Suggestions? I'm directing a short with a female protagonist and mostly female supporting characters and I want a bunch of Female driven films (good ones, not steel magnolias and shit) to throw on my netflix que.
The Virgin Suicides...
Resident Evil 1 & 2
But seriously:
Far From Heaven
Safe
Thirteen (I guess counts)
The Virgin Suicides
Lost and Delirious (very silly but I like it)
Boys Don't Cry (Uh, I guess that's debatable)
Birth (I haven't seen it but it looks like it focuses on Nicole Kidman)
Maria Full of Grace (Still haven't seen it but looks great)
Maybe I'll think of more later.
Yes, birth focuses on Kidman's character. And yes Maria Full of Grace is fantastic.
Alien and Aliens, I wish Sigourney was my mom.
I don't know what you want, so I'll throw a bunch out there:
Kill Bill Vol 1 and 2
Lost in Translation
Erin Brockivich (I guess I've never seen it)
Persona
The Ring
Jackie Brown
Fargo (for Frances McDormand)
Cries and Whispers (DEPRESSING as shit)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (I'm guessing again)
Spirited Away
Marnie
The Birds
Breaking the Waves (or any Von Trier)
Ohhh. Persona. Haven't seen that in a few years. I'll probably just go out and buy it. Cries and Whispers is really great. Interiors reminds me of that film. Both amazing.
If your lead is waif-ish and has a penchant for violence, might I suggest Luc Besson's last 4 flicks.
She does kill someone, but it's more noirish than action oriented. My goal is to kinda use a traditional noir plotline, but focus on the character much more than the story. In other words, it's not about what happens so much as how the charcter deals with the consequences.
mulholland drive
dancer in the dark
hilary and jackie
the hunger
thelma and louise
Dogville.
Some moments are so emotionally true.
The Women (1939)
All About Eve
Leave Her To Heaven
Mildred Pierce
The Heiress
Now, Voyager
Dark Victory
The Miracle Worker
Little Women (1949 or 1994)
Diabolique (1955)
The Marriage of Maria Braun
Veronika Voss
Lola
Loves Of A Blonde
High Art
Girl, Interrupted
The Accused
Sense and Sensibility
Good list, mac. I've got the BDR trilogy at the top of my Q. Can't wait.
Johnny Guitar - big, bold women's picture, film noir western that's as much about the vulnerability as it is the empowerment of women. one of my VERY favorite films.
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant - would go well with Cries and Whispers... great character-driven, heavily psychological film... and it's Fassbinder -- never a bad thing.
Secrets & Lies - Brenda Blethyn's work in this film is extraordinary, as is the overall portrayal of the different facets of the female through all the women in the film; beautifully humane, very sensitive, but blunt in its depiction... in other words the ineffability of Mike Leigh (might be naive of me to say since I've seen all of two films by him but I'm amazed and a worshipper nonetheless).
All That Heaven Allows - If you're doing a female-driven film I don't see how you can possibly do it without looking at some Sirk.
strong performances from the leading women in the following (that haven't been mentioned previously):
His Girl Friday
The Lady Eve
Nights of Cabiria
Whale Rider
Yeah. All That heaven Allows is never to far in the back of my mind. Some great suggestions samsong. Stuff I haven't seen too! Sweet.
Although I haven't seen it, I've read good things about Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977), starring Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duvall. Altman can usually get strong performances out of anyone he works with, so I would assume this movie wouldn't be much different in that regard.
I will definately back up MacGuffin's recommendation for All About Eve. That's just a great film, period.
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...is really about the boys.
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alice doesn't live here anymore
lola (jacques demy's version)
my life to live
the purple rose of cairo
whatever happened to baby jane?
a woman under the influence
Haven't seen it personally, but hear good things about Michelle Rodriguez in "Girlfight".
Ginger Snaps for some female perspective to the horror genre.
And, ahem, a certain Sarah Connor of Terminator fame.
As for an honest female "character dealing with the consequences" I would recommend Heaven w/ Cate Blanchett. Absolutely stunning.
Quote from: SlimepuppyHaven't seen it personally, but hear good things about Michelle Rodriguez in "Girlfight".
about the only good thing in that movie
Amelie
A Very Long Engagement
Mulholland Dr.
Yellow Submarine...well not really but hey what a great flick!
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Quote from: life_boyAlthough I haven't seen it, I've read good things about Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977), starring Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duvall.
Holy cow... this movie blew me away. I bought it as a blind buy, because I love "Nashville," "Short Cuts" and Criterion. Altman says this movie's story came to him in a dream, and it feels just like that; kinda random, out of nowhere. The ending didn't completely work for me, but it was practically irrelevant anyway. I've always liked Shelley Duvall, but after seeing this movie and hearing Altman's commentary about how much of her character was of her own doing, she's now one of my favorites.
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No Almodovar love in this thread? Okay, fine, I'll go with All About My Mother.
Quote from: Two Lane BlacktopQuote from: life_boyAlthough I haven't seen it, I've read good things about Robert Altman's 3 Women (1977), starring Sissy Spacek and Shelley Duvall.
Holy cow... this movie blew me away. I bought it as a blind buy, because I love "Nashville," "Short Cuts" and Criterion. Altman says this movie's story came to him in a dream, and it feels just like that; kinda random, out of nowhere. The ending didn't completely work for me, but it was practically irrelevant anyway. I've always liked Shelley Duvall, but after seeing this movie and hearing Altman's commentary about how much of her character was of her own doing, she's now one of my favorites.
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I like Shelley Duvall too. I have now read yet another good thing and am yet to see the film. Criterion's are the easiest things in the world to blind buy, are they not? Something about that label. The siren's song...yet it is much of what it claims to be, usually. But I digress.