List of films about women's issues
# List of films about women's issues

This is a list of films about women's issues.

## Films about women's issues

| Title | Year | Director(s) | Topic(s) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Agora | 2009 | Alejandro Amenábar | History |
| Bread and Roses | 2000 | Ken Loach | Labour rights |
| Buddha Collapsed out of Shame | 2007 | Hana Makhmalbaf | Education |
| De tu ventana a la mía | 2011 | Paula Ortiz | |
| El patio de mi cárcel | 2008 | Belén Macías | Women in prison |
| Erin Brockovich | 2000 | Steven Soderbergh | Biography Labour rights |
| Katmandu | 2011 | Icíar Bollaín | |
| Hula Girls | 2006 | Lee Sang-il | |
| I, the Worst of All | 1990 | María Luisa Bemberg | Biography |
| Iron Jawed Angels | 2004 | Katja von Garnier | Right to vote |
| Jane Eyre | 2011 | Cary Fukunaga | |
| Las 13 rosas | 2007 | Emilio Martinez-Lazaro | Women in prison |
| Libertarias | 1996 | Vicente Aranda | Women in war |
| Made in L.A. | 2007 | Almudena Carracedo | Labour rights |
| Mataharis | 2007 | Icíar Bollaín | |
| Mona Lisa Smile | 2003 | Mike Newell | |
| Moolaadé | 2004 | Ousmane Sembène | Female genital mutilation |
| Ni dios, ni patrón, ni marido | 2010 | Laura Mañá | Labour rights |
| North Country | 2005 | Niki Caro | Labour rights |
| Persepolis | 2007 | Marjane Satrapi Vincent Paronnaud | |
| Pray the Devil Back to Hell | 2008 | Gini Reticker | |
| Rabbit-Proof Fence | 2002 | Phillip Noyce | Slavery |
| Shinaakht | 2018 | Pragyesh Singh at IMDb | Female genital mutilation |
| Sylvia | 2003 | Christine Jeffs | Biography |
| Take My Eyes | 2003 | Icíar Bollaín | Domestic violence |
| The Circle | 2000 | Jafar Panahi | |
| The Color Purple | 1985 | Steven Spielberg | |
| The Flowers of War | 2011 | Zhang Yimou | |
| The Help | 2011 | Tate Taylor | |
| The Hours | 2002 | Stephen Daldry | |
| The Sleeping Voice | 2011 | Benito Zambrano | Women in prison |
| The Source | 2011 | Radu Mihăileanu | |
| The Stoning of Soraya M. | 2008 | Cyrus Nowrasteh | |
| Thelma & Louise | 1991 | Ridley Scott | Rape |
| Vera Drake | 2004 | Mike Leigh | Abortion |
| Violeta Went to Heaven | 2001 | Andrés Wood | |
| War Witch | 2012 | Kim Nguyen | Women in war |
| Water | 2005 | Deepa Mehta | Widowhood |
| Where Do We Go Now? | 2011 | Nadine Labaki | |
| Women of '69, Unboxed | 2014 | Peter Barton | Marriage, careers |

## Directors

Some directors that cover this topic in their films:

* Icíar Bollaín
