
- CreatorJennie Snyder UrmanStarsGina RodriguezAndrea NavedoYael GrobglasA young, devout Catholic woman discovers that she was accidentally artificially inseminated.
- CreatorVeena SudStarsMireille EnosJoel KinnamanBilly CampbellA police investigation, the saga of a grieving family, and a Seattle mayoral campaign all interlock after the body of 17-year-old Rosie Larsen is found in the trunk of a submerged car.
- StarsEssie DavisNathan PageHugo Johnstone-BurtA female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of Melbourne in the late 1920s, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.
- CreatorLena DunhamStarsLena DunhamAllison WilliamsJemima KirkeA comedy about the experiences of a group of girls in their early 20s.
- DirectorBoaz YakinStarsBrittany MurphyDakota FanningHeather LocklearA grown-up woman who kept her childish instincts and behavior starts working as the nanny of an 8-year-old girl who actually acts like an adult. But everything ends right-side up.
- DirectorTony TilseStarsEssie DavisNathan PageRupert Penry-JonesAfter freeing a young girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, Phryne Fisher begins to unravel a mystery concerning priceless emeralds, ancient curses and the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of Shirin's forgotten tribe.
- DirectorAndrea BerloffStarsMelissa McCarthyTiffany HaddishElisabeth MossThe wives of New York gangsters in Hell's Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands' rackets after they're locked up in prison.
- DirectorKim Yoon-seokStarsYum Jung-ahKim So-jinKim Hye-junTwo teenage girls struggle through their dysfunctional parents' affair.
- CreatorLisa McGeeStarsSaoirse-Monica JacksonLouisa HarlandTara Lynne O'NeillThe personal exploits of a 16-year-old girl and her family and friends during the Troubles in the early 1990s in Northern Ireland.
- DirectorLinda MendozaStarsWanda SykesWanda Sykes, delivers a sharp-witted and hilarious critique on the state of the world, addressing her perspective on the current political and cultural climate, which she can only describe as, well - not normal.
- DirectorRayka ZehtabchiStarsAjeyaAnitaGouri ChoudariIndian women fight the stigma surrounding menstruation and begin manufacturing sanitary pads.
- CreatorTracey WigfieldStarsBriga HeelanAndrea MartinAdam CampbellA New Jersey mom puts her relationship with her daughter to the test when she lands an internship at her new job, which comes with many challenges.
- DirectorJon OlbMadeleine ParryStarsHannah GadsbyAustralian comic Hannah Gadsby reshapes standard stand-up by pairing punchlines with personal revelations on gender, sexuality and childhood turmoil.
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsCharlize TheronChristina RicciBruce DernBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
- DirectorPamela B. GreenStarsJodie FosterAlice GuyPamela B. GreenPamela B. Green's energetic film about pioneer filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché is both a tribute and a detective story, tracing the circumstances by which this extraordinary artist faded from memory and the path toward her reclamation.
- DirectorKerry DavidStarsTrang NguyenHong HoangJohan MaraisOne filmmaker's journey to understand the complex world of wildlife trafficking through the unique lens of the women fighting on the frontlines and risking all to protect these endangered animals. .
- DirectorGiovanna Morales VargasStarsElly MaydayLaura WellsKerosene DeluxeA Perfect 14 explores the fascinating world of plus-size modelling and the women involved who are fighting to reshape fashion and the standards of society. This film follows the journeys of three plus-size models as they struggle against the distorted perception of body image that is being perpetuated in people's minds. These women share their personal experiences of challenges and successes to help empower themselves and others to eradicate the currently held standards of beauty.
- CreatorShane McKenzieGigi Saul GuerreroStarsPatricia De LeonVeronica Diaz CarranzaMauricio MendozaLA QUINCEAÑERA features fifteen-year-old Alejandra Santos, whose life is about to change forever on the night of her quinceañera. In this daring revenge tale, a young girl will learn the limits of resilience and strength as she is thrust into the most extraordinary of situations over the course of 24 hours. With her Abuela by her side, Alejandra transforms into a gutsy heroine everyone will be rooting for as she avenges her family against the cartel.
- DirectorEgle VertelyteStarsEgle MikulionyteVyto RuginisAndrius BialobzeskisClose to bankruptcy, Irena, the owner of a struggling pig farm in a tiny post-Communist town finds a surprising benefactor in a handsome American man who appears to be the answer to all her prayers.
- DirectorAna ValineStarsKate CorbettTeach GrantJuan RiedingerThe Canadian north's unforgiving nature is amplified to chilling effect in this claustrophobic, white-knuckle thriller from Ana Valine (Sitting on the Edge of Marlene). What is supposed to be a quick stop at a remote trailer turns into a standoff between embittered brothers, with an innocent woman (Kate Corbett) caught in the crossfire. As old wounds are reopened and fresh blood is spilled, the wolves at the door pose little threat in comparison to the personal demons being unleashed inside.
- DirectorInna BlokhinaStarsAnna BaderJeannie ChesserSylvia EarleExplore the lives of nine women from around the world who share a passion for the ocean.
- DirectorHampus LinderStarsGudrun SchymanLasse WestmannAnna WessmanIn her native Sweden, everybody has an opinion about feminist trailblazer Gudrun Schyman: superhero or villain. She has been through all the ups and downs of political life: a social worker rising to lead the Leftist party to record breaking election results; publicly shamed for her struggles with addiction; overcoming her demons, and founding Europe's first feminist party. Through it all, Schyman has remained fiercely, unapologetically feminist, constantly working to raise the bar for equality in Sweden and in Europe. The FEMINIST follows Schyman through daily life and political breakthroughs.
