Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Girl-centric: 86 Films to Rent on VHS
- Bratz - Starrin' and Stylin' (2004)
- The popular four 'Bratz' dolls (Jade, Close, Sasha and Yasmin) come to life in various animated episodes of their lives' as The Girls with a Passion…
- Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
- Dir. Sara Sugarman
Feat. Lindsay Lohan, Adam Garcia
- Light 'tweeny' comedy in which teenage centre–of–attention Lohan (FREAKY FRIDAY) is moved to the dull suburbs with her family and finds…
- Sheilas: 28 Years On (2004)
- Dir. Annie Goldson, Dawn Hutchesson
- Utilising the approach of Michael Apted's 7–UP films, this features encounters with the participants of the 1976 New Zealand TV series 'Women'…
- Me Without You (2001)
- Dir. Sandra Goldbacher
Feat. Anna Friel, Kyle MacLachlan, Oliver Milburn…
- Growing up on the outskirts of 1970s London, Anna Friel and Michelle Williams make a friendship–pact that helps them through the sex, drugs and…
- Wild Iris (2001)
- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Gena Rowlands, Laura Linney, Fred Ward…
- Superior tele drama that cultivates a convincingly dysfunctional relationship between mother Gena Rowlands and daughter Laura Linney, returning home…
- Day I Became a Woman, The (2000)
- Dir. Marziyeh Meshkini
Feat. Fatemeh Cherag Akhur, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh
- A trio of strong metaphorical tales that outline three aspects of “a woman’s lot” in contemporary Iran, with humour and cinematic…
- Me You Them (Eu Tu Eles) (2000)
- Dir. Andrucha Waddington
Feat. Regina Case, Lima Duarte, Stenio Garcia
- Set in the arid hinterlands of Brazil, this serio–comic study of rural polyandry has Regina Case (Brazil’s Oprah Winfrey) hitch up three…
- Powerpuff Girls, The (TV Series) (2000)
- Spunky super–sisters Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup trade school lessons for fighting crime in this savvy, sugar–coated superhero series…
- Woman On Top (2000)
- Dir. Fina Torres
Feat. Penelope Cruz
- English language vehicle for ravishing Spanish star Penelope Cruz, whose magnetism makes up for some of the lulls in the plot of this romantic 'magic…
- 24 Hour Woman (1999)
- Dir. Nancy Savoca
Feat. Rosie Perez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Diego Serrano…
- An incisive, often hilarious film about a very real dichotomy – how does parenthood fit into the life of a modern career woman?
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