THEME EXPLORATION

female transformation

34 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Sound of Falling
Sound of Falling
2026 · Mascha Schilinski
The Girls Are Alright
The Girls Are Alright
2023 · Itsaso Arana
The Company of Wolves
The Company of Wolves
1984 · Neil Jordan
Born Yesterday
Born Yesterday
1993 · Luis Mandoki
Sea of Scented Snow
Sea of Scented Snow
1934 · Fei Mu
We Are the Night
We Are the Night
2010 · Dennis Gansel
...And God Created Woman
...And God Created Woman
1956 · Roger Vadim
Cat People
Cat People
1942 · Jacques Tourneur
Ponyo
Ponyo
2008 · Hayao Miyazaki
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel
2019 · Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck
In a Year with 13 Moons
In a Year with 13 Moons
1978 · Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
1975 · Chantal Akerman
Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
1991 · Zhang Yimou
The Lobster
The Lobster
2015 · Yorgos Lanthimos
Tropical Malady
Tropical Malady
2004 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Wadjda
Wadjda
2012 · Haifaa al-Mansour
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000 · Ang Lee
Family Life
Family Life
1971 · Ken Loach
The Assassin
The Assassin
2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Volver
Volver
2006 · Pedro Almodóvar
Caramel
Caramel
2007 · Nadine Labaki
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace
2004 · Joshua Marston
Angel at Sea
Angel at Sea
2009 · Frédéric Dumont
District 9
District 9
2009 · Neill Blomkamp
Kung Fu Hustle
Kung Fu Hustle
2004 · —
Lionheart
Lionheart
2018 · Genevieve Nnaji
Me You Them
Me You Them
2000 · Andrucha Waddington
My Nikifor
My Nikifor
2005 · Krzysztof Krauze
Much Loved
Much Loved
2015 · Nabil Ayouch
The Art of Negative Thinking
The Art of Negative Thinking
2007 · Bård Breien
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires
2026 · Juan Jose Meza-Leon
Deool Band 2
Deool Band 2
2026 · Pravin Tarde
Dhabkaaro
Dhabkaaro
2026 · Abhishek Shah
Fuori
Fuori
2026 · Mario Martone
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Lynch United States

His films obsessively explore female identity fragmentation and psychological metamorphosis, most notably in Mulholland Drive and Eraserhead.

 Agnès Varda France

Her pioneering cinema documents women's lived transformations across time, class, and circumstance with poetic intimacy in films like Vagabond and The Gleaners and I.