Female Rage, Female Power

They were pushed. They pushed back harder.

Films about women who refuse to accept the limits placed on them — by men, by society, by genre convention itself. Some are quiet. Some are screaming. All are essential.

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The Collection

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

2003
1
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
2003
1
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
IMDb 8.2 / 10
Director Quentin Tarantino
Cast Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah
Box Office $70,099,045
Why Tarantino films Uma Thurman's Bride as the most precise revenge ever sustained. The Crazy 88 sequen…
Carrie

Carrie

1976
2
Carrie
1976
2
Carrie
IMDb 7.4 / 10
Director Brian De Palma
Cast Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving
Box Office $33,800,000
Why De Palma films Stephen King's prom and the gym teacher's blood and a mother who taught her daughter…
Hard Candy

Hard Candy

2005
3
Hard Candy
2005
3
Hard Candy
IMDb 7.0 / 10
Director David Slade
Cast Patrick Wilson, Elliot Page, Sandra Oh
Box Office $1,024,640
Why David Slade films a fourteen-year-old's revenge on a photographer who thought he was the predator. …
La Femme Nikita

La Femme Nikita

1990
4
La Femme Nikita
1990
4
La Femme Nikita
IMDb 7.3 / 10
Director Luc Besson
Cast Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana
Box Office $5,017,971
Why Besson films a junkie's conscription into French black-ops and lets her become the operative the sy…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017
5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
IMDb 8.1 / 10
Director Martin McDonagh
Cast Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell
Box Office $54,513,740
Why McDonagh films Frances McDormand's grief as billboard rage at a small-town police force. The film k…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2020
6
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2020
6
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
IMDb 8.0 / 10
Director Céline Sciamma
Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami
Box Office $3,759,854
Why Céline Sciamma films a 1770 painter and her subject discovering each other on an island. The quietn…
Thelma & Louise

Thelma & Louise

1991
7
Thelma & Louise
1991
7
Thelma & Louise
IMDb 7.6 / 10
Director Ridley Scott
Cast Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
Box Office $45,360,915
Why Two women run from a botched defense, find each other, and discover that turning the car around was…
Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman

2020
8
Promising Young Woman
2020
8
Promising Young Woman
IMDb 7.5 / 10
Director Emerald Fennell
Cast Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie
Box Office $6,460,965
Why Emerald Fennell films Cassie's serial bait-and-switch through nice-guy predators. The rage is metho…
The Favourite

The Favourite

2018
9
The Favourite
2018
9
The Favourite
IMDb 7.5 / 10
Director Yorgos Lanthimos
Cast Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz
Box Office $34,366,783
Why Lanthimos films three women at Queen Anne's court using power, sex, and rabbits to win each other. …
Revenge

Revenge

2017
10
Revenge
2017
10
Revenge
IMDb 6.4 / 10
Director Coralie Fargeat
Cast Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe
Box Office $102,091
Why Coralie Fargeat films a woman's regeneration through a desert and a pool of blood. The rage is hydr…
I Spit on Your Grave

I Spit on Your Grave

1978
11
I Spit on Your Grave
1978
11
I Spit on Your Grave
IMDb 5.6 / 10
Director Meir Zarchi
Cast Camille Keaton, Eron Tabor, Richard Pace
Why Meir Zarchi's exploitation original frames the revenge in clinical method. The film is contested fo…
Bones and All

Bones and All

2022
12
Bones and All
2022
12
Bones and All
IMDb 6.8 / 10
Director Luca Guadagnino
Cast Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet, Mark Rylance
Box Office $7,834,907
Why Luca Guadagnino films two teenage cannibals on a road trip through Reagan-era America. The rage is …

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