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1. The Virgin Suicides (1999)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, James Woods, Kathleen Turner
Votes: 168,972 | Gross: $4.86M
2. Rear Window (1954)
PG | 112 min | Mystery, Thriller
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 521,509 | Gross: $36.76M
3. Vertigo (1958)
PG | 128 min | Mystery, Romance, Thriller
A former San Francisco police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with the hauntingly beautiful woman he has been hired to trail, who may be deeply disturbed.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore
Votes: 426,410 | Gross: $3.20M
4. Torso (1973)
R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A string of appalling lust murders shocks the University of Perugia as a sadistic serial killer strangles to death beautiful college girls with a red and black scarf.
Director: Sergio Martino | Stars: Suzy Kendall, Tina Aumont, Luc Merenda, John Richardson
Votes: 7,796 | Gross: $0.74M
5. The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
A stuffy author enters into an explosive relationship with his neighbor, a foul-mouthed, freewheeling prostitute.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Robert Klein, Allen Garfield
Votes: 4,397 | Gross: $23.68M
6. Fastlane (2002–2003)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Two hotshot undercover cops and their equally tough female handler take down the highest and lowest criminals in L.A. in this pop-culture-heavy, dark, flashy, over-the-top action crime dramedy inspired by Bad Boys and Miami Vice.
Stars: Peter Facinelli, Bill Bellamy, Tiffani Thiessen, Big Boy
Votes: 3,720
7. One wife is not enough (2024– )
Drama
Rashid, his wife, Hila, and their three daughters live an ideal life and run a co-ed school, but with the passage of time, secrets about Rashid are revealed that no one expected.
Stars: Maged El-Masri, Huda Husain, Ayten Amer, Cynthia Samuel
Votes: 104
8. The Firemen's Ball (1967)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Drama
A volunteer fire department throws a party for their former boss with the whole town invited, but nothing goes as planned.
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Jan Vostrcil, Josef Sebánek, Josef Valnoha, Frantisek Debelka
Votes: 12,174
9. The Super Models (2023– )
Documentary
Follows Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Christy Turlington revisiting their modeling careers and how they disrupted the '90s fashion scene.
Stars: Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista
Votes: 1,216
10. The Fan (1982)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Music
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her.
Director: Eckhart Schmidt | Stars: Désirée Nosbusch, Bodo Staiger, Simone Brahmann, Jonas Vischer
Votes: 1,915
11. The Pleasure Garden (1925)
75 min | Drama, Romance
Two couples' romances are fancifully intertwined.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander, John Stuart
Votes: 2,877
12. Are All Men Pedophiles? (2013)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary
What is the difference between us and pedophiles?
Director: Jan-Willem Breure | Stars: Jan-Willem Breure, Dick Swaab, Corine de Ruiter, Savannah van Zweeden
Votes: 6,332
13. Chaman Bahaar (2020)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
A small town panwalla falls for a schoolgirl who lives opposite his shop. He experiences love, jealousy and betrayal without meeting her even once.
Director: Apurva Dhar Badgaiyan | Stars: Jitendra Kumar, Ritika Badiani, Bhuvan Arora, Dherendra Kumar Tiwari
Votes: 10,952
14. City Girl (1930)
Passed | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A Chicago waitress falls in love with a Minnesota farmer, and decides to face a life in the country.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence, Edith Yorke
Votes: 3,724
15. The Male Gaze: The Boy Is Mine (2020)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
We wish to make him ours, to keep and to hold forever, but will the boy reciprocate? Is he everything we expected him to be? In these five tales a variety of characters throw caution to the wind and take their chances on a fleeting moment.
Directors: Fuoco Maria Balduzzi, Jerome Casanova, Nicolas Jara, Rafael Ruiz Espejo, Anette Sidor | Stars: Carlos Flores Jr., Roman Kané, Roly Botha, Julien Drion
Votes: 115
16. Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022)
107 min | Documentary
Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 175 movie clips from 1896 - 2020.
Director: Nina Menkes | Stars: Rhiannon Aarons, Kathleen Antonia, Rosanna Arquette, Cody Jake Banks
Votes: 994
17. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Romance
A pinup artist (Ronald Reagan) in search of the perfect woman poses as a Czech immigrant to win over a shapely schoolteacher (Virginia Mayo) who’s more into facts than figures.
Director: Peter Godfrey | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake
Votes: 619
18. The House of Tomorrow (1949)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A narrator takes us on a tour of the dream house of the future, and its many innovative appliances.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Frank Graham, Joi Lansing, Don Messick
Votes: 785
19. DNA²: Dokokade nakushita aitsu no aitsu (1994)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A female time traveler must work with a teenage boy who is in danger of becoming a future menace because of her interference.
