Best movies about women empowerment : There’s nothing beautiful and empowering than watching a movie with girl power and women supporting each other take center stage. Be it any field, women are empowering themselves and making the world a better place, be it office, home, space, entertainment, there is nothing we can’t achieve. we have put together a list of our favourite movies featuring strong female characters we adore, and the stories which continue to inspire us.
Hidden Figures
History Drama ‧ 2h 7m
Imdb – 7.8/10
Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn’s launch into orbit. Meanwhile, they also have to deal with racial and gender discrimination at work.
Why to watch
- Based on true story
- Trio of African-American women
- Breaking glass ceilings
Miss Americana
Biopic – 1h 26m
IMDB – 7.4/10
Pop singer Taylor Swift reveals intimate details of her life while showcasing backstage and onstage concert footage. One of the best movies about women empowerment.
Why to watch
- Life of Taylor Swift
- Behind the fame
- Behind the songs
- Happiness without anyone in it
Erin Brockovich
Drama ‧ 2h 12m
IMDB – 7.3/10
Erin, a single mother, becomes a legal assistant and comes across a case against Pacific Gas and Electric. When she discovers that the company is poisoning a city’s water supply, she seeks justice. One of the best movies about women empowerment.
Why to watch
- Based on true events
- Change start from one person
- Fight for justice
- Julia Roberts as single Mom
Wild
Adventure Drama- 1h 55m
IMDb- 7.1/10
The story of a recent divorced woman Cheryl Strayed and her one thousand one hundred mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.
Why to watch
- Based on the book “Wild: From lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail”
- Inspiring
- Reese Witherspoon in lead
- Mother daughter relationship
- Discover herself along the trek
The Devil wears Prada
Comedy Drama – 1h 49m
IMDb- 6.9/10
After graduating in journalism Andrea got an opportunity to work with Miranda Priestly, the editor-in-chief of The Runway magazine.
Why to watch
- Eye opener
- Maryl Streep and Anny Hathaway
- Insights about fashion industry
- Employers bully’s employee
- Funny
English Vinglish
Family Musical – 2h 14m
IMDB – 7.8/10
A housewife and caterer, Shashi, is usually mocked by her family for not knowing English. Her attempt to learn the language helps her rediscover herself and reassert her value as a mother and a wife.
Why to watch
- Sometime you have to stand for yourself
- Sridevi as housewife
- Things family members take for granted
- Motivational
Queen
Comedy Drama – 2h 26m
Imdb – 8.2/10
Rani is devastated after her fiance leaves her just before the wedding. Undeterred, she decides to go on their honeymoon alone where she gets pulled out of her comfort zone and rediscovers herself. One of the best movies about women empowerment.
Why to watch
- Kangana as Rani
- Her sole honeymoon
- Break free from the laws of society
Queen of Katwe
Biography Sports Drama – 2h 4m
IMDb- 7.4/10
Phiona is a ten years old girl lived in Katwe, a slum in Kampala, Uganda. She and her brother sells maize in market. Her life changes when she met Robert Katende who is coaches soccer and teaches children to play chess at a local center. One of the best movies about women empowerment.
Why to watch
- Based on life story Phiona Mutesi
- One girl’s triumphant path to becoming a chess champion.
- Madina Nalwanga as the Queen of Katwe
Mary Kom
Sports Drama – 2h 2m
IMDB – 6.8/10
When Mary Kom encounters a renowned coach in a boxing gym, she shares her boxing aspirations with him and convinces him to teach her. Despite her father’s disapproval, she follows her passion.
Why to watch
- Based on True story
- Putting India on the world map in boxing
- Priyanka Chopra as Mary Kom
Julie & Julia
Comedy Drama – 2h 3m
IMDB – 7/10
Julie Powell, a young blogger, is determined to emulate Julia Child’s cooking techniques. Though separated by time, the two women share a common passion for food that intertwines their lives.
Why to watch
- Deliciously funny
- Love for cooking
- World of blogging in the early 21st century
Frida
Romantic Drama – 2h 3m
IMDB – 7.4/10
Biopic of artist Frida Kahlo. Set in Mexico City, this visually evocative film traces her lifelong, tempestuous relationship with her mentor, along with her illicit affairs with Trotsky and various women. Her forward-thinking artistic, political and sexual attitudes are explored as we witness a hard-drinking, passionate woman of the early 1900s.
Why to watch
- Bold and controversial life of artist Frida Kahlo
- Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo
- Controversies
Fried green Tomatoes
Drama – 2h 10m
IMDb- 7.7/10
Evelyn Couch is a unhappy house wife in her 40s meets Ninny Theadgoode an old lady in a nursing home. She tells about the story of Idgie Threadgoode, a young woman in 1920’s Alabama. Through Idgie’s inspiring life, Evelyn learns to be more assertive and builds a lasting friendship of her own with Ninny.
Why to watch
- Lesbian love
- Mother son relationship
- Female friendship
- Brother sister relationship
- The secret of life?
The first Wives Club
Comedy – 1h 43m
IMDb- 6.4/10
Three friends reunites after a friend’s death. Three of them were divorced and seek revenge on the husbands who left them for younger woman.
Why to watch
- A story of three women turning the pain into gain
- Friendship
- Diane Keaton, Bette Midler and Jassica Lange
- “Don’t get mad. Get everything.”
Miss Congeniality
Action, Comedy Drama – 1h 49m
IMDb- 6.3/10
An F.B.I. Agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event.
Why to watch
- Funny plots and full of clever hooks.
- Sandra Bullock
- Good towards men
- Beauty contest
Mona Lisa Smile
Drama – 1h 57m
IMDb- 6.5/10
Katherine Ann Watson, a 30-year-old graduate student in the department of Art History at UCLA and Oakland State, hired as a professor at Wellesley College, a women’s private liberal arts college in Massachusetts to teach liberal arts. She was a free thinker and teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles.
Why to watch
- Break the stereotypes and learn how to live
- Teacher student relationship
- Narrow mindedness
- College life and girls
The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants
Comedy Romantic Drama – 1h 59m
IMDb- 6.5/10
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Lena Kaligaris, Tibby Rollins, Carmen Lowell, and Bridget Vreeland are teenagers from Bethesda, Maryland, who have been best friends their whole lives. They plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
Why to watch
- Friendship between Lena, Tibby, Carmen and Bridget
- Based on a young adult novel
- Laugh, cry and share the pants
- Relationship
- Four friends with genuine and loyal support for each other
- A fun watch
Suffragette
History Drama – 1 h 59m
IMDb- 6.9/10
The movie is set on 1912 London. A working woman named Maud Watts got into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve the end.
Why to watch
- Women unites and change starts
- Mother daughter relationship
- Inspiring
- Women harassment, marriage, sexism, equal rights, feminism, equality
Moana
Animation, Adventure, Comedy – 1h 47m
IMDb- 7.6/10
Moana who is a daughter of a chief in a long line of navigators. When their island fisherman couldn’t catch any fish and crops fails as well, she learns that the demigod Maui caused the blight by stealing the heart of the goddess, Te Fiti. The only way to heal the island is to persuade Maui to return Te Fiti’s heart, so Moana sets off on an epic journey across the Pacific.
Why to watch
- Adventurous
- Kids friendly
- based on stories from Polynesian mythology
- Grandma and granddaughter relationship
- Moana saving the world
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