Films with interesting women

[byebyeapplepie]

Have recently watched Pedro Almodovar's Julietta and re-watched Volver. I love the women in these films.

They left me wanting more.

I wonder if anyone has any recommendations?

(As an aside - I spotted my local cinema have started marking films as "F-rated".
www.f-rated.org)

Silkwood - old, but Meryl Streep in fine form as Karen Silkwood, a whistleblower at a US nuclear power plant.

I still live Aliens more than is reasonable.

^ love

Love threadsblike this - gets me thinking about all the movies i love

All About Eve - one of the best fils ever
Whatever Happened To Bsby Jane
Little Women - though book is much better
Beaches - weepy but strong females
Terms Of Endearment - as above
Educating Rita - Love it - Julie Walters is fab
Shirley Valentine
Aliens - Ellen Ripley is my hero
How To Make An American Quilt
Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistlestop Cafe
The Piano
Fish Tank - British Indy about a teenager on a council estate
Thelma And Loiuse

Veronica mars kicks ass, but you will only love the film if you have watched the series

Easy virtue is awsome, have never liked Jessica biel in anything but she's incredible in this

Another vote for all about eve

Calendar girls
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Not a film, but Jam & Jerusalem series

Recommended this on another thread Harold and Maude.

Really appreciate all the suggestions.
I've just rented All About Eve. I was so disturbed as a child by Whatever happened to Baby Jane that I have always been uncomfortable watching Bette Davis.

You should watch the series "Feud" op.

It's absolutely brilliant and might take the edge off the film a bit.

And of course starting two more interesting women - Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon.

Although she wasn't the main character I enjoyed Cher in "Mask". She played a very interesting role.

Jennifer Aniston in Cake, a poster on MN recommended it. I thought it was very good. She was good in the Good Girl too.

Jane Fonda in On Golden Pond and The China Syndrome.

August in Osage County film, many an interesting woman in that one.

I will read the whole thread but haven't yet so apologies if this is a repeat:

I've Loved You So Long with Kristin Scott Thomas in the lead role. It's a French film (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime).

Lockedout

I've seen that, interesting film but ultimately left me unsatisfied/not persuaded. Worth a watch though.

The Hours - highly recommended

Melancholia. Very well observed film featuring two women, one with overt mental health issues and one with something else going on (don't know what, despite having watched it many times!). It also doesn't fall into the trap of "wimmin and their ishoos". It's an intelligent film. But extremely affecting and not in a good way. I have to steel myself to watch it!

Other end of the spectrum: recent mini-series with Nicole Kidman and Reese Weatherspoon and two other women I've forgotten the names of - Big Little Lies, I think? Mom-tastic, but staying just this side of patronizing. Also stars one of the Skarsgaards, which helps

All films by Almodovar! You were on to a good thing there OP, I loved Julieta

'Monster'. I tend to find 'bad' characters more interesting.

Florence Foster Jenkins is good fun.

The Last Seduction

Three Colours Red
Three Colours Blue
(Can't remember about Three Colours White.)

At 5 in the Afternoon (by Samira Makhmalbaf, 2003, about Afghanistan)

There's a movie on telly right now about Florence Nightingale - starring Jaclyn Smith of course 😬

You need to watch Certain Women. It is about three women in the north west of America whose lives intersect. It is fantastic.

Lowering the highbrow tone a tad but Ghostbusters blew my kids' minds a bit; they were wondering where the men had got to.