THEME EXPLORATION

female oppression

12 films · 2 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Stepbrothers
Stepbrothers
1958 · Miyoji Ieki
Sound of Falling
Sound of Falling
2026 · Mascha Schilinski
The Color Purple
The Color Purple
1985 · Steven Spielberg
The Circle
The Circle
2000 · Jafar Panahi
Alphaville
Alphaville
1965 · Jean-Luc Godard
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel
2019 · Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Alfonso Arau
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta
2006 · James McTeigue
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3
2025 · Christian Petzold
Tag der Idioten
Tag der Idioten
1982 · Werner Schroeter
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Chloé Zhao China

Her films explore economic precarity and social marginalization with particular attention to how systemic forces disproportionately impact women.

 Tadeo Pestaña Caro New Zealand

Her films consistently center female agency within patriarchal constraints, from domestic spaces to professional environments.