Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 788 Films to Buy & Rent
Gas, Food, Lodging (1991)
- Dir. Allison Anders
Feat. Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk
- Delectable romantic tale of life in a truck–stop town for mom and two teenage daughters adds up to much more than the sum of its incidental…
Madonna Truth Or Dare (In Bed With Madonna) (1991)
- Dir. Alek Keshishian
Feat. Madonna
- The consummate article on the pressures of pop stardom and the rigours of world touring. Madonna presents a stylish and illuminating portrait of…
Not Without My Daughter (1991)
- Dir. Brian Gilbert
Feat. Sally Field, Alfred Molina
- Sally Field stars in this gripping true story of a woman who accompanied her Iranian–born husband to his homeland, and became his permanent…
Pleasures and Dangers (1991)
- A glance at the work and lives of six women artists in New Zealand; Alexis Hunter (painter), Alison MacLean (film–maker), Julia Morison…
V.I. Warshawski (1991)
- Dir. Jeff Kanew
Feat. Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning…
- Kathleen Turner hams it up as the vivacious gumshoe of Sara Paretski's pulp novellas, grappling with both crime and chauvinism, armed with some sharp…
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
- Dir. Steve Miner
Feat. Gabrielle Anwar, Cliff Robertson
- A young Gabrielle Anwar plays an orphaned 'wild heart' in the Depression era who finds her calling in Doc Carver's travelling stunt show.
Her…
Wisecracks (1991)
- Dir. Gail Singer
Feat. Ellen DeGeneres
- A pre–famous Ellen DeGeneres is just one of many comediennes in this fascinating and overdue tribute to the women of stand–up comedy.…
Antonia and Jane (1990)
- Dir. Beeban Kidron
Feat. Saskia Reeves, Imelda Staunton
- Whimsical portrait of friendship will tickle the fancy of women in particular. Insecurities abound for long–time chums – attractive…
Blue Steel (1990)
- Dir. Kathryn Bigelow
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver
- A predatory psychopath stalks rookie cop in rare action from a female perspective. The genre is assaulted by the director with unequivocal flair.
Company of Strangers (Strangers in Good Company) (1990)
- Dir. Cynthia Scott
Feat. Alice Diabo, Constance Garneau, Winifred Holden
- A special film created from a script that was inspired by the real lives of the seven elderly women who play the roles. Relationships are forged and…