- DirectorSoudade KaadanStarsReham AlkassarSawsan ArshidYara IbrahimIn Syria in 2012 a mother ventures into a war zone to find a gas cylinder so she can prepare a meal for her son. She discovers that in the besieged area the people there have lost their shadows.
- DirectorTom DonahueStarsReese WitherspoonMira NairShonda RhimesAn investigative look and analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists in the Industry.
- DirectorElizabeth CastleChristina D. KingStarsMarcella GilbertMadonna Thunder HawkA documentary which details the life of Lakota activist and community organizer Madonna Thunder Hawk, whose career fighting for Indigenous and women's rights has now spanned over 50 years.
- DirectorBernadett Tuza-RitterStarsMarishBernadett Tuza-RitterA European woman has been kept by a family as a domestic slave for 10 years. Drawing courage from the filmmaker's presence, she decides to escape the unbearable oppression and become a free person.
- CreatorJanet TamaroStarsAngie HarmonSasha AlexanderJordan BridgesDetective Jane Rizzoli and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles team up to solve crimes in Boston.
- DirectorValeria SelingerStarsDarío GrandinettiMiguel Ángel SoláFederico LissLaura is only eight years old, but she knows that to survive you have to keep quiet. She shares her days with her mother and the other activists in a house where the clandestine printing of the Evita Montonera is hidden.
- CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsPhoebe Waller-BridgeSian CliffordOlivia ColmanSeries adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent tragedy.
- CreatorAmy Sherman-PalladinoStarsRachel BrosnahanAlex BorsteinMichael ZegenAfter her husband leaves her, young mother of two Miriam "Midge" Maisel discovers that she has a talent for stand-up comedy. Could this be her calling?
- CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsJodie ComerSandra OhFiona ShawAfter a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.
- CreatorLeslye HeadlandNatasha LyonneAmy PoehlerStarsNatasha LyonneCharlie BarnettGreta LeeA cynical young woman in New York City keeps dying and returning to the party that's being thrown in her honor on that same evening. She tries to find a way out of this strange time loop.
- CreatorDiablo CodyTig NotaroStarsTig NotaroJohn RothmanNoah HarpsterFollow Tig Notaro as she returns to her hometown after the death of her mother. Still recovering from her health problems, Tig struggles to find balance with the loss of the only person in her life who understood her.
- CreatorDana CalvoStarsGenevieve AngelsonAnna CampErin DarkeA look at the personal and professional lives of employees at an American news magazine in the late 1960s.
- CreatorCatherine ReitmanStarsCatherine ReitmanDani KindPhilip SternbergFour very different thirtysomething working-mother friends try to balance their jobs, family lives and love lives in modern-day Toronto, Canada.
- CreatorIlana GlazerAbbi JacobsonStarsIlana GlazerAbbi JacobsonHannibal BuressBroad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.
- CreatorDaniel PowellAmy SchumerStarsAmy SchumerKevin KaneKyle DunniganAmy Schumer switches from sketches to doing stand-up to interviewing people on the street and people of interest, usually following a certain theme.
- CreatorAurora BrowneMeredith MacNeillCarolyn TaylorStarsCarolyn TaylorMeredith MacNeillAurora BrowneThis is a sketch comedy show centering around four women and their life observations.
- DirectorLulu WangStarsShuzhen ZhaoAwkwafinaX MayoA Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies.
- DirectorMati DiopStarsMame Bineta SaneAmadou MbowTraoreIn a popular suburb of Dakar, workers on the construction site of a futuristic tower, without pay for months, decide to leave the country by the ocean for a better future. Among them is Souleiman, the lover of Ada, promised to another.
- DirectorJennifer KentStarsAisling FranciosiMaya ChristieBaykali GanambarrSet in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
- DirectorClaire ScanlonStarsEllie KemperTituss BurgessCarol KaneKimmy sets off on her biggest adventure yet. Three states. Explosions. A dancing hamburger. And you, the viewer, get to decide how the story goes.
- DirectorKathryn BigelowStarsCatherine McCormackSean PennSarah PolleyA newspaper photographer researches an 1873 double homicide and finds her own life paralleling that of a witness who survived the tragic ordeal.
- DirectorChanya ButtonStarsGemma ArtertonElizabeth DebickiIsabella RosselliniThe fascinating true story of the love affair between socialite and popular author Vita Sackville-West and literary icon Virginia Woolf.
- DirectorPatricia RozemaStarsPascale BussièresRachael CrawfordHenry CzernyAn uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival that comes to town.
- DirectorDonna DeitchStarsHelen ShaverPatricia CharbonneauAudra LindleyWhile waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.
- DirectorAlexandra-Therese KeiningStarsRuth Vega FernandezLiv MjönesKrister HenrikssonA young woman engaged to be married finds herself in an affair with her soon-to-be stepmother's lesbian daughter.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsNoémie MerlantAdèle HaenelLuàna BajramiOn an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
- DirectorZaida BergrothStarsAlma PöystiKrista KosonenShanti RoneyDepiction on the life of Tove Jansson, showing both her personal relationships, and the creation of the popular Moomin books.
- DirectorKitty GreenStarsJulia GarnerOwen HollandJon OrsiniA searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
- DirectorEmerald FennellStarsCarey MulliganBo BurnhamAlison BrieNothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be - she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs from the past.
- CreatorSilka LuisaStarsElisabeth MossWagner MouraPhillipa SooYears after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault. She teams with a veteran reporter to understand her ever-changing present and confront her past.