This is a list of films about women's issues.
Films about women's issues
Title Year Director(s) Topic(s) Summary Agora 2009 Alejandro Amenábar History Bread and Roses 2000 Ken Loach Labour rights Buddha Collapsed out of Shame 2007 Hana Makhmalbaf Female education De tu ventana a la mía 2011 Paula Ortiz El patio de mi cárcel 2008 Belén Macías Women in prison Erin Brockovich 2000 Steven Soderbergh BiographyLabour rights Katmandu 2011 Icíar Bollaín Hula Girls 2006 Lee Sang-il I, the Worst of All 1990 María Luisa Bemberg Biography Iron Jawed Angels 2004 Katja von Garnier Right to vote Jane Eyre 2011 Cary Fukunaga Las 13 rosas 2007 Emilio Martinez-Lazaro Women in prison Libertarias 1996 Vicente Aranda Women in war Made in L.A. 2007 Almudena Carracedo Labour rights Mataharis 2007 Icíar Bollaín Mona Lisa Smile 2003 Mike Newell Moolaadé 2004 Ousmane Sembène Female genital mutilation Ni dios, ni patrón, ni marido 2010 Laura Mañá Labour rights North Country 2005 Niki Caro Labour rights Persepolis 2007 Marjane SatrapiVincent Paronnaud Pray the Devil Back to Hell 2008 Gini Reticker Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002 Phillip Noyce Female slavery Shinaakht 2018 Female genital mutilation Sylvia 2003 Christine Jeffs Biography Take My Eyes 2003 Icíar Bollaín Domestic violence The Circle 2000 Jafar Panahi The Color Purple 1985 Steven Spielberg The Flowers of War 2011 Zhang Yimou The Help 2011 Tate Taylor The Hours 2002 Stephen Daldry The Sleeping Voice 2011 Benito Zambrano Women in prison The Source 2011 Radu Mihăileanu The Stoning of Soraya M. 2008 Cyrus Nowrasteh Thelma & Louise 1991 Ridley Scott Rape Vera Drake 2004 Mike Leigh Abortion Violeta Went to Heaven 2001 Andrés Wood War Witch 2012 Kim Nguyen Women in war Water 2005 Deepa Mehta Widowhood Where Do We Go Now? 2011 Nadine Labaki Women of '69, Unboxed 2014 Peter Barton Marriage, careers Birth/Rebirth 2023 Laura Moss Abortion, child loss
Directors
Some directors that cover this topic in their films:
Icíar Bollaín
See also
Women's cinema Women's rights