Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 788 Films to Buy & Rent
Made in Dagenham (2010)
- Dir. Nigel Cole
Feat. Sally Hawkins, Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson…
- Nostalgic, uplifting dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford car plant in Dagenham, where female machinists famously walked out in protest…
Please Give (2010)
- Dir. Nicole Holofcener
Feat. Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet…
- Writer–director Nicole Holofcener secures her informal reputation as a "female Woody Allen" with this bittersweet New York story that again…
Potiche (2010)
- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini…
- Bubbly satire has 60–something Catherine Deneuve transform from trophy wife to a strong–headed businesswoman after her chauvinist husband…
Ramona and Beezus (2010)
- Dir. Elizabeth Allen
Feat. Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett…
- Sweet and playful adaptation of Beverly Cleary's popular children's novels about a young girl's overactive imagination which keeps things interesting…
Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) (2010-2016)
- Feat. Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Bruce McGill…
- Girl–powered police procedural series that teams up Angie Harmon as police detective Jane Rizzoli and Sasha Alexander as medical examiner Dr.…
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
- Dir. Michael Patrick King
Feat. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon…
- While wrestling with the pressures of life, love, and work in Manhattan, Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte join Samantha for a trip to Abu Dhabi, where…
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2010)
- Dir. Wayne Wang
Feat. Gianna Jun, Bingbing Li, Russell Wong…
- Wayne Wang (THE JOY LUCK CLUB) directs this unsubtle but sweeping multi–generational weepie, framed around the enduring bond between two women…
Tiny Furniture (2010)
- Dir. Lena Dunham
Feat. Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Alex Karpovsky…
- A prototype for Lena Dunham's hugely successful HBO series GIRLS, this smart–funny indie finds the talented actress/director mining the…
We Are the Night (Wir sind die Nacht) (2010)
- Dir. Dennis Gansel
Feat. Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich
- A fraulein vampire flick of sleek, urbane sensibility, centred on an alpha–female vamp (Nina Hoss) who descends on Germany in search of a soul…
Agora (2009)
- Dir. Alejandro Amenabar
Feat. Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac…
- A strident and admirable account of Greek scholar Hypatia, whose principles and pagan beliefs attracted the ire of Christians in 4th century…