Important and thought provoking films made by and/or about women

Three women's escapes from their afflicted lives. Each struggles to flee from the men who confine their personal freedom.

A young transgender man named Brandon navigates love, life, and trying to pass as a boy in rural Nebraska.

A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

The story of Valerie Solanas, a '60s radical who preached misandry in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but after he repeatedly ignored her, she shot him.

Self-esteem and insecurity are at the heart of this comedy about the relationship between a mother and her three confused daughters.

Soon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.

A British mystery author visits her publisher's home in the South of France, where her interaction with his unusual daughter sets off some touchy dynamics.

The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.

A bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.

A happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.

An ambitious female attorney wallows in excess and meaningless sex with both male and female partners, while dealing with her personal life problems including helping her kleptomaniac sister.

A woman employs a gay man to spend four nights at her house to watch her when she's "unwatchable".

Rosanna Arquette talks to various actresses about the pressures they face as women working in the entertainment industry.

Obsessed with the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant girl near a freezing lake in New Zealand, a brave detective will find herself up against small-town secrets and a side of herself that was meticulously kept at bay.

A non-glamorous portrayal of the lives of people who make their living at a strip club.

A concentration camp survivor rekindles her sadomasochistic relationship with an ex-SS officer working as a night porter at a Vienna hotel, but his former associates begin stalking them.

As Italy enters WWII, a teenage boy in a small, narrow-minded Sicilian town becomes obsessed with a young woman.

Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order.

A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.

A fading movie star falls for a lonely young woman in Tokyo.

A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.

A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.

Two brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting family dynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan.

Just as Amelia thinks she's over her anxiety and insecurity, her best friend announces her engagement, bringing her anxiety and insecurity right back.

A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.