10 films about strong and independent women

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Lifehacker has compiled a selection of 10 films about strong-willed, courageous and determined women worthy of emulation.

Black Swan

• Thriller, drama.
• USA, 2010.
• Duration: 103 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 0.

Nina is a prima ballerina passionately dreaming of the main role in Swan Lake. But the director is absolutely sure that she does not hold out for the role: there is not enough sense of purpose and inner fire. The appearance of a rival encourages Nina to work even harder and discover new facets in herself.

Neon demon

• Horror, thriller.
• France, Denmark, USA, 2016.
• Duration: 118 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 3.

The provincial Jesse, who since childhood wanted to become a supermodel, immediately after leaving school goes to Los Angeles to make her dream come true. After a while, she succeeds, but she does not even suspect how cruel the modeling business is and how strong the envy of competitors is.

Malena

• Drama, melodrama, military.
• Italy, USA, 2000.
• Duration: 100 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 5.

A touching and tragic story of the unrequited love of a thirteen-year-old boy Renato for Malena - a beautiful widow who is admired by all men without exception and whom all women wash their bones.

Kill Bill

• Action movie.
• USA, 2003.
• Duration: 111 minutes
• IMDb: 8, 1.

A contract killer named Black Mamba, aka the Bride, comes to her senses after a four-year coma. Remembering why she ended up in the hospital, the Bride decides to take revenge on all those who tried to kill her, leaving the leader Bill for last.

The devil wears Prada

• Drama, comedy.
• USA, France, 2006.
• Duration: 109 minutes
• IMDb: 6, 8.

A young intern is trying to make a career, getting a job as an assistant in the popular fashion magazine "Podium". However, it turns out to be not so easy to please the picky and tyrannical Miranda Priestley, the editor-in-chief of the publication.

Frida

• Drama, melodrama, biography.
• USA, Canada, Mexico, 2002.
• Duration: 118 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 4.

Biographical story of the famous artist Frida Kahlo, who was able to recover from a severe accident. She was forced to live for many years overcoming pain and worrying about her husband's betrayals, but art did not give her completely despair.

Jackie

• Drama, biography.
• Chile, France, USA, 2016.
• Duration: 110 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 0.

Jacqueline Kennedy is the first lady of the United States and an inimitable style icon for millions of women around the world. The film shows the events of four days after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States and Jacqueline's husband.

Florence Foster Jenkins

• Drama, melodrama, comedy.
• United Kingdom.
• Duration: 111 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 0.

Florence Foster Jenkins is a girl from a very wealthy New York family who, since childhood, dreamed of a singing career and performing on the big stage. But here's the bad luck: she had no voice, no ear for music, no talent. However, this never stopped her from considering herself a great vocalist.

Age of Adaline

• USA, Canada, 2015.
• Duration: 113 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 2.

Having survived a terrible accident, the main character of the film becomes immortal. She has lived in the world for a hundred years, not aging a day. Forced to hide her secret, Adaline constantly changes her job, place of residence and environment. But one day a person appears in her life, for the sake of whom she is ready to commit the most insane acts.

Wild

• Drama, adventure, biography.
• USA, 2014.
• Duration: 115 minutes
• IMDb: 7, 1.

Cheryl Strayd, who has experienced personal tragedy, decides on an incredibly courageous act: she intends to single-handedly overcome the 1,800 kilometers Pacific hiking trail in order to get rid of pressing thoughts and feel the taste of life again.