THEME EXPLORATION

women in peril

24 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Entre tinieblas
Entre tinieblas
1983 · Pedro Almodóvar
À ma soeur!
À ma soeur!
2001 · Catherine Breillat
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
A Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things
2024 · Mark Cousins
Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
2016 · Theodore Melfi
7 Women
7 Women
1966 · John Ford
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
Caccia tragica
Caccia tragica
1947 · Michelangelo Antonioni
Duelle
Duelle
1976 · Jacques Rivette
Faat Kiné
Faat Kiné
2001 · Ousmane Sembène
Il Lungo Silenzio
Il Lungo Silenzio
1993 · Margarethe von Trotta
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street
1936 · Mikio Naruse
Paradise Road
Paradise Road
1997 · Bruce Beresford
The Shimpu Group
The Shimpu Group
1933 · Kenji Mizoguchi
Lullaby
Lullaby
1937 · Dziga Vertov
Nightmares in Spring Chamber
Nightmares in Spring Chamber
1937 · Fei Mu
Street Corner
Street Corner
1953 · Muriel Box
All We Imagine as Light
All We Imagine as Light
2024 · Payal Kapadia
Endangered Species
Endangered Species
2021 · MJ Bassett
Erotic Ghost Story III
Erotic Ghost Story III
1992 · Ivan Lai Kai-Ming
Herstory
Herstory
2018 · Min Kyu-dong
Hilma
Hilma
2022 · Lasse Hallström
Smugglers
Smugglers
2023 · Ryoo Seung-wan
Wing Chun
Wing Chun
1994 · Yuen Woo-Ping
Wither
Wither
2013 · Sonny Laguna & Tommy Wiklund
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
David Fincher United States

Examines female vulnerability and resilience through meticulous psychological thrillers that deconstruct danger and victimhood.

 Ari Aster United States

Crafts intense horror scenarios centered on female characters navigating supernatural and psychological threats with haunting emotional depth.