Female titular films

[weatherall]

I was just thinking how few of these there are.
(Films where the title is a woman's name)

I know I don't need to tell the fwr board how sexist Hollywood is but this marker is a really obvious sign of this.

There are so many good stories that could be told about fictional or real women's lives. Filmmakers are really missing a beat imo.

Off the top of my head I can only think of

Erin Brockovitch
Salt
Elizabeth
Emma
Charlotte Grey ?
Shirley Valentine
Pocahontas

showing my age here -

Barbarella -Jane Fonda
Julia- Vanessa Redgrave
Anne of a 1000 days - about Anne Boleyn
Tess of the D'Uberavilles
the Rose - Bett Midler
Ann of Green Gables

I'm going to be thinking of this allllll day!

Ok if we are adding other words to the women's names I am saying
Chasing Amy

which was the first one I thought of.

"Amy" is only a subject of chasing in the title; and in the film, she isn't even real, just a cipher, a figment. but when I saw it, it articulated something really important for me

The excorism of Emily Rose

DPotter - The Rose? That's not a persons name is it.

weatherall I think Agnes Browne is a wonderful view of female friendship and the empowerment they give each other.

Mrs Doubtfire.

Oh.... tits...

Sherrybaby
Suzie Gold
Tamara Drewe
Gemma Bovery (hasn't come out yet. Discovered it while Googling Gemma Arterton's name :) )
Rachel Getting Married (although Rachel's sister, played by Anne Hathaway is the main character and protagonist)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Curly Sue

Annie Get Your Gun

Lucy

Just back from the cinema

It's extremely silly and doesn't pass the Bechtel test

The Rose was the name of the character Bette Midler played - a sort of Janice Joplin singer type

When Peggy Sue got Married
Jackie Brown

Buffy the Vampire Slayer started life as a film

Erin brochovich [sp?]

I see that Silkwood has already been mentioned - I haven't seen that film in years, and would love to see it again.

Didn't Buffy go:

Shit tv show
Shit film
Awesome tv show?

Kristiane F
Debbie does Dallas

Julie & Julia

Matilda
Precious
All About Eve
Babette's Feast
Heathers
Jezebel
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (personal fave)

Er, Mrs Doubtfire?

Viridiana
Summer with Monika
Philomena
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Marnie
Run Lola Run
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Arrietty
The Story of Adele H
Malena
Sabrina
(Mccabe and) Mrs Miller

I wouldn't go as far to call the majority of these films feminist however...

The Queen
Victor / Victoria

Precious - less white-centric than some. Mariah Carey was great in that.

Emma