Stars: Keiichi Nanba, Mîna Tominaga, Hiroko Kasahara, Hekiru Shiina
Votes: 380
20. Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981)
115 min | Documentary
Famous actresses talk about their role in the movie industry, and the demand to "be beautiful and shut up".
Director: Delphine Seyrig | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jill Clayburgh, Marie Dubois, Delia Salvi
Votes: 297
21. Rose Hobart (1936)
Unrated | 19 min | Short
Footage selected from 'East of Borneo' and other films is arranged and edited so as to highlight actress Rose Hobart.
Director: Joseph Cornell | Stars: Charles Bickford, Rose Hobart, Noble Johnson, Georges Renavent
Votes: 1,006
22. Leave Yourself Alone (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Starting in 2006, two documentary filmmakers followed 19 year old actress, Nicole Grace, while she attempted to restart her career using Method-based techniques. In 2009, a film starring ... See full summary »
Director: Nicole Eckenroad | Stars: Daniel Armella, Greg Bell, James Dean DeRienzo, Richard Holland
Votes: 17
23. (G)I-DLE: Nxde (2022 Music Video)
3 min | Short, Music
(G)-Idle's Nxde follows female empowerment and misogyny as well with many references to Marilyn Monroe and Soojin (ex member)
Director: Seung-hee Son | Stars: (G)I-DLE, Minnie, Cho Miyeon, Jeon So-yeon
Votes: 20
24. Die nackte Wahrheit (2023)
10 min | Short
A painter, a naked woman, and a camera. In this triple constellation the power of the gaze and the roles it imposes on us is explored and an artist's studio is turned into the setting for questions about how we look at and perceive women.
Director: Lena Grobusch | Stars: Lena Grobusch, Katharina Hamp
25. Removed (1999)
6 min | Short
Starting with a piece of vintage West German porn from 1972, filmmaker Naomi Uman painstakingly removed each female figure from the footage using nail polish remover, leaving a striking ... See full summary »
Director: Naomi Uman | Stars: Hans-Walter Clasen, Ingrid Steeger, Claus Tinney
Votes: 229
26. A Princess for Magoo (1959 TV Short)
6 min | Documentary, Short
Jim Backus (the voice of Mister Magoo) narrates a look behind the scenes at UPA Pictures during the development of the feature-length animated film "1001 Arabian Nights".
Stars: Jim Backus, Stephen Bosustow, Kathryn Grant, Jack Kinney
28. Woman with a Movie Camera (2012 Video)
Short
A succinct and compelling evaluation of the current position of women in film and its consequences.
Director: Donna Don | Stars: Julie Bertuccelli, Iman Kamel, Yaelle Kayam, Kadija Leclere
29. Pussy at the Pump (1995 Music Video)
Unrated | 6 min | Short, Fantasy, Music
A long-form promotional video for Cryin' Licks' 1995 song, "Pussy at the Pump".
Director: Angel Connell | Stars: Laura Jeanne Lyman, David Csicsek, Todd Norwood, Mike Hallal
30.
The Insiders (1985–1986)
Episode:
Pilot
(1985)
Action, Crime, Drama
Nick is determined to infiltrate a car theft ring.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Nicholas Campbell, Stoney Jackson, Gail Strickland, Barry Sattels
31.
Great Art (2016– )
Episode:
Renoir: Revered and Reviled
(2020)
50 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Pierre-Auguste Renoir is known and loved for his impressionist paintings of Paris. These paintings count among the world's favourites. Renoir, however, grew tired of this style and changed ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Grabsky | Stars: Tim Marlow, Yves Aubert, Pierre-Auguste Renoir
32.
Generation Porn (2019)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2019)
46 min | Documentary
Director: Charlie Slade | Stars: Ben, Danny, Johnny Darko, Gia Derza
Votes: 7
33.
Amor Sciendi (2012– )
Episode:
Mary Cassatt and the Male Gaze
(2020)
6 min | Documentary
In masterworks up to the impressionists the viewer of the painting was presumed to be male. Mary Cassatt challenged this perspective by painting women who are unaware or indifferent to a ... See full summary »
Star: Amor Sciendi
34.
Ways of Seeing (1972)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(1972)
30 min | Documentary, Family
Director: Michael Dibb | Stars: John Berger, Anya Bostock, Eva Figes, Jane Kenrick
Votes: 34
35.
Ideas Men (2013– )
Episode:
Solving the New iPhone
(2014)
5 min | Comedy
The Ideas Men think of what a new iPhone will need to be as popular as ever.
Director: Riyad Barmania | Stars: Stuart Ashen, Daniel Barker
36.
BoJack Horseman (2014–2020)
Episode:
The Light Bulb Scene
(2018)
TV-MA | 26 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
BoJack has misgivings about his new show. Princess Carolyn visits an adoption agency. Todd interviews for a job at WhatTimeIsItRightNow.com.
Director: Adam Parton | Stars: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins
Votes: 3